Meditation to Realize Your Feminine Power

 

Welcome New Returning and Crash n Burning R & B Yogis! It feels good to be back in the saddle again. Or in this case, back on the mat. I've been a crash n burner on the past few meditations and I am hoping (and praying) I don't let anything get between me and this practice. We all know how much the science and medicine works when we are consistent with it. I, like you, could really use a win right now. Lets do our best to make that happen for ourselves. This meditation is for expanding our arc line. All genders have an arc line that goes from ear to ear. But persons with breasts have an additional arc line that goes across the heart line, nipple to nipple. These arc lines serve as protection and projection of the individual. This meditation fortifies the feminine arc line enabling us to realize our power. And no better time to do that than during eclipse season where we should be letting go of old ways of BEing and stepping into a new improved existence.

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means "I bow to the infinite wisdom within." Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

PART ONE

MUDRA: Hold your SATURN (middle) and JUPITER (index) fingers together while the other fingers are being held down by the thumb. Bring your hands out to the sides and then have your fingers touch in front of your navel 

MANTRA: HAR which means God, the Creative Infinity. It affirms our ability to co-create. And is used as a prosperity mantra. 

FOCUS: Keep the eyes closed.

PRANAYAMA: Pull the navel as you chant HAR. Find the breathing that feels most comfortable. Avoid hyper-ventilating. 

TIME: 9 minutes

PART TWO

MUDRA: Same mudra as part one, but this time your LEFT arm is bent in front of your chest parallel to the ground and the RIGHT arm is pointed straight towards the Heavens. 

MANTRA: Mentally project HAR in silence. With no sound. No movement. Remain still and steady. 

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

NOTES: The heart center arc line is imprinted with the experiences a woman has gone through in life. This meditation helps you conquer mind over matter projecting a new reality. Whatever you vibrate, you become.

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 

If you have any questions, about this meditation or the contents of this blog, follow me on IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga 
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Thanks for making Rhythm & Breath possible,
Mama Luz

Earthquake Meditation

Greetings New, Returning and Crash n Burning R & B Yogis! If we share the same universe (if you are reading this, more than likely do) it feels like there has been one calamity after the other ever since 2023. Be it climate catastrophe, forever wars, genocide, the end of the rule of law, human rights abuses combined with our own life 'ish...these are challenging times to say the least! Staying sane, let alone function, at any capacity is practically impossible. But I have always, and continue to, turn towards spiritual practice for grounding whenever everything around me is seemingly falling apart. This meditation does exactly that! It is for when you have lost your ground. It is the Earthquake Meditation.

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means "I bow to the infinite wisdom within." Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MUDRA: Slightly cup you LEFT hand and hold it over the left ear. Hold your elbow in fron tof you so that your upper arm is parallel to the ground. Bring your RIGHT hand in Conch Mudra by your ear. To do Conch Mudra, make a fist by curling in your fingers and press your thumb on the outside of your fist. 

MANTRA: Gently strike the side of your head in time with the Panj Shabd: SA TA NA MA

The Translation from Gurmukhi is:

SA - the beginning, the infinite, and the totality of everything. Ta - signifies life, existence, and birth. It reminds us that life is a gift and encourages us to live each moment fully. 

Na - represents death, transformation, and the cyclical nature of life. 

Ma - symbolizes rebirth and regeneration.

FOCUS: Keep the eyes closed.

PRANAYAMA: Normal breathing. 

TIME: 11 minutes

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

NOTES: The magnetic relationship of the two hemispheres of the brain is readjusted with this meditation. This meditation can readjust your electromagnetic field after an earthquake or other trauma. 

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 

If you have any questions, about this meditation or the contents of this blog, follow me on IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga 
One last thing...if you benefit from this post or the contents of this blog, consider making a heart donation thru PayPal using the bottom at the top of the page or by using my email: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. Send as friends and family. Or you can send your donation through CashApp: $hangriLuz. It makes the sharing of this science equitable and accessible. 
Thanks for making Rhythm & Breath possible,
Mama Luz

Meditation to Heal Addictions

Art by Carol Suzanne Niebuhr

We all have addictions. Whether we acknowledge them or not. And there are SO many things for us to be addicted to! Caffeine, sugar, dopamine, alcohol, drugs, food, social media, positive reinforcement, validation, sex, love. If there was less shame around addiction and more acknowledgement that the Capitalist Imperialist system of production and consumption is set up so that we "use" in order to participate, we would be more apt to seek help. We can honor and thank them for helping us cope and getting us to this point in our lives. But there comes a point in every addicts journey (it doesn't have to be the bottom) where we realize these crutches are detrimental to our physical , metal and spiritual health. We realize that we need to get this under control because it isn't "fun" anymore and it no longer serves a purpose. On a deeper spiritual level, addiction makes us less free. It diminishes our power placing it in something outside of ourselves. If we are truly free, we are self-sufficient, self-contained. There is no need for any thing. This meditation will help us take back our power and be free ourselves of whatever tethers us. Freedom is revolutionary. 

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means "I bow to the infinite wisdom within." Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MUDRA: Make fists of both hands and extend the thumbs straight. Place the thumbs on the temples and find the niche where the thumbs just fit. This is the lower anterior portion of the frontal bone above the temporal-sphenoidal suture.

Lock the back molars together and keep the lips closed. Keeping the teeth pressed together throughout, alternately squeeze the molars tightly and then release the pressure. A muscle will move in rhythm under the thumbs. Feel it massage the thumbs and apply a firm pressure with the hands.

MANTRA: Silently vibrate the five primal sounds—the Panj Shabd: SA TA NA MA

The Translation from Gurmukhi is:

SA - the beginning, the infinite, and the totality of everything. Ta - signifies life, existence, and birth. It reminds us that life is a gift and encourages us to live each moment fully. 

Na - represents death, transformation, and the cyclical nature of life. 

Ma - symbolizes rebirth and regeneration.

FOCUS: Keep the eyes closed and focus at the Brow Point.

PRANAYAMA: Normal breathing. 

TIME: 11 minutes

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 
If you have any questions, about this meditation or the contents of this blog, follow me on IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga 
One last thing...if you benefit from this post or the contents of this blog, consider making a heart donation thru PayPal using the bottom at the top of the page or by using my email: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. Send as friends and family. Or you can send your donation through CashApp: $hangriLuz. It makes the sharing of this science equitable and accessible. 
Thanks for making Rhythm & Breath possible,
Mama Luz