Pierce the ear

Pierce the ear

1) Breathing through the right nostril: Sit comfortably with your back straight. Place your right hand on your knee in the gyan mudra. Close your left nostril with the thumb of your left hand. The other fingers point straight up. Start taking long, deep, forceful breaths in and out through your right nostril. Continue this for 3 to 5 minutes. Breathe in and relax. This practice attracts the "breath of the sun" and provides a clear, focused mind.

2) Sat Kriya: In a heel position, extend both arms above your head, palms facing each other. Interlace your fingers, except for the index fingers, which are pointing upwards. Men place their right thumb on top of their left thumb, women place their left thumb on top of their other. Chant the mantra Sat Nam, emphatically, in a steady rhythm, chanting the word Sat from the navel, and drawing the navel and diaphragm in and up. During the Nam, completely relax the navel point. Focus on the third eye. Continue for 3 minutes. Then inhale, hold your breath, close the mula bandha, or root lock, and imagine energy radiating from the navel point and circulating throughout your body. Relax. Repeat the exercise for another 3 minutes. Then take a deep breath, close the mula bandha, and mentally draw all the energy up into your fingertips. Relax. This exercise releases the energy stored at the navel point.

3) Pelvic Shoveling: In a light sitting position, hold your shins. As you inhale, extend your spine forward and lift your chest slightly towards your chin, and as you exhale, round your back. Keep your head level throughout the movement. With each inhalation, silently vibrate the Sat mantra to yourself, and with each exhalation, the Nam mantra. With each exhalation, close the mulabandha. Do this continuously with deep breaths for 108 times. Then inhale, hold the breath for a while, with your waist completely straight. Let go of the breath. Relax. This exercise transmits the released kundalini energy along the spine and promotes its flexibility.

4) Frog Pose: Stand on your toes, heels touching the ground, rest your knees on your toes and lift your head up. Take a deep breath, lift your buttocks high. Bring your forehead to your knees and keep your heels off the ground. Exhale and sit back in the starting squat position, looking forward. Continue breathing deeply, doing this 26 times. Stand up and take a deep breath, then relax into a squat.

5) Head rotation: In a corner sitting position, place your hands on your hips. With a very straight waist, take a deep breath and turn your head to the left. Vibrate the word Sat in your mind. Exhale completely while turning your head to the right and vibrate the word Nam in your mind. Continue inhaling and exhaling for 3 minutes. Inhale while keeping your head straight forward. Relax. This exercise opens the throat chakra, stimulates blood flow to the head, and the function of the thyroid and parathyroid glands.

6) Spinal Bending: In a light sitting position, grasp your shoulders, fingers facing forward and thumbs facing back. Your upper arm and elbow are parallel to the ground. Inhale as you bend to the left, and exhale as you bend to the right. Continue this swinging motion with deep breathing for 3 minutes. Then breathe in while sitting upright. Relax. This exercise makes the spine flexible, distributes energy throughout the body, and balances the magnetic field.

7) Meditation. Sit in a perfect meditation posture, with a straight spine. Focus your full attention on the third eye. Pull in the navel point, hold it there, close the mula bandha. Watch your breathing. As you inhale, observe the silent word Sat and as you exhale, observe the silent word Nam. Do this for 6 minutes or more. This will take you into a deep, self-healing meditation.

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This kriya is named after the energy of the sun/surya. When you have a lot of solar energy, you do not get cold and you are energetic, expressive, open and enthusiastic. This is the energy of purification. It prevents weight gain, aids digestion. It keeps the mind clear, analytical and action-oriented. The exercises can be used to systematically stimulate positive pranic force and the kundalini energy itself. It is recommended to occasionally incorporate this practice into your morning sadhana to strengthen the body and enable you to focus on many different tasks.