Elemental Prana Vinyasa

INTRO

 Enjoy the Elemental Prana Vinyasa! Pathways of Prana Flow: Elemental Prana Vinyasa Prana Vinyasa Yoga is the evolution of energetic vinyasa to realize and enhance the flow of our life. The Pathways of Prana Vinyasa Series is dedicated to providing a full-spectrum mandala of solar-lunar practice for activating, balancing and nourishing the flow of yoga in daily life - the living of energetic vinyasa. The Elemental Solar Sequences are filmed in Santorini and Costa Rica. This second "pathway of prana vinyasa" is a practice guide to the Five Elemental Namaskars and 10 Solar-Lunar Wave Sequences that correspond to the Elemental Vinyasa module.Course Includes:- 10 total video practices with Shiva: One solar and one lunar 1.5 hour designed for weekly practice over 5 weeks- Five audio meditations (one per element) with Shiva from the lunar practice- Elemental Namaskars and two solar-lunar practices for each pathway- Five week guidance of prana flow elemental map process for living vinyasa and home-travel altar- Music from practices available for online purchase- Online Facebook study group with Shiva (active during live course)- Great global community

GETTING STARTED

Getting StartedWelcome to your Elemental Prana Vinyasa course. See the suggested flow of practice below to find your rhythm with these Solar and Lunar sequences.Suggestions for Practice- Practice each sequence (solar or lunar) once or twice during the week integrated with your regular practice; notice the effect of the movement alchemy on the flow of your daily life. How do you feel with the solar practice? The lunar practice? What is the elemental influence? - Practice meditation (suggestion of in front of your home altar) every day being consistent with morning or evening or both- Listen to the natural rhythms of your body and life; the natural waxing (solar) and waning (lunar) of life provides a way of attuning of which practice to choose. Listen to allow yourself to move into harmony with whatever may be arising within you.- Solar practice is best in the morning or late afternoon-evening Tuesday - Friday morning, Sat and Sunday mornings or anytime you are feeling strong and naturally dynamic.- Lunar Practice is best on Monday and most evenings and anytime you are feeling low-energy, ungrounded or needing to regenerate your energy Five-Part Sadhana OverviewThe following five components are the anchors for the Living Yoga Sadhana group developed by Shiva for the teacher trainees and practioners over the past ten years. Our online group has been following the rhythms of the year for the past two years beginning with the new year cycle.1. SamkalpaWeekly sacred intention and alignment2. Prana Flow SadhanaPrana Flow Practice (daily or at least two times (solar-lunar) a week. Daily meditation practice.3. Sacred RhythmFive Week Cycle and the conscious awareness of your solar-lunar rhythm during the day and week to harmonize any imbalances or enhance your natural rhythm.4. Sacred Space/AltarAwakening your home practice space and tending your inner and outer altar every day-week.5. Satsang/CommunityJoining our online community at least once a week about your altar, experience in practice or questions for the group.SamkalpaAt the beginning of each practice at the end of your meditation, reflection and writing, we will listen for the week's samkalpa or dedication. This short sutra is an anchor for your transformational process is suggested to be placed on your altar in some form visible form or placed in a sacred container written on a small piece of paper or in creative ways that are simple to honor.Sadhana or Sacred PracticeEvery Monday and Tuesday there are three practice sessions to guide you that you can experience live or on video archive posted 24-36 hours later.Monday's lunar practices are just two waves and all prana flow floor-work, inversions and Meditation & Mantra for the week.Tuesday's solar practice includes arm balances and urdhva dhaurasana variations.Give yourself to the simplicity of the practices which are intentionally embodying the qualities of each element-chakra.Set-up a practice rhythm that is realistic as well as transformative for you during the week.Sacred Practice RhythmThe natural waxing and waning of lifeWe will work with the transformational map of the elemental body maps with each week. Try to create a rhythm of practice that is steady while responding to the changes in daily life. Create your rhythm daily and weekly optimal flow.Sacred Space/AltarYour life is a mandala that includes your body, home and life. Your personal home altar is a great nexus-a navel that connects your inner and outer worlds-a conduit for your prayers, and a reflection of the altar of your heart.Every altar has a central focus-a primary symbol-which can take any form: an image, a sculpture, a natural object such as a stone or feather, or anything else that you find meaningful. Throughout our lifetimes, various symbols come to us; sometimes they are given to us, sometimes we find them, and sometimes we must search for them. Often, they come our way before we are fully ready to understand their meaning. Beneath this central symbol we may place an altar cloth made of any natural material of any color. Your central image and altar cloth can be changed every week on Sunday evening or Monday morning to initiate the next weeks activation of a different chakra.Each week allow as much symbolism, imagery and meaning as your life allows to the altar for each week dedicated to a different element. Every altar can include symbols of all the elements - it is the process of emphasis that gives power to you during the week as you gaze at your altar.Remove dust, wilted flowers, or ashes or wax left from burning. You may bathe sacred objects in water or dust them with special cloth that you only use for your altar. You can enjoy this as part of your weekly practice of renewal.Satsang/CommunityWe ask that every participant try to make one Facebook post during the week to be bold and vocalize your intentions, plant your seeds with the support of others, share your altar, your process or ask questions to Shiva or the group.

