Bija Mantra depicting each Chakra

Lam ल म
Vam व् म
Ram र म
Yam य म
Ham ह म
Ohm ॐ
Ohm ॐ
These are the bija mantras naming each of the 7 chakras च क्र , beginning with muladara मू ला धा रा and ending with sahasrara स ह स्रा रा .

My sister and I sang them to the tune of Sankarabaranam Raga and held each bija mantra for 8 beats. They have such a fantastic vibration when you say it holding the tree pose --vrikshasana.

Epiphany doing yoga Outdoors

Last week I was doing yoga on my sisters wood patio. The sky was a beautiful cornflower blue as the sky tends to get in Kansas summer. The trees looked green and inviting. Clematis, irises, moon flowers, and hydrangeas were in bloom. What better place to practice yoga than this paradise in the morning hours when the world was just waking up!

As I went from Virabadrasana to Trikonasana, I looked up at the sky, my hands forming a straight line as if stretching out a ribbon vertically. At first the clouds seemed to move above the grey roof of the neighbor's house. A moment later, it was the house that was in motion. I clearly saw the house, the patio, the trees, myself, everything, the whole earth moving steadily in its orbit! When we are moving around, we never feel the earth move--the concept although scientifically proven feels abstract to us in our daily life. But in that almost upside down position, this phenomenon of the planet in motion was palpable.

One only needs to see experiences from a slant or "upside down" and they will offer revelations. Perhaps questions that plague us will finally be laid to rest or provide interesting twists or offer footholds.