EXPLORING THE KOSHAS: MANOMAYA KOSHA

All of your thoughts, feelings and emotions, plus the functions of ideation and contemplation. The gunas (fundamental governing energies of nature) are also said to partly reside in this sheath. The Yoga Tradition believes that the world is a mirror of our minds and how we see the world is a reflection of ourselves. Therefore Manomaya Kosha acts as both camera and projector, taking images in and assimilating and accessing their content while simultaneously projecting images outwards through our beliefs and thoughts as the world we experience. The cool thing is as human beings with free will we have the power and ability to create our own reality if we choose to. If we don’t choose someone or something else will.

The fourth and fifth sheaths become accessible only when the physical (Anamaya Kosha), the pranic (Pranamaya Kosha) and mental bodies (Manamaya Kosha) been purified and are operating in harmony, to me this is what yoga is all about. Only through the right yogic practices, an inner alchemy can take place that opens up the pathway of Fire, granting access to the subtle spiritual dimensions of the Awareness body (Vijnanamaya Kosha) and the bliss body (Anandamaya Kosha) waiting patiently deep within the mysteries of the human spine (Sushumna Nadi).

Come practice this week and help shift the perception of yourself and the world.