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    viśuddhi

    Devanāgarī: विशुद्धि Translation: special purity; complete purification, purity; rectification, removal of error or doubt Similar words:śuddhi, śuddha, śodhana, pariśuddhi Opposite words:aviśuddhi Related concepts:ājñā, cakra, anāhata, maṇipūra, svādhiṣṭhāna, mūlādhāra

    Appears in

    Sāṃkhya Kārikā:

    64

    Bhagavad Gītā:

    Chapter 5: 7
    Chapter 6: 12


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    Commentaries around

    “Bhāvana for the Breath in Āsana, Mudrā and Prāṇāyāma
    – Pūraka – Lifting from the Viśuddhi Cakra
    – Antar Kumbhaka – Expanding from the Anahāta Cakra
    – Recaka – Contracting from the Svādhiṣṭhāna Cakra
    – Bāhya Kumbhaka – Sustaining from the Mūlādhāra Cakra”
    – 108 Prāṇāyāma Practice Pointers

    “The ‘seed’ of potential for Ujjāyī as an
    Ajapā Mantra abides within the ‘shell’ of
    a Bhāvana for Ujjāyī as a Dhāraṇā Deśa.
    The Deśa also needs to be supported by
    utilising a locationally relevant Ādhāra,
    as in this instance, the Viśuddhi Ādhāra.
    Further considerations can be around the
    linking of the sound of Ujjāyī to a semantic
    thought-form, by adding Mano Japā Rūpa to
    this Ajapā, as some do through using Haṃsa.
    However, one could argue that this formation,
    shifting from a non-language feeling-based
    experience into a language thought-based
    experience, can detract from the Bhāvana,
    in that a unique Lakṣaṇa of Ujjāyī resides in
    the notion of ‘sounding’ without language.”
    – 108 Prāṇāyāma Practice Pointers

    Bhāvana on Directional Breathing within Śikṣaṇa Practice
    “When inhaling, start the movement in the
    Prāṇa Sthāna from the Viśuddhi Sthāna
    and move the inhale as if towards the
    diaphragm without distending the belly.
    When exhaling, start the movement in the
    Apāna Sthāna from the Svādhiṣṭhāna Sthāna
    and move the exhale as if towards the
    diaphragm without collapsing the chest.”
    – 108 Yoga Practice Pointers

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