Alignment in Yoga also means Energetic Alignment.

Our bodies, our posture and asana alignment are affecting our energy flow. In our body we have positive and negative electric current flows. When those currents are balanced we enjoy good health.

In the top of our head we have the positive pole – in yoga and tantra traditions we call it Shiva. At the end of our tail bone we have the negative pole, also called Shakti. To the electric tension, between the two polls - we call Life. Using different kinds of practice, the yogi wants to waken this dormant energy in the base of the spine. It is described as a sleeping snake, called Kundalini. This actually the purpose of Yoga – Samadhi, enlightenment or alignment with all that is. When this happens the feeling of separation diapers and the person feels one with creation. This is called Ananada – absolute bliss.

In our bodies we also have channels of energy - Nadis . In Chinese medicine they call it Meridians. We have 3 main ones: on left of our body we have Ida-Nadi – the negative, represented by the moon – the equivalent of Yin. On right of our body we have Pingala-Nadi – the positive, represented by the sun – the equivalent of Yang. In the middle of our body, parallel to the spinal cord, runs Sushumna-Nadi.

The nadis Ida and Pingala, initiate at the perineum and cross the Sushumna Nadi again and again, all the way up to the third eye. Every intersection of the 3 Nadis is creating an energetical swirl or center, called Chakra, in Sanskrit – a wheel. In the yogic tradition we count 7 chakras, each is connected to our limbs, nervous system and endocrine glands.

One might say that the chakras are a stage or a station of awareness in the rode to that final destination.

The Yoga Asanas are aimed, among other things, to affect, transfer energy and balance these areas, physically and energetically. When practicing yoga for some time, we develop and increase the flow of energy to the chakras and in our physical body. In this way we are able to develop and to revive every part of our body, learning to control it, bringing awareness into it.

Therefor we can say that alignment is not only physical, but energetic as well, and that enlightenment is not only spiritual, but it is also very much physical.

Enjoy your practice on all levels 😊

Luna Alignment Yoga

Luna's Blog

Posts tagged with AlignmentInYoga

Energetic Alignment