Ayurveda and Sacred Movement Ritual

Ayurveda is the science of life. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the physical and subtle universe. It is a system of holistic health care that aims to create balance and healing on physical, mental and spiritual levels. It's intention is to allow each person a long healthly lifetime in order to fulfill their highest spiritual potential and merge with the Divine.

In Ayurvedic Medicine we learn about; the Chakras, energy centers that govern consciousness, the Nadis, energetic pathways that carry information & energy throughout the physical and subtle bodies, and the Vayus & Prana, how pranic energy (life-force energy) moves through us. 

Ayurvedic Medicine teaches how Pranic life-force energy moves through the Nadis. The five Vayus carry the energy and indicate the direction the energy moves in. When the Vayus are in balance, this creates health and wellness in the body, mind and spirit. 

Sacred Movement Ritual™ is based on this wisdom and teaches how to move spiritually charged Pranic energy through all levels. Using the Vayus or subtle movements within the body and through the Nadis, we can regulate or balance the chakra system, the nadi system and the vayus themselves. This in turn balances the bodily functions and doshas, the movement of the mind and the wellness of the spirit. A similar approach in seen in Chi Gung where Chi energy is directed intentionally, through the meridians and body systems, for health and wellness.

The Five Vayus ~ Winds of the Body

There are five Vayus (airs, winds or movements) are prana, samana, vyana, udana and apana.

Pranic energy moves through the body and throughout each cell with the help of the Vayus. Healthy movement of our pranic energy spins the chakras, cleanses the nadis, which in turn balances the doshas, creating health in body, mind, spirit. The Vayus are in all cells and are also found throughout each movement in the Sacred Movement Ritual™. 

Prana 
Direction of Movement: Inward and downward 
Physical Location: Head, throat, chest. Governs physical acts such as inhalation & swallowing. 
Subtle actions: governs our mind, heart, consciousness, senses. Connects us to our inner Self, determines our inspiration and positive spirit.
Sacred Movement Ritual™: Consciously connects to beauty, pranic life-force, formlessness. It mirrors Prana Vayus inward and downward path. Specifically movements;  2 - Thankfulness, 3 - Abundance, 8 - Divine Grace. 

Samana
Direction of Movement: Equalizing
Physical Location: Small Intestine. Governs absorption of nutrients and movement of energy between cells. 
Subtle Actions: Divine Absorption, cleansing of Nadis 
Sacred Movement Ritual™: Consciously intends to create union or absorption with the Divine. Intention of movements 1 -Standing in the heart of God, 6 - transformation, 7 - oneness

Vyana
Direction of Movement: Circulating 
Physical Location: Centered in Heart. Governs distribution of energy throughout the body. 
Subtle actions: Circulates all thought, wisdom and opens awareness. Circulates pranic energy throughout. 
Sacred Movement Ritual™: Each movement is a wisdom practice that circulates divine thought that opens our awareness to divine reality. Specifically Movements; 3 - Abundance, 5 - Rhythm of Life 

Udana
Direction of Movement: Upward 
Physical Location: Chest and throat 
Subtle actions: Joy, Self expression, movement of consciousness and Kundalini upward to merge with Divine (liberation). 
Sacred Movement Ritual™: Intentional upward movement in the body. Specific movement; 4 - Everything that is I Am, 9 - The Mother River 

Apana
Direction of Movement: Downward 
Physical Location: Colon. Governs elimination. 
Subtle actions: Eliminate negativity, excess thought, movement towards heart from mind 
Sacred Movement Ritual™: Intentional downward Movement; 2 - Thankfulness