LIVING IN SUSHUMNA KEY TERMS Ida Pingala Sushumna Nadi Hatha
Review of prana We talked about the relationship between the different layers of the onion. We saw how the prana that runs through the channels are related to our thoughts and how these thoughts create seeds that then create our reality. Let’s take a deeper look at these channels and what happens when we are able to live in the central channel, the sushumna. Prana is the breath of life within the body. It is made of two sanskrit words: praand -ana. Pra means ahead, proud, prow of the boat, and forward. “An” means to breathe. So pra+ana means “to breath very much”. It is the breath of life. Prana is like a wind, it is physical, it is made of light. Prana is not mental. However, if you cut the body to try to find prana, you won’t be able to see it. It’s like trying to cut light or to cut electricity.
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