Intro

The Earth Element (Pruthivi) The Earth is Mother, we are her sons and daughters. Instill in me abundantly that fragrance, which emanates from you and your plants and waters. Peaceful, fragrant, gracious to the touch. May Earth grant me her blessings. - -RIG VEDA .5.84 Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Solar Bhumi-Earth) filmed in Santorini

Bumi Namaskar flows through Ujjayi breathing, hip-opening and core work, with Garuda, Galavasana, Tolasana, Bujjapurasana, and Ashtavakrasana variations.

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Bhumi-Earth) filmed in Santorini and Costa Rica

Bhumi Namaskar with Om, Malasana, Ardha Hanumanasana, Anahatasana and slow lunar vinyasas explores grounding, stability and one-pointed focus.

Earth Meditation

Earth Meditation is a meditation centered on earth as its named subject.

Elemental Pathway of Prana Vinyasa - week 1

Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs  

Earth Meditation

Week 1

Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs  

Intro

The Earth Element (Pruthivi) The Earth is Mother, we are her sons and daughters. Instill in me abundantly that fragrance, which emanates from you and your plants and waters. Peaceful, fragrant, gracious to the touch. May Earth grant me her blessings. - -RIG VEDA .5.84 Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Solar Jala-Water) filmed in Santorini

Flow through Jala Prana Vinyasa with Ujjayi breathing, Jala Namaskar, Chaturanga, upward dog, downward dog, and scorpion variations.

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Jala-Water)

Jala Namaskar and Pranaphone Namaskar combine wave-like movement, Sahaja Bhujangasana, Cobra, Downward Dog, chanting, and lunar water-element meditation.

Water Meditation

Water Meditation is a meditation centered on water as its named subject.

Elemental Pathway of Prana Vinyasa - week 2

Water (Apas) is matter in its liquid phase and acts as both a carrier and agent of change. It represents our blood, carrier oxygen; our saliva and digestive fluids; our hormones; our sweat; and our urine. It is the mover of nutrients and the eliminator of waste products.  It is the sea of life with in us. In the body, Apas is necessary for assimilation and for maintaining electrolyte balance. The body is composed of more than 70% water, while the plasma in our blood is made of more than 90% water. The body's lymphatic system is also governed by the Water element. Within the element of Water all the other elements maintain their function. Even Fire requires water to function (e.g. the digestive acids of the stomach). In Vinyasa, the water element creates the connective flow between breath and movement akin to the current of a river. Karma (action): procreation, cohesiveness, cleansing, adhesiveness, downward movement Type of Energy: Chemical energy Vayu: Apana vayu and vyana vayu Sensory: Taste - tongue Intention: Joy, contentment, love, graceful, adaptable. "Carrier of life-energy, healing, cleansing fluid; tidal, lunar pull, the great vinyasa of a river - meandering, changing currents, powerful, collective flow." Dristi (gaze): Half-gaze, rasa dristi (watery eyes), ananda dristi (inward gaze) Chakra: Svadhisthana chakra Kosha: Pranamayakosha Bija Mantra: Vam Dosha: Kapha, pitta Color/ Form: Orange, white crescent moon Psychology: Pleasure, passion, self-nurturing, change, sexuality Physical Attributes: bladder, kidneys, CSF, uterus, synovial fluid, interstitial fluid, digestive enzymes  

