Mind and Emotion

The Glands the Circulation and the Meditative Mind

This kriya is a direct tuning of the glandular body, the river of the blood, and the mind that watches both. The first set strikes the thyroid, the parathyroid, the spine and the navel point until the glands wake and reset. The second set moves the circulation, the heart, the stomach and the lungs, then seals the work with sound. You are not exercising. You are recalibrating the instrument so prana can run clean through the nadis and the meditative mind can settle on its own.

Pose 1

Drop into crow pose, squatting low, then set the palms flat on the ground behind the buttocks (1A). Inhale and pull the hips up into a modified bridge, letting the spine arch way up (1B). Hold that shape and begin swinging the head up and down as fast as you can with breath of fire. Continue for 15 seconds. Then, still riding breath of fire, alternately raise and lower the buttocks rapidly and powerfully (1A, B) for 2 minutes. This works the thyroid and parathyroid, adjusts the spine, and tunes the glandular system and the navel point.

Breath: breath of fire
Time: 15 seconds

Pose 2

Come into back platform pose, carrying the whole weight of the body on the heels and the palms of the hands (2A). Make the body one straight line from head to toe. Begin alternate leg lifts (2B): inhale and exhale as one leg goes up and down, then lift the other leg up and down as you inhale and exhale again. Move quickly. Continue for 2 minutes.

Breath: inhale and exhale again
Time: 2 minutes

Pose 3

Come into bridge pose, feet and palms flat on the floor, knees bent, hips arched up so the body runs in a straight line from head to knees. In this position, begin rolling the neck round and round (3). Inhale as the neck rolls round to one side, then exhale, shooting the air out intensely, as the neck rolls round to the other side. Continue for 1 minute.

Breath: Inhale as the neck rolls round to one side, then exhale, shooting the air out intensely, as the neck rolls round to the other side
Time: 1 minute

Pose 4

Relax in corpse pose for 4 to 5 minutes (4).

Time: 4-5 minutes

Pose 5

Lie down on your back. Point the toes and bring the feet together, heels touching (1A). Let the hands rest relaxed by the sides. Consciously relax the body from the navel point up. Keeping the toes pointed, slowly raise the legs to 90 degrees as you inhale (1B). Then slowly lower them as you exhale. Keep the knees straight, the toes pointed, and the legs close together. The breath should be very long and deep. Throughout the exercise, hold the body mentally divided into two areas: from the navel point up should be totally relaxed. Continue for 6 minutes. This is good for the circulation, the heart, the stomach, and the lungs.

Time: 6 minutes

Pose 6

Still on the back, bring the legs up to 90 degrees, close together (2A). Now inhale and open the legs as wide as you can (2B). Then exhale and close them again. Continue, keeping the knees straight and the toes pointed, for 5 to 6 minutes.

Time: 5-6 minutes

Pose 7

Still on your back, inhale and bring the legs straight up in the air, close together. Exhale as you quickly bring both heels down to strike the buttocks with force (3B). Continue at a very fast pace for 1 to 2 minutes.

Time: 1-2 minutes

Pose 8

Still on the back, begin alternate arm and leg lifts. As you inhale, raise the right leg and the left arm to 90 degrees, then lower them as you exhale (4A, B). Next, inhale and raise the left leg and the right arm, exhale and lower. Continue this sequence for 1 to 2 minutes. Go as fast as you can. Keep the legs and arms straight. This is a good exercise to balance yourself when your energy is off, when you are feeling dizzy or physically unbalanced.

Breath: inhale, raise the right leg and the left arm to 90 degrees, then lower them as you exhale
Time: 1-2 minutes
Benefits: This is a good exercise with which to balance yourself when your energy is off - if you are feeling dizzy or physically unbalanced.

Pose 9

Sit like a yogi in easy pose, hands in gyan mudra on the knees (5). For 3 to 4 minutes, chant Hara Hara Hara Hara Haree Har.

Time: 3-4 minutes

Pose 10

Still sitting in easy pose, hold the hands in front of the body at neck level, palms facing each other. In a monotone, extremely rapidly, chant Har Har Har Har Har Har, as you very quickly move the hands back and forth in opposite directions (6). Chant powerfully and move very fast. After 30 seconds, inhale deeply and hold the breath in for 20 seconds. Exhale and relax. Feel yourself to be blessed.

Time: 30 seconds