tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18927054979404216532024-02-06T18:44:17.462-08:00RHYTHM & BREATHfor warrior healersLuzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-68862205678074888292024-01-24T21:00:00.000-08:002024-01-26T06:35:51.029-08:00INFINITE ABUNDANCE MEDITATION<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIqnfnnh9atJJHSN0EgeWhqLqpFZw_psFNWR_9UMVQAehCwPJA18Oj9DcZdsqnrtF74Yf2sIVZCIS30vxB2mEhsdLAyibu5TXdf_2a6sanza1UPGUzKhXDy0JOjUUjDhlIVMl0jr1AGlZZTWiOPmqCfiOuYQ78_r0YDnTliLTi0C3hx9gvaoJKCa3pUM/s285/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Art by Brittany Blythe-Williams" border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIqnfnnh9atJJHSN0EgeWhqLqpFZw_psFNWR_9UMVQAehCwPJA18Oj9DcZdsqnrtF74Yf2sIVZCIS30vxB2mEhsdLAyibu5TXdf_2a6sanza1UPGUzKhXDy0JOjUUjDhlIVMl0jr1AGlZZTWiOPmqCfiOuYQ78_r0YDnTliLTi0C3hx9gvaoJKCa3pUM/s16000/images.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.brittanyblythwilliams.com/products/infinity-30x48-original-painting" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"> Art by Brittany Blythe-Williams</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome back new, returning and crash n burning R & B Yogis! Happy New Year! Another year with more opportunities for us to burn karma and clear the way for our blessings to reach us. These are crucial times for us collectively and individually. We are being asked what are core values are and what we are willing to sacrifice, if anything, to make this planet better. We are also entering an election year and it looks like fascism is officially on the ballot. We need our minds clear and our channels flowing freely so that we can be properly guided and receive the abundance that is ours. So lets start by recommitting to our own deep spiritual practice. And when we reap our harvest, we will share the fruits of our labor with those less fortunate than ourselves with the intention of creating a more equitable world. Lets build it together. One breath at a time.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>TO BEGIN</b>: <span style="background-color: transparent;">Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight.</span><span> 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. </span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">On two breaths, chant the opening mantra </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">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 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">here</a>. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-1" target="_blank">Bandcamp.</a></span></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">MUDRA</span>: Bring the thumbs to touch the mound of the Mercury finger (pinkie) and fold the fingers over the thumb to make tight fists. Bring the forearms parallel to the floor at the Heart Center. Knuckles face each other with a one-inch gap between the hands.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">FOCUS</span>: The eye focus is on the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/09/on-tip-of-your-nose.html" target="_blank">tip of the nose</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">MANTRA</span>: Chant <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/track/har" target="_blank">HAR</a> 4 times out loud, 4 times in a whisper continuously. Make sure the tongue flicks up to the upper palate. The upper palate is connected to the pineal gland. The translation of Har from Gurmuhki to English is God. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">TIME:</span> 11 minutes.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">COMMENTS</span>: This meditation contains the ego and allows you to focus on your true identity as a spiritual being with unlimited potential and self-worth. When we put the thumb (ego) at the mound of the Mercury finger, we transform our ego identity through the influence of Mercury, Sun, Saturn and Jupiter. This transformation includes mastering expansion (Jupiter), wisdom and patience (Saturn), endurance (Sun) and communication (Mercury) towards our spiritual identity. We use the mantra HAR to bring new opportunities into our life. By creating mastery at the heart center, we can transform our passion and heart energy into personal and financial success within our spiritual life. Remember—doing meditations creates the opportunity to change our attitudes towards our world. When you do this meditation for at least 120 days, your subconscious can shift into a larger, more expansive attitude about being prosperous (pro-spirit).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; text-align: left;">TO FINISH:</b><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: left;"> Resume your normal breathing and let the mantra, mudra and pranayama circulate </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">in your body, mind and spirit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">. Then say aloud</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's Affirmations</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial;">.</span></p><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO CLOSE:</b><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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. </span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">So there it is yogis! Lets release what remains of previous years and invite new expansive energy and abundance into 2024. This will be a critical year for ourselves and the planet. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To participate in our online healing collective, send a heart donation of $15 or more dollars thru PayPal (use the beggars bowl above or email: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com) or CashApp: $hangriLuz. And follow my yoga IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga to ask questions, share your insights and receive encouragement in our group discussion. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And please, if you choose not to participate but you receive benefits from the contents of this blog, any donation of any amount is greatly appreciated. At the very least, mention me by my name in your prayers and positive thoughts : )</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you for taking the time to read and being a part of the Rhythm & Breath healing collective. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 11px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- mama luz </span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0Palestine31.952162 35.2331543.6419281638211558 0.076903999999998973 60.262395836178847 70.389404tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-36833677485874115872024-01-09T21:00:00.000-08:002024-01-09T21:00:00.146-08:00DZIKR :: SUFI PRAYER CIRCLE FOR G A Z A<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoUEozbpAabXF3oOQ7sRvWfXjwcQQqX41BzfOxg9Qi2NH2DO0PNHfPqqLcahZLl73T_ljrcoxZbY2NlX9fuSmZaY8YRCkkw_ZQjLBoARlwT6GpZrm7swjGHwdg1GVYJ2QgJ6U14sW7kshk9idkm7lCFZPsacKTl3YAKok6gZIFBQhbZ3WWk0NpCRRqhw/s640/heartsonfire.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="640" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoUEozbpAabXF3oOQ7sRvWfXjwcQQqX41BzfOxg9Qi2NH2DO0PNHfPqqLcahZLl73T_ljrcoxZbY2NlX9fuSmZaY8YRCkkw_ZQjLBoARlwT6GpZrm7swjGHwdg1GVYJ2QgJ6U14sW7kshk9idkm7lCFZPsacKTl3YAKok6gZIFBQhbZ3WWk0NpCRRqhw/s320/heartsonfire.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Salaam, peace, R & B Yogis, Beloveds, lovers, believers, seekers and those that question. I, like many of you, am absolutely devastated by the crimes of humanity being committed against the people of occupied P@lestine by the Iz r a hell i government. I'</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ve been crying every day since the most recent carnage began. Although, the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the Holy Land (that of the three Abrahamic religions) has been going on for 75 years. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I am unbelievably sad. And angry. I feel despair. Guilt. H</span><span style="font-family: arial;">elplessness</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and basically feel paralyzed. I try to fight my way out of depression as I have for the majority of my life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As I was walking the other day, I asked myself why does this "conflict" feel different than any of the other battles I have engaged in. Probably because every battle I have signed up for, w</span><span style="font-family: arial;">hether it was in a Capoeira jogo (game) or spiritual warfare, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a deep knowing that victory was mine. Also my faith was unshakeable. But when one puts ones efforts whether they are boycotting, divesting and sanctioning Iz ra hell, or showing solidarity through wearing a kufiyeh, or praying for Gaza, or spreading knowledge about the genocide through posting and sharing on social media, it seems like they are futile </span>against the gargantuan imperialist, colonial war machine backed by Amerikkka's deep pockets. </p><p>But then I remembered, my greatest battles in life were won solely on prayer. And I am reminded of the power of Islam every time I witness the grace the Palestinian people exhibit every time tragedy befalls them and they cry out, "Allahamdulilah! All Praise to Allah!" </p><p>There are 99 Beautiful Names of Allah. There are 99 Divine attributes mentioned in the Quran. There is only one God (La Ilhah il Allah) with 99 different essences. When they are invoked, we call upon that attribute and become that essence. It is the same premise as mantra and meditation. Just a different language and religion. </p><p>The one we will "remember" through Dzikr, is AL MUNTAQUIM. Which means The Avenger. </p><p>We will say: YA MUNTAQUIM which means Oh Avenger. 1,000 times. Which takes a little more than a half hour. </p><p>We will gather online through Zoom on the first new moon of 2024, January 11th at 8- 9pm EST. We will have time to share information and ask questions afterwards. </p><p>One of the best pieces of wisdom I have ever received was from my Sheik in Bahia when I was in the depths of despair after my husband was murdered. I was very sad and angry. Very similar to how I was feeling throughout October. He said:</p><p>Let Allah fight your battles. </p><p>I did. And I was able to complete the hardest task I have ever had to see through in life. Let's trust Allah's plan for Palestine, the Palestinian diaspora, the Middle East, the world and ourselves. Lets focus on what is within our ability to do rather than focus on the evil that is escalating and will always be here until it is not. Lets continue to boycott, divest and sanction Iz ra Hell. Lets share actions that are taking place in our cities and throughout the world. Lets wear kufiyehs in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Lets discuss over coffee and at our dinner tables what we are doing to make positive change in our lives and the world. Lets spend our blood dollars at business that are on the right side of history. We have more power than we realize. Let's remember and be comforted by that power. </p><p>- mama luz</p></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-59248255195105638602023-10-27T21:00:00.007-07:002024-01-04T04:36:20.362-08:00Surrender Into Abundance<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fmi64HwtI3tX0qItQfIcAA1Qq9ii1pKeIwhz_iUK4J2tWBXG7uIpYXIZxzcVQyb4PQTndz6B2jsfICsvD1tpUtHzrs1C_aDGS-p_YFonVEAdIlsbfw7_0D7g5uFPNCLwio6jdbqTWTbOz8MCuFhCHi15k6118rgWK5yfsVzu56DwsfMcpJrsmma-rKM/s1446/il_fullxfull.1769694735_19mt.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fmi64HwtI3tX0qItQfIcAA1Qq9ii1pKeIwhz_iUK4J2tWBXG7uIpYXIZxzcVQyb4PQTndz6B2jsfICsvD1tpUtHzrs1C_aDGS-p_YFonVEAdIlsbfw7_0D7g5uFPNCLwio6jdbqTWTbOz8MCuFhCHi15k6118rgWK5yfsVzu56DwsfMcpJrsmma-rKM/s320/il_fullxfull.1769694735_19mt.webp" width="306" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Art by Yonya Engel<br />https://tonyaengel.com/</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>In light of the war in Gaza and the on-going systemic oppression, colonization, displacement and genocide of the Palestinian people by Zionists and the state of Israel, a prosperity meditation in this moment seems trite and callous. But a wise man, an artist colleague of mine, once told me, "You can't give from a deficit. You can't be a philanthropist and be poor." That really stuck with me. For years, I have been giving from a deficit. And once again, I find myself hitting a rough patch in life which really makes me feel helpless in this situation. SO I am going to pace myself with the information I take in and images I expose myself to. I am not going to sink into despair about not having control over the injustices all over the world but particularly in Palestine. I will focus on what I can do. I will pray. I will share the commentary of my friends who are cultural critics artists and activists. I will continue to Boycott Divest and Sanction Israel. AND I am going to make this meditation my priority. I have to keep breathing. Let's breathe together. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>TO BEGIN: </b></span>Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> 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. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a sturdy chair and cross your feet underneath your chair. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">On two breaths, chant the opening mantra </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">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 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">here</a>. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-1" target="_blank">Bandcamp.