Anusara Universal Principles

Question 1

What are the five universal principles?

Answer 1

1. set foundation and open to grace
2. muscular energy
3. inner spiral
4. outer spiral
   5 organic energy

Question 2

What are the focal points of foundation?

Answer 2

Feet- inner hip width, parallel, 4 corners of foot

Hands- shoulder width, wrist creases, fingers spread, 5 fingertips, 4 corners of palm

Question 3

What 4 things do we focus on to ‘open to grace’?

Answer 3

Inner body bright
Kidney loop
Melt the heart
Lower body

Question 4

What does “inner body bright” mean?

Answer 4

Inhale fully lifting and expanding front, side and back ribs, lengthening side body

Question 5

What is the ‘kidney loop’?

Answer 5

breathe into back waist, round mid-back, contract upper abdomen

Question 6

What does ‘melt the heart’ mean?

Answer 6

shoulder blades move toward each other, the skin between forms hammock

Question 7

What do you do with lower body when opening to grace?

Answer 7

soften and release pelvic focal point toward floor

Question 8

What three things do we focus on when we talk about muscular energy?

Answer 8

hug muscles concentrically to bone, draw legs/arms to midline, draw from periphery- feet/hands to focal point

Question 9

What is inner spiral the thighs?

Answer 9

roll thighs inward, roll inner thighs back, rooting femurs into sockets and arching lower back, inner thighs away from the midline, widening the sitting bones

Question 10

What is outer spiral the thighs?

Answer 10

roll thighs outward, move the inner edges of pelvis (tailbone, base of sacrum and sitting bones) forward, buttocks flesh downward, tailbone scoops, low belly lifts, draw the sides of pelvis, legs and feet together

Question 11

What is organic energy?

Answer 11

extend from focal point to periphery, expand from midline, expand concentrically from bone to skin