Notes: The term nāsikāgra or the "summit of the nose" is sometimes interpreted as the tip of the nose. However, a downward or forward-directed gaze associates the mind with the active sphere of external attention. In here, directing our inner gaze toward the nasal bridge or the "third eye", our awareness is drawn toward an internal realm, a cerebral dream state, and the subconscious mind, and we achieve a better introspective orientation. The Sanskrit term for the spinal cord is meru-daṇḍa, the "world-mountain pole", in reference to the mythic axis mundi of mount Meru. Cerebrospinal alignment upholds the imperturbable balance of our inner axis and supports the encircling harmonic flow and arrangement of our internal elements.