Navel seat

Seat of samāna-vāyu

The navel seat of samāna-vāyu, the equalising wind of digestion, said to kindle the gastric fire at the centre between prāṇa above and apāna below.

Breath entry (nostrils)Heart seatThroat seatCrown outletXiphoid boundaryNavel seatNavel seatLower-abdomen boundaryPubic boundaryPelvic-floor seatRight shoulderLeft shoulderRight hipLeft hip

Point 6 of 13 in Prāṇa Vāyus — Five Winds

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Sources

B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Prāṇāyāma (secondary)

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