Glands and Immunity

The Nervous System and Glandular Balance

This kriya tunes the two halves of your nervous system back into one current. The Saturn finger, the swinging arms, the alternating press, the butterfly, each one speaks directly to a gland and sets it true. You are not stretching. You are returning the body to the balance it was born holding, so that prana and apana meet at the navel and the whole instrument settles.

Pose 1

Sit in Easy Pose with your arms extended straight out to the sides, parallel to the ground, palms facing up. Move only your Saturn finger, the middle finger, up and down rapidly. Drive it with a powerful breath: inhale as you raise the finger, exhale as you lower it. Keep the rhythm, the breath wedded to the movement, for 7 minutes. This stirs the pituitary and draws the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems into balance.

Breath: inhale as you raise the finger and exhale as you lower it
Time: 7 minutes
Benefits: This exercise stimulates the pituitary to create a balance between the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.

Pose 2

Stay in Easy Pose. Stretch your arms straight out in front, parallel to the ground. Lay your left hand over your right and interlace the fingers, palms facing down. Swing both arms rapidly from side to side, letting your head and neck turn the same way the arms go. Keep your elbows straight. Hold this, the motion married to a powerful breath, for 5 minutes. It makes the body supple enough to take the shock of accidents, strengthens the chest muscle, and stirs the lymph nodes there. It is reported to aid in preventing breast cancer.

Time: 5 minutes
Benefits: this exercise aids in preventing breast cancer.

Pose 3

Sit in Easy Pose and extend your arms straight out in front, parallel to the ground. Make fists with the thumbs tucked inside, touching the fleshy mound below the little finger. Keep arms and hands straight. Bring the left arm up as the right arm goes down, then alternate, driving the arms up and down with force. Coordinate the movement with forceful breathing for 8 minutes. This balances the parathyroid gland and stimulates weight loss.

Time: 8 minutes
Benefits: This exercise works to balance the parathyroid gland and stimulates weight loss.

Pose 4

Move into Butterfly Pose. Sit with the soles of your feet pressed together, draw the feet into the groin, and keep your knees as close to the floor as you can. Interlace your fingers into Venus Lock and rest your hands in your lap. Inhale and raise your arms up over your head while you draw your knees up toward the center of the body. Exhale and lower the knees and arms back to the start. Stay rhythmic, the motion bound to powerful breathing, for 8 minutes. This balances prana and apana, sets the navel point, and brings the breast line into total balance. It also prepares and maintains a woman's pelvic area through her childbearing years.

Time: 8 minutes
Benefits: This exercise also prepares end maintains a woman 's pelvic area during her child bearing years.