</a></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">MUDRA:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> Hands in gyan mudra. Index finger pressed against the thumb. Right arm is bent with hand at eye level. Left hand is resting palm up on the left knee. </span></p><p><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">FOCUS:</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Eyes are closed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">MANTRA: </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">*Translation from Gurmukhi to English*</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">His blessings are so abundant that there can be no written account of them.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Great Giver does not hold back anything.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">There are so many great, heroic warriors begging at the door of the Infinite Lord.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">So many contemplate and dwell upon Him, that they cannot be counted.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">So many waste away to death engaged in corruption.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">So many take and take again, and then deny receiving.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">So many foolish consumers keep on consuming.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">So many endure distress, deprivation, and constant abuse.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">Even these are Your Gifts, O Great Giver!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">Liberation from bondage comes only by Your Will.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">No one else has any say in this.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">If some fool should presume to say that he does,</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">he shall learn, and feel the effects of his folly.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">He Himself knows, He Himself gives.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">Few, very few are those who acknowledge this.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">One who is blessed to sing the Praises of the Lord,</p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">O Nanak, is the king of kings.</p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">Repeat the prayer eleven times. Takes about 15 minutes. </span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>NOTES ON THIS MEDITATION:</b></p><p>This meditation is a prayer. The 25th Pauree of Japji. It is said to change poverty into prosperity. It works on the pranic body, the aura, and the radiant body, moving the energy from the body to the Heavens. When the mind comes out of duality, prosperity is there. </p><p><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO FINISH:</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">I</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">nhale deeply, hold the breath for ten counts, then relax completely. Say aloud</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's Affirmations</a>.</div><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO CLOSE:</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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. </span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">So there it is. Inshallah, we will generate enough resources to provide for ourselves, our families and make positive changes in this corrupt Capitalistic world. </span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Any questions, and/or to participate, you can find me on IG @rhythmandbreathyoga</span></span></p><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">And please, don't forget to send donation love if you benefit from the contents of this blog. The Beggar's Bowl is at the top of this blog. Any amount is greatly appreciated. If you are participating in the 40 day meditation $20 is the suggested heart donation. Payable thru CashApp $hangriLuz or PayPal: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. At the very least, mention me by my name in your prayers and positive thoughts : ) </span></span></p></span></div></div>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0Vermont, USA44.5588028 -72.57784149999999115.576007077475037 -107.73409149999999 73.541598522524964 -37.421591499999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-79336335044760800412023-02-04T15:43:00.000-08:002023-10-27T06:09:26.486-07:00Last Resort Meditation: From Darkness to Light<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWm1of2TUOVStIJRYq4M0CtU5BgT7hBo5CzL0aBPOAVtYx1QaWDFwfMBpXasJkAjzIm9CMldSTv9lacm9LkCAF1LYSSIKBI7YWQRNAbLe0JzNmnZ4EhFk7i2pCfLIYOk1DbtHPR6Uc8XytCwVfPN9ZS6EGpdYa6VdN6cA9rVk_o4d6GGhbIrkrV2u/s604/fcbzd3jiric.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="604" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWm1of2TUOVStIJRYq4M0CtU5BgT7hBo5CzL0aBPOAVtYx1QaWDFwfMBpXasJkAjzIm9CMldSTv9lacm9LkCAF1LYSSIKBI7YWQRNAbLe0JzNmnZ4EhFk7i2pCfLIYOk1DbtHPR6Uc8XytCwVfPN9ZS6EGpdYa6VdN6cA9rVk_o4d6GGhbIrkrV2u/s320/fcbzd3jiric.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So, you've tried what feels like everything. And still...there is no movement. Whatever it is you are trying to move: your love life, your professional life, your pesky pandemic pounds. But have you tried the Last Resort Meditation? Neither have I. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is said that this t</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">his practice was given as a “last resort” for when life isn’t working. It’s a meditation on “</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wahe Guru Wahe Jio"</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">the mantra for ecstasy. “</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wahe Guru”</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> is said to impart the experience of The Divine, and to take us from darkness to light. When we’ve lost sight of the bigger picture...this practice helps bring us back. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The meditation also brings relaxation, strength, and mental clarity. It dissolves anger, negativity, and positions us for victory. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It all sounds great to me! I want to win. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Let's do it for 40 days and see what blessings this meditation brings. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>TO BEGIN: </b></span>Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight.</span><span style="color: #3d3b3d; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> 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. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a sturdy chair and cross your feet underneath your chair. </span></div><div><p style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;">On two breaths, chant the opening mantra </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;">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 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">here</a>. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-1" target="_blank">Bandcamp.</a></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">MUDRA:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">EYES:</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Eyes are closed. No specific focus is mentioned.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-weight: 700;">MANTRA: </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000;">Take a deep breath and c</span></span><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">hant </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">WHAA-HAY GUROO WHAA-HAY GUROO WHAA-HAY GUROO WHAA-HAY JEE-O</span></p><p><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">in monotone </span><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">8 times on one breath. Remember chanting is NOT singing. </span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6b62268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-listing-dynamic-field" data-element_type="widget" data-id="6b62268" data-widget_type="jet-listing-dynamic-field.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --widgets-spacing: 20px; -webkit-box-align: var(--align-items); -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-flex: var(--flex-grow); -webkit-box-ordinal-group: var(--order); -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-pack: var(--justify-content); align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-bottom: 20px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 510px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;"><div class="jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-field display-inline" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: flex-start;"><div class="jet-listing-dynamic-field__inline-wrap" style="align-items: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%; width: auto;"><div class="jet-listing-dynamic-field__content" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; width: auto;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you are not able to do the eight repetitions, d</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">o the amount of repetitions you are able.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> B</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">uild your lung capacity.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Continue for 11 minutes. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO FINISH:</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I</span><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;">nhale deeply, hold the breath for ten counts, then relax completely. Say aloud</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's Affirmations</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO CLOSE:</b><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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. </span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Any questions, you can find me on IG @rhythmandbreathyoga</span></span></p><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Please, don't forget to send donation love if you benefit from the contents of this blog. The Beggar's Bowl is at the top of this page. It has been updated and should be working. Any amount is greatly appreciated. If you are participating in the 40 day meditation it is a minimum of $15+ Payable thru CashApp $hangriLuz or PayPal: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. At the very least, compensate me for my labor by mentioning me *by my name* in your prayers and positive thoughts : ) Thanks!</span></span></p><p><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div><div data-hook="rcv-block24" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="paragraph"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block25" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="empty-line"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block26" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="paragraph"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block27" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="empty-line"></div></div><p></p></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="height: 0px;"><br /></p>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-56584183631079774892022-11-12T12:12:00.005-08:002023-01-28T05:28:30.365-08:00Meditation into Being: I AM I AM!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1298" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdquf67Bshi8epo9yCy2lIenRRJZDrqifeeYI1j4Ih8klN7U0cus8ozE2l07Rj7-bciZWwof8iv-ibHsO1CaQZoGMfryxSA87Nc5OuFDtnvLqCeHk7doH0kuSpfAVTxDKQH0GPJZs7q4PXQgZfClqcOnsRMombRaMGSB4tdJVLSroRnztIN55Mh0jY/w307-h320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-11%20at%203.03.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Art by Swanantr Jyoti" width="307" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art by Swatantr Jyoti</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdquf67Bshi8epo9yCy2lIenRRJZDrqifeeYI1j4Ih8klN7U0cus8ozE2l07Rj7-bciZWwof8iv-ibHsO1CaQZoGMfryxSA87Nc5OuFDtnvLqCeHk7doH0kuSpfAVTxDKQH0GPJZs7q4PXQgZfClqcOnsRMombRaMGSB4tdJVLSroRnztIN55Mh0jY/s1352/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-11%20at%203.03.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-family: arial;"><p>I believe it is part of human nature to seek to be whole. From the moment we enter the world, we rely on others not only for our survival but for emotional connection. The swiftness in which all of our needs are met either breeds security or insecurity. This need for positive reinforcement only becomes greater with age. We not only seek people but things to give meaning and shape to our lives. Our identities ultimately become wrapped up in external forces which more often than not, leads to our own suffering. When we lose these people and things, or are unable to acquire that which we desire, we feel incomplete, incompetent or as if there is something missing. The beauty of a regular meditation practice, is our connection to our Highest Self helps us to detach from the physical realm and connect to our Divinity thus making us whole. We are/were never lacking or disjointed. This meditation connects the finite and the infinite Self making us whole. Details are in the notes. </p></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>TO BEGIN: </b></span>Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d; font-family: arial;"> 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. