Sushumna-Energiesystem

Your central energy channel (Sushumna nadi), also called the middle path, travels from the sacrum bone at the base of your spine (where your Kundalini energy resides) straight up your spine towards the Sahasrara chakra.Your central energy channel is the channel that aids your spiritual growth. In fact, we''d say that you''ve been drawn to Sahaja Yoga

What is Sushumna & how does it work?

Like the eye of a hurricane, sushumna, the channel of energy flowing in the core of the spine and extending from the base of the spine to the eyebrow center (with an extension to the base of the nostrils), is said to be unaffected by the powerful energies swirling around it. Sushumna is the center of the wheel of life.

Is Sushumna a dormant space?

Most people live and die in Ida and Pingala; Sushumna, the central space, remains dormant. But Sushumna is the most significant aspect of human physiology. Only when energies enter into Sushumna, life really begins. Fundamentally, Sushumna is attribute-less, it has no quality of its own. It is like empty space.

What is Sushumna Nadi?

This Prana Life Force pathway (or energy meridian) is sometimes also called after its most inner Nadi channel — the Brahma Nadi or Brahmani Nadi — referring to the ultimate, Divine Being, and to the attainment of Spiritual Enlightenment. Mind that Sushumna Nadi is said to actually consist of three inner Nadis which envelop i.e. enclose each other.

What is Sushumna & Enlightenment?

Sushumna is, therefore, known as the pathway to salvation or enlightenment. A major focus of Hatha yoga is balancing the nadis to allow the free flow of the life-force energy. The principal ways of balancing the nadis in yoga practice are through pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditation.

What is Sushumna meditation?

Sushumna is the center of the wheel of life. During meditation the mind rests from its outer activity and is naturally drawn toward this central channel of energy, and when it is, both nostrils may begin to flow equally, becoming balanced.

Why is Sushumna important in Ayurveda?

In yoga and the health science of Ayurveda, it is thought that keeping the nadis in balance and free of blockages promotes the flow of prana, which increases physical and mental health. As the central nadi, sushumna runs straight up the length of the spinal cord and through each of the chakras.