Cure for Low Self Esteem
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STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED
- PADMA ASANA
- JAALANDHARA BANDHA
- VISUALIZATION
1. PADMA ASANA HATHA PRADEEPIKAA, UPADESHA 2, VERSES 31
उत्तानौ चरणौ कृत्वा चोरु संस्थौ प्रयत्नतः ।
ऊरुमध्ये ततोथानौ पाणी कृत्वा तु तादृशौ ॥
दृष्टिं विन्यस्य नासाग्रे दन्तमूलं च जिह्वया ।
उत्तप्य चिबुकं वक्षस्युत्ताप्य भवनं शनैः ॥
इदं पद्मासनं प्रोक्तं सर्व व्याधि विनाशनम ।
दुर्लभं येन केनापि धीमता लभ्यते भुवि ॥
Uththanau Charanau Kruthvaa choru-Samsthau
Prayathnathaha |
Oorumadhye Thathoththaanau Paanee Kruthvaa
Thu thaadrushau ||2.31||
Drushtim vinyasya naasaagre Dantamoolam cha jihvayaa |
Uttapya chibukam vakshas Yuttaapya bhavanam
shanaihi ||2.32||
Idham Padmaasanam Proktham Sarva-Vyaadhi-
Vinaashanam |
Durlabham yena kenapi Dheemataa labhyate bhuvi ||2.33||
(See Figure 1 p.115)
TRANSLATION
One should with effort place the upward facing feet on the thighs, and place the upward-facing palms between the thighs. Concentrating on the tip of the nose, keep the tongue pressed on the upper teeth, press the chin on your chest, push the air slowly upward, that is slowly pull the prana upward.
This asana called as Padma asana destroys all diseases, filled with power. Though difficult to be obtained by every-one, some intelligent people learn it.
TECHNIQUE
- Place the right foot on the left thigh
- Now place the left foot on the right thigh
- Place the hands between the thighs with the palms facing upwards
- Concentrating on the tip of the nose, keep the tongue pressed on the upper teeth
- Press the chin on your chest, push the air slowly upward
- Exhale slowly
- Do this 3 times and release the chin on your chest and tongue pressed on the upper teeth
2. IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT -
JAALANDHARA BANDHA
GHERANDA SAMHITA, UPADESHA 3, VERSE: 12
॥अथ जालन्धर बन्धकथनम् ॥
कण्ठसङ्कोचनं कृत्वा चिबुकं हृदये न्यसेत्।
जालन्धरे कृते बन्धे षोडशाधारबन्धनम्॥
Kanta-sankochanam krutvaa Chibukam hrudaye nyaset | Jaalandhare krute bandhe Shodasha-aadhaara-bandhanam ||3.12||
TRANSLATION
Contracting the throat, place the chin on the chest. This is called Jaalandhara Bandha. By this bandha the sixteen adharas are closed.
TECHNIQUE
- Remain in same asana
- Inhale fully
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat
- Fix the Gaze at the tip of the nose
- Hold as long as possible judiciously
- Release the throat lock and exhale slowly, when you feel you can't hold anymore
- Do this 21 times
IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT - VISUALIZATION
TECHNIQUE
- Sit and visualize that you are at least 5 times more than what you are
- Now feel you are 20 feet tall
- Just visualize you are like a huge rock, you are a big being
- Visualize yourself as 20 feet tall, 50 feet wide, alive, living. Sit with this visualization
END OF KRIYA
ulation. It is characterized by a wide range of symptoms in-volving affect, sense of self, cognition and perception. Some people have a prodromal phase before the active phase. In this phase they show deterioration in social and interper-sonal functioning. While in the prodromal phase people show maladaptive behavior such as poor grooming, social with-draw, and unusual behavior. After the active phase there is a residual phase that is similar to the prodromal phase.