LIKE A ROCK🔗

This technique is from the Bhagavad Gita. It is actually a technique used to enhance mental strength and will-power. But this technique is like a knife that can be used to cut anything. Here we are using the technique to enhance physical health and healing also.

Even five minutes in this posture is enough to create a tremendous strength and surge of energy in your body. The strength you feel in your body will reflect in your mind. Usually a person who does not feel strong in body will not feel strong in mind. This technique makes you strong in body and mind.

DURATION: 21 minutes

Step 1:

Sit cross-legged on the floor. If you are uncomfortable, you can use a chair. Support your body by sitting on both your hands (palm facing up). Your hands should come underneath you from both sides of your body. When you sit in this posture, the energy created does not go out of the body. You close the circuit, so the energy circulates inside the body.

Step 2:

Close your eyes. With your eyes closed, bring your vision to the tip of your nose. This helps pull your mind inwards. Focus gently on the tip of your nose. This is an excellent technique for strengthening your willpower.

Step 3:

Fixing your eyes in the same position, bring your awareness to your physical boundary. Feel your boundary distinctly. Initially, it will be easier to do this in the places where your skin touches your clothes. Then extend your awareness over the surface of your whole body. Feel your entire body boundary. You will start experiencing your body as a whole. Your awareness of your separate limbs will disappear and your body will feel like one solid whole. Experience this solid wholeness. Your body will feel as solid as a rock. Experience the tremendous power you feel in your body and mind. This technique can be used to achieve both a strong body and a powerful mental will.

ROOTED IN THE EARTH

ABOUT THE MEDITATION

This technique is for people who experience some unsteadiness and a trembling in the legs upon waking up in the morning. This is usually because of a feeling of ‘uprootedness’, a lack of connection with the earth. We have lost our grounding, our direct contact with the earth. Earth is a powerful nurturing and centering force. Not only do we miss this energy, we experience some deeply hidden insecurity when we lose our connection with the earth.

Most of the time, we are not aware that our simply physical problems have an emotional dimension. Once we know what the real problem is, it can be addressed directly.

INSTRUCTIONS

DURATION: Not Applicable

Step 1:

First thing after getting out of bed, stand in a relaxed way with your feet about six inches apart. Put your full weight on one foot, leaving the other foot totally free and relaxed. Then shift your weight to the other foot, releasing the first foot and allowing it to be free. Repeat this process four to five times. Feel the shift of energy from one foot to the other each time. Now, put your weight equally on both feet. Be perfectly balanced. Keep moving slightly and you will feel the perfect balance. This will give you a feeling of centeredness and strength in your legs.

Step 2:

Whenever you can, put your feet in direct contact with the earth. If there is a beach nearby where you can go running barefoot on the sand, wonderful! If not, in a park or garden or wherever you can find a patch of bare earth, takeoff your shoes and absorb the earth energy. Not only will your legs get stronger, you will start feeling more relaxed and centered as well.

Your body is a live intelligence! It is continuously talking to you, but you have forgotten how to listen. These techniques help you get back in touch with your body. When you become aware of your body and its moods, you come closer to your body. You are sensitized to the needs of your body, and you also awaken to the tremendous latent potential that your body has. You learn how to handle your body with intelligence and compassion. When you make friends with your body, it becomes an open door to the beyond.