Spine and Nervous System

The Healing of the Stomach

This kriya works directly on the navel center, the furnace where prana is stored and digestion is governed. The rolled tongue and the heavy breath through it cool the fire while the arm and spine movements pump apana up through the nadis, clearing the gut of what it has been holding. You are not stretching for fitness here, you are tuning the second chakra and letting the belly remember how to heal itself. Close in the heart center, and the work settles into ojas.

Pose 1

Sit in easy pose. Stretch your arms straight out to the sides, palms facing up, and let the elbows feel the stretch. Bring the arms up overhead as if to clap, but do not let the hands touch, then lower them back to the starting position and continue. Open your mouth, roll your tongue, stick it out slightly, and breathe heavily through the rolled tongue. Inhale as you raise the arms, exhale as you lower them. Continue for 6 minutes.

Breath: Inhale as you bring your arms up, exhale as you lower your arms
Time: 6 Minutes

Pose 2

Grab your shoulders with your fingertips and twist left and right. Breathe through the rolled tongue. Inhale as you twist left, exhale as you twist right. Continue for 2 minutes.

Breath: Inhale as you twist left, exhale as you twist right
Time: 2 Minutes

Pose 3

Sit in easy pose or lotus pose, grab your knees with both hands, and roll backward on your spine. Roll back up to sitting, then bend forward and bring your forehead to the floor. Rise again and roll backward on the spine once more, and continue. Breathe through the rolled tongue. Inhale as you roll back, exhale as you roll forward. Continue for 3 minutes.

Breath: Inhale as you roll back, exhale as you roll forward
Time: 3 Minutes

Pose 4

Stretch your arms up and out into a "v", palms up as if receiving a blessing from heaven. Focus at the brow point and breathe slowly and deeply through the rolled tongue. Continue for 4 minutes.

Time: 4 Minutes

Pose 5

With your arms stretched straight out to the sides, raise them to forty-five degrees with the palms facing up. Then turn the palms down and lower the arms back to the starting position. Breathe slowly and deeply through the rolled tongue. Continue this movement for 1-1/2 minutes. Then lie down in baby pose and relax for 4 minutes. Then sit on your heels with your hands on your thighs and lean back to sixty degrees, stretching your stomach, chin in and chest out.

Pose 6

For one minute, lean forward sixty degrees.

Pose 7

For one minute, lean backward sixty degrees.

Pose 8

Continue for minutes.

Pose 9

Stay sitting on your heels with your hands crossed at your heart center and meditate on a soft devotional recording for 3 minutes. Remain in the position and sing from your heart center for 7 minutes.

Time: 3 Minutes