Water Meditation

Intro

The Earth Element (Pruthivi) The Earth is Mother, we are her sons and daughters. Instill in me abundantly that fragrance, which emanates from you and your plants and waters. Peaceful, fragrant, gracious to the touch. May Earth grant me her blessings. - -RIG VEDA .5.84 Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Solar Agni-Fire) filmed in Costa Rica

Practices Agni Namaskar with prostration push-ups, Uttanasana, lunges, Salabhasana, upward dog, and meditation on inner fire.

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Agni-Fire) Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Agni-Fire)

Lunar Agni Vinyasa combines slow breath, movement, Agni Namaskar, and Om Namashivaya mantra with an offering to inner fire.

Fire Meditation

Fire Meditation is a meditation centered on fire as its named subject.

Elemental Pathway of Prana Vinyasa - week 3

Fire (Agni) is the energy of transformation or change. The exchange of energies, the conversion of matter from one phase to another: all are manifestations of Fire. In the body, the Fire element governs metabolism, body temperature, digestion(conversion of food into energy), and even thought (the assimilation and digestion of sensory impression into cognitive understanding, reason and memory). Where there is movement there is friction and where there is friction there is Fire. Poor circulation results in cold hands and feet. The Fire element is radiant energy and is present in the body as the flame of attention. Karma (action): Brilliance, luminosity, penetration, locomotion Type of Energy: Radiant energy Vayu: Samanavayu Sensory: Eyes - feet Intention & Inspiration: Focus, linear, intensity, clarity, courage. "Sacred fire, the ancient absorption, purifying, luminous, dynamic dance of change." Dristi (gaze): One-pointed, fixed, eyes open Chakra: Manipura, focus on the light behind the eyes, ekagrrata (one pointed), broomadya (ajna chakra) Kosha: Manomayakosha Bija Mantra: Ram Dasha: Pitta Color / Form: Yellow / downward-pointing triangle Psychology: Inner power and strength, vitality, strength, intention, honor Physical Atributes: Digestive enzymes, body temperature, luster of skin and eyes, gray matter of brain  

Fire Meditation

Week 3

Fire (Agni) is the energy of transformation or change. The exchange of energies, the conversion of matter from one phase to another: all are manifestations of Fire. In the body, the Fire element governs metabolism, body temperature, digestion(conversion of food into energy), and even thought (the assimilation and digestion of sensory impression into cognitive understanding, reason and memory). Where there is movement there is friction and where there is friction there is Fire. Poor circulation results in cold hands and feet. The Fire element is radiant energy and is present in the body as the flame of attention. Karma (action): Brilliance, luminosity, penetration, locomotion Type of Energy: Radiant energy Vayu: Samanavayu Sensory: Eyes - feet Intention & Inspiration: Focus, linear, intensity, clarity, courage. "Sacred fire, the ancient absorption, purifying, luminous, dynamic dance of change." Dristi (gaze): One-pointed, fixed, eyes open Chakra: Manipura, focus on the light behind the eyes, ekagrrata (one pointed), broomadya (ajna chakra) Kosha: Manomayakosha Bija Mantra: Ram Dasha: Pitta Color / Form: Yellow / downward-pointing triangle Psychology: Inner power and strength, vitality, strength, intention, honor Physical Atributes: Digestive enzymes, body temperature, luster of skin and eyes, gray matter of brain  

Intro

The Earth Element (Pruthivi) The Earth is Mother, we are her sons and daughters. Instill in me abundantly that fragrance, which emanates from you and your plants and waters. Peaceful, fragrant, gracious to the touch. May Earth grant me her blessings. - -RIG VEDA .5.84 Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Solar Vayu-Breath of the Heart) filmed in Costa Rica

Flow through Ujjayi breath, Om, Anahata, Uttanasana, cobra, downward dog, lunges, and backbends, connecting breath with heart rhythm.

