Advanced and With the Master
This is a set the masters taught his advanced class to prepare the body for heavy times. It works the glandular system and steels the nervous system, striking the arms and thighs to wake the meridians, flexing the lower spine to feed the nadis, and squatting into Crow to pull prana down into the root. You do not coax this body. You forge it. By the close you sit in stillness, hands pressed at the chest, and the system you have shaken finally holds the charge.
Pose 1
Sit in Easy Pose. Extend the arms in front of the body with the palms facing up and make fists. Strike the right arm with the back of the left fist, starting near the wrist and moving back toward the elbow. Reverse the arms and repeat. Strike with real force at the wrist, the mid-forearm, and the elbow joint. Keep alternating the arms for 3 minutes.
Pose 2
Sit in Rock Pose with the palms on the thighs. Flex the lower spine: hunch the shoulders as the spine collapses, then pull them down as the spine pushes forward. Continue for 3 minutes.
Pose 3
Stay in Rock Pose. Extend the arms in front of the body with the palms facing down. Keep the elbows straight and alternately strike the thighs just above the knees with the hands, stepping up the pace as you go. Breathe normally. Continue for 3 minutes. This slapping of the thighs works the sex meridian.
Pose 4
Stay in Rock Pose with the hands on the hips. Flex the lower spine: as the spine collapses, bring the elbows forward, then thrust them back to push the chest out. Continue for 3 minutes. Then rest for 2 minutes and remember God.
Pose 5
Sit in Easy Pose with the hands resting on the legs. Roll the shoulders forward twice, then swing the arms forward across the chest. Repeat this three-movement series and continue for 3 minutes.
Pose 6
Stand up with the legs spread shoulder width apart. Extend the arms in front of the body and place one hand on top of the other, both palms facing down. Squat into Crow Pose and return to standing. Continue for 3 to 5 minutes.
Pose 7
Stay standing. Extend the arms over the head with the hands in Venus Lock and the upper arms against the ears. Squat into Crow Pose and return to standing. Continue for 3 minutes.
Pose 8
Stay standing. Extend the arms behind the body and place the hands in Venus Lock. Squat into Crow Pose and return to standing. Continue for 1 minute.
Pose 9
Sit in Easy Pose. Bring the hands together at chest level so the fingers touch from their bases to their fingertips and the thumb tips touch, with the palms held about three inches apart. Push the hands toward each other with maximum pressure. Leave the eyes one tenth open and meditate for at least 3 minutes. Then relax in Easy Pose and let the shoulders hang.