Practice Report: Surya Yoga Sadhana - 10/30/2012
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Date: Posted 5 years before Nov 08, 2017
unlimitedsun 5 years ago
Tues. - 10/30/2012
Yoga-Breath of fire practice session:
Session was challenging. Breathing was decent and somewhat systematic. Body was successfully charged. The routine focuses on mid-section on downward.
The body was more yielding today since I cut some slack yesterday. I was able to have my way, so I did stretch abundantly. I expect to have some kick back tomorrow.
The body not being young and fresh and being new at this I accept this tug and push as I learn to work with the body’s limitations and expending those limits gradually. And realistically I have to learn to be careful.
Life Force Energy:
The energy was awakened, and manifested throughout.
The resistance to stretching is a tacit refusal to allow more oxygenation in the tissues of the organ or the muscle, and that has direct implication in the subtle.
By analogy, if I make a cotton ball tightly compact, it will not take up in flame easily. The same cotton ball loosened and aired will readily go aflame, because there is more open inter-space area that is accessible to oxygen.
Mind focus:
Subtle transcendental sound frequencies were perceptible. The frequency was clearly louder at the left, and it was bells sounding type; so I immersed at that location.
It was noted that there is constant shifting between the perceiving apparatus and the frequencies themselves. These shifts are not easy to determine for me. I realize them after the facts.
The frequencies were generally tuned to at the back of the head with a few attempts to refocus.
After about 10 minutes into meditation frequency accelerations/ intensifications were felt as concentration is focused on frequency (source?), they were happening at about every minute and last the blink of an eye, and very seldom prolong beyond. They give the sensation of being pulled in, from the back of body going up through neck.
Goals and Objectives – long term:
> Detecting the subtle body:
-More focus on internalization and especially what goes on regarding lower part of the body during practice.
-Allow the energy to shed light into the obscure areas; it will show the way!
> Make sessions more targeted and purposeful.
- Loosen tension areas about the sacrum on the left side.
Book Readings:
The "Yoga Sutras" of Pantajali; Enlightenment in practical terms!
Subtle body ventures or interests recalled synopses:
Expressions of concerns regarding last night’s hurricane.
Reflections:
Bhastrika breathing & Yoga movements’ outer mechanism:
The practitioner infuses air (fresh) into the lungs; the alveoli in the end portion of the lungs are tiny enough that red blood cells which are present in the blood will bind to the oxygen, using their hemoglobin protein content, and swim along.
The entire system is then oxygenized as there will be more oxygen floating around than carbon dioxide. The stretching/ plying/ twisting … of a particular area will direct the flow of fresh blood there along with the attention/ awareness. At the same time stored "carbonized" materials is expelled. This is all reflected in the subtle system naturally.
Pushing more oxygen in lower trunk “airs” that area and intimidates kundalini’s stronghold.
At the same time working on that area stimulates the long bones of the legs particularly the thigh bone or femur. Bone marrow produces red blood cells, but also other blood agents; therefore the process is also potentially increasing the production of red blood cells, beyond the normal daily rate of 500 billion red blood cells a day and hence increasing the capacity of the blood to carry even more oxygen.
However, Wiki has a different approach, but it also explicitly cites bhastrika:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperventilation
Hyperventilation or overbreathing is the state of breathing faster or deeper than normal,[1] causing excessive expulsion of circulating carbon dioxide.[2] It can result from a psychological state such as a panic attack, from a physiological condition such as metabolic acidosis, can be brought about by lifestyle risk factors or voluntarily as in the yogic practice of Bhastrika. It often occurs together with labored breathing, which, in contrast, can also be a response to increased carbon dioxide levels.
