Dear Dao Bums,

What I wanted to share today was my very interesting discovery about the parallels between the TCM and qigong meridian system, and the chakra, nadi and petal system in Yoga and Sri Vidya.

The two channels in the agyna chakra:
Ksham  (क्ष) is the left side of the forehead, it is the left, outermost bladder meridian in TCM.
Ham (हं) is the right side of the forehead, it is the right, outermost bladder meridian in TCM.
The bladder branches into 2 channels on each side of the spine, i.e. 4 channels in total. An innermost and an outermost on each side of the spine.

The four channels in the muladhara chakra:
Sam (सं) is the left, lower kidney meridian (i.e. from the muladhara chakra and down to under the foot) Vam (वं) is the right, lower kidney meridian (i.e. from the muladhara chakra and down)
Sham( शं) is the upper part of the right kidney meridian (from muladhara chakra and up through the body, through the lung and finally into the brain)
Ssam (षं) is the upper part of the left kidney meridian (from muladhara chakra and up)

The six channels in the swadistana chakra:
Lam (लं) is the left, lower part of the spleen meridian (running from svadistana chakra and down to the big toe)
Bam (बं) is the right, lower part of the spleen meridian.
Bham (भं) is the right, upper part of the spleen meridian (running from svadistana and up)
Mam (मं) is the innermost bladder channel to the right of the spine, running from swadistana chakra and up alonside the spine
Yam (यं)  is the innermost bladder channel to the left of the spine, running from swadistana chakra and up alonside the spine 
Ram (रं) is the upper part of the left spleen meridian (from swadistana and up).

I can't wait to journey through the rest of the chakras and nadis, and clear the channels even more (nadi shuddhi).

I'll keep you posted as I discover more

If you'd like to know a bit more about the background, read on:

There are mantras for 6 chakras and their individual nadis. There are 2 nadis in the agyna chakra, 4 nadis in the muladhara chakra, 6 in the swadistana, 10 in the manipura, 12 in the anahata, 16 in the vishuddi.

That means you need to memorize a total of 50 sanskrit letters and their mantra, which is going to take some time

Saying the sound of the sanskrit letter in the "petals" of the chakra, activates the nadi. Saying the sound of the sanskrit letter in the middle of the chakra, activates the chakra.

All of this knowledge is from Hinduism, namely the Yoga and Sri Vidya tradition, as taught by Guru Karunamaya. I've written about my experiences with it here: 
The method is simply "sandwiching" an empowered mantra from your guru in between the sanskrit letter for each channel. This 1) activates the channel, 2) sends energy from your guru mantra into the channel, 3) closes the energy inside the channel. For example: lam aum nama shivaya lam.

So far, I've only mastered the agnya, muladhara and swadistana (which I've described above), so the next one I'll work on memorizing and opening is the manipura chakra and its 10 nadis

Be blessed by the Divine! May we all enjoy good health, long life, prosperity, happiness, wisdom and peace