PRUTHIVI

By the color yellow you will know that it is the
earth element, which suggests benefit,

for earth is productive, solid, and substantial.

[Hazrat Inayat Khan]

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The grounding, stabilizing, formative force;

Giving structure and support;

Coming home within one's embodiment,

connecting to living earth body;

Mother of all elements.

[Shiva  Rea]

Shiva Rea compiled all the yogic teachings shared here.

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Gunas (Qualities):
tamas-heavy, stable, dense, decreases vata and pitta
and increases kapha

Karmas (Actions):
gravitation, downward attraction, spreading
horizontally

Jnanendriya (Sensory faculty):
smell

chakra: muladhara
(first, root)

bija mantra:  LAM

Dristi:
all drisitis have a stabilizing effect on the mind:
gazing downward or at hand, nose is particularly
grounding; closing the eyes and sensing inwardly

Bhava (feeling):
grounding, stabilizing, nurturing, embodiment
boundaries

Tala (rhythm):
steady, even, bass, downbeat

Asanas:
all asanas relate to the gravitational pull of the
earth, particularly standing poses, forward bends, hip
openers, and restoratives that emphasize stillness,
production, and "ground force" - apana vayu.


Pranayama:

Yogic:
exhale of the breath, lengthening the exhale, exhaling
through one's mouth

Sufism:
In and out through the nose, spreading the breath
across the earth, both breaths are equal in length

MEDITATIONS:

Mediatation #1
Allow the body to yield to gravity in all asanas ,
being rooted by the deeper pull of Earth (pruthivi).

Meditation #2
Experience a current of energy flowing alternately
from the earth to you, and you to the earth, as you
breathe in and out.

Meditation #3
Experience a peace that extends out from yourself in
all directions, changing the conditions around you.