Shavayatra, “Traveling through the Corpse”
A body scan technique taught in the Gilbert Yoga Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Program This technique travels through the “61 Points of Light” in the human body. This is referenced in the ayurvedic text, The Sushruta Samhita, the origin of this technique is ancient. It has many benefits:
How to conduct a Shavayatra body scan: Relax the body, observe the natural rhythm of your breath. Sense your body as it breathes, as you are being breathed. Now focus on the point between the eyebrows. Breathe there. Imagine a pinprick of light here. Allow the light to travel as your awareness journeys through the relaxing body... Hollow of the Throat Center. Right shoulder. Right elbow joint. Wrist joint. Tip of all fingers on the right hand The right wrist joint Right Elbow joint Right Shoulder joint Hollow of Throat center Left shoulder joint Left Elbow joint Left Wrist joint Tips of all five fingers on the Left hand Left Wrist joint Left Elbow joint Left Shoulder joint Heart’s Center, Center of the Chest Travel down to the heart center, more of the chest. Breathe into this kind of light energy there. Right side of the chest Heart’s Center, Center of the Chest Left side of the chest Heart’s Center, Center of the Chest Travel from the heart to the naval center Pelvic center Right hip joint Right Knee joint Right Ankle joint Right big toe Right Second toe Right Middletoe Right Fourth toe Right Pinky toe Right Ankle joint Right Knee joint Right Hip joint Pelvic center Left hip joint Left knee joint Left ankle joint Left big toe, second toe, Middle toe, third toe, fourth toe, pinky toe Left Ankle joint Left Knee joint Left hip joint Pelvic center Naval center Heart center Throat center Eye Center, Space between the Brows Now sense your body in space as these points of light The breath, carrying prana -divine light- upon it The body breathes, is breathed You are a field of awareness, occupying the whole space The space within this body And all of the space outside of the body. Divine Light. All Love. Begin to breathe more deeply as you bring life and movement back into your body. *Shavayatra technique sourced from the Gilbert Yoga AYTT Manual. All rights reserved.
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