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a sturdy chair and cross your feet underneath your chair. </span></p><p style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;">On two breaths, chant the opening mantra </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;">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 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">here</a>. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-1" target="_blank">Bandcamp.</a></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">MUDRA:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial;"> Place the right hand over the right knee. Keep the elbow straight and the hand relaxed in Gyan Mudra (the index finger tip on the tip of the thumb). Raise the left hand in front of the Heart Center 6 inches (15 cm) from the chest. The palm is flat and faces toward the chest. The fingers point to the right.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-weight: 700;">Eyes:</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;"> </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;">Eyes are 1/10th open</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #030000; font-weight: 700;">MANTRA: </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;">Chant out loud</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;"> I AM</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;"> </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;">as you draw the left hand closer to the chest to a distance of about 4 inches (10 cm). Then chant</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;"> I AM</span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;"> </span><span face=""noto sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #030000;">as you extend the palm straight away from the front of the chest to a distance of about 12 inches (30 cm).</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial;">Then take a short breath through the nose as you draw the hand back to the original position of 6 inches (15 cm) from the chest.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial;">Create a steady rhythm with the mantra and the breath. The hand and the breath move in rhythm and strengthen your ability to maintain a sense of self as your awareness expands.</span></p><p><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Continue for 11 minutes. </span></p><p><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><b>NOTES ON THIS MEDITATION:</b></span></p><p><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">A yogi cultivates the relationship between the finite sense of the Self and the Infinite sense of the Self. The mind often forgets this relationship when it becomes attached to a particular emotion or object that it wants to keep. One of the important habits the yogi instills in the mind is the ability to break that trance of attachment by a shift to the perspective of Infinity.</span></p><p><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #030000; font-family: arial;">This is also the perspective of Being. You exist before the objects you collect, and even before the body that you use. It is very powerful and effective to remind the mind of your true identity with your Infinite Being. Without this awareness, philosophy, ethics, and spirituality will reduce to ritual participation. What the yogi seeks is to participate in life with authenticity and wholeness.</span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO FINISH:</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">I</span><span style="color: #030000; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">nhale deeply, hold the breath for ten counts, then relax completely. Say aloud</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's Affirmations</a>.</p><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">TO CLOSE:</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> 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. </span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Any questions, you can find me on IG @rhythmandbreathyoga</span></span></p><p style="clear: both;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Please, don't forget to send donation love if you benefit from the contents of this blog. The Beggar's Bowl is at the top of this page. Any amount is greatly appreciated. If you are participating in the 40 day meditation $15+ is the suggested heart donation. Payable thru CashApp $hangriLuz or PayPal: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9UhTcY8zxwmJZ0asY17ZpmwPSqz_4U7LUV9qZ5cy-hOJBVmu8cJkPCV3y2d_r2IttksYodCYr88aHWmk-6yAvtAjCh1_zNRcTUZt1ss9o-VdS0FRAr20t5LrRrcGXLGbNgChWkCFUG-ctbAEpBm_qd0YsudnOZAwzSJwU4DHMa6P4-rfrFUweXRl/s814/2FB5DAA8-21E9-4783-B154-0067327AE53A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9UhTcY8zxwmJZ0asY17ZpmwPSqz_4U7LUV9qZ5cy-hOJBVmu8cJkPCV3y2d_r2IttksYodCYr88aHWmk-6yAvtAjCh1_zNRcTUZt1ss9o-VdS0FRAr20t5LrRrcGXLGbNgChWkCFUG-ctbAEpBm_qd0YsudnOZAwzSJwU4DHMa6P4-rfrFUweXRl/s320/2FB5DAA8-21E9-4783-B154-0067327AE53A.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span><span>Welcome OG, new, returning and crash n burning R & B Yogis! I don't know about you, but love and relationships haven't been my focus over the past few years. Even before the pandemic, I turned my focus inward to concentrate on my own healing and reflect on the energy that I attract and I am attracted to and why. It was much needed work but after years of isolation from the pandemonium, my heart is open to the possibility of love. At the very least, my personal relationships could use some improvement. The kriya that we will be doing over the next 40 days </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;"><span>helps to attract love, build positive relationships, and enhance sleep. </span></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">TO BEGIN: Sit in easy pose with your legs, 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. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a sturdy chair and cross your feet underneath your chair. </span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;">On two breaths, chant the opening mantra </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;">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 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">here</a>. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-1" target="_blank">Bandcamp.</a></span><br /><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b>MUDRA:</b> Place your hands on your lap in Buddha Mudra with the right hand sitting in your left with your thumbs touching. </span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>FOCUS:</b> Eyes are slightly open and the focus is on the tip of the nose.</span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>BREATH:</b> Inhaling in four equal parts while mentally project Sa-Ta-Na-Ma. Hold the breath and mentally project Sa-Ta-Na-Ma four more times. Then exhale in two parts, mentally projecting WAHE on the first wave and GURU on the second.</span></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>MANTRA:</b> Sa-Ta-Na-Ma Wahe Guru </span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">Sa Ta Na Ma mantra is used to increase intuition, balance the hemispheres of the brain, and create a destiny for someone when there is none.<br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;">Wahe Guru </span></span><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">is a mantra of the infinity of ecstasy and dwelling in the Divine. It is the Infinite teacher of the soul.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">These mantras together</span></span></span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">SA=Infinity, cosmos, beginning.</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">TA=Life, existence.</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">NA=Death.</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MA=Rebirth. </span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">WAHE=the indescribable joy of…</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">GURU=going from darkness to light.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3b3d;"></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>TIME:</b> 15 Minutes. </span></p><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">NOTES ON THIS KRIYA: <span style="color: #3d3b3d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The best time to practice this kriya is every night before bed. If it is practiced regularly, sleep will be deep and relaxed and the nerves will regenerate. After a few months, the rhythm of your breath as you sleep will be subconsciously regulated in the same rhythm! You will think better, work better, share better, love better and fight better. This rhythmic mantra will eventually progress so that even in daily activities you will automatically hear the mantra and take on the breath rhythm.</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mystically, the effect is understood in numerology. The number 11 is the number of Infinity in the world of material and the conqueror of the physical realm. The number 22 is the Infinite number of longing and mastery over the mental realm. The breath is regulated in 22 beats and gives the mind the power to stretch to the Infinite.</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There cannot be enough praise of this meditation and its growth promoting effect on the personality. It gives radiance and the radiance gives patience which is the first condition of real Love. In Love you give without attention to all the mistakes of another as the sun gives light and warmth to all people. The incorporation of this practical universality in the personality comes with the disciplined practice of <em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shabd Kriya</em>.</span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>TO FINISH:</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> Repeat the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's Affirmations</a></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>TO CLOSE:</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> 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.</span></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So there it is! May we radiate Divinity and attract the same vibration: a pure, worthy, sincere and sustainable Love that only god/good will emerge from. Amin. </span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Any questions, you can find me on IG @rhythmandbreathyoga</span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Please, don't forget to send donation love if you benefit from the contents of this blog. The Beggar's Bowl is at the top of this page. You can also send $15 thru CashApp $hangriLuz. At the very least, mention me by my name in your prayers and positive thoughts : ) </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d3b3d; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div data-hook="rcv-block10" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="paragraph"></div><div data-hook="rcv-block11" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg462n2A-lDWUMC4qPib3Gf-75vtwtRbPKZ8XueYw1co6TngaXa8u0UVeAa_yMRTWx_q9z9_xhZKhqL8Dm0kw5bqfEMFxQ_B_jgbyCZATLXoyYogh6Ci54tmvDXKlsPMBIZc8jxOF685M43wV9TI-x5DKED2pDSgBZqG2nYTml1Oz7pyj9xby2QCGV8/s251/images.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg462n2A-lDWUMC4qPib3Gf-75vtwtRbPKZ8XueYw1co6TngaXa8u0UVeAa_yMRTWx_q9z9_xhZKhqL8Dm0kw5bqfEMFxQ_B_jgbyCZATLXoyYogh6Ci54tmvDXKlsPMBIZc8jxOF685M43wV9TI-x5DKED2pDSgBZqG2nYTml1Oz7pyj9xby2QCGV8/s16000/images.jpg" title="Love is Love" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b>OPENING THE HEART AND RESTORING LOVE</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Welcome OG, returning and crash n burning R & B Yogis. Spring is in the air! So is the fever to get out and mingle. But be sure to continue to wear a mask, because we all know how the false sense of security before summer goes. Your health and safety is paramount. For those of you new to Rhythm & Breath, I have been holding space online since 2009. I shoot instructional videos then share them with participants in a confidential group. Currently we are using Instagram @ rhythmandbreathyoga and YouTube: luzemma. After I receive your heart donation of a suggested $20, you will receive instructions on a group thread on IG. There you may ask questions and share whatever might come up from the meditation. This meditation is an easy one. It entails a mudra and a mantra in English. Simple enough!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TO BEGIN: Sit in easy pose with your legs crossed, rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum. Roll your eyes inward and upward toward your third-eye. If you are unable to sit cross legged, you may sit in a chair and cross your legs/feet underneath your chair. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On two breaths chant, ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO which means I bow to the infinite wisdom within. Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, purchase my mantra album <a href="https://luzemmacanas.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Urban Mantra</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">MUDRA: Place your hands in GYAN MUDRA. thumb and index fingers touching. Hands are crossed in front of your heart center without touching your chest. Right hand in front of your left hand. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">EYE FOCUS: Eyes are just closed. There is no particular focus.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">MANTRA: Love is love.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TIME: 11 minutes. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TO END: Inhale and suspend the breath for ten counts holding the mudra then relax.