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1. Sit in easy pose with your elbows bent
and your hands a little higher than shoulder level. The index (Jupiter)
finger of each hand is pointing straight upward and the other three fingers
are curled into a fist with the thumb on top locking the fingers into
position. Make your Jupiter fingers stiff and as hard as steel. Wrinkle
your nose up so that it lifts your upper lip up from your teeth. (You
will look funny.) Begin a strong breath through the tip of your nose.
This is not as fast as breath of fire, but it must be powerful. Concentrating
on the breath through the nostrils and maintaining the pressure created
by wrinkling your nose will activate the ida and pingala energy channels.
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2. Sit in easy pose with your hands curled like lion's claws,
the palms facing outward. Begin to punch with your hands fixed in this claw-like
position. Form your mouth into an "0" shape and breathe in and
out through the "0" shaped lips. Move quickly and the force of
your punching hands will create the breath rhythm. Use this motion to release
your inner anger. Be physically, mentally, and spiritually aggressive. After
2-1/2 minutes, intensity your motion as if you really were a lion making
a ferocious attack. Continue another 1-1/2 minutes. Inhale, hold the breath,
and tense the entire body, and exhale. Repeat this inhale, hold, and tense
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3. Sit in easy pose. Stick your tongue out as far as it will
go, when it reaches its maximum, clap your hands in front of your chest.
Pull your tongue back in. Repeat the tongue movement and the clap. Pull
your tongue in and continue. When you stretch your tongue in this manner,
the little cord under the tongue is pulled and that pull stimulates the
central nervous system, which is the control center of your life. 3 minutes.
Inhale, stick the tongue out to the maximum, hold the breath for 10 seconds,
and exhale. Repeat this two more times to complete the exercise.
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4. Sit in easy pose and place both hands on your forehead
with all eight fingers touching the forehead. The elbows are out to the
sides up almost at the level of the forehead. Close your eyes, become calm,
and sing along with the chanting from Wahe Guru Kaur's "Aquarian Sadhana"
tape. 18 Minutes. Inhale, concentrate on the point between the eyebrows
at the root of the nose, bringing all your energy there, and exhale. Repeat
this two more times to complete the exercise.
After you have done this set, do not drink alcohol or coffee or in any way
stimulate yourself. Rest and preserve the energy you have created. It will
heal your body very much.
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COMMENT:
This exercise has a progressive and gradual impact on the nervous system.
Most people experience this sequence of nervous system signposts: after
you do it 3 or 4 times the back of the tongue will start hurting, then the
tongue will hurt on both sides, and then, after 3 minutes, the neurons in
your head will start changing and you will feel fine.
- Gurucharan Singh Khalsa |