Ether Element (Akasha)
Ether is the synergy of all the elements. Ether is space, stillness, that which contains and holds. Ether is the element that connect us to spirit, intuition, other realms and planes.
Qualities of the Ether Element
Dosha: Vata ( Air + Ether)
Sense Organ: Ears/Hearing
Gunas: light, clear, subtle, still, inert
Energetic pathway in hand: Thumb
Bija Mantra: Ham
Chakra: 5th - Visshudha
Physical Qualities: The space between joints, nerve synapses, large intestine, teeth
Energetic Qualities: Light, empty, hosting, encompassing, omnipresent, without origin, can’t pin down, lofty, spacey, unattached, Shiva, abstract, clear, subtle, potentiality, illusive, independent, non discriminate, presence beyond identification
Signs of a weak Ether Element:
Lack of faith
Feeling over rational and disconnected to intuition
Feeling disconnected to spirit, ancestors, and lineage
Feeling out of sync with your body and the other elements around you
Recipes
Self Care Practices
To increase deficient ether element
Spiritual practice
Contempatations
Meditations
Pranayama (nadi shodhana kriya)
Sacred scents (copal, palo santo)
Practice having faith and belief in the unseen
To decrease excessive ether element
Grounding practices to come back into the body and mind and out of the spirit world.