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">FINISH: Repeat the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's Affirmations</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">TO CLOSE: Chant three LONG SAT NAM on one breath. This means Truth is my identity.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There it is R & B Yogis! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">May our hearts expand and may we receive all the love, in all of its manifestations. The love we dream of and have always deserved, Amin!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Any questions, reach for me on IG. See you in the ethers. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*If benefit in any way from my blog, please consider dropping donation love in my beggars bowl at the top of the page. In order for the healing circle to close, there should be an energy exchange. At the very least, bless me by name Luz Emma Cañas Madrigal, my family and all my endeavors.*</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-73035886525929285942021-10-20T17:55:00.005-07:002021-10-20T18:05:25.041-07:00PROSPERITY MEDITATION<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnltF90Sd6V1mPUWqslQMmV_eV3E4uTkmb7BupXNxOiYLr6hYHgf6vWw0-Eh-eHa3SapTsWAy0v-1B9Hlwx-_oe_6TbW2dreMeDKXlIZLlwrOTQIKhyphenhyphenqm4wqiATcFmEqThAMGWKwEPXmI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnltF90Sd6V1mPUWqslQMmV_eV3E4uTkmb7BupXNxOiYLr6hYHgf6vWw0-Eh-eHa3SapTsWAy0v-1B9Hlwx-_oe_6TbW2dreMeDKXlIZLlwrOTQIKhyphenhyphenqm4wqiATcFmEqThAMGWKwEPXmI/" width="297" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Welcome new, returning and crash and burning R & B Yogis! </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It has been a while since I have updated this blog. With new technologies at my disposal, I have opted to use those. So if you are not following me on YouTube and IG, please do so you can stay abreast of the latest meditations and current class schedule. But I am depositing a gem at the place where my online meditation collective began for nostalgia's sake. And also remind those that have either fallen off their practice or have been practicing on their own, an invitation to return to the fold. The door and my heart is always open. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This meditation is to: Experience Your Soul Blessing You with Prosperity. Just the thought makes me twinkle all over. No better time than this full moon in Aries to shine! Aries is the zodiac's warrior and this full moon is asking us to be a warrior of change. Isn't that what being a Warrior Healer is all about?! How perfect for us. Be-aware...getting there will be all fire. So burn candles, burn pine scented incense, write your intentions and desires and send it up in smoke because this moon cycle is sure to be a hot one. Astrologer's are saying anger may bubble up and to </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">transmute this anger into action. In spiritual alchemy, this is how we make gold! So stick to your guns and stay in the practice. Burn that karma before it burns you! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">TO BEGIN: Sit in Easy Pose (or on a chair) with a straight spine. Rub your hands together and press your thumbs against your sternum with your eyes rolled in and up towards your third eye. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica;">OPENING MANTRA #1: Chant </span><b style="font-family: helvetica;">ONG NA MO GUROO DEV NA MO</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">on two breaths. Three times. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Listen </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" style="font-family: helvetica;">here</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: black;">OPENING MANTRA #2: Chant </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><b>AAD</b> <b>GURAY NAMEH, </b></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-weight: bold;">JUGAAD GURAY NAMEH, </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-weight: bold;">SAT GURAY NAMEH </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><b>SIRI GURU DAVAY NAMEH </b>three times.<b> </b>Translation: </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">I bow to the Wisdom in the beginning. </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">I bow to the Wisdom through the Ages. </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">I bow to the True Wisdom. </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">I bow to the great, unseen Wisdom.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MUDRA: Wrists rest on the knees in Gyan Mudra (index finger touching your thumb tip) with arms straight. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">EYE FOCUS: The eyes are 1/10th open. Focus at the tip of the nose.<br /></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">MANTRA: Repeat the entire mantra </span><span style="color: black;"><b>HAR HAR HAR HAR, WHAA-HAY GUROO, SAT NAAM, HAR HAREE</b> </span><span style="color: black;">on a single breath. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">PRANAYAMA & LOCKS: Move the energy up from the navel by pumping the navel on each HAR - HAR - HAR - HAR. HAR means “God in creativity.”</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The second part of the mantra, move the energy up to the heart chakra by pulling the navel towards the spine on the WHAA. Then chanting the rest of the mantra HAY GUROO. Hold these two locks fixed for the rest of the mantra. It means: </span><span face="Open Sans, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;">Wow! Ecstatic is the force that bring the darkness to light. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The third part of the mantra, keep bringing the energy up to your throat as you chant SAT NAAM. Apply neck lock as you slightly pull your chin towards the spine. It means Truth is my identity. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Continue pulling the energy up to the top of the head, the crown chakra, as you chant HAR HAREE. Hold it until you are out of air. Then start at the beginning at the third chakra. Repeating the whole process. It is the manifestation of the </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">TIME: 11 minutes</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">TO FINISH: Hold your hands in Gyan Mudra, Prayer Pose or Buddha mudra with one hand sitting inside of the other with your thumbs touching, and repeat the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html">Warrior Healer's Affirmations. </a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">TO CLOSE: Chant SAT NAM 3 times on one breath.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">NOTES ON THIS MEDITATION:<br /><span style="color: black;">This meditation will elevate your energy so strongly that you can easily experience your own soul blessing you with prosperity.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sounds great to me! Let's clear the way for what is rightfully ours to find it's way to us. I will meet you on the sidelines of IG @rhythmandbreathyoga to answer your questions and to provide more guidance.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sat Nam!<br />Mama Luz</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*If you benefit in any way from Rhythm & Breath, please consider a heart donation of any denomination that can be dropped into the beggars bowl at the top of the page. I like a lot of people have been adversely effected by the global pandemic. My teaching hours were drastically reduced. And unemployment ended in March. But this time has also given me the opportunity to rededicate myself to my spiritual life. This is my work. Going on twenty years. 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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This meditation is a relatively easy one. It is based on "one minute breath" which is called a Master Breath. It is said, if you can master this breath you can master your life condition. The pranayama goes like this: You inhale for 20 counts, you hold the breath for 20 counts and you exhale for 20 counts. 20 + 20 +20 = 60 (one minute). It is much easier to "take in" air and hold onto breath which we associate with life than exhaling which we associate with death. We wont be holding our breath or suspending it for that long but this is where we are trying to arrive: increased lung capacity and calm whether we are taking in or expelling breath/life. Over the next 40 days think of what you are letting go of: perceptions of your Self that have held you back, or blocked you from loving yourself and receiving true love. Rethink your ideas of home, your body as h(om). And by all means, drink copious amounts of water! Cancer is all about water and flow. There is no coincidence as to why money is also called currency. Now for the meditation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">BEGIN: Sitting in easy pose (or in a chair). Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum, shoulders rolled back and down. Eyes are rolled in and up towards your third eye. Chant the Adi Mantra, ONG NA MO GURU DEV NA MO. Chanted on two breaths. You chant ONG NA MO. When you are out of breath, sip in air through a circled mouth. Then chant, GURU DEV NA MO. Which means, "I bow to the Divine Wisdom within." Affirming that the Master, Guru, Teacher we seek is already inside of us. For the correct cadence and pronunciation of the mantra, listen <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo">here</a>. If you would like to purchase the mantra album which contains this and other healing mantras, go <a href="http://www.luzemma.com/tools.html">here</a>. All proceeds go to the creation and dissemination of healing tools to the community. Thanks in advance for your support!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PRANAYAMA: Inhale slowly. Hold the breath. As you are holding the breath, mentally project the mantra.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">MANTRA: I am beautiful . I am blissful. I am bountiful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PRANAYAMA: Slowly exhale. Once you are completely out of breath. Suspend the expelled breath and mentally project the mantra.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">CONCLUDE: Conclude the session with the recitation of the </span></span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Warrior Healer's Affirmations.</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">CLOSE: Close out the session with three long Sat Nam(s). The translation is, "Truth is my Identity." It is chanted on one breath. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There it is folx. Let's release what no longer serves us and step into our birth right. Which is </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> a radiant, abundant and fulfilled life functioning
from a place of trust and love. Then we will be able to take better
care of ourselves and it will then over flow to our loved ones. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Greetings new, returning and crash and burning R & B Yogis. For those of you that are new to Rhythm & Breath, I have been holding online space for a collective of global warrior healers since 2009. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Why "warriors" because we are victors of our karma not victims. We
fight for our self-preservation with every breath and every thought
projection. Why "healers?" Because we have incarnated and embarked upon
THE PATH because we seek our own healing. We recognize that in healing our selves, we heal everything that surrounds us, from our families to our communities to the
cosmos. </span></span>When one practices Rhythm
& Breath, one consciously places one's self in the fire's of
purification. Through asana (postures), pranayam (breath work) and
meditation (incantation). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">We began gathering on Facebook but have since shifted to Instagram. We do cycles of Kundalini meditation every day for 40/90/120 days to heal certain human conditions which helps us burn our karma, increase intuition and clear the way for a more fulfilled and prosperous life. To join us, follow me @ rhythmandbreathyoga, make a heart donation through PayPal and I will add you to the group thread. There, we have strictly confidential discussions about whatever comes up for us during meditation and over the period of meditation. The meditation is to be done every day (on your own time) before midnight for 11 minutes. As we explore our new reality during the time of Corona, I along with other's are finding that a regular yoga and meditation practice is a vital part of maintaining one's physical and emotional health. Another element, we will take into account is how the cosmos influences our earthly existence. As above....so below. As we enter the New Moon in Gemini, May 22nd, let's explore the human conditions this moon phase will bring up and the corresponding body parts to take extra care of. Which auspiciously are particularly important during this global pandemic. <span data-offset-key="8qebu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Information for Moon in Gemini:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Manifests itself by the need for changes and spontaneity. You will be more talkative but only confide in those that you feel safe with. Alignment of your mind and heart are important. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="modra-sipka" style="font-size: xx-small;">Organs influenced by Gemini Moon:</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="modra-sipka" style="font-size: xx-small;">Shoulders, arms, hands, respiratory system, bronchial tubes,
lungs, nervous connections for sensor and motor skills, blood