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Vayu-Breath of the Heart)

Hridaya Namaskar and lunar Prana Flow include Uttanasana, Anahata Asana, Ustrasana, backbends, Om, and meditation on the air element and heart breath.

Heart-Air Meditation

Heart-Air Meditation is a meditation centered on the heart-air theme.

Elemental Pathway of Prana Vinyasa - week 4

Air/Wind (Vayu) is matter in its gaseous phase. It is movement, fluidity, formlessness. It can be compressed or rarefied. It can be a gentle breeze, or a forceful gale. Air manifests itself in the body as movement, pulsation, expansion, and contraction. Air, like wind, can not be smelled, tasted, or even seen, it can only be felt through the sense of touch. Prana is the basic principle of Air element. Prana is the flow of Consciousness from cell to cell in the form of intelligence. It is the Vital Life Force.   Karma (action): Movement in a particular direction, giving and receiving Type of Energy: Electrical energy Vayu: Vyanavayuandudanavayu Sensory: Skin, touch, hands Intention & Inspiration: Connection to life force, movement, seeing and feeling in all directions. "Breath of life, pranic rhythm, the Great mystery, the unseen moving through all of creation. Jai Hanuman!" Dristi (gaze): Circulation of eyes in all directions Chakra: Anahata chakra Kosha: Vijnanamayakosha Bija Mantra: Yam Dasha: Vata Color / Form: Green / hexagon (two superimposed triangles) Psychology: Love, acceptance, compassion, trust Physical Attributes: Lung, heart, circulation, muscle contraction, nervous system  

Heart-Air Meditation

Week 4

Air/Wind (Vayu) is matter in its gaseous phase. It is movement, fluidity, formlessness. It can be compressed or rarefied. It can be a gentle breeze, or a forceful gale. Air manifests itself in the body as movement, pulsation, expansion, and contraction. Air, like wind, can not be smelled, tasted, or even seen, it can only be felt through the sense of touch. Prana is the basic principle of Air element. Prana is the flow of Consciousness from cell to cell in the form of intelligence. It is the Vital Life Force.   Karma (action): Movement in a particular direction, giving and receiving Type of Energy: Electrical energy Vayu: Vyanavayuandudanavayu Sensory: Skin, touch, hands Intention & Inspiration: Connection to life force, movement, seeing and feeling in all directions. "Breath of life, pranic rhythm, the Great mystery, the unseen moving through all of creation. Jai Hanuman!" Dristi (gaze): Circulation of eyes in all directions Chakra: Anahata chakra Kosha: Vijnanamayakosha Bija Mantra: Yam Dasha: Vata Color / Form: Green / hexagon (two superimposed triangles) Psychology: Love, acceptance, compassion, trust Physical Attributes: Lung, heart, circulation, muscle contraction, nervous system  

Intro

The Earth Element (Pruthivi) The Earth is Mother, we are her sons and daughters. Instill in me abundantly that fragrance, which emanates from you and your plants and waters. Peaceful, fragrant, gracious to the touch. May Earth grant me her blessings. - -RIG VEDA .5.84 Oh Earth, impart to us those vitalizing forces that come from within your body, our central point, your navel; purify us wholly. Earth (Pruthivi) is matter in its solid phase. Shape, form, and stability are in the nature of earth, thus earth forms the structure of things. Bones, cartilage, hair, nails, muscle, tendon, and ligament are earth-like, as are the walls of cells and the body's covering: skin. Without the Earth element, our bodies would lack the necessary structure and resistance to the forces of nature forces of nature, just as the use of brick (Earth) houses protects us from excessive exposure to the Air (wind) , Fire (sun), and Water (rain) elements of nature. In essence, Pruthivi cradles and holds all living creatures of the planet, giving them food and shelter. In Vinyasa, focusing on the earth element is important for urban yogis and yoginis for re-embodiment and connection to the natural rhythm of the earth beneath the concrete. Starting a practice with a pose of stillness and grounding (i.e. prostration, child's pose) is honoring the earth element. The structural techniques of alignment (particulary through the bones) are also earth element and redistribute excess mental energy throughout the body. Allowing the body to yield to gravity in all asanas - from standing poses to shavasana - enhances the grounding, quality of Pruthivi. Karma (action): Downward attractions, excretion/elimination Type of Energy: Physical, mechanical energy Vayu: Apana vayu Sensory: Smell (Ganha) - nose Intention: Grounding, building / stabilizing. "The grounding, stabilizing, formative force; Giving structure and support; Coming home within one's embodiment, connecting to living earth body; Mother of all elements." Dristi (gaze): Downward gaze Chakra: Muladhara chakra Kosha: Annamayakosha Bija Mantra: lam Dasha: kapha Color/ Form: Red/yellow square Psychology: Groundedness, security, safety Physical Attributes: Muscles, bones, hair, teeth, connective tissue, organs

