Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Sat nam Sahib Singh, > i've started to notice that there's a slight pain in my neck Since inversions counter the effects of gravity, they are often performed after asanas in a supine position. The yogis learn first the shoulderstand, and if this is easily accomplished, they start doing the headstand with the back supported by a wall, then a corner, then free in the room. While doing headstand, the neck has a strong compression since the whole weight of the body rests on it. The headstand is often followed by the shoulderstand, stretching the neck. Between headstand and shoulderstand, some yogis like to practice the child posture or folded leaf posture, allowing the muscles of the back to relax. For pictures and video streams of asanas, try the homepage of www.yogajournal.com. Sat nam Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 The ambrosial fluid is that which drips from the chakra in the fleshy area above the upper pallet. By pressing the tongue into this space and looking up we affect the stula-pysical body by stimulating the pineal gland and the path of Brahman to the Sasrahara Chakra is expanding. This aids in reaching samadhi--ecstacy. There is no problem with the ambrosial fluid dripping down or filling one completely, actually good for disease resistance. We try to block this off so the fire of the Manipura chakra can reach it's most powerful state--pushing the kunalini into the less accessible chakras. With concern of the neck problem in sirsana--headstand--I would recommend that you focus on the alingment of the entire spine and make sure you are using all the muscles of the spine, espesially the rombhoids between the shoulder blades and spine. Pure light within guide your way on....SoulShine Donegal --- Al <alladinito wrote: > > Hello there Everyone, > > Thanks to Haripal and soulshine for your help on the > matter. It's always good to be sure that what i'm > doing is not too way off since I do not have the > luxury of a KY class in my area. I kinda have to > learn and figure out all the kriyas on my own, so > any mistakes in performing them might go undetected. > > Can you elaborate on the abrosia fluid some more? > Why do we need to prevent it from dripping down into > the manipura chakra? What would happen if we don't? > > One thing Haripal brought my attention to is the > comfort of the neck. That is because i recently > started performing Sirshasana (the head stand). Now > i know that this is not one of the main stream > asanas in KY but i thought that yous might have > experience with it anyway. > > i've started to notice that there's a slight pain in > my neck, or upper back. Right at the point where the > neck connects to the spinal coloumn there's a > feeling of a slight pain when i touch or rub. Almost > similar to an inflaimation. I was wondering if that > might have been because of my office/computer use, > but also am thinking it might be related to my head > stands as well. Is this an initial adaptaion stage > or am i performing the head stand in a wrong > manner? > > Thank you all for your contributions and energy > towards this ML. Keep it up. > > Sat Nam, > Sahib Singh > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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