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Healing Breathing For Relaxation & Energy
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Some people ask me, how do you meditate and I say, I practice breathing…BREATHING? Really? What is there to practice? We all do it naturally and it’s not like something that needs to be done consciously. It gets taken care of without us thinking. Well, that might be true to an extent, but there are a few things you won’t know about how you breathe until you begin to pay attention…
Place your hand on your lower abdomen and breathe the way you do normally. Does your hand rise up when you breathe? If it doesn’t much, then your breath is shallow and you have a tendency to breathe in your upper chest rather than your lower belly.
This can cause a number of problems. Shallow breathers tend to be more prone to…
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Sexual Dysfunctions
- Disease
According to yogic traditions, the breath is your prana or life force energy. If this prana doesn’t flow freely through the entire body, oxygenating the organs, cells and muscles, this may lead to dis-ease in the body and mind.
Here’s a simple technique that I learned through my White Tiger Tantra trainer. I practice daily, for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night.
There are two techniques. One is for Relaxation and the other is for Energizing the body and mind.
HEALING BREATHING FOR RELAXATION
1. Place your hand on your lower abdomen.
2. Inhale slowly and deeply to the count of 3, or until your hand begins to rise.
3. Exhale slowly as through you have a small straw in your mouth to the rhythmic count of 6.
HEALING BREATHING FOR ENERGY
1. Place your hand on your lower abdomen.
2. Inhale slowly and deeply to the count of 6, or until your hand begins to rise.
3. Exhale slowly to the rhythmic count of 3.
These powerful breathing techniques, although they are simple, will radically transform how you feel and experience the world around you. You will find that your breathing naturally attunes to this rhythm the more you practice, balancing your mental and physical health as well as creating harmony in your relationship with yourself and others.
Chicken Soup On A Rainy Day…
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It was a dark and stormy day today. A perfect day if you’re feeling in the mood for a minor depressive episode, like the one I encountered when I overheard a colleague of mine mumbling somberly for all ears to hear, ” If I were at the edge of a bridge today, I just might…”
“JUMP?!” I joyfully exclaimed. He looked up at me with sad, but curious eyes. I knew it would take a little shock and humor to pull him out of the hole he was in the midst of digging for himself.
I continued gleefully, “Tell me when and where! I’ll meet you there and give you a PUSH, in case you decide to hesitate!!”
The others looked at me with a mix of horror and awe, which was sort of what I was going for. It certainly shattered the gloominess in the air, momentarily. A smile was beginning to form at the corner of Mr. Suicidal’s lips. His eyes grew brighter as he looked at me questioningly.
Now, that I had his attention, I had to make sure to keep him fixated for atleast a few minutes, whilst i did my magic.
“What you need, is a good strong cup of coffee and a piece of chocolate”. I reached over, handing him a piece of my Caramilk bar. This only made him shrug his shoulders and sigh. He was sinking again. “Ok ok, how about some nice chicken soup? Like grandma made?” Nope, he wasn’t going for that either.
“Nevermind then…What you need is a tall blond bombshell with a big rack to make it for you!”
His pupils began to dilate. The excitement was oozing from him like a school boy who had just stumbled upon a dirty magazine for the very first time.“Like Cheryl Ladd?”, he asked hesitatingly and with an undertone of naughtiness.
“Sure! like Cheryl Ladd…” I replied approvingly, wondering about this mystery woman, capable of sparking such a thrilling display of fireworks, in a lonely and brooding middle-aged man. A movie star from the 70s…Before my time.
It didn’t matter. His mood was lifted and my job was done. There was a lightness and electricity in the room that drew others in like moths to a flame. It made him all the more alive and animated. Life became worth living again…
That is, as long as he had a voluptuous blond around to cook him chicken soup, even if she only existed in his mind…
Healing You Is Healing Me
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In many systems of magick, it is believed that what we put out, comes back to us four-fold. It’s one of the first spiritual lessons I learned and one that I’m continuously mindful of implementing in my life.
Through our karmic ties, when transmitting negative thoughts and words about a person or people, we bind our energy to them and it returns to us, multiplying as we continue to entertain negative patterns of thought …That is, until we take the time and the time that we have, to unconsciously heal that part of us that has created them, inside our minds.
Strange concept? It’s quite simple really…
The next time you feel yourself struggling with anger directed towards someone, close your eyes and begin to focus on your breathing. If you find your thoughts going hither and thither, simply allow them to flow as they will without judging, while you remain a neutral observer. Thoughts and emotions have a tendency of settling when we quit resisting or trying to control them.
Once you’ve quieted down…that part of you that was feeling unsettled, imagine in your mind’s eye, standing before you, a person with whom you feel you might be carrying inside you, the burdensome energy of unresolved conflict.
If you’ve harbored a lot of negative emotions towards this individual, you may…start to notice as they rise within you…Allowing any emotions that you feel to float up to the surface is essential to having them cleared and resolved. You may feel some tense areas inside your body. Notice where you feel them. Many people experience a tightening in their solar plexus and heart chakra. There are usually 2 or 3 spots where one will feel it.
Begin to have a conversation in your mind with this individual. This is your chance to really tell them how you feel, allowing them to answer you in whatever way you might imagine. When you feel ready to free yourself of this person’s energy, ask them if it would be alright for the both of you to be healed…Wait for an answer…. If it is “no”, then continue your internal dialogue until you have both agreed to release each other.
Now…Imagine above you is pool of bright blue healing light…As you draw this light through your crown, allow it to fill your entire body…from the top of your head, down to the tips of your toes…spreading everywhere, starting anywhere…moving through every cell and strand of your DNA, until it begins to spill from your heart…like an energy chord or tube, attaching to the other person…filling them with your blue light, until they are also overflowing with healing energy.
When you feel that the both of you are healed, place your right hand over your heart and left hand on top…detaching the energy that bound you to the other person.
Then, slowly, inhale and focus on the belly. Exhale and focus on the top of the head, repeating this breath 4 times. Inhale a 5th time, holding your breath for a few seconds and as you exhale, slowly open your eyes and feel that energy flood into your heart…spreading through your entire body.
Rest your hands and then take a moment to notice the new sensations. You may find a different feeling inside you that wasn’t there before. When noticed, honor it and say “thank you”.
Now…go back and think about that same person that you were in conflict with and notice if the feelings have changed. If you still feel negative emotions towards this person, repeat the process over again. Practicing this exercise many times over, going through ever individual in your life, who may have hurt you or betrayed you in some way, will generate a radiant energy inside that will be multiplied exponentially, each and every time you heal them and yourself.
Then you’ll really know what it feels like to be running your own energy, instead of someone else’s.