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Solar Akasha-Ether) filmed in Shakti Shala Malibu

Practices elemental Namaskar with Aum, Prana Mudra, crescent lunges, Chaturanga, Upward and Downward Dog, and Vasisthasana variations for space integration.

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Akasha-Ether)

Lunar Akash Namaskar combines meditative Vinyasa, Prana Mudra, and grounded earth-element sequencing for elemental integration.

Space Meditation

Space Meditation is a meditation centered on space as its named subject.

Elemental Pathway of Prana Vinyasa - week 5

Known as the Space element, Ether (akasha) is a mystical concept meaning all-enclosing, all pervasive, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. Akasha is the emptiness in which all other elements exist. Quantum mechanics defines ether as "the field." It represents the nature of the void, or the "home" in which all other elements interact. To grasp the concept of Akasha, consider a doorway or the empty space within a vase. There is nothing there, yet therein lays its usefulness. Similarly, the spaces in your body- lungs, the nostrils, the mouth, the stomach - are useful because of the space within them. Space implies receptivity, distance and location. In the body, Ether is the first expression of Consciousness, and the basic need of the bodily cells. In the development of matter, Ether comes first. Ether is expansive, empty and has no resistance. Ether provides freedom in which to move.   Without Ether there is no love or freedom.   Karma (action): Vibration, expansion, freedom, speaking Type of Energy: Nuclear energy   Vayu: Prana vayu and udana vayu Sensory: Sound, ears, hearing Intention & Inspiration: Freedom, emptiness, spacious, transcending "all pervading space-hosting life, aplha and omega, the stillness within movement, the great return.". Dristi (gaze): Pranava dristi (gaze at the eternal OM) Chakra: Vishuddha chakra   Kosha: anandamayakosha Bija Mantra: Ham   Dosha: Vata  Color / Form: Blue (sky or bright) / white circle   Psychology:Communication, personal expression, speaking truth, manifesting Physical Atributes: Throat, mouth, ears, joints, space inside organs  

Space Meditation

Week 5

Known as the Space element, Ether (akasha) is a mystical concept meaning all-enclosing, all pervasive, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. Akasha is the emptiness in which all other elements exist. Quantum mechanics defines ether as "the field." It represents the nature of the void, or the "home" in which all other elements interact. To grasp the concept of Akasha, consider a doorway or the empty space within a vase. There is nothing there, yet therein lays its usefulness. Similarly, the spaces in your body- lungs, the nostrils, the mouth, the stomach - are useful because of the space within them. Space implies receptivity, distance and location. In the body, Ether is the first expression of Consciousness, and the basic need of the bodily cells. In the development of matter, Ether comes first. Ether is expansive, empty and has no resistance. Ether provides freedom in which to move.   Without Ether there is no love or freedom.   Karma (action): Vibration, expansion, freedom, speaking Type of Energy: Nuclear energy   Vayu: Prana vayu and udana vayu Sensory: Sound, ears, hearing Intention & Inspiration: Freedom, emptiness, spacious, transcending "all pervading space-hosting life, aplha and omega, the stillness within movement, the great return.". Dristi (gaze): Pranava dristi (gaze at the eternal OM) Chakra: Vishuddha chakra   Kosha: anandamayakosha Bija Mantra: Ham   Dosha: Vata  Color / Form: Blue (sky or bright) / white circle   Psychology:Communication, personal expression, speaking truth, manifesting Physical Atributes: Throat, mouth, ears, joints, space inside organs