Nadis are the astral tubes made up of astral matter that carry psychic currents. The word ‘Nadi’ is derived from the sanskrit word ‘Nad’ which means ‘motion’. It is through these Nadis, the vital force or Pranic current moves or flows. Since they are made up of subtle matter the naked physical eyes cannot see them and you cannot make any experiments in the physical plane. These Yoga Nadis are not the ordinary nerves, arteries and veins known to the modern medicine.
Ancient Indian texts say that there are 72,000 nadis in our body.Out of which 10 are the most important.They are as follows:
1. Ida situated on the left side of the central spinal channel (sushumna-nadi).
2. Pingala is situated on the right side of Sushumna.
3. Sushumna is situated in the mid-region (between ida and pingala).
4. Gandhari – terminating in the left eye.
5. Hastijihvha terminating in the right eye.
6. Pusa terminating in the right ear.
7. Yasasvini terminating in the left ear.
8. Alambusa terminating in the mouth.
9. Kuhu terminates in the region of the linga (phallus, genital organ).
10. Samkhini the anal region or at the perineum (Mula, `root`).
Out of this the first three Ida,pingala and sushumna are very important.They are explained below:
Ida(known as yin in china) flows through the left nostril and is also called Chandra Nadi (moon).It is cooling type and feminine in nature.It also refers to right hemisphere of our brain.It deals with subconscious mind.Ida is emotional.
Pingala(known as yang in china) flows through the right nostril and is also called Surya Nadi(sun).It is of heating type and masculine in nature.It refers to left hemisphere of brain.It deals with supraconscious mind.Pingala is rational.
Sushumna nadi starts from the Kanda-mula, lying just below the Muladhara chakra(will be explained later), and goes upward centrally within the vertebral column.This is the nadi for self realization.
Whenever there is an interlacing of several nadis, that centre is called “chakra”.There are hundreds of chakra in our body, but only seven of them are very important.They are explained in the next blog
