{"id":17115,"date":"2024-08-29T10:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/?p=17115"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:54:42","slug":"sushumna-and-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/sushumna-and-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushumna and Liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sushumna and Liberation<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><i>&#8220;Sushumna<\/i> runs along the spinal cord in the center, through the seven\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Chakras\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chakras\">chakras<\/a>. When the channels are unblocked by the action of yoga, the energy of\u00a0<a title=\"Kundalini\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kundalini\">kundalini<\/a>\u00a0uncoils and rises up the\u00a0<i>sushumna<\/i> from the base of the spine.While the sushumna came to be envisioned as a vertical channel extending upwards from the heart, navel region, or base of the torso, there is an old precedent for the idea that it extends, like the \u015baktitantu, to the feet. The archaic model of sushumna runs from the tips of the big toes to the crown of the head via the navel and heart.&#8221; Wikipedia <sup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMallinsonSingleton2017172\u2013173_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nadi_(yoga)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMallinsonSingleton2017172%E2%80%93173-2\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>2<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Au-sushumna-kundalini.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17127 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Au-sushumna-kundalini-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Au-sushumna-kundalini-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Au-sushumna-kundalini.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The nadis play a role in yoga, as many yogic practices, including shatkarmas,\u00a0mudras\u00a0and\u00a0pranayama, are intended to open and unblock the nadis. The ultimate aim of some yogic practices are to direct prana into the sushumna nadi specifically, enabling\u00a0<a title=\"Kundalini\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kundalini\">kundalini<\/a>\u00a0to rise, and thus bring about\u00a0<a title=\"Moksha\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moksha\">moksha<\/a>, or liberation.&#8221;\u00a0 Wikipedia<sup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMallinsonSingleton2017Chapter_6,_especially_pages_228\u2013229_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nadi_(yoga)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMallinsonSingleton2017Chapter_6,_especially_pages_228%E2%80%93229-4\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>4<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Sending Much Love, Light, Wisdom and Understanding<\/h4>\n<h4>Cariel Quinly<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sushumna and Liberation &#8220;Sushumna runs along the spinal cord in the center, through the seven\u00a0chakras. When the channels are unblocked by the action of yoga, the energy of\u00a0kundalini\u00a0uncoils and rises up the\u00a0sushumna from the base of the spine.While the sushumna came to be envisioned as a vertical channel extending upwards from the heart, navel region, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2346,35,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chakras","category-spiritual-technology","category-spirituality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17115"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17130,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17115\/revisions\/17130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabiz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}