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Fusion of Prana & Apana

The document outlines a five-stage meditation practice aimed at awakening the agni mandala, focusing on the manipulation of prana, apana, and samana energies within the body. Each stage involves specific breathing techniques and visualizations to reverse the natural flow of these energies, culminating in the merger of the three at the Manipura chakra. The practice is designed to generate energy and awaken kundalini, leading to a profound experience of fire and light at the Manipura region.

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Fusion of Prana & Apana

The document outlines a five-stage meditation practice aimed at awakening the agni mandala, focusing on the manipulation of prana, apana, and samana energies within the body. Each stage involves specific breathing techniques and visualizations to reverse the natural flow of these energies, culminating in the merger of the three at the Manipura chakra. The practice is designed to generate energy and awaken kundalini, leading to a profound experience of fire and light at the Manipura region.

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Awakening agni mandala (Internal)

Stage 1: Awareness of samana


Sit in a steady meditation posture. Close your eyes and relax the whole body. Take
your awareness to the Manipura region at the navel. Practice slow, deep abdominal
breathing. Feel your naval expanding as you inhale and contracting as you exhale.
Intensify your awareness of samana, the region between the naval and the
diaphragm. Continue the practice for five minutes.

Stage 2: Reversal of apana


Become aware of the lower abdominal region between Manipura and mooladhara.
This is the region of apana, the downward flowing force. As you inhale, feel the breath
and the awareness descending naturally from Manipura to mooladhara. As you
exhale, the breath and the awareness ascend from mooladhara to Manipura.
Next the apana force, which normally flows downward at the time of inhalation, is
wilfully reversed and made to flow upward. This reversal is done through the ida
channel. First visualise the ida channel emerging from mooladhara, curving upward
to the left and crossing Swadhisthana, curving to the right and crossing Manipura.
Now bring your awareness down to mooladhara. Inhale slowly and reverse the flow of
apana, directing it upward through ida nadi along with the breath.
Feel the flow of apana reversing and rising up through the passage of ida from
mooladhara to manipura. While exhaling, the breath and awareness naturally flow
back down from manipura to mooladhara in a straight line. Continue for five minutes.

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Stage 3: Reversal of prana
Bring your awareness to the chest, between anahata and vishuddhi. This is the region
of prana, the upward flowing force. As you inhale, feel the breath and the awareness
ascending spontaneously from anahata to vishuddhi. As you exhale, the breath
descends from vishuddhi to anahata. Next the pranic force, which normally flows
upward at the time of inhalation, is wilfully reversed and made to flow downward.
This reversal is done through the pingala channel. Now visualise the pingala channel
emerging from vishuddhi, curving downward to the left and crossing anahata, then
curving to the right and crossing manipura. Now bring your awareness back to
vishuddhi. Inhale slowly and reverse the flow of prana, directing it downward through
the pingala nadi along with the breath. Feel the flow of prana reversing and
descending through the pingala passage from vishuddhi to manipura to vishuddhi in
a straight line. Continue this practice for five minutes.
Practice note: This technique is very straightforward. However, to reach the level where
you can sensitise the awareness to actually feel the upward flow of apana from
mooladhara to manipura, and the downward flow of prana from vishuddhi to
manipura, may take several months.

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Stage 4: Merger of the three pranas
Merging of the three pranas – apana, prana and samana, takes place at manipura.
When the forces of prana and apana merge in the region of samana, the vision of
manipura in the form of agni mandala, the zone of fire, becomes manifest.
Now, while inhaling, simultaneously direct the flow of apana up the ida channel and
prana down the pingala channel. At the end of inhalation practice internal breath
retention and feel the two energies colliding with samana at manipura.
The collision of awakens sushumna nadi and kundalini shakti. Experience the impact
of the three energies at manipura, while holding the breath inside. Then exhale and
allow the awareness and the breath to separate and return from manipura to
vishuddhi and to mooladhara simultaneously. Initially this may be experienced like
an electric shock.

Stage 5: Generating energy


Continue the practice with total awareness and concentration. While inhaling,
simultaneously reverse the pranic flows. At the end of inhalation hold the breath
inside, and experience the explosive merging of the three pranas at manipura. As the
energies crash against one another, there is a terrific generation of heat, fire, sparks
and light.
At this time dharana must be practiced on the energy explosion at manipura for as
long as the experience lasts. As you concentrate while practising kumbhaka, the three
pranas fuse into one, which activates the other two pranas, udana and vyana, and
causes the kundalini to arise in sushumna.
A pranic shock is experienced throughout the body as dormant kundalini begins to
wind her way up the timeless passage of sushumna. When kundalini reaches
manipura, a tremendous explosion of fire and light takes place which is blinding in
intensity. This is the awakening of agni mandala, the zone of fire. With this experience,
the awakened kundalini becomes stabilised at manipura, and it no longer gravitates
back to its dormant state in mooladhara.

Prana Apana Samyukta Pranayama (External)


Sit in Siddha Asana. Inhale through both nostrils and fill the breath in the space
down to the navel. Then make Jalandhara Bandha and retain the breath in. Now raise
the Apana Vayu from the end of the spinal cord to the navel, mix it up the breath, and
contract the anus so that it makes Mula Bandha. While mixing up the Prana and Apana,
make Uddiyana Bandha. The mixing of the Prana and Apana causes brilliance and
gives lustre to the body. Try to balance the movement of the Prana and Apana. After
this, make an effort for retention and then exhale. Increase this practice daily.
Benefits :–The balance of Prana and Apana gives rise to the brilliance of body. The
breath rises up and Kundalini awakes. This is experienced in the fullness of time.

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