capillaries. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="modra-sipka" style="font-size: xx-small;">For the next 40 day meditation we will focus on the fifth chakra, the throat chakra. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">The
throat chakra, the fifth chakra, referred to as Vishudda in Sanskrit is
located in the center of the throat. Just as with the other chakras,
the energy flows out of the front of the body and out of the back as
well, so a vortex is formed under the chin and a smaller one at the back
of the neck. This
chakra is connected with all forms of expression, communication and
speech. The throat chakra helps is with ones ability to communicate with
that which is inside yourself and will help all communications with
others to be harmonious. It can also help you be more creative in
general but especially with your words.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">With
this chakra blocked however the psychological aspects include
obsession, repression of speech, not saying what you need to say,
creative blocks and a general inability to express yourself.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>BEGIN:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sit in EASY POSE, with a
light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting behind the head and
slightly tucking in the chin). <span class="Apple-style-span">Rub
your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs
against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes
rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and
chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on
two breaths. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of
the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo">Adi Mantra</a> which is found on my CD URBAN MANTRA: VOL I.
Please <a href="http://www.luzemma.com/tools.html">purchase</a> if you have not already and show your support of Rhythm & Breath. All proceeds from the album go
to Rhythm & Breath's continued effort to bring affordable and
accessible mystical tools to urban folk.</span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MANTRA:</span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Chant </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Humee Hum Brahm Hum</i></span></span></span></span></span></span> with the root of the tongue, and holding the firm Neck Lock. The ancient sound “Hummm” is a beej mantra. Beej means seed and is the shortst form of the mantra. This Kundalini mantra translates as ”We are we and we are God.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>MUDRA:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The arms are straight and the hands are in Gyan Mudra. The wrists are resting on the knees, palms up.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">EYE FOCUS: </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Focus at the tip of the nose.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>NOTES ON THIS MEDITATION:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Meditation for the Fifth Chakra heals your Throat Chakra so that it
can function optimally. The hormonal balance that results from a
balanced thyroid delivers a sense of well-being, and a clear and bright
face and grace. It is said that if you do this meditation for 11
minutes daily for 18 months, your face will not age and it will give
endurance, intuition and reverse disease.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">So there it is folx! Let's clear the way for creativity and communication to flow. Try to do the meditation first thing in the morning before you start your day. Our minds have a way of putting off what is good for us which in this case is our spiritual elevation. And please don't forget to bless my bowl at the top of the blog. Or better yet send through PayPal friends and family using the email jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. Your generous donations make it possible for R
& B to serve marginalized communities that might not
otherwise receive this Yogic technology making it accessible, culturally
relevant and inclusive. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">If you are not participating in this round of meditation but benefit in any way from the information on my blog, p</span></span></span></span></span></span>lease consider making a donation of any amount. Thank you!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looks like shit has hit the fan, R & B Yogis. Some of y'all that have been meditating long enough with me know that mama didn't raise no dummy. Like most of you, I am taking care of my temple eating well and doing copious research. Ravenously reading about COVID-19 symptoms, natural remedies, and possible outcomes the worst being death. At best, if one recovers, one loses 50 % of one's lung capacity. Yikes! I am trying to balance the information I gather with my own inner wisdom. I am sure you are met with the same challenges. Now that our lives, as we have conceptualized them, are unraveling, I am seeing the need to hold space again virtually through this blog. It served me, and possibly you, during other transitions in a not so distant past.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The main reason I am back here is to share an idea I was struck with randomly which happens to me usually during meditation, or in the shower, but this one came to me while I was
watching the documentary, Pandemic. FYI: it is not that great of a documentary and is really just a glorified
commercial for vaccinations and surveillance. But might be worth watching as we all will become guinea pigs for human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine. But back to my need to share and Rhythm & Breath, it wouldn't make sense for me to reinvent the wheel and start a new blog on some revolutionary shit. I am still the same person I've always been...deeply spiritual and radical. Some of us are just now coming around while some of us have been here. This health and financial crisis will ask us to use both critical thought and our intuitions. Like you, I have read and seen how other countries are responding to COVID-19. Some countries have been swift, others like our own are lagging and letting us essentially fend for ourselves. We can all agree that the authorities are not being completely forthcoming and it is best to protect ourselves and our loved ones. I have read and watched interviews and taken notes on how other countries are given face masks for free and are required to wear them in public. I think it is wise for all of us to cover our nose and mouths when out in public space to minimize the inhalation of liquid or solid particulate and the possible spread of dis-ease. I believe the only reason the authorities are deterring the use of masks is because there is a shortage. They don't want people hording them when medical and healthcare professionals need them most. I get it. But like my mama says: it is better to prevent than to lament. So I bring you...the coffee filter mask!!! It doesn't have the best air circulation but in a crunch to get you out of the house and back it is working for my household. Plus most of us drink coffee and more than likely have coffee filters at home. Or you can get your hands on some. At least there isn't a shortage of coffee filters, yet. I have tested mine and it is breathable yet doesn't let liquid out or in. Who knew, coffee could possibly save our lives?! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All you need is the following materials:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortify the top corners of the coffee filter with duck tape. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) Fold bandana into a triangle.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) Place the coffee filter in the center</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4) Staple the top corner edges to the bandana.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5) Fold the bottom corner tip under the coffee filter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6) Shape to your nose and mouth</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">7) Tie around your head. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voila! Minimize exposure to The Rona and keep it cute. Use when you go into pubic spaces only when you absolutely have to. You can swap out the filter and dispose after each use and reuse the bandana.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Don't forget to wash the bandana every so often and hang in the sun. And don't forget to stick up your pretty Saturn fingers cuz FUCK RONA! We will survive this. We have already been through so much, right?! And even if we don't...our souls will be prepared for what lies beyond. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will be back with meditations to help ease the reverberations of this horrible pandemic that could have been slowed down and contained if we had a government that gave a fuck.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Know that I do. Always have. I just had to take a break to address some family matters. But time is infinite and so is one's karmic family. I miss y'all. So grab your turbans and meet me in the ethers. SOON!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sat Nam, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mama Luz</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Don't forget to drop a lil sumthing in my beggars bowl at the top of the page. No amount is too little and all is appreciated. Thank you.* </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Greetings New, Returning, O.G. and Crash n Burning Rhythm & Breath Yogis!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">No better way to enter into Spring than with a full moon and a 40 day meditation. All is emerging and full! Lets harness that energy for prosperity, courage and to remove obstacles. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">For the O.G.s, we
have done this meditation before but in a different mudra. I remember the challenge was learning the mantra
and discipline, discipline, discipline! I suggest you do the meditation
first thing in the morning. That way you won't get caught up in your day
and forget to do it. Remember, Kundalini Yoga is a science. Numbers and
times serve a purpose. If you mess up on day 39, you have to start over
to day one. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A few things to keep in mind as we begin our practice: everything you need is already here. You lack nothing. You are whole. You are complete! The obstacles are usually within us and are karmic. It is a matter of having the courage and the discipline to discover what our obstacles are and removing them. Ok?! Now that we are pumped. Lets get it!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">BEGIN:
Sit in EASY POSE, with a light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting
behind the head and slightly tucking in the chin). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Rub
your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs
against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes
rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and
chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on
two breaths. Repeat two more times. Three times total. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of
the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a> which is found on my CD <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">URBAN MANTRA: VOL I</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MUDRA: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Press your thumb against your forefinger in Gyan Mudra. Elbows straight with wrists resting on your knees. Palms facing up. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MANTRA: Pump your navel on each "HAR." To help you with the pronunciation of the mantras, listen to the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/har">HAR</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/gobinday">GOBINDAY</a> tracks also from my CD. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Gobinday</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Mukunday</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Udaaray</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Apaaray</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Hareeung</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Kareeung</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Nirnaamay</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Akaamay</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TRANSLATION:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gobinday – Sustaining, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mukunday – Liberating, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Udaaray – Enlightening, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apaaray – Infinite, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hareeung – Destroying, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kareeung – Creating, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nirnaamay – Nameless, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Akaamay - Desireless </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FOCUS: Eyes closed turn inward and upward.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TIME: 11 minutes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NOTES:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This
mantra fixes the mind to prosperity and power. It contains the eight
facets of the Self. Har is the original force of Creativity. The four
repetitions of Har give power to all aspects and provide the power to
break down the barriers of the past. It converts fear into the
domination to use and expand the reserve energy of the Navel Point. It
