TECHNIQUE # 2
ENERGY BREATHING TECHNIQUE
Fresh air and proper breathing are essential to a
strong and vital aura. Breathing for maximum energy to the aura should be done
through the nostrils. Many people have a bad habit of mouth breathing, not
realizing that nostril breathing is more natural and healthy.
Mouth breathing makes an individual more
susceptible to diseases. It impairs the vitality of the aura. It can even weaken
the constitution. Between the mouth and the lungs, there is nothing to strain
the air. Dust, dirt and other impure substances have a clear track to the lungs.
Mouth breathing also admits cold air to the lungs, which can lead to
inflammation of the respiratory organs.
Nostril breathing, on the other hand, is more
vitalizing and healthy to your entire energy system. The nose
provides specialized surfaces for the absorption of prana from the air.Prana can
be likened to the vitalizing aspect that exists within air. Many Eastern
breathing techniques require a conscious focus upon the tip to the nose and the
entire nasal area during inhalation. This enhances the prana absorption, raises
the vitality of the entire aura and stimulates the entire energy system of the
human being.
The nostrils and the nasal passages are designed
with hair to filter and sieve the air. They also warm the air through the mucous
membranes. This makes the air fit for the delicate organs of the lungs, and
breath is them more energizing and strengthening to your auric field.
In yoga, the moon breath is termed the Ida and
the sun breath is termed the Pingala. The balance of the two is Susumna. Your
energy has polarity, positive and negative, male and female, sun and moon. This
breathing technique quickly energizes the aura and balances the polarity of the
body. It also enhances your ability to remember and assimilate information. It
balances the hemispheres of the brain. It can be used before studies to shorten
learning time. It can also be used as a quick-me-up during the day.
The basic technique is comprised of alternate
breaths, breathing in one nostril and then breathing out the other. (Remember
that conscious attention to the tip of the nose, especially during the
in-breath, will magnify the effects of this technique.) The rhythm is aided by
holding the nose with the thumb and fingers.
- Begin with your right thumb and fingers over your nose and exhale. Place your tonque against the roof of your mouth behind your front teeth.
- Use your thumb and close your right nostril; then inhale through your left nostril for a slow count of four.
- Keeping your right nostril closed, clamp your fingers down over your left nostril, pinching your nose closed between your thumb and fingers. Hold for a court of 16. (If you have never performed any concentrated rhythmic breathing, the count of 16 may be too long for you. If this is the case, reduce it or count faster. With practice, you will develop the ability to hold your breath for more extended periods. Try indhaling for a exhaling for a count of three. Work to find the rhythm that is most effective for you and then build upon it.)
- Release your thumb, opening your right nostril. Keep your left nostril closed with your fingers. Exhale slowly out through your right nostril for a count of eight.
- Release your nose, raise your left hand up and, with your thumb, close off your left nostril. Inhale for a count of four through your right nostril and then clamp your fingers closed on it. Hold for a count of 16.
- Release your thumb and your left nostril. Keep your right nostril clamped with your fingers. Exhale for a slow count of eight through your left nostril.
- Repeat four to five breaths, alternating each side. Breath in one nostril, hold and exhale out the other. Reverse it and repeat the procedure. Do at least four to five breaths for each side for a quick pick-me-up. This will saturate your entire body and aura with quick energy.
TECHNIQUE # 3
THE CLEANSING VORTEX
This exercise is a visualization
exercise for cleansing and purifying your entire auric field. It is an excellent
exercise to perform at the end of a day, especially at those times when you have
interacted with a great many people. It helps sweep out energy debris,
preventing it from accumulating and creating imbalance within the auric field.
It only takes about five minutes to be effective.
- Take a seated position and perform a progressive relaxation. Performing the breathing technique just described is beneficial as a preparation for this exercise. You may want to use a simple prayer or mantra as well. Remember that the exercise as presented here is a guideline, and you should learn to abapt it to your own energies.
- About 20 feet above you, in your mind's eye, visualize a small whirlwind of crystalline white fire beginning to form. It looks like a small, visualize it so that it is large enough to encompass your entire auric field. The small end of the funnel should be visualized as capable of entering through the crown of your head and passing down the middle pillar of your body .
- This whirlwind of spiritual fire should be seen as rotating and spinning clockwise. As it touches your aura, see it as sucking up and burning off all of the energy debris you have accumulated.
- See, fell and imagine it moving down, over and through your entire aura and body. Know that it is sweeping your energy field clean of all the extraneous energies you have accumulated throughout the day.
- As it moves through your body, allow this energy vortex to exit out through your feet down into the heart of theearth itself. See the vortex as carrying this energy debris into the lower realms, where it is used to fertilize and benefit the lower kingdoms of life upon and within the planet.
