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The position of Manipura is stated as being behind the navel. Sometimes a secondary chakra called Surya (sun) chakra is located at the solar plexus, whose role is to absorb and assimilate Prana from the sun. Being related to the sense of sight, it is associated with the eyes, and being associated with movement, it is associated with the feet. [6]
Navel-gazing is the contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation. [1] ... In yoga, the navel is the site of the manipura (also called nabhi) chakra, ...
The navel was exaggerated in size, informed by the belief that the navel symbolized the center where life began. [23] In Arabic-Levantine culture, belly dancing is a popular art form that consists of dance movements focused on the torso and navel. [24] Buddhism and Hinduism refer to the chakra of the navel as the manipura.
Then the energies residing in the chakra at the secret place cause the AH-stroke syllable at the navel chakra, which is in nature the inner fire, to blaze with light. This light rises up the central channel avadhuti and melts the other three syllables, HAM, OM and HUM [respectively at the crown, throat and heart chakras].
Navel Movement is spiral, concentrated around the navel, like a churning motion, it is related to digestion on all levels. Balanced samāna leads to a healthy metabolism. Vyāna Originating from the heart, distributed throughout Movement is outward, like the circulatory process. It is related to circulatory system, nervous system and cardiac ...
Yoga texts disagree on the number of nadis in the human body. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Goraksha Samhita quote 72,000 nadis, each branching off into another 72,000 nadis, whereas the Shiva Samhita states 350,000 nadis arise from the navel center, [1] and the Katha Upanishad (6.16) says that 101 channels radiate from the heart. [2]
Now one pulls up forcefully on the vital energies from below. These strike the AH-stroke syllable at the navel chakra, which then rises and strikes the HUM at the heart. This rises and strikes the KSHA at the crown. Then the process is reversed: the HUM comes back down to the heart chakra; and the AH comes back down to the navel chakra.
By concentrating on the navel chakra, one draws in and stabilizes the pranas in that chakra, which is the seat of the drop associated with the fourth state of mind . Then one apprehends and moves the arisen form of Kālacakra's sambhogakaya into the navel where it merges with the drop.