Traditional Asian Medicine and Therapies: ноября 2017

вторник, 21 ноября 2017 г.

Why You Need to Understand Your Kosha Energy

By now, you've probably read a decent amount on chakras, but have you ever taken note of your koshas? They are another vital bodily energy that those seeking to live holistically very much need to understand for a balanced life.

A Kosha (also, Kosa) (Sanskrit कोश, IAST: kośa), usually rendered "sheath", is one of five coverings of the Atman, or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. They are often visualized as the layers of an onion. Basically, the koshas are energetic layers or sheaths that move from the outermost layer of skin to the deep spiritual core. The koshas provide a framework for conceptualizing ourselves. Much like the chakra system, the kosha layers come packaged with their own individual physiological function and psychology.

In some respects, the kosha layers mirror the psychology of the chakras. This is why it's so important to have a firm grasp on the concepts, and to understand how each energy system can impact your body and life.

So what are the koshas, and how do they tie into you overall? Here are quick overviews of each kosha and the area it deals with, as well as a diagram for a visual picture of how the koshas work according to MindBodyGreen:

1. Annamaya: "Foodstuff" Sheath

The first layer of the koshas represents the physical body, including the skin, muscles, connective tissue, fat and bones. When you pinch the side of your waist and feel the skin and muscle under your fingers, you engage with annamaya kosha. For a lot of people the first layer might be where we spend the most time hanging out, locked in our physical senses

2. Pranamaya: "Energy" Sheath

The second layer represents the pranic or subtle body—in essence, it's the circulatory system for prana, or "life-force energy." It also includes the fluid, physical aspects of the anatomical body that control the movement of blood, lymph and cerebrospinal fluid through the body and the circulatory movement of breath through the respiratory system. In psychological terms, pranamaya kosha controls our bodily and spiritual rhythm.

3. Manomaya "Mindstuff" Sheath

The third layer takes us into the deep recesses of the mind, emotions and nervous system. While modern science has developed an acute understanding of the inner working of the brain, the mind, motivations and emotions still retain a mysterious quality. The manomaya kosha makes up the control panel for the emotional and physical body, sending messages through your brain synapses and the central nervous system. It’s this layer where you move from physical feeling and rhythm to emotional feeling.

4. Vijanamaya: "Wisdom" Sheath

Diving underneath the sea of emotions in the manomaya kosha, we reach the wisdom body of the fourth kosha—Vijanamaya. It’s here that we develop awareness, insight and consciousness. Emotions left unchecked by awareness are destructive. The awareness of vijanamaya kosha illuminates our deeper desires and motivation and allows us to see the choice we have in all things. Instead of simply feeling or acting, we choose to feel or act with intention. Sometimes the intention is simply to move past the emotion into pure sensation and bliss.

5. Anandamaya: "Bliss" Sheath

The fifth and last kosha drops from conscious awareness into the pure and radiant bliss body. Within the anadamaya kosha, you might experience connection with all things, liberation from suffering and a state of being often described as "in the flow."

Throughout the day, notice yourself shifting between the koshas layers:

Right now I feel hot.
Right now I’m paying attention to my breathing.
Right now I feel upset.
Right now I understand why I reacted that way yesterday.
Right now I’m deep in meditation.
Right now I feel bliss.

Yoga helps you to create a track to the deeper subtle kosha layers, so they’re easier to access. As asana prepares the outer body, yogic breathing turns your attention to the pranic body. Lastly, yogic philosophy provides the tools for bringing awareness to your fluctuating emotional state of mind, so you can embody and radiate health and bliss.

For an even more in depth look, this colorful infographic provides visual insight:

Original article and pictures take www.gaia.com site

пятница, 17 ноября 2017 г.

Why yellow

A Chinese character for colour is 顏色 (yán sè). Before the Five Elements Theory was used and according to Daoists’ believe, there were only two colours: opposing, yet complementary principles, black and white, yīn (阴) and yáng (阳).

According to Chinese calendar system, the Ten Celestial Stems (shí tiān gān 十天干) are connected with the Five Elements or Phases (wǔ xíng 五行) representing five states of forces of expansion or condensation (the plus energy, or , expansion; the minus energy, or , condensation) and their corresponding colours are:

Four of these colours and elements are likewise connected to the four seasons:

wood and green - the spring
fire and red - the summer
earth and yellow - the autumn
water and black - the winter

Yellow - yún (熉) in China correspond with earth and is considered the most beautiful colour. The Chinese saying, yellow generates yīn and yáng, implies that yellow is the centre of everything. Yellow signifies neutrality and good luck and also nourishing, supporting, stabilizing, ripening, grounded, solid, reliability, sunbeam, warmth, clarity, royalty, good faith, empathy vs anxiety.

Yellow was the colour of Imperial China and is held as the symbolic colour of the five legendary emperors of ancient China. It is still reserved for royalty.

The legendary ruler - first emperor of China was known as the Yellow Emperor or Huáng Dì (黃帝) which is synonymous with the father of Chinese civilization (2.698-2.598 B.E.).

The "Yellow Dragon Flag" is the Qing Dynasty flag with blue dragon on plain yellow background, with a red pearl at the upper left corner.

Although each dynasty designated each official rank with their own colour, yellow is reserved or the emperor himself. Qin dynasty chose water as their element and black as their imperial colour. That's why you will see that most of the Qin costumes (Emperor's cloths, Soldier's Clothings) and army flags are in black. Han dynasty chose fire as their element and red as their imperial colour. That's why you will see many of the han costumes (Soldier's clothings) and army flags are red.

Yellow often decorates royal palaces, altars and temples, and the colour was used in the robes and attire of the emperors. Clothing and objects that are yellow in colour still resemble a higher social status.

The Yellow river (huáng hé 黄河) is the second-longest river in China after the Yangtze (cháng jiāng长江) and it is called "the cradle of Chinese civilization".

Yellow is an important colour in China and directly connected to leadership.

Original article and pictures take leadershipbyvirtue.blogspot.com site

среда, 1 ноября 2017 г.

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вторник, 21 ноября 2017 г.