U — crown resonance

Sahasrāra-region vowel

U is shown rising towards the crown as the sustaining middle movement of AUM. Crown placement is a comparative subtle-body convention and varies among mantra and chakra lineages.

Anāhata nāda — unstruck soundĀhata śabda — struck soundA — solar-plexus resonanceE — heart resonanceI — throat resonanceO — third-eye resonanceU — crown resonanceU — crown resonanceM — bindu closure

Point 7 of 8 in Nāda Yoga — Sound-Body Resonance Map

Cross-tradition overlaps

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Sources

Yoga Sūtras 1.27–29 (primary_canonical)

Praṇava contemplation is the textual basis for the AUM sequence.

Guy L. Beck, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound (scholarly_modern)

Discusses transcendent and cranial readings of sacred sound.

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