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Hello and welcome back!
So I have had a few requests to expand on what prana and chitta shakti are as I have mentioned them a few times in the past episodes so I want to just break it down and simplify what they mean.
I know I have only mentioned the two shaktis, however there is a third, which we haven’t really gotten into yet, but for the purpose of what we are discussing we will also go into it, it’s called atma shakti.
Now consider shakti as meaning energy in this sense.
Starting with Prana Shakti, what does it mean or what even is it?
The ancients believe that, prana shakti is the primordial cosmic energy that governs all physical functions. Prana is life force energy that is present in each and every of us and every living thing. It is what keeps up alive. Prana is what energises the body and in Chinese it is referred to as Chi,
Chitta shakti is the energy that covers all of the mental functions, or simply put, it is consciousness. In Sanskrit chitta means consciousness. That part of the mind that stores experiences for future use, the pleasure-seeking faculty, or the organ of thought.
Prana shakti is associated with the pingala nadi, the channel through which mental energy flows. The pingala nadi travels the length of the spinal cord, weaving in and out of the chakras. Remembering that pingala nadi is the masculine, the solar nadi. This nadi is closely tied to the sympathetic nervous system and when it is activated and free from blockages, it has an energising effect. So then pinagala nadi then mirrors the ida nadi, which is the channel for chitta shakti. This nadi is on the left side and represents the feminine and lunar aspects. It is closely tied to the parasympathetic nervous system, and as such when in balance has a cooling and calming effect. When both these nadis are flowing freely we begin to activate shusumna nadi, and in turn the next shakti, atma.
So then the third shakti is atma shakti. is This shakti is the energy that encompasses the spiritual or the soul aspect. Atma is the Sanskrit word for "true self" or “soul,” not the ego. It is the energy associated with reaching the spiritual, inner self and unity with the universe. The term is sometimes used synonymously with kundalini or cosmic energy. It is the transcendental and eternal self. Keeping in mind that shushumna nadi is the nadi that allows for the unity and liberation of oneness. Remembering that this nadi runs straight up the inner part of the spinal cord and through all of the chakras, from mooladhara chakra, the root or base chakra, to the sahasrara chakra, the crown chakra. It is the nadi of spiritual awareness. The nadis that carry prana and chitta shakti weave around the spine on opposite sides.
If we look at all three shaktis together we have Prana as the Life Force energy, Chitta as Conscious energy and Atma as Soul energy.
By awakening atma shakti, we are united with cosmic energy and the universe, which is by nature, transcendental and nonphysical.
Of course, how can we get there? You guessed it, balancing the chakras through the 8 limbs of yoga, which a special focus on healing through the chakras.