The lungs: in the rib cage, your Soul

  • 2014
Table of contents hide 1 WHAT IS ITS FUNCTION 2 MERIDIAN OF THE LUNG 3 LUNGS-SKIN-COLONNARIZ. 4 IN THE TORACICA BOX, YOUR SOUL 5 The lungs: in the rib cage, your Soul

WHAT IS YOUR FUNCTION

The lungs are the second largest organ in the body, the first is the skin. They are hollow they are located inside the thorax, protected by the ribs and on both sides of the heart.

They are the organs of respiration, in which the so-called hematosis takes place, a process during which red blood cells absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide. After passing through the nostrils, air circulates through the pharynx and reaches the trachea, which is divided into two bronchial tubes, each of which penetrates into a lung. The right lung is larger than the left due to the space occupied by the heart and is divided into three lobes, while the left is in two. Each of the lobes is divided into a large number of lobules, which go to a bronchiole, which in turn is divided into cavities called pulmonary vesicles. The pulmonary vesicles form the alveoli. The characteristic gas exchange of the lungs occurs in the blood fluid that circulates through the capillaries of the pulmonary alveoli.

MERIDIAN OF THE LUNG

Our kriyas in Kundalini Yoga are medicine for our organs, they are acupuncture needles that activate and balance the energy channels or meridians of each of these organs.

The internal path of the meridian of the lung begins in the stomach and descends to the colon. There it begins an ascending path that crosses the diaphragm. Then it crosses each of the lungs up to the trachea and making contact with the larynx and pharynx and finally leaves the rib cage below the collarbone and reaches the point where the superficial path begins.

In the superficial path of the meridian there are eleven acupuncture points. It begins at the second rib in the chest, descends through the inner side of the arm to the elbow and continues its path through the anterior part of the forearm to the outer angle of the thumbnail.

In Chinese medicine, acupuncture needles stimulate the fluid passage of energy through the external meridian. In the kriyas of Kundalini Yoga for the lung it is beautiful to notice how our own muscles perform that function of the needles. Each asana through the mediation of the muscles stimulates, balances, clears and circulates energy through the external and internal meridian. That is to say that our kriyas not only affect the organs of the lungs but also very completely the resonators of their energy channels or meridians.

LUNGS- SKIN- COLON- NOSE.

For Chinese medicine the lungs are extremely important. Its main functions are to communicate and regulate the fluid pathways, expelling a part of them in the form of sweat and another in the form of urine through the kidneys. They are the most external organs of the body as well as the skin, on which they have a great influence. Dry, cracked and unmoistened skin indicates a dysfunctional lung.

All organs, according to Chinese medicine, are associated with a viscera, the organ being the Yin aspect and the viscera the Yang. In this case the lung is associated with the colon. Interestingly, when we catch a cold, we tend to be constipated or have diarrhea. On the other hand, when a person is ill with the colon - both with diarrhea and constipation - the toxins that are generated there usually rise in gaseous form and settle in the lung. For this reason people who never smoked can suffer from the lung; pneumonia, pneumonia, bronchitis, etc. Or people suffering from constipation often have respiratory allergies.

The nose is the opening of the lungs to the world and through it breathing occurs. A reddened and swollen nose or loss of smell, also tell us about a lung recharged or dirty with toxins. Over the years, many people have a larger nose or enlarged pores and full of black dots. These dots are substances that the body wants to eliminate. As the body detoxifies, the nose may gradually deflate.

It is interesting to mention here that the meridian corresponding to the colon begins at the base of the nose. This invites us to note that when the nose itches, redness or dryness may be due to what was eaten the day before. Grandmothers used to say that when our nose itches it is because we have parasites. People who usually have the habit of scratching the base of the nose often have irritable bowel and often suffer in addition to lung dysfunctions such as allergic rhinitis.

IN THE TORACICA BOX, YOUR SOUL

Seen with attention, the lungs reproduce the structure of an upside down tree, a tree that grows into the rib cage and whose leaves are the millions of alveoli that perform the gaseous exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen. This is the process that is exactly the opposite of external trees, which consume CO2 and replenish the O2 of the air. This powerful image connects us to the fact that everything outside is inside. External trees generate food for our internal trees and vice versa. It is a pact even deeper than that of the brotherhood: the tree is within me and I within it. The tree is me, I am the tree. And what is it that we exchange with trees?

The air, the prana, the breath, the soul.

In Sanskrit atma means breath, but also soul. Breathing therefore is much more than coming into contact with the soul: it is inhabiting the soul. It is very difficult to define what the soul is, but instead we can define the means in which the soul is experienced. That medium is the breath, the breath, the prana. It is breathing how I can get in touch with the truth of my soul.

From the astrological point of view, the lungs are governed by the planet Mercury, a symbol of communication. In effect, breathing reflects and directly influences our communication. In the exchange between our internal world and the external world. As our breathing is, our communication is calm and deep, tense and nervous? In situations of anguish or shock when we get lost losing our relationship with ourselves, isn't our breathing usually superficial and accelerated? And instead in front of a sunset ... a sigh, a long, slow and deep breath.

In yoga we associate breathing with life expectancy. Breathing fast is equivalent to consuming life. Elephants, turtles and crocodiles reach a great longevity precisely because they are animals that breathe very slowly. Hence, yogis try to perform five or six cycles of breathing per minute, instead of the usual sixteen to eighteen cycles. And not only with the intention of living longer, but because the respiratory rate determines the quality of those years lived.

In Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, we understand and experience how long and deep breathing stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands, which correspond to the upper chakras: ajna (sixth) and sahasrara (seventh), who are responsible for intuition and knowledge, respectively. In addition, the quality of the prana we breathe is essential. When the air is moved by wind and water currents, it is electrically charged, or ionized, that is, it is filled with the subtle substance we call prana. That is why it is so comforting to do yoga on the beach, in the mountains, near a waterfall. There the air overflows prana.

Our breathing then reflects the quality and rhythm of our life. From science we know that for every breath the heart beats four times. Four seasons, four cardinal points, four kingdoms. Breathing marks the rhythm to which we dance life. In four-stroke rhythm, music such as the Hymn to Joy has been written. Four is the square: matter. It is through breathing that the soul penetrates the world.

Pavan pavan

Laura Alvarez- Sat Purkh Kaur
Certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga in 2003.
Director of Happy Yoga Colombia.

Source: http://www.spiritvoyage.com.mx

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