TUESDAY MEDITATION

The Kundalini Yoga meditation that I describe below is designed to help you maintain calmness in the face of stress.  This meditation resolves many inner conflicts.  This is especially true when the conflicts arise from the competition between different levels of your functioning, i.e. spiritual vs. physical or survival needs.

Tattva Balance Beyond Stress & Duality

Sit in easy pose (on the floor, using a pillow or blanket for cushion, with legs folded easily over one another.  If this is difficult you may sit in a chair with feet flat on the floor).

Raise the arms with the elbows bent until the hands meet at the level of the heart in front of the chest.   The forearms make a straight line parallel to the ground.  Spread the fingers of both hands.  Touch the finger tips and thumb tips of the opposite hands together.  Create enough pressure to join the first segments of the fingers together.  The thumbs are stretched back and point toward the torso.  The palms are separated.

Fix the eyes at the tip of the nose.

Inhale smoothly and deeply through the nose.

Exhale through the rounded lips in 8 equal emphatic strokes.  On the exhale, pull the Naval Point in sharply.

Continue this breath for 3 minutes.  This practice may be built to last 11 minutes.

To end, inhale deeply, hold for 10 to 30 seconds and exhale.  Inhale again and shake the hands. Relax.