invokes guidance and sustenance; all powers come to serve your true
purpose.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TO
CLOSE: Sit in silence and become thoughtless for 40 seconds. Then
inhale, place the palms flat against the heart, pressure as hard as you
can against the heart and squeeze the entire body, getting rid of all
the sickness, disease, potential. Hold 17 seconds. Exhale. Repeat 3
times.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT
NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up
to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This
seals the work in your frontal lobe.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TO FINISH: Recite the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a> in
GYAN MUDRA, your index finger pressed against your thumbs. Or in BUDDHA
MUDRA one hand resting in the other with the thumbs touching.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So
there it is R & B Yogis! It feels good to be back. We will convene and discuss on the group chat on Instagram @rhythmandbreath. I will meet you in the ethers! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat Nam,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mama Luz </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-73706354353110126172017-04-11T20:19:00.000-07:002017-04-11T20:19:00.017-07:00Meditation for Word Power & Prosperity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mercury retrograde is upon us, along with four other planets. UGH! This might be a good time to recommit to our spiritual practice so that we can ride the cosmic waves as gracefully as possible. Mercury retrograde is always a good time to slow ones' self down, quiet the mind and choose ones' words wisely to avoid miscommunication as much as hue-manly possible. For this reason, we are doing a 40 day meditation for "word power" with a bonus prosperity mantra...because we can always use abundance! The meditation is a pretty easy one, it is perfect for yogis new to the practice. It entails a simple mudra (hand position) and mantra (incantation). You will find the pranayam (breathing) that works best for you as you chant along.</span></span></span><br />
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Sit in EASY POSE, with a light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting
behind the head and slightly tucking in the chin). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Rub
your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs
against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes
rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and
chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on
two breaths. Repeat two more times. Three times total. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of
the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a> which is found on my CD <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">URBAN MANTRA: VOL I</a>.
Please purchase if you have not already. All proceeds from the album go
to Rhythm & Breath's continued effort to bring affordable and
accessible mystical tools to urban folk.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">MUDRA: The mudra, Buddha Mudra, the left hand is resting inside the right hand thumbs touching while resting on your lap.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">MANTRA: The mantra is Har. Roll your "r" as you would when speaking Spanish. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Har means the "creative infinity" another name for God. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span>TO FINISH: Recite the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a>
in GYAN MUDRA, your index finger pressed against your thumbs. Or in
BUDDHA MUDRA one hand resting in the other with the thumbs touching.</span></span><br />
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CLOSE: Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT
NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up
to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This
seals the work in your frontal lobe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There it is! Let's ride the waves!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sat Nam!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Mama Luz </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before there were yoga mats, mystics and yogis used animal skins not only as a surface on which to sit, but a surface to pray and practice meditation. For one that does not know, one would think that an animal skin is primitive. But as with any tool, intention can turn an ordinary object into a sacred one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The use of a sheepskin is both practical and spiritual: an animal skin provides a barrier between your body and the surface on which you are sitting but it also provides a barrier to the earth's magnetic field. The earth's core pulls your subtle energy down making sitting in meditation for long periods of time draining. Using a sheep skin serves as a barrier facilitating the rising of the Kundalini energy through the higher chakras expanding and strengthening the aura. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we use the skin as a spiritual tool, we liberate the animal's soul as we work to liberate our own. There is an exchange that occurs with every sentient being, (living being of animal, vegetable, human consciousness), we come in contact with. In regards to the use of a sheepskin for a spiritual practice, the animal skin absorbs your subtle energy, the vibration of your mantras and projections, becoming a fortifying tool that can be used when you are ill, in need of protection and/or fortification. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are vegans that would argue against the use of an animal skin and opt for the use of a wool blanket, or mat, to minimize the earth's pull. But in my opinion, acknowledging this exchange between the living and the dead </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and the cyclical nature of life </span>is a vital part of one's spiritual practice. We practice to liberate our own soul, preparing our selves for our own transition, all the while assisting our ancestors and our beloveds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the collective unconscious, and as an archetypal symbol, sheep and lambs are symbolic of "the sacrifice" one makes when one is in service of the One. This exchange is portrayed and celebrated in Abrahamic traditions of the Jews, Christians, Muslims and also in religious practices of the African diaspora. The use of a sheep skin is entirely individual and a matter of perspective. As a rule of thumb, as you find your way along the spiritual path, always do what resonates in your heart. A heart with sincere intention will never be led astray.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Mama Luz </span>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-75533133240313683882016-02-07T16:43:00.000-08:002016-02-11T19:56:45.179-08:00Meditation to Reverse Childhood Patterns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In order to have a better understanding of our childhood patterns, let us first get a general understanding of early childhood development. Here are a few bullet points from my parenting book, "Kinnecting: Healing the Difficult Child with the Creative Arts" to give us increased insight:<br />
• When a child’s survival and emotional needs are met promptly and consistently by the mother (primary caretaker), typically, the child will thrive physically, cognitively and emotionally (Stern, 1973) <br />
• Negative feelings (fear, hunger, discomfort, etc.) permeate a child’s being because their survival is dependent on their mother (primary caretaker) <br />
• Children use their bodies to communicate because they lack the verbal and cognitive skills to get their needs met<br />
• Children are receptive to verbal and nonverbal forms of communication through energy level, vocal tone and body posture<br />
• Parents/caretakers help mold a child’s body boundaries by providing safety and containment through structure and limitations<br />
• Child development during the formative years (0-6) will set the precedent for the way in which he/she problem solves, expresses feelings and relates to others<br />
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Our childhood patterns are developed as a way of getting our needs met and a way of dealing with stress and/or early childhood trauma. These patterns become our means of survival. The way in which our brain normalizes the toxicity in our lives in order for us to function. For a time, these patterns serve us and for that they should be honored. But the environments to which we become habituated and the ways in which we deal with these challenges as a child do not always serve us as adults. These patterns become habitual and rigid and limit us from living an abundant, fulfilled and radiant life. Oftentimes these patterns are borne of fear and doubt and stifle our true essence prior to psychic wounds. To function optimally as a fully healed and integrated adult, we must operate from a place of: Knowledge of Self, Self analysis, Critical thought, Self correction, spiritual connectivity and energetic flow. That is why I love Kundalini Yoga so much! It is the quickest and most effective way for one to re-parent one's self from a Divine perspective with courage and clarity. It is the Warrior Healer's Path. For the individual willing to put one's Self in the healing fire and emerge transformed. I've been feeling the effects of this meditation even before we have begun. This is going to be a power-full journey. Let's do this!<br />
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BEGIN: Sit in EASY POSE, with a light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting behind the head and slightly tucking in the chin). Rub your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on two breaths. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a> which is found on my <a href="https://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">CD URBAN MANTRA: VOL I. </a>Please purchase if you have not already and show your support of Rhythm & Breath. All proceeds from the album go to Rhythm & Breath's continued effort to bring affordable and accessible mystical tools to urban folk. <br />
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MUDRA #1: <br />
1. Sit in Easy Pose. Place left hand in front of you at chest level. Keep the fingers straight with the palm facing right. Press the fingertips of the right hand into the mounds at the base of the fingers of the left hand. Palms face each other. Right fingers are bent. Thumbs rest alongside each other. Eyes are closed. Begin to breathe long and deeply through the mouth with a ‘throaty breath.’ Hear the sound of it. Regulate it from the throat. Feel the breath and the energy it creates. Continue for 3-5 minutes. Then inhale deeply and suspend the breath for up to a minute. As you hold it, go through your psyche deeply. Gather all thoughts, feelings, memories you want to release. Exhale through the mouth like a cannon. Expel the impressions. Release the feelings. <br />
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To End: Inhale and exhale a few times then suspend the breath again. Repeat this two more times. <br />
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MUDRA #2:<br />
1. Still in Easy Pose, bring the hands in front of the shoulders with the palms facing forward. With the left hand, connect the little finger to the tip of the thumb. With the right hand connect the ring finger to the tip of the thumb. Close the eyes and begin Breath of Fire through your mouth. Steady breath. 3 minutes. Inhale deeply and concentrate through the top of the head for up to 30 seconds. Repeat three times.<br />
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MUDRA #3:<br />
3. Cross your hands on the Heart Center, right over left. Focused at the tip of the nose through closed eyes. Breathe normally in your own rhythm. 7-11 minutes. Meditate on a feeling and quality in your heart. Feel your innocence. Connect to your sense of totality and vastness. Extend your sense of peace. Any thought or people that come to your mind, grant your blessing. Bless your Self, any thought in awareness. Enter a state of gratitude, light and blessing. Survey each year from birth to 11 years old. Bring in the sense of light, kindness and blessing to each memory. See what happens as this entire period is cleared and released by touching it with your light and openness <br />
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TO FINISH: Recite the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a> in GYAN MUDRA, your index finger pressed against your thumbs. Or in BUDDHA MUDRA one hand resting in the other with the thumbs touching.<br />
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TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This seals the work in your frontal lobe.<br />
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Well there it is! Let us reclaim our innocence and our birth right to a prosperous, radiant, content and complete life! I will meet me you in the Rhythm & Breath circle with your questions, comments and impressions. I look forward to healing individually and collectively.<br />
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Sat Nam, Salaam, Shalom,<br />
Mama Luz<br />
