Udana Vayu: localizare :gat si cap; centru ... - Dan Mirahorian

sound “hum,” feel as though you are awakening the dormant kundalini shakti. Then mentally
repeat “lam,” the bija (seed) mantra of the earth element, not less than sixteen times, while
focusing your mind on the kundalini shakti that resides at the muladhara.
Next, visualize the kundalini awakening and traveling upward until it reaches the
svadhishthana chakra, the abode of the water element, just above the root of the genitals.
There, visualize an ocean-blue circle with a white crescent moon in the center. The circle is
surrounded by six petals. While you maintain this image, mentally repeat the bija mantra of
the water element, “vam,” not less than sixteen times.
Now visualize the kundalini traveling upward toward the manipura chakra, the abode of fire, at
the navel center. Here, visualize a red triangle pointing upward. This triangle is enclosed in a
circle of ten petals. Mentally repeat the bija mantra of the fire element, “ram,” not less than
sixteen times.
Continue to move with the upward-traveling kundalini until you reach the anahata, the heart
center, which is the abode of air. Here, visualize two smoky-gray triangles, one superimposed
upon the other, encircled by a twelve-petaled lotus. In the center visualize jiva, the individual
soul, in the form of a flame. At this stage mentally repeat the bija mantra of the air element,
“yam,” not less than sixteen times.
Next, visualize the kundalini shakti, in which the individual consciousness has dissolved,
traveling upward until it reaches the vishuddha chakra, the abode of ether at the base of the
throat. There, a sky-blue circle is surrounded by a sixteen-petaled lotus. The presiding force of
this chakra is contained in the bija mantra of the space (or ether) element, “hum,” which you
mentally repeat not less than sixteen times.
Now visualize the upward-traveling kundalini shakti reaching the ajña chakra, the center
between the eyebrows. This is the realm of mind. This chakra consists of a yellow triangle
surrounded by a circle. A bright white flame is enclosed in the triangle. Outside the circle are
two petals. Mentally repeat the mantra “so hum.”
Still moving upward with the kundalini shakti, reach the sahasrara chakra, the thousandpetaled
crown center which is the abode of the primordial spiritual master—pure
consciousness.
At this center all colors, forms, and shapes dissolve, for this chakra is beyond the realm of
mind and therefore beyond the realm of imagination. When you experience this center, it
consists of countless rays of white light. However, it is most often visualized as a thousandpetaled
lotus with a pinkish aura so that the mind can conceive of it. Here repeat the mantra
“hamsah.”
Keeping your consciousness at the sahasrara chakra, begin three cycles of pranayama. These
pranayama cycles require you to retain your breath after the inhalation—normally the breath
is retained four times longer than the inhalation and twice as long as the exhalation. If you
have not yet mastered breath retention but still want to do this practice, retain your breath
only to your comfortable capacity and disregard the ratios given here.
The First Cycle
Close the right nostril and inhale deeply through the left nostril while mentally repeating
“yam,” the bija mantra of air, sixteen times. Then close both nostrils and retain the breath.
While holding the breath, repeat “yam” sixty-four times. Then, while closing the left nostril,
exhale slowly through the right nostril, repeating the mantra thirty-two times.