2. Annanamaya
Kosha
Pranamaya
Kosha
Manomaya
Kosha
Vijnanamaya
Kosha
Anandamaya
Kosha

3. Awareness is the result our interaction with
and experience of the outer world. This
awareness is processed at the different
levels of being. Deeper awareness
corresponds to more subtle ways of
embody.
Anandamaya Kosha
• Bliss Body
Vijnanamaya Kosha
• Wisdom Body
Manomaya Kosha
• Mental Body
Pranamaya Kosha
• Energetic body
Annanamaya Kosha
Similarly, experience is based in how we
sense the world. The more attuned we are
to the more subtle our experience, the way
we negotiate the world is of a more subtle
level of being
• Physical Body

4. Anandamaya Kosha
“Bliss Body”
Vijnanamaya Kosha
“Wisdom Body”
Manomaya Kosha
“Mind Body”
Pranamaya Kosha
“Energy Body”
Annanamaya Kosha
“Food Body”
A “sheath” is a covering or skin that covers. Peel these
away to reveal the “true self”.

5. Kosha Attributes
Annanamaya
Kosha
Pranamaya
Kosha
Manomaya
Kosha
Vijnanamaya
Kosha
Anandamaya
Kosha
Food
Apparent
Sheath
Air Apparent
Sheath
Mind-Stuff
Apparent
Sheath
Wisdom
Apparent
Sheath
Bliss
Apparent
Sheath
Physical body
Energy Body
Mental Body
Intellectual
Body
Bliss Body
Asana
Prana
(Energy)
Manas
(Mind)
Vijnana
(Intellect)
Ananda
(Bllss)
Stability
Vitality
Clarity
Wisdom
Bliss
Physical
Subtle

6. GROSS
Anatomy
OM
Inhale
KOSHA
Annamaya
Kosha:
Food-apparentsheath
Pranamaya
Kosha:
Air-apparentsheath
Integration
Hips, Sacrum, Genitals, lower
back, genitals, womb, bladder,
and kidney
Asana: Dynamic
extension from and
toward the core
Manipura: Solar Plexus Chakra
“Personal Power”
“Get up and go”
Fire - Male
Navel, Solar Plexus, digestive
system
Tapas: Sun Salutation, Core
Strength, Boat Pose, Warrior
poses, twists, passive backbends
Pranayama:
Breath restriction;
Organization and
movement of Prana
Anahata: Heart Chakra
“un-struck” or “unhurt”
Air (female)
U
“Uh?”
8-LIMB
Yama / Niyama:
Foundation
Swadhisthana: Sacral Chakra “
Creativity or one’s own place
Female - Water - Yellow
A
“Ah”
CHAKRA
ANATOMY AND POSTURES
Muladhara: Root Chakra “Primal Rooted Postures:
Instinct”
Feet, Legs, Spine (base), large
Male - Earth - Red
intestine
Heart, upper chest, and upper
back: passive chest openers,
shoulder stretches, backbends
love and appreciate as we
practice
Pratyahara: Sense
Withdrawal
O
“Oh”
Vishuddha: Throat Chakra
“Expression”
(male)
Neck, throat, jaw, and mouth,
expression actions: Camel, bow,
shoulder-stand, bridge, plow
Dharana:
Concentration
M
“M”
Subtle
Anatomy
Manomaya
Kosha: mindstuff-apparentsheath
Vijnanamaya
kosha: wisdomapparent-sheath
Ajna:
3rd Eye Chakra “Insight”
(female)
Forward folds, postures placing
pressure on forehead. Creative,
focused, affirmative energy
Dhyana: Meditation
Silence
Anandamaya
Kosha: blissapparent-sheath
Sahasrara: “Pure consciousness”
White & Male (I suspect union)
Meditation Primary; Postures that Samadhi: Freedom
(moska) through
confront preconceived notions,
fears, and anxieties