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Aquarius rules the circulatory system, ankles, Achilles, calves, shins.
Prana vayu : vyana // Ayurvedic dosha : vata
Meditation : ajna (third eye)
I associate Aquarius with sudden insight and cerebral connectivity, so I think the third eye is the best chakra to represent this air sign. The actual location of the chakra is in the pituitary gland. Breathe deeply from a seated position and send your energy upward into the third eye with a turquoise light turning brilliant blue. This meditation is helpful for blocks in the intuition or mental body. Ajna is our dreaming center, our mind’s eye: envisioning, manifesting, processing, communing without words on the spirit plane. Turkish poet Jelaluddin Rumi wrote that we must close both eyes to see with the other. Relax your brow. Keep the eyes rolled back or looking up and together toward ajna.
Circulating breath
As Aquarius rules the circulatory system, let’s see if we can visualize our breath following these pathways in the body. Yes, this is more of third eye exercise than a breathing exercise. As you breathe, visualize turquosie light entering through the nostrils and filling the lungs. See this light wrap around the heart. With each successive breath this light begins to pulsate out, down the arms, through the trunk, up through the crown. Like an electrical current the breath is carried weightlessly by the blood. No part of your body remains untouched. As you breathe, say to yourself: my body, mind and spirit already have perfect wisdom.
- sit back on the feet with toes tucked under
- downward dog twist with one hand reaching to the outside of the opposite calf, thumb up
- cross one shin over one calf and begin to sit back - this should be very intense
- uttanasana (forward fold) with blocks under the balls of the feet
- hanumanasana (monkey pose)
garuda mudra
Garuda mudra : In Sanskrit garuda means eagle and mudra is a gesture usually performed with just the hands but sometimes involving the entire body. So garuda mudra: eagle hand posture. The eagle represents freedom, breaking loose, rising above, finding truth. Perfect for Aquarius, the rebel and empowering agent of the zodiac. Start with your palms up, facing you. Lay one hand over the other. Slide your hands until the thumbs link. In this position, press both hands over the heart. Your fingers should look like spread wings (refer to above picture). Close your eyes and breathe. Come here whenever you seek freedom: heart, mind and spirit.