Mind and Emotion
This kriya works the navel point, the furnace where prana is stored and distributed. Move the navel and you command the Vayus, the pranic airs that run the body. The old yogis taught that five hundred diseases stay away from the one who keeps this center alive. Practiced fully, men hold their vitality, women pass cleanly through the change, and the young keep their youth.
Pose 1
Sit in easy pose. Bend your elbows and keep the upper arms close to the ribs, forearms pointing straight up. Let the thumbs touch the mound beneath the Mercury fingers, the fingers rising straight up with no space between them. Spine straight, chin in, chest out. Pull the shoulder blades back until they nearly touch. Fix your eyes on the tip of your nose and do breath of fire. Keep the breath strong and pump the navel.
Pose 2
Hold this for the set number of minutes. The yogic scriptures say five hundred diseases will not come near the one who moves the navel point, because the navel point governs the Vayus, the pranic airs that circulate through the body. To finish: inhale, hold the breath 10 seconds, tighten every muscle to circulate the energy you have built, and exhale through the mouth like cannon fire. Inhale and repeat this sequence one more time. Finally, inhale, hold the breath 10 seconds, tighten every muscle, and exhale slowly with a whistle. When the whistle ends, relax the posture. Through this exercise men can avoid impotency, women can avoid menopause problems, and the young can remain young.
Pose 3
Sit in easy pose. Bend your elbows and keep the upper arms close to the ribs, forearms pointing straight up, palms facing forward. Twist the hands back and forth on the wrists with the thumbs leading the movement. All the power of this exercise comes from the thumbs. Keep the thumbs solid and the fingers firm as you move the hands with a heavy jerk forward and back. Let the thumbs move the hands. Move hard and fast. Fix your eyes on the tip of your nose. Breathe as slowly and deeply as you can.
Pose 4
Hold this for the set number of minutes. If this movement is painful, you may be deficient in proper minerals. To finish: inhale, hold the breath 10-15 seconds, twist the hands back and forth as fast as you can, and tighten every muscle of the body. Exhale. Repeat this sequence two more times and relax.
Pose 5
Bend the elbows with the forearms parallel to the ground, palms facing down. Keep no space between the fingers of each hand and press the thumb against the side of the hand. Hold the hands near the center of the chest, the fingertips of one hand pointing at the fingertips of the other. Eyes on the tip of the nose. Swinging from the elbow, move the forearms out to the front and back to the center. Do not swing all the way out to the side, stop when they point straight forward. The force of the movement is from the outside position inward. Pull the arms in heavily like a hammer blow with full speed and strength. Shape the mouth into an "0" and do breath of fire through the mouth. Continue 3 mi