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becomes the churning rod, the twin
nadis of ida and pingala represent
the opposing forces of cold and hot,
moon and sun that perform the
churning. Kundalini that lies coiled
at the base of sushumna assumes the
role of Naag Vasuki. As the churning
happens, immense heat is released,
which opens the various blockages
and awakening of higher centers,
using the shakti of kundalini. Nadi,
refers to the etheric channels in
our body where the prana flows,
Shodhan means purifying. Any
congestion in the nadis, hinders the
movement of prana. The stagnation
of prana leads to a plethora diseases.
In Nadi Shodhanam, the Eda (coldunable bear the heat. A guru assumes
the role of neelkanth, taking in the
destructive aspects (poison) of the
heat of yog, granting the sadhak
various siddhis up the ladder of
evolution.
There are techniques in yoga that
can regulate your breath-flow.
They can keep you charged-up andin the body and melts the kundalini
energy making it rise up the various
chakras through the sushumna,
granting the being siddhis associated
with each center. While the heat
unclogs the body and activates the
shakti of the kundalini, if generated
in an uncontrolled manner in the
absence of Guru, its intensity leads
to destruction of the body which is
disease-free all the time. Sanatan
Kriya details the practice of Nadi
Shodhnam, where prana from breath
become the fuel powering the ida
and pingala nadis, which together
perform the churning to generate
immense heat in the body. As this
heat spreads to various parts of the
body, it opens up the blockages in the
path of experience of higher energiesnadi, on the left side of Sushumna)
and Pingla (hot nadi, on the right
side of Sushumna) work as churning
rods, creating heat through friction
at the base of the spine, this heat
then rises through the Sushumna
and from there is spread across the
body to cleanse the various channels,
remove heaviness, congestion, and
also avidya...making the body far