Advanced and With the Master

Advanced Set 2

This is the second of the two advanced sets the masters laid down in October, and it works the organs the way a smith works iron. You swing, you rock, you arch, and the liver, spleen, pancreas, and adrenals get hammered awake while the prana moves from the base of the spine upward through the nadis. It clears the neuroses out of the body and sharpens the brain, and the closing chant seals what the movement opened. Run it alone or chain it onto Set 1, the fire is the same.

Pose 1

Sit in Easy Pose (cross-legged)

Sit in Easy Pose, cross-legged, spine straight. Lay the right hand over the left, both palms facing down and pointing away from the body. Lock the fingers the way you would for Venus Lock, except here both palms face the same direction. Stretch the arms up to the right side, elbows straight. Now swing: drive the arms down forcefully at a backward angle to the right, then forward and up to the right side again. The up position lives up to the right, never out in front of you. Hold this for 1 minute. Reverse the hands and go the other side for 1 minute. Switch again for 1.5 minutes, then switch once more for 1 minute. If the arms will not move this way, the liver, spleen, pancreas, and adrenal

Time: 1 minute

Pose 2

Come into Frog Pose

Come into Frog Pose. Inhale as you stand, keeping the fingertips on the floor, then exhale as you drop back into the squat. Drive it fast. Continue 1.5 to 2 minutes.

Breath: Inhale and stand up, keeping the fingertips on the floor, and exhale and return to the squatting position
Time: 5 to 2 minutes

Pose 3

Lie on back

Lie on your back. Bring the feet up to the buttocks, soles flat on the floor, and take hold of the ankles. Raise and lower the hips as fast as you can, arching the spine up, breathing Breath of Fire. Keep going for 3 minutes. The neuroses and everything else come out of you here.

Breath: Breath of Fire
Time: 3 minutes

Pose 4

Lie down on back

Lie on your back with the heels touching. Lock the hands in Venus Lock beneath the neck. Inhale and sit all the way up, bringing the forehead to the knees. Exhale and return to the starting position. Continue 2 minutes.

Breath: Inhale and sit up, bringing forehead to knees, exhale and return to original position
Time: 2 minutes

Pose 5

Lie down on back

Lie on your back. Raise the legs to 60 degrees and spread them wide apart. Criss-cross the legs for 0.5 to 1 minute. Without pausing, bring the arms in: raise them straight up overhead as the legs spread wide, and lay them on the floor behind the head as the legs cross. Continue this for 3 more minutes. It is a strong exercise for the brain.

Time: 5 to 1 minute

Pose 6

Frog Pose

Return to Frog Pose, this time for 52 repetitions. Then come into Cobra Pose.

Pose 7

From Cobra Pose

From Cobra Pose, come into a modified platform position on the hands and knees. Inhale into this position, then exhale and bring the nose to the floor. Go down and up, down and up, 52 times, the way a Ladies' Push-up is done.

Breath: Inhale into this position, and exhale, bringing the nose to the floor

Pose 8

On stomach

On your stomach, take hold of the ankles and come up into Bow Pose, lifting the thighs and the chest off the floor, working the toes toward the head. Rock back and forth on the breath. Continue 2 minutes. The masters said that whoever shall rock like this for 15 to 20 minutes shall never see old age.

Time: 2 minutes

Pose 9

Sit in Easy Pose

Sit in Easy Pose, hands in perfect Gyan Mudra, the way the yogis sit. Chant the Ardas Bhaee Mantra in the standard tune for 3 minutes. Then relax.

Time: 3 minutes