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<br />Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-34570542491202256652015-12-24T04:24:00.003-08:002016-11-07T09:23:40.187-08:00TUNE IN - TUNE OUT<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Ong Na<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mo Guru Dev Namo: I bow <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to the Div<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ine Teacher within."</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">TUNING IN</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I cannot stress enough the importance of tuning in before you begin your Kundalini Yoga<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>practice and tuning out as you conclude. We tune in to disconnect our<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Self</span> from our current reality and plug our Self into a higher vibration<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By tuning in, w</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e</span> open</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">our S</span>elf to the possibility of what is: connecting with the present state of <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one's</span> inner most Self while at the same time being open to the possibility of transform<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ation<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and dee<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p healing. We begin every session with the Adi Mantra<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ONG NAMO GURU DEV NAMO</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> translation fr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">om Gurmukhi</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bow to the Divine Teacher within</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We chant t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">his mantra three times<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> either <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on one or two breaths<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> depending on lung capacity and preference. </span>I prefer two breaths because <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have more power in my breath and i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t also gives me an opportuni<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y</span> to vibrate the mantra <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from</span> my heart center and not my thro<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Remember, chanting i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s not si<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nging. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">L<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">isten<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">here</a> for the co<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rrec<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t pronunciation and cadence of the mantra</span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>This mantra links you to the Golden Chain of teachers that ca<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">me before you</span> while acknowledging that you are tha<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t which you seek.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is no need for a master, a t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eacher, a guru<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. They only provide the map<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for you</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to reach your destination</span>. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span></span>he true work is done by you through your daily <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">practice.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one deepens on<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e's practice<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and if time permits, some <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">yogis f</span>ollow the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Adi Man<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tra with the Mangala C<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">harn Mantra<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Mangala Charn Mantra </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is
said to surround the individual's electromagnetic field with protective
white light. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AAD GURAY NAMEH</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">JUGAAD GURAY NAMEH</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SAT GURAY NAMEH</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SIRI GURU DEVAY NAMEH</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Translation:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I bow to the Primal Wisdom.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I bow to the Wisdom through the Ages.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I bow to the True Wisdom.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bow to the great, unseen Wisdom</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TUNING OUT </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After you conclude your meditation you may do a "sound bath.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>You c<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an use a gong<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, bells, chimes, or</span> tibet<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an singing bowl<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You</span> can learn ho<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">w to play the go<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ng<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> with one of my teachers, Hari Jiwan<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpU2noreEyc" target="_blank"> here</a>. </span></span></span>I call sound meditations, "meditation f<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rom the outside<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...</span>in." <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The gong is the s</span>ound of creation<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that washes over your subtle body and brings integration of the left and right hem<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ispheres <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of the brain<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sound vib<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ration "<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hes" over your subtle body <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cleari<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ng it of negative e<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span>ergy, psychic <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">chords, and parasitic entities. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, you may close out your session <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"as taught by Yogi B<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hajan" with the L<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ONG TIME SUN:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ma<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he long time sun shine upon you</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All light surround you</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the pure light within you </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Guide your way on. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This comes from a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keltic <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">prayer that was popular during the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">60's</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> when Yog<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i Bhajan began to teach in <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he U.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We are in different times and yoga appeals <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">culturally diverse po<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pulat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ion. </span></span></span></span>So </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in </span>my classes<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>in lieu of the Long Time Sun<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span>we close out with <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Warrior Healer<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s Affirmations which came to me<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> during a medita<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tion<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am infinite abundance and boundless prosperity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have unlimited potential, at this and every moment; I am the seed of creation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I patiently await for what is mine; My destiny is already written.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I accept everything that comes to me, light and shadow, with graciousness and humility; Every thing is an extension of my Being.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a healthy detachment to objects and situations because I realize the transient nature of things; Nothing is permanent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I use my awareness to raise my own consciousness, that of my family, my community and the cosmos; My existence is not in vain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am protected on all sides, at all times; I walk the straight path with no fear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I trust and surrender to the process; Divine Loving Hands move all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However you decide to close out your session, whether with the Long Time Sun or the Warrior Healer's <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Affirmations, </span>i</span>t is important to do what resonate<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your soul. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You may even<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> choose to say a prayer in your own religious tradition or recite a beautiful poem. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe w</span>e are multi-faceted hu-man be-ings. It is important to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">honor all of your incarnations and integrate them in this life-time. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The science of Kundalini Yoga <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">can help you to do that. </span></span></span></span></span>No sense in getting caught up in religious dogma if it doesn<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'t sit well in your heart. </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are s</span>till feeling spacey<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> after a session, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d</span>rink water an<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/or touch the earth with bare f<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ee</span>t.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And there i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t is R & B <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yogis! More tools to live b<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y. If you have any questions, you know where <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to find me.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See you in the ethers,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mama Luz </span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span> </span> </span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-36063667314880531462015-09-11T06:21:00.004-07:002015-09-11T14:27:14.059-07:00Karma is a bitch...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karma is a bitch and she will serve up the retribution accordingly. At times, she can be brutal but mostly she's a nagging bitch. The kind that is constantly reminding you that its time to make serious changes in your life...or else!<span style="background-color: white;"> We
are the sum of our karma, the culmination of our deeds and works from
past lives and this life time. Try to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">not a </span>think of karma as a punishment but rather a debt you arrived with, forgot about, and must work off. Karma "IS." And is not good or bad. If we
remain emotionally neutral towards it yet remain spiritually active in
the burning of it, we will eventually be freed from it. (TAKE NOTE: Neutrality is the key to freedom. Neutrality is achieved through detachment. Detachment is achieved through meditation). Through <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/03/yoga-to-live-by.html" target="_blank">Kundalini Yoga</a>, we
learn to accept responsibility for the current state of our life and demonstrate to the Universe (God) that we are willing to do <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2013/01/positive-affirmations-program.html" target="_blank">the work</a> to heal ourselves. It is the union of one's Self with the Most High
that makes healing possible. And by healing ourselves, we heal the world around us. Through deep practice, one recognizes that one
has the ability to co-create one's life with grace and conscious action.
