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Siddhāntatantra, envisions the sushumna running from the tips of the big toes to the crown of the head via the navel and heart. This archaic model of a central channel extending to the feet, linking together the principal series of nine lotuses spanning the body’s axis from crest (śikhā) to feet (pāda), may underlie the
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of Hermes: "the two snakes of which symbolize the kundalini or serpent-fire which is presently to be set in motion along those channels, while the wings typify the power of conscious flight through higher planes which the development of that fire confers".
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For reference to
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leads us upward by virtue of good deeds to the good worlds, by sin to the sinful worlds, by both to the worlds of men indeed." (PU Q3)
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228:
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28:
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22:
15:
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3309:Shabda Brahman
3306:
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3259:Pratibimbavada
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2790:
2788:Uddalaka Aruni
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2588:Buddhist texts
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2081:Yoga for women
2078:
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2071:
2069:Hasta Vinyasas
2061:
2059:Sun Salutation
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2049:
2047:List of asanas
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1457:Lotus position
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1213:
1189:
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1170:
1133:
1111:
1052:
1039:
1027:
1008:
996:
982:
960:
948:
922:
904:
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883:
866:
857:
848:
836:
821:
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793:
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746:
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736:
726:
723:
691:
688:
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501:Left channel (
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340:
337:
227:
224:
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134:, you may see
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40:Cehu Silvaniei
26:
18:Pingala (nadi)
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4:
3:
2:
3447:
3436:
3435:Yoga concepts
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3422:
3420:
3405:
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3400:
3397:
3395:
3392:
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3250:
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3239:Parinama-vada
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3007:
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2884:
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2866:
2864:
2863:Padmasambhāva
2861:
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2784:
2781:
2779:
2776:
2774:
2771:
2769:
2768:Maṇḍana Miśra
2766:
2764:
2761:
2759:
2758:Abhinavagupta
2756:
2754:
2751:
2750:
2748:
2744:
2738:
2735:
2733:
2732:
2731:Yoga Vasistha
2728:
2726:
2725:
2721:
2719:
2716:
2714:
2711:
2709:
2708:
2704:
2700:
2697:
2696:
2695:
2692:
2690:
2689:
2685:
2683:
2682:
2678:
2676:
2673:
2671:
2668:
2666:
2663:
2661:
2658:
2656:
2655:
2651:
2649:
2648:
2644:
2642:
2639:
2637:
2634:
2630:
2627:
2625:
2624:All 108 texts
2622:
2621:
2620:
2619:
2615:
2613:
2612:
2608:
2606:
2603:
2601:
2598:
2596:
2595:
2594:Dharmashastra
2591:
2589:
2586:
2584:
2583:
2579:
2577:
2576:
2572:
2570:
2569:
2568:Bhagavad Gita
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2558:
2556:
2555:
2551:
2550:
2548:
2544:
2538:
2535:
2533:
2530:
2528:
2525:
2523:
2522:Integral yoga
2520:
2519:
2517:
2513:
2505:
2502:
2500:
2497:
2495:
2492:
2491:
2490:
2487:
2485:
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2480:
2477:
2473:
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2468:
2467:Shuddhadvaita
2465:
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2200:
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2150:Asana Journal
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2139:
2137:
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2132:
2129:
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2119:
2115:
2112:
2111:
2110:
2107:
2106:
2104:
2100:
2094:
2093:
2092:Light on Yoga
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2082:
2079:
2077:
2074:
2070:
2067:
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1832:Visuddhimagga
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1751:Shiva Samhita
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1413:Yoga Vasistha
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1400:
1399:Bhagavad Gita
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1378:
1377:and sometimes
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1204:Roots of Yoga
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1181:, Adyar, 1929
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1159:on 2008-02-29
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1969:Anuyoga
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