A is for Ahhh!!!!
This sound is one that is said to be the purest sound a person can make. It is usually heard from women and men in bed during intimacy. This same vowel sounds extends further then many people realize and is the same vowel sound in many languages and religions throughout the world. Among the many different deities whose names are revealed in prayer are G-o-d, Krishn-a, Ram-a, Buddh-a, Siddh-a, Jehov-ah, Y-ah-weh, All-ah, and Kami Sam-a. It is believed that this is proof, no matter where you are from or what religion you choose, there is a spiritual connection between love and sex. The emotional merging of two beings, connecting and uniting as one to create a third being. The experience of finding that one true love and sharing that love between the two of you to create from both of you, a precious human being is one experience that cannot be compared to anything else in the world. What else can take a part of two people who love each other and miraculously create a miracle? Nothing? Well here anyway...It is sad to say that many people in the world will never find that one person they feel an emotional and mental connection with, but for the people who have discovered it ,never stop believing that you are truly blessed with something amazing. You have not lived unless you have really loved.
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In mantra-yoga: unification through sound, the sacred syllable om is nearly five thousand years old. Om consists of four parts a + u + m + a silent pause, before the mantra may begin again. Interestingly, sounds and action in a yoga context refer to the feminine, and the space between movements and sounds the masculine.The "a" refers to the waking state or consciousness, the "u" the dream state, and the m with deep sleep. The silent pause after the sounds transcends the states of existence and represents Self - pure consciousness.The sound om is often chanted too short in duration. It starts with Ahhhhhh of course, followed with... uuuuuuu & mmmmmm. Most of the sound when used in a chant ought to have emphasis on the "m" until the exhale is complete and the pause can be realized.
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That is very interesting. I did not realize the empowerment that yoga had on the body until I started experimenting with different teachings and then doing it myself. P90X has a yoga class that is ridiculous. It is intense! After doing his yoga classes for about a month, I started to feel different. My sciatic nerve behind my left leg stopped hurting, my back stopped feeling pinched and my overall feeling felt clean and free of stress. I had scoliosis since I was 13 and have slouched since I was around 18. I no longer had scoliosis or slouched. Lifting weights and doing cardio never completely eliminated these problems. In the last 3 months, I have only been to the gym a few times and have not done any yoga because I through so much in to my day that I did not know how to organize it efficiently. The way I feel now is a complete turn around. I feel like I have a 50 pound weight on my shoulders, my body inside feels like I am full of toxins and negative energy. It is hard to explain. I am always tired, stressed out, angry, and then depression started to take over. I started to see a change in me and I had to sit down and make a new plan because this was really making me sick. I started back at the gym and meditating. Spend some time with a peaceful and relaxing tune while I think of only positive things and seeing myself achieving those things. I worked out 5-6 days a week and would spend about an hour and a half on rapid paced cardio and another hour or so on super set weight lifting. I could spend 3-4 hours working out. That is not good...But it is truly amazing the difference I have felt since I have started back to exercise. I was almost debating on taking anti-depressants because it was that bad but the exercise, yoga, and meditation have started to change my mental state of mind with my physical. It blows my mind to see how much really taking care of yourself affects your overall well being. It is sad that so many people really don't know how good they would feel and be from living healthy. Not even being a strict dieter but eliminating or cutting down on the foods they know are bad. When I do yoga, they use Om sound a lot. So you are saying that when I am saying it I should sound it out in a longer frame of time, until exhale and then silence until inhaling.? That makes sense. I really did not even take that part serious but I guess it does play an important role in yoga. Thanks for sharing...;-)
I am trained as a yoga instructor for my own sporadic practice. I do not teach in a class setting. That's not in my heart at the moment. Western style class oriented yoga is not of the classical form. Classically, yoga was communicated from teacher to student where both agree to the responsibilities as to what that means. Mostly I offer a note here and there about yoga in a private conversation, thoughts that I have learned from my teacher. You seem like you have a curiosity, so I offer a note or two now.
In asana posture yoga, the simplest precept is movement with breath, with intention. Breath awareness ought to be the first tenant taught in teaching yoga. You begin asana practice with where you are today as that can change with the activity in your life. It might be different later on today or tomorrow. That idea brings me to the Doshas, the three constitutions in ayurvedic medicine: Vatta, Pita, and Kapha. Vatta is light airy whirling constantly changing, Pita is fiery energetic and intense, Kapha, is steady, cooler, slower, and stable.
The Doshas apply to everything, your natal constitution, what you eat, how you spend your day, the time of day, everything. From an ayurvedic perspective, one seeks balance of the Doshas. This last bike season I road my bike 6500 miles. While much of that was steady - call it an active kapha, ten percent of that was very intense - pita. If I were to do more exercise, I would end up out of balance, too much pita, which would crank too much on my adrenals. I would burn out.
This time of the year, I'm just hanging out , seeking balance once again. I haven't done anything physically intense in over two months. This has been a Vatta time for me physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That's has been my cycle more ore less year after year. Any one of these states can end up being addicting, especially if you're predisposed to liking how one or the other feels. The couch potato sits on the couch. They like how it feels so they sit on the couch more. Then they eat heavy foods that reinforce the steady and stable feelings. They may be very apposed to realizing balance as that likely feels bad to too them.
Expressing Pita in your you day can be very useful in ridding yourself of toxins, lethargy, bad shit, internally and externally. emotionally, physically, spiritually that have accumulated. Pita activates fire element, agni, which serves to rid oneself of toxins - ama.
For me, I often prefer a slower less physical asana practice. My opinion is that the fundamentals of posture and alignment are often compromised when the series is too fast, that said, if one seeks a pita like asana experience, the place to practice is at one's physical edge, while mindfully maintaining the fundamentals. breath with intention. To go over the line, the movement with breath with intention evaporates. When that happens, the yoga is lost, and it's just exercise at that point.
The form in the asana practice has three components: intention, skeletal extension, and muscular contraction, secondary to breath with movement, near equally as important.
Yoga asana practice is just one many practices towards the Self realization as referenced. Without all the meta physical BS, the second sutra is as conveyed by Pantajali 2500 years ago, Yogash Chitta Vritti Nirodhah, the cessation of mind fluctuations through the practice of yoga. Yoga practice for me has been one of many techniques available to me. Riding my bike is yoga for me, as well as all of my other outdoor activities.
Thing is, I think everyone enjoys being out of balance every once in a while. I think that is OK. In some cases, that's what it takes to heal. Being mindful about it serves oneself. At some point, most recognize too much wobble and then one has the awareness to move back towards stillness. Often it's not a straight line.
With Om, an Om chanted ought to be of full breath, The breath begins at the initiation the exhale with emphasis on the naval, towards complete exhalation. The inhale begins naturally, perhaps after a slight pause, take a full even breath beginning with upper back and chest, and exhale beginning with the naval as you chant Om. How to chant Om is rarely taught in a class room. I've never had the technique taught to me. I've only read about. This is how I practice it.
The "M" sound is a harmonic with the universe. When everyone in a class is on key, well, I think that is pretty cool.