From: "PamelaP" <pamela@rabboar.com>
Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:25 pm
Subject: Rolling to the right -- found it! pamelaporch
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I found the "article" -- well, I didn't, Pat, another teacher and friend,
did. I wrote to her and asked her if she had read it. She remembered, and
found it. Yoga Journal, May/June 05. I was just looking through that very
issue this AM, and even have the page turned down, and even looked at the
very page, but was looking at the first article, not the second, which it
was. Geez....
Anyway, here's what it says:
The practice of rolling to the right has a symbolic as well as a
physiological basis. In India, it is considered more auspicious to enter a
holy place with the right foot, and in many parts of the world, we extend
our right hand in greeting. The right side also represents the east;
rolling toward the east, or the rising sun, symbolized asking for blessings,
grace, and bliss.
Physiologically, since your heart is on the left, when you roll to the
right, it remains open and free of pressure. Rolling to the right also
keeps the ida nadi (on of the main channels of prana, or the life force
[chi], which corresponds to cooling energy) active and helps keep your body
in a state of calmness as you come into a sitting position.
Pamela P.
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