Moon Salutation - Chandra Namaskar (with mantras)

The word Chandra means 'moon'. Just as the moon, having no light of its own, reflects the light of the sun, so the practice of Chandra namaskar reflects the light of consciousness in the darkness of ignorance . The fourteen positions of Moon Salutation relate to the fourteen lunar phases. The lunar energy flows within ida nadi. It has cool, relaxing and creative qualities. Ida is the intuitive, introverted, feminine or mental force which is responsible for consciousness. Similarly, the lunar mantras ascribed to this practice are those which balance the female or lunar aspect of divinity.