That doesn't mean life is easy and not without it's difficult lessons. Self-realization is</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"> not about getting what you want, it's about getting what you need in order to learn your lessons, evolve, and ascend.</span> If you maintain the grace needed to see what God sees, and
proceed accordingly, through the purification process of burning one's karma, one discovers
one's purpose in life, dharma, which is the purpose of karma. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">We each arrive on this plane with a unique gift or mission to complete. T</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">he reason why we have incarnated is to get closer to this self-realization. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sometimes it takes a many incarnations for us to discover what our dharma actually is. But </span>essentially, dharma is </span>how we serve humanity and how we make the planet better than it was than when we arrived. It does not necessarily mean becoming an ascetic and/or living a life of austere religiousity or spirituality. It can be through the creation of art, music, through being a caretaker, a teacher, or even by being a social justice warrior. Ask yourself: How am I a bridge that takes humanity from one state of being to another higher state of being? How do I raise the vibration of the planet? How am I a catharsis for the healing of others? Humanity could be one person. Or it could be humanity in its entirety. The best way to get clarity in this regard is through <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2012/03/personal-meditation.html" target="_blank">daily meditation</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">From the Holy Quran, Surah 5 verse 32: <i class="RomanItalic">“</i><span class="RomanItalic">...if anyone saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind.”</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sat Nam...Shalom...Salaam.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mama Luz </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Kundalini is the path to becoming the miracle. - Luz Emma</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yeah...yeah...yeah, we've all heard it before: "Life is a miracle." It's cliche...it's corny...but it's true! Most of us are so wrapped up into what we are feeling, that we forget about the miracle that life is. The very fact that the same cosmic matter that is present in the universe is the same <i>materia</i> in the atoms of our bodies is pretty miraculous. I could go on and on presenting some scientific proof on the presence of GOD, a "Super Natural Intelligence," a "Supreme Being," or whatever you want to call it, but just the fact that you are reading this blog post means that you "believe" enough in miracles to continue reading. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">All miracles begin with faith. One must believe in the medicine in order for it to do it's healing work. And because Kundalini is spiritual alchemy, belief in "Supreme Being" is paramount. </span></span>It does not matter how you define it, what it is important is to acknowledge that it exists and that believe that there is Divine order in what may seem as a chaotic existence.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Kundalini is the path to becoming the miracle. It is said, that all purification is done, in <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/09/ashes-to-ashes.html" target="_blank">fire</a>, by fire or through fire. When one practices
<a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/03/yoga-to-live-by.html" target="_blank">Kundalini Yoga</a>, one consciously places one's self in the fire's of
purification. Through asana, pranayam and meditation, we make our bodies and minds flexible so that we can bend to Divine Will </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">as oppose to attempting to manipulate our environment to bend to our own</span></span></span></span></span></span>. Often times, we do not know what our practice will yield, but we proceed with faith even though our bodies and our hearts may hurt. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">The frequency and the proximity in which we merge with the One often determines whether we will be called upon to be used directly as a <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/05/on-being-vessel.html" target="_blank">vessel</a> to transmit healing Light and Love. This takes our miracle work to a whole other level. Don't get it twisted, it isn't all sparkles, rainbows and bliss. Don't forget what happened to <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2013/03/the-creative-fire-lords-prayer.html" target="_blank">Jesus</a>. The Divine is a demanding partner. Being a miracle worker isn't something one seeks, God chooses based on lifetimes of development and cultivation. If you have been chosen, it is because you have been prepared in pre-eternity. You will experience and see things that cannot be fully explained in books and texts. Things that are extra-ordinary and perhaps even para-normal. It is important to temper one's ego or else one's own "fire" will engulf you and you will go up in flames. What could have been a blessing can become a curse. It is always beneficial to have a <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/02/heeding-call.html" target="_blank">teacher</a> or guide that can keep you grounded and hold you accountable as you walk along The Path. But ultimately, one must walk through the<a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/09/ashes-to-ashes.html" target="_blank"> fire </a>alone, get burned and learn temperance and the lessons for one's Self. Experience is our best teacher. And at the end of the day, the miracle that you are can only be demonstrated in the your dharma, your integrity and your commitment to the service of humanity. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">In Light and Love, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mama Luz </span></span></span>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-8116012441782575222015-07-18T05:02:00.000-07:002015-08-15T04:05:44.953-07:00Meditation to Heal Ancestral Karma<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The walk along the path is an individual one, and at times, a lonely one. But we cannot negate the reality that there have been those that have walked the path before us, there are those ahead of us, those behind us and those that will come after us. And The One, guiding us all along the way. The point being...we are never alone. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all h</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">ave ancestral guides (known or unknown) that interact with us on a subtle level. </span>Deceased relatives and members of our karmic families (spirit families that cluster together based on vibrational frequency) </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">make up our own unique "spiritual team" that is in constant communication with us, garnishing our attention through </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">dreams, sensations, or "signs," ear infections, fevers, and headaches. And why do they take such an interest in us? To guide, to protect, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">to pay their own karmic debts and at times to live vicariously through us. It is important to note that n</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">ot all on our spiritual team are at peace and have our best interest at heart. </span>Some</span> may be lost, wandering, resentful, possessive, angry and/or jealous. This affects us on an unconscious level and adds to </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">the energetic baggage (karma) already weighing our matter down hindering our ascension and blocking our walk along The Path. Although one of the main reasons we incarnate is to burn karma, and pay our karmic debts, it becomes tricky when our process is affected by other unseen "forces." </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course we welcome and want to be surrounded by the angels, saints, and gurus to guide and protect us. But what about the others that have suffered on earth and with whom we share collective pain? </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When one begins the walk along The Path, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">we assume the responsibility of burning others karma along with our own, even more so as a Warrior Healer. This doesn't mean become a martyr or a magnet for misery. The wiser and the more seasoned Warrior Healer becomes better in using discernment while creating alliances (spiritual and otherwise) between students, allies and friends (don't forget they have their own spiritual team too). YIKES! So many things to consider. Therefore, it is important to know your Self so well that you are able to know your motivations and discern your thoughts and emotions with the utmost clarity so that you can learn your unique and individual life's lessons and purpose. This way you can live with your decisions and assume responsibility for the karma you create. It is important to remember, your ancestors had their opportunities, this is YOUR time. And presence is the key to infinity. The best thing one can do for one's ancestors, and spiritual team, is help them ascend by living one's dharma (life purpose), pray for their souls and raise the vibration of one's spiritual team through meditation. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Honor is not worship. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>And worship is not honor. Meditate on that for a moment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As your vibration changes so will your spiritual team: Would you want your team of yesteryear to be your team of today?! Let each other go and bless each other onto the next lesson. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like to think of "letting go" like hugging, when you release...they will release too! Someone has to go first, right? </span></span>The light-er you become, the lite-er your team becomes and the higher you will ascend. The Path is neither straight nor on an incline. It spirals up like a man made trail on the outside of a mountain. The ones having gone before you carving out the initial trail and you leaving your footprints for those to follow. I have said this ad nauseam...spiritual alchemy is about ascension. And ascension is about releasing not binding. The less attachments we have, the free-er we become. Who doesn't want to be free? </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You ready?! It's time!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This meditation will help release the patterns that have bound you and your ancestors. You will be blessing your ancestors and receive the blessings of your ancestors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">BEGIN: Sit in EASY POSE, with a
light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting behind the head and
slightly tucking in the chin). <span class="Apple-style-span">Rub
your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs
against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes
rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and
chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on
two breaths. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of
the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a> which is found on my CD <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">URBAN MANTRA: VOL I</a>.
Please purchase if you have not already and show your support of Rhythm & Breath. All proceeds from the album go
to Rhythm & Breath's continued effort to bring affordable and
accessible mystical tools to urban folk.</span> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MUDRA: Right hand over your heart center. Left hand on your back with palm facing outward on the opposite side creating a heart "sandwich." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FOCUS: Eyes closed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PRANAYAM: Recite the complete mantra on one breath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MANTRA: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GURU GURU WAHE GURU</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GURU RAM DAS GURU </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TIME: Continue for 11 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COMMENTS: <br />This is a mantra of self-healing, humility, relaxation, protective
grace, and emotional relief. It calls on the spirit of humility and
grace of <a href="https://www.3ho.org/kundalini-yoga/kundalini-yoga-sikh-dharma/guru-ram-das-throne-raj-yog" target="_blank">Guru Ram Das</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Raaj Yog
was given to Guru Ram Das because he achieved this state of
consciousness. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yogi Bhajan talks about Raaj Yog
as a very particular state of consciousness. "It is living as a yogi on
the inside, and as a king on the outside. It is being able to see the
unseen, known the unknown and hear the unheard." The Guru Mantra is an <i>ashtang</i> mantra. <i>Ashtang </i>mantras
have eight parts. They catalyze the kundalini energy to initiate
through your own effort and devotion. The first part of the mantra, <i>Guru Guru Wahe Guru, </i>projects the mind to the Infinite, the source of knowledge and ecstasy. The second part, <i>Guru Ram Das Guru, </i>means
“the wisdom that comes as a servant of the Infinite.” This mantra
projects the mind to the Infinite and then brings finite guidance on a
practical level. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TO FINISH:<span style="font-size: small;"> Recite the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a> in
GYAN MUDRA, your index finger pressed against your thumbs. Or in BUDDHA
MUDRA one hand resting in the other with the thumbs touching. </span></span><br />
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CLOSE: Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT
NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up
to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This
seals the work in your frontal lobe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Well th<span style="font-size: small;">ere it is. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bring us...us free!!! Meet me in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhythm-Breath/161409172635" target="_blank">Rhythm & Breath circle</a> with your questions, comments and impressions. I look forward to ascending. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Sat Nam, Salaam, Shalom,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mama Luz</span></span>Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-2450439118511975092015-04-18T06:18:00.004-07:002015-04-18T06:28:40.098-07:00MEDITATION: Root Out Anger and Burn it Out<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If anger is a poison...love is the antidote. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Luz Emma</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anger exists. Whether you acknowledge it within your Self, or those around you, anger effects us daily both directly and indirectly for it is part of </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the hue-man condition. W</span>e arrive with it as part of our karmic baggage and it is either cultivated by our family (and society) or tempered through self-knowledge, introspection and meditation. Anger can be volatile and out of control or suppressed and denied. It can mutate into depression, resentment and/or passive aggression and seemingly become an entirely different demon, almost unrecognizable, but no less detrimental to our physical and mental health. Anger limits our ascension into the higher realms and weighs us down keeping us trapped in our lower chakras. Although anger is usually projected outward, anger can also be turned inward through self-loathing, criticism and judgement. It attracts lower vibrating beings (both living and of the spiritual realm) that feed off of lower vibrational transmissions and try to invade our lives both literally and figuratively. I will get more into that at a later juncture. BUt for now lets delