Swara Vigyan:

Swara Vigyan is an ancient science which is used to control prana through breath. swara yoga is still practised in India, it is not well known, either in the East or in the West. It was taught through direct transmission from Guru to disciple. In this( and in Future) posts I will show you how you can practice it and we will talk in detail about topics like Nadis, Prana, Chakras, Yoga, Some important books and many more.

Basics

Swara-  Flow of prana and air through the nostrils.

Nadi- Their are more than 72000 nadis according to Hath Yoga Pradipika, 300000 according to Prapanchsara Tantra and 320000 acording to Shiv Samhita. The important ones are Ida, Pingala and Sushumna.

Prana- VItal flow of energy in nadis, mainly 5 types.

                So their are 3 nadis in which prana flows, Nadis are subtle in nature, you can not see it with your eyes or some microscope, so Prana and of course air flows in those nadis for certain periods, when air flows in right nostrils(pingala) its called Surya Swara and when Prana flows in left nostrils(Ida) its called Chandra swara but sometimes it flows in both Surya and Chandra swara, when it happens it means sushumna nadi is active. Now what yogis aim to do is they try to extend the time of flow in sushumna for some reasons, I will tell you those reasons, but first I am going to tell you the work of each nadi, lets start with,

Ida:

·         Getting out of bed

·         Calm and silent work, especially that which requires

·         mental creativity

·         Drinking water or urinating

·         Purchasing jewellery

·         Charity and helping others

·         Settling disagreements

·         Approaching those in senior positions

·         Religious practices, ceremonies, marriage, and initiation

            of any sort

·         Mantra sadhana

·         Meeting the guru

·         A long journey

·         Sowing seeds

·         Anything to do with medicines and treatment of diseases

·         Singing, playing, composing or listening to music

·         Women to participate in sexual relations.

Pingala:

·         Physical activity and hard work

·         Eating, drinking alcohol and evacuating the bowels

·          Risky and heroic feats, warfare and challenging ventures

·         Shatkarma, kunjal kriya, etc.

·         Intellectual study, mathematics, etc.

·         Agriculture

·         Buying and selling, commerce

·         Travel

·         Opposition, resistance, accusing or sentencing

·         Riding on horseback (motor bikes, etc.)

·         Men to engage in sexual intercourse or attracting women.

Sushumna:

it is better to do work which requires minimum exertion or attention. It is also called shunya swara. Shunya means zero means nothing, so in this swara you do nothing but maditate or Dhyan.

We will talk about it in detail in our series of next posts.

Thank you