Kundalini

from:kundalinicare.com
Kundalini Shakti works in and through her container, the subtle body. The subtle body includes the three central sheaths (koshas) of the five that comprise the human being (see diagram), according to the Vedic philosophy of India. These three are energy, mind, and discernment. The energy sheath has a subtle physiology of its own, which employs subtle energies (vayus), subtle elements (tattvas), subtle energy flow patterns (svaras), subtle energy currents (nadis), subtle energy centers (chakras), subtle energy points (marmas), and subtle brain centers (dalas). The mental sheath is made up of the sensory/motor function of mind (manas), the persona (ahamkara), and the storehouse of latent memories and patterns (chitta), which includes the impressions of all our past karmas, even from previous lives. The discernment sheath (buddhi) includes the refined ability to discern what is truly good and helpful for our inner development.

Chakras

from:luminanti.com

CHAKRA	EM Spectrum	Hindu Name	Glands Organs Body Parts	Element	Note Vowel	Stones	Essential Oils
Soul Star	Magenta UV	~~~	12" above head	Unknown Cosmos	ALL NOTES oohmmm	selenite Golden 'C'	jasmine rose neroli all delicate flower oils all root oils
Crown	White Gold Violet	Sahasrara (thousandfold)	pineal brain head	Light	B ngngng "sing"	clear quartz rutilated quartz any clear crystal	frankincense sandalwood myrrh benzoin neroli lavender angelica St. John's Wort
Brow	Indigo Violet	Ajna (to perceive)	pituitary hypothalamus amygdala eyes temples	Thought	A mmm nnn	amethyst lapis lazuli sugulite azurite	rosemary lavender peppermint spruce frankincense elemi clary sage
Throat	Blue	Visshudha (purification)	thyroid throat ears jaw neck	Ether Sound	G eee "see"	blue lace agate blue topaz celestite	blue chamomile sage lemongrass hyssop
Higher Heart	Turquoise	~~~	thymus shoulders heart	Air Ether	G flat F#	turquoise chrysocolla gem silica aquamarine	helichrysum myrtle litsea rose geranium
Heart	Green	Anahata (unstruck)	heart lungs breasts shoulders arms hands	Air	F ay "play"	aventurine green tourmaline green apophyllite malachite rose quartz pink tourmaline	rose bergamot melissa jasmine rosewood
Solar Plexus	Yellow	Manipura (lustrous jewel)	solar plexus digestive system liver gall bladder spleen pancreas adrenals	Fire	E ah "father"	citrine sulpher gold yellow calcite	juniper vetivert rosemary yarrow petitgrain palmarosa marjoram lemon
Sacral	Orange	Svadhisthana (sweetness)	ovaries testicles prostate kidneys bladder sacrum	Water	D oo "do"	carnelien/sard red jasper cuprite	ylang-ylang jasmine neroli rose rose geranium orange sandalwood
Root/Base	Red	Muladhara (root/support)	adrenals coccyx perineum pubic bone legs & feet	Earth	C oh "note"	black tourmaline smokey quartz bloodstone hematite onyx pipestone	patchouli vetiver myrrh frankincense sandalwood cedarwood galbanum benzoin angelica St. John's Wort all root oils
Earth Star	Deep Red Infrared	~~~	6" below feet into the Earth	Earth's Core	ALL NOTES oohmmm	ruby garnet petrified wood bloodstone pipestone obsidian	myrrh cedarwood vetiver all root oils all delicate flower oils

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Cutting Cords

a very short (about 3 minute) mini cord cutting with Archangel Michael

A good technique physically cutting the energy cords and inviting in energy of mother earth and father sky
from: Sealed with Love
Other cords can be cut using the “Cutting the Ties That Bind,” exercise by Phyllis Krystal to

remove the energy of unhealthy relationships from your auric field. Visualize an infinity sign with the inner circles colored white and the outer circles colored violet – violet is transformation and white is new beginning. Imagine you are standing in one side of the figure eight and the person you want to let go of is standing in the other side. Then imagine you are having a conversation and you are telling this person how much he or she has helped you in your life, how much you appreciate the experience. See the cords that connect you to the person, ask for the cords that need to be cut to light up. 
Then using a pair of golden scissors cut the energy cords you have built between you seeing the cord ends absorbed by yours and the other persons being, making sure that the cords are healed and sealed.  When you have finished thank the person for their friendship and then proceed to cut the circles in half allowing each half to become a complete circle. Wave good-bye and see them in their circle leaving your auric field floating into the distance. Do this daily until you feel they have been released
Another version: from bali3000

It is recommended to do this visualization first upon rising before you get out of bed and right before you sleep for at least two weeks. Keep a journal  of your memories that emerge about life experiences with the person you have placed in the top circle of golden light, visualizing yourself in the lower circle of golden light. 

EFT 

Simple Chakra Meditation

Pineal Gland

Sodarshan Chakra Kriya

from:anmolmehta.com

Kundalini Yoga Kriya Video - Sodarshan Chakra Kriya

Pranayama, the science of breathing and breath control, is undoubtedly one of the greatest arts one can learn and practice for spiritual growth and personal development.  It holds within itself the power to transform the lowest most gross to the highest most refined.  This transforming power of pranayama can act upon any and all levels of your being, whether that be physical, emotional, mental or spiritual (energetic).  This science has been perfected over the centuries in the East and was mostly kept secret, only handed down verbally from Guru to a deserving disciple.  Now, it is much more available to those who seek it, but I still feel that the knowledge really only finds those who are deserving of it.  Having said that, life has brought you here now, so take this opportunity and discover the tremendous power of the Science of Pranayama.
The 3 Pranayamas I am going to present here are typically not for beginners.  Fortunately, all 3 have modifications, which you can start out with first before building up to the advanced techniques.  I will also present these modifications here and I strongly suggest you start with them first before jumping ahead to the advanced techniques.  In moving forward sanely, gently and systematically you will prepare the system to better handle the affects of the advanced forms.  This systematic approach is not only much safer, but is also better for extracting the full benefits of the pranayamas.  Part 1 of this series is about Sodarshan Chakra Kriya.  Before I go into Sodarshan Chakra Kriya, I want to give some quick guidelines that should be followed for all 3 pranayamas in this series.
Basic Guidelines for practicing Pranayama:

1. Do not practice any advanced pranayama if you are unwell.  Only do light easy pranayamas.
2. Clothing should be loose and should not restrict the movement of the abdomen.  Our breathing is already very shallow, we don’t need to compound the issue further by hampering the natural movement of our diaphragm.
3. Your stomach should be empty.  Which means you need to wait at least 2-3 hours after a meal before practicing pranayama.
4. If possible practice in the early morning.  Early morning is the best time to practice your sadhana (spiritual work).  For more information and help on this you can read The Secret on How to Become an Early Riser.
   
5. You should sit in a comfortable position, preferably in some variation of cross legged (sukh asana).  For more information on  sukh  asana or other positions you can sit in (like a chair) see Silent Mind Meditation Program: Basic Meditations - Chapter 7. 
   
6. Most importantly, DO NOT STRAIN.  I cannot emphasize that enough.  Take your time, you will enjoy your practice more and you will be able to establish a regular routine as you will not dread doing your daily work.
7. One last thing.  The pranayamas being taught here, when practiced sincerely over time, can bestow great power to the practitioner.  Normally, these techniques were not transcribed and as mentioned earlier, were taught only to those held in great trust, so I ask you to respect that trust and agree to not in any way misuse the powers obtained from the practices described below.
   

Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:
Background:  Sodarshan Chakra Kriya (set) was taught to me by my Kundalini Yoga teacher Ravi Singh who studied it under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan.  It dates back a few thousand years and is reputed among all the known Yogas, including Kundalini Yoga, to be the most powerful Pranayama exercise there is.  You will notice that it is called a kriya, although a kriya typically is a complete set of asanas and yogic exercises (see Introduction to Kundalini Yoga for more information on kriyas and how Kundalini Yoga works in general), it also applies in some cases to a single exercise, which is very complete in and of itself.  Sodarshan Chakra Kriya is a pranayama exercise that is exactly that, very complete and also very powerful.
Benefits of Sodharshan Chakra Kriya:  The superlatives describing Sodarshan Chakra Kriya are lavish to say the least.  In Yoga terms it will give you Nao Niddhi (the nine precious virtues) and Artha Siddhi (the 18 occult powers).  These 27 facets contain all of human life and in acquiring them you perfect all that can be perfected in a human.  Given this Kriya’s reputation for bestowing Psychic and Yogic Powers, it is is often practiced by those interested in acquiring these siddhis (powers).  There is no harm in this, as long the powers are used for the benefit of others and to assist you in your spiritual progress.  This kriya, though, is equally valuable to those interested in the final goal of human life - to see and merge with the Divine Non-Dual nature of Reality.  This is because, it is very effective in dissolving the blockages (granthis) caused by frozen emotional debris in the nadis (the channels for the movement of Kundalini Energy) and as the channels are purified greater flow of kundalini is facilitated allowing for the chakras (energy vortexes) to be activated and balanced.  In turn, the activation of the chakras and this greater flow of Kundalini Shakti (energy) leads to the refinement of awareness which allows one to penetrate the veil of illusion - that Reality consists of duality.
Sodarshan  Chakra Kriya also dramatically improves your physical wellbeing.  In fact, as you practice it you will start to feel quite invincible over time.  It expands your nervous system, respiratory system and helps your digestive system.  I find that the most profound health benefit is a boost to the immune system when I practice this kriya regularly.  Overall the kriya promotes peace, joy and strength.
Description of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:  Sit up straight, have your spine erect and bring head back slightly (not up) so your chin is subtly drawn in and back like a soldier at attention.  This aligns your spine with the back of your head and is also called Jalandhara Bandha.  Your eyes should be 1/10th open looking down at the tip of your nose.  Rest your left hand on your left knee.  Block your right nostril with your right thumb and have the remaining fingers pointing upwards.  Now breathe in deeply through the left nostril filling your lungs to capacity.  Lower your right hand now and place it on your right knee.  With your breath held in (Antar Kumbhaka) begin to pump your stomach (pulling in the abdominal muscles) to the mantra "Wahay Guru".  You will pump your stomach 3 times for each iteration of Wahay Guru.  Once for Wa, once for Hay and once for Guru.  The mantra should be chanted mentally of course, since the breath is held in.  Chant for a total of 16 Wahay Gurus, so for a total of 48 stomach pumps with the breath held in.  Then raise your right hand, close off the left nostril with your right pinkie and breathe out of your right nostril.  This completes 1 cycle - breathe in through left nostril, hold and pump, breathe out through right nostril.  Continue to repeat this cycle for the duration of the kriya.
Duration:  There is no formal time duration for Sodarshan Chakra Kriya; it is left up to the practitioner to determine what is right for them.  Below I will give the recommendations when I discuss the modifications.
Beginners Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:  Modify kriya as follows:  Do only 1 pump for each chant of Wahay Guru.  So in total with your breath held in you will do 16 pumps per cycle.  Also, reduce the force of the pump to where you are comfortable.  Start with 3 minutes and build up to 11 minutes.  The kriya should be practiced daily.
Intermeditates Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:  Modify kriya as follows:  Do only 2 pumps for each chant of Wahay Guru.  One for Wahay and one for Guru.  So in total you will do 32 pumps with your breath held in per cycle.  Pump your stomach with a moderate force.  You should try to do 11 minutes, then go to 22 minutes and then to 31 minutes daily.
Advanced Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:  Do the kriya as described above in the description section.  You should be pumping your stomach with full force and you should do 31 minutes daily.  The commitment should be to do 40 days without missing a day, 31 minutes each day.  This was exactly the requirement by Ravi for his Kundalini Yoga teacher’s training course as well.  If you miss a day, you go back to 1 and start over till you complete 40 days.
Perfected Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:  Yes there is more, you are not done yet :-D.  To do the perfect and complete kriya and thus extract the maximum benefit and reach super human caliber, the requirement is to do 62 minutes per day and build it up to 2 1/2 hours everyday.  If you can discipline yourself to do that, the kriya will provide everything needed in all areas of your life.
Design of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya:  This kriya bestows its many blessings by taking full advantage of many important aspects of Pranayama and Yoga numerology.  Below are some of the details behind this successful design.

1. Breathing in through the left nostril activates the right hemisphere of the brain.  This hemisphere is responsible for your meditative, creative and artistic powers.  Activating it helps unleash and grow these aspects of your nature.
   
2. The number 16 is associated with the Ajna Chakra, also know as the Third Eye, Divine Eye or the Eye of Shiva.  Chanting the mantra Wahay Guru 16 times activates Ajna Chakra, which is responsible for many psychic abilities and the power of intuition and wisdom.
3. The mantra itself, Wahay Guru, means ecstasy beyond words and represents one’s higher consciousness.  Chanting this mantra attracts this divine energy towards one.
4. Pumping the navel helps ignite and awaken Kundalini Shakti so she can make her ascent up the primary Nadi (Shushumna) all the up to the Crown Chakra (Sahasrara Chakra) activating, rejuvenating, balancing and healing all the other Chakras and associated organs in her path.

In part 2 and 3 of this series I will describe and detail 2 more powerful Yoga Pranayamas that I hope will be of value to you in your spiritual growth and personal development.

Heart Chakra Healing & Balancing Kundalini Yoga Set

from:anmolmehta.com

Kundalini Yoga Kriya #4

Purpose of Heart Chakra Balancing Kundalini Yoga Kriya:

The following set of Kundalini Yoga exercises opens, clears and balances the Heart Chakra (energy vortex), which is the 4th Chakra, of the Tantra Kundalini 7 Chakra System.  This Chakra is called the Anahata Chakra, meaning "unstruck sound".  It is located on the spinal cord directly in line with the center of the chest. The Heart Chakra governs the respiratory and circulatory organs and systems and is associated with the attributes of love, compassion and forgiveness. 
This kriya activates the Heart Chakra and overall is excellent for improving and strengthening the heart and lungs.  It promotes better circulation and helps detoxify the system.  It also helps soften one’s character and makes one more loving and kind.  Even though the yoga poses and exercises in this kriya are not complex, the set itself is not the easiest, so take more rest as required and Do Not Overdo it.

(From Free Yoga Videos, yoga video #4, Heart Chakra Balancing Yoga Video)

Description of Heart Chakra Balancing Kundalini Yoga Kriya:
1. Chest Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

a. Guided Instructions for Chest Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Sit up straight with your legs crossed (sukh asana).
• Bring your arms out to the side with the palms facing forward.  Arms are parallel to the ground.
• As you exhale rotate your arms forward, keeping them straight almost to the point where the palms meet (but don’t clap).  The pectoral chest muscles will contract.
• Now rotate your arms back as you inhale thus expanding and stretching your chest area.
  
• Start off slowly at first to stretch and warm up your shoulders, then find a good rhythm and continue at a comfortable pace.
  

b. Duration for Chest Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise: 1-5 minutes.

c. Benefits of Chest Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Works on your chest muscles, shoulders and upper back.
  
• Activates and balances the Heart Chakra.
• Improves lung capacity.
  

d. Practice Tips for Chest Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:  For all the Kundalini Yoga exercises in this kriya that require you to sit in sukh asana, you may want to keep a firm cushion or rolled up blanket under your buttocks so your hips are raised above your knees.  This will help take the pressure off you lower back, hips and knees.  Yes you will be sitting a lot :-).

2. Ringing Bell Kundalini Yoga Exercise: (Variation of Rajju Karshanasana)

Free Online Yoga Video of Breath of Fire

(Required for this exercise and other yoga poses below)

a. Guided Instructions for Ringing Bell Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Sit with your legs parallel and extended in front of you.
• Now lean back and look upwards.
• Begin the Breath of Fire Breathing Exercise.
• Now reach up and pull down with alternating hands each time pretending you are pulling a bell rope to make a bell ring.  As you reach up make a fist around the rope and pull down so your fist ends by your waist.  When you reach up straighten you arm.  Remember you are reaching up grasping pulling down with one hand, as that hand is coming down you should be reaching up with the other.
• You should go at a moderate to fast pace.
  

b. Duration for Ringing Bell Kundalini Yoga Exercise: 1-5 minutes

c. Benefits of Ringing Bell Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Works on your chest muscles, shoulders and upper back.
  
• Cleanses the Heart Chakra.
  
• Loosens the shoulder joints.
  

d. Practice Tips for Ringing Bell Kundalini Yoga Exercise:  Use the Breath of Fire Breathing Exercise to help get you through the early points of resistance.
3. Relax in Yoga Corpse Pose: (also called Shav Asana)

a. Guided Instruction for Yoga Corpse Pose:

• Lie on your back and have your arms out to your sides about six to twelve inches away from your body.
• Turn your palms slightly upward.
• Relax your body and breath.
  

b. Duration for Yoga Corpse Pose: 1-3 minutes.
c. Benefits of Yoga Corpse Pose:

• Allows the body to consolidate the gains from the previous exercises.
• Helps the body heal and rejuvenate itself.
• Promotes relaxation and peace.
  

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d. Practice Tips for Yoga Corpse Pose: Try to consciously relax your entire body.  Release all your tensions and worries and stay in the present moment as best you can.

4. Double Arm Rotations Kundalini Yoga Exercise: 
a. Guided Instructions for Double Arm Rotations Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Sit up straight in sukh asana.  Bring your chin back and in slightly like a soldier at attention, you should feel a slight tension in the back of your neck.
  
• Extend your arms out in front of you.
  
• Make a fist of both hands, with your thumbs inside your fist.
  
• Begin the Breath of Fire Breathing Exercise and keeping your elbows straight make big circles with your arms.  The circles should be big, but kept in front of you.  The right arm is moving clockwise, while the left arm is moving counter clockwise.  The arms should move at a moderate to fast pace.
  
• The arms should move in sync — outward together and inward together.
  

b. Duration for Double Arm Rotations Kundalini Yoga Exercise: 1-5 minutes.
c. Benefits of Double Arm Rotations Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Awakens and expands your Heart Chakra.
  
• Improves respiration and circulation.
  
• Oxygenates your blood and gets your energy going.
  
• Develops your shoulder and upper back muscles.
  

d. Practice Tips for Double Arm Rotations Kundalini Yoga Exercise:  Don’t give up at the first sign of discomfort.
5. Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose: (The following article has Illustrations of Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose).

Picture of Modified Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose

Picture of Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose

a. Step-by-Step Instructions for Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose:

• To start this yoga pose, come up onto your knees and have your feet hip distance apart, with toes extended.
  
• For modified Camel pose have your hands, fingers pointing downward supporting your lower back and arch back as far as comfortable.
  
• Now tilt your head back and such that you are facing the ceiling.
• You should be pressing forward with your hips and also expanding your chest region, by pressing your elbows back.
  
• In the full version of Camel Pose, drop your hands back and hold on to your heels.  Again you should arch your back, press your hips out and expand your chest.
  
• Begin Breath of Fire Yoga Pranayama, in either pose.
  

b. Duration for Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose:

• 30 seconds - 7 minutes
  

c. Benefits of Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose:

• Excellent yoga posture for overall health and wellbeing.
• The pose expands the abdominal region, helping digestion and elimination.  It helps to heal and balances the Navel Chakra.
  
• Opens and heals the Heart Chakra by expanding and stretching the chest region.  Excellent for the respiratory and circulatory systems.  Bestows softness of character.
  
• Releases tension in the ovaries and helps the immune system by working on the lymphatic system.
  
• The posture, activates and balances the Throat Chakra, and works to heal and rejuvenate the thyroid and parathyroid glands.
  
• The exercise opens up the hips and builds strength in the thighs and arms.
  
• Stretches and strengthens the shoulders.
  

d. Practice Tips for Kundalini Yoga Camel Pose:

• Start with the modified version of Camel Pose and work your way to doing the full version over time.
• If the Breath of Fire makes you dizzy or uncomfortable, just switch to normal breathing instead. 

6. Shoulder Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

a. Guided Instructions for Shoulder Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Sit up straight with your legs crossed (sukh asana).
• Bring your arms out to the side with the palms facing up.  Arms are parallel to the ground.
  
• As you exhale rotate your arms up, keeping them straight almost to the point where the palms meet (but don’t clap). 
• Now rotate your arms back down to the starting position (out to the side and parallel to the ground)  as you inhale.
  
• Find a good rhythm and continue at a comfortable pace.
  

b. Duration for Shoulder Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise: 1-5 minutes

c. Benefits of Shoulder Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:

• Works on your shoulder muscles and upper back.
• Balances the Heart Chakra.
  
• Improves the functioning of the lymph nodes and strengthens the immune system.  Good anti breast cancer exercise.
  
• Draws the energy upwards to the higher centers.
  
• Improves lung capacity.
  

d. Practice Tips for Shoulder Fly Kundalini Yoga Exercise:  This is the last tough exercise in this kriya and since you have come this far, why not finish well.

7. Relax in Yoga Corpse Pose (#3 above) for 2-5 minutes:  While in Shav Asana, try this simple Heart Chakra Meditation.  With every inhalation feel more and more love radiating from your heart center and flowing through your system.

This concludes the Heart Chakra Balancing Kundalini Yoga Kriya.