Spinal Breathing Pranayama – Journey to Inner Space (AYP Enlightenment Series)

the white light is the view out through the third eye.

The Tunnel and Star
There is an experience that practitioners of spinal breathing pranayama may encounter. It can happen just about anywhere along the way, or not at all until much later. It is not necessarily a measure of progress, but more of a confirmation. One of many that we can encounter as our practice advances.

The third eye is also at the center of rising intuition –

Once we are in this situation, we are in a position to do the thing that we all inwardly long to be doing – Giving.

Cool and Warm Currents
There is a natural tendency in spinal breathing for ascending energy to be cool and descending energy to be warm. When we are able to perceive this and incorporate it into the tracing of the spinal nerve with our attention, it can help us in perceiving the spinal nerve and in more effectively purifying and opening our neurobiology throughout the body

breathing. To enhance our spinal breathing, some additional stimulation can be provided in this area by developing the habit of a gentle lift of the eyes during spinal breathing. This is not anything extreme or heroic – only a slight lifting of the eyes.

As we advance in this through our daily practice over time, a gradual awakening will occur which we call ecstatic conductivity.

As we are exhaling slowly, while tracing the spinal nerve downward from brow to root with our attention, we can gently restrict the outward flow of air from our lungs

Put simply, it is healthy breathing. Not only that, it is breathing that goes up the body on inhalation, and then back down the body on exhalation, so it fits right in with spinal breathing pranayama. Let’s describe it.

three primary objectives of all pranayama:
Culturing the nervous system to become a steadily improving vehicle for inner silence rising from deep meditation.
Awakening the nervous system to a condition of permanent ecstatic conductivity.
Increasing and balancing the flow of inner energy (prana) over the long term to facilitate a progressive and safe unfoldment of the individual toward enlightenment.