Now that we have practiced some deep abdominal breathing for a few weeks we are ready to move on the the next stage of our wake up experience.
The deep breathing over the last few weeks will have had some positive results such as a feeling of more energy, an better awareness and a strength of will power. It will also have begun the process of clearing out some of the 72,000 channels you have in your body. You should now be prepared for the next stage which is focused on more inner cleansing. So for the next step, practice the following alternative nostril breathing for a few weeks:
Step 2
- Start by taking a few slow, deep abdominal breaths as you have been doing the last few weeks.
- Now, with your thumb close your right nostril and take a deep abdominal breath through your left nostril until you feel you abdomen rise and expand.
- Now block the left nostril and breath out the right nostril till you feel all the air has left your abdomen and lungs. You should feel your belly button sucked in and almost touching your spine.
- Now take a deep inward breath through your right nostril in the same manner as before, feeling your lungs fill and your abdomen expand out again.
- One your in breath is complete close your right nostril with your thumb, opening your left nostil and breathing all the air out of the left nostril as before.
- The above is called one round of the cleansing breath. You can do this three times in your first session and slowly increase this to around 5 minutes over two weeks.
Please remember, the purpose of this exercise is to clear the inner channels so that the energy can flow freely. This practice takes time and should never be rushed or we can end up with an imbalance of energies (ying/yang) in our bodies.
If you get headaches or nausea then this is a sign that your are going to fast and you need to ease off and go a little slower.
This is a good practice to perform just before you do some meditation as it will help to clear the mind and also to help to still the mind a little allowing the witness to manifest more easily in our lives.
Try and do these exercises daily, with awareness. What is it that causes the breath?
More to follow.
Breath Part 1
