HOW TO BALANCE OUR BODY ? (BREATHING EXERCISES)

 

                       THE IMPORTANT NOTES OF 

                                   OUR BREATH!

                              INTRODUCTION

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                                 THE LANGUAGE OF THE INSTRUCTIONS DOES NOT MATTER IN YOGA NIDRA. IF YOU PRACTICE IN A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN LAUGUAGE, YOU ARE ACTUALLY BYPASSING THE INTELLECTUAL ASPECT OF YOGA NIDRA. FOR INSTANCE, EVEN IF I DICTATE TO YOU IN HINDI INSTEAD OF ENGLISH, YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS WILL STILL BECOME MORE AWARE. IF IS THE TONE OF VOICE, THE PERSON AND THE PERSONALITY THAT ARE IMPORTANT. SINCE AN INSTRUCTOR IS NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE, YOU CAN LISTEN TO A RECORDING AND PRACTICE THE TECHNIQUE. START THE RECORDING, LIE DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE VOICE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. THE SOUND OF THE VOICE OF A GREAT PERSON SUCH AS YOUR GURU WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT OF YOUR WHOLE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STRUCTURE. BECAUSE THIS VOICE IS NOT JUST THE VOICE OF AN ORDINARY PERSON, IT WORKS MORE LIKE A GRACE AND BLESSING. IF SWAMIJI TAUGHT YOU IN SANSKRIT IT WOULD BE BETTER STILL, BECAUSE IT IS THE MELODY OF THE LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS ITS MEANING, WHICH GOEST INTO THE INTERIOR CONSCIOUSNESS AND RESTRUCTURES YOUR AWARENESS.

                                    PREPARATION :👀❤👀

•                             NOW GET READY FOR THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA. LIE DOWN AND COVER YOURSELF, AT LEAST THE FEET, IF NECESSARY. HEAD SHOULD BE RESTING ON THE MAT. CLOSE THE EYES AND LIE SHAVASANA, PALMS FACING UPWARDS, FEET A LITTLE APART. ANY MOVEMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE, PLEASE DO IT NOW. THEN YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO MOVE PHYSICALLY FOR AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE MINUTES.

•                             KEEP THE EYES AND THE MOUTH CLOSED. STOP ALL PHYSICAL MOVEMENT, AND LIE COMPLETELY MOTIONLESS, LIKE A DEAD BODY IN SHAVASANA. THE BODY IS QUIET, BUT UNDER YOUR CONTROL. YOU ARE STILL CONSCIOUS, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING THE BODY TO MOVE. NO PHYSICAL MOVEMENT. NO MOVEMENT OF THE TOES, FINGERS, HEAD OR LEGS. NO QUIVERING OF ANY PART OF THE BODY. NO TIGHTENING OF ANY MUSCLES. NO STRETCHING OF THE BODY.

                             RELAXATION :💫❤💫

•                                    NOW, TAKE YOUR AWARENESS INSIDE AND BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE THE WHOLE PHYSICAL BODY. EVERY JOINT AND MUSCLE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY RELAXED. RELAX THE PALMS, FINGERS, FEET, TOES, ANKLES, CALF MUSCLES, KNEES, THIGHS, HAMSTRINGS, BUTTOCKS, BACK, SHOULDERS, CHEST, ARMS, ELBOWS, HANDS, HEAD AND NECK. RELA THE WHOLE BODY. INVESTIGATE IF THERE IS ANY TENSION. IF THERE IS TENSION, LOOSEN IT. IF THE MUSCLES ARE TIGHT, RELEASE THEM.

•                               NOW THERE SHOUDL BE NO MORE PHYSICAL MOVEMENT. DURING THE PERIOD OF YOGA NIDRA YOU SHOULD NOT MOVE THE PHYSICAL BODY. NO PHYSICAL MOVEMENT SHOULD TAKE PLACE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, NO MATTER WHAT SENSATION YOU MAY FEEL, WHETHER ITCHING, PAIN, MOSQUITOES OR INSECTS BITING YOU. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU SHOULD NOT MOVE THE PHYSICAL BODY. THIS IS THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR YOGA NIDRA.

•                                YOU ARE ALSO NOT SUPPOSED TO SLEEP. YOGA NIDRA IS THE PRACTICE TO MAKE YOU MORE AND MORE AWARE, TO RAISE THE SUBTLE INNER AWARENESS, NOT THE GROSS UPPER LAYER. LET THE WHOLE BODY REMAIN QUIET FOR SOME TIME AND WORK WITH THE SUBTLE AWARENESS.

                         AWARENESS OF SUBTLE

                           MOVEMENT AND BREATH

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•                                  NOW THAT YOUR WHOLE PHYSICAL BODY IS QUIET AND NOT MOVING. TRY TO EXPERIENCE ALL THE SUBTLE MOVEMENTS IN THE BODY. THE PHYSICAL BODY IS MOVING ON ITS OWN, WITHOUT EFFORT, IN SPITE OF ALL CONTROL. WHICH PART ARE MOVING? WHERE IS THE MOVEMENT? ARE YOUR FEET MOVING? ARE THE TOES, FINGERS OR THIGHS TWITCHING? IS THE HEAD TURNED TO ONE SIDE? IS THE CHEST OR THE STOMACH MOVING?

                              

•                              YES, THE STOMACH IS MOVING FORWARD AND BACK, UP AND DOWN. YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS. IT IS HAPPENING ON ITS OWN AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP IT. JUST WATCH IT. HOW DOES ALL THIS MOVEMENT TAKE PLACE? HAVE YOU DISCOVERED THE REASON FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE NAVEL, THE STOMACH, THE ABDOMEN AND THE CHEST?

•                             THEY SEEM TO BE EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING A LITTLE BIT ALL THE TIME. THE BREATH IS FLOWING IN AND OUT, AND AS A RESULT THE CHEST SEEMS TO BE EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING JUST A LITTLE. IN THE THROAT, BETWEEN THE COLLARBONES, THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE SOME MOVEMENT. THE DEPRESSION OF THE THROAT SEEMS TO BE MOVING UPWARD AND DOWNWARD WITH RESPIRATION.

•                         THE BREATH IS GOING IN AND OUT THROUGH THE NOSTRILS. PARTICULARLY WATCH THE PROCESS OF THE BREATH. THE MOVMENT SEEMS TO BE FROM THE NAVEL UP TO THE THROAT IN, AND FROM THE THROAT DOWN TO THE NAVEL, OUT. KEEP ON WATCHING, JUST WITNESS IT. THIS IS SAKSHI BHAVA, THE ATTITUDE OF WITNESSING.

•                      NOW LET YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS ROTATE BETWEEN THE THROAT AND NAVEL. THE MOVEMENT OF THE BREATH MAY BE THROUGH THE NOSTRILS, BUT THE CONSCIOUSNESS MUST GO FROM THE NAVEL TO THE THROAT AND FROM THE THROAT TO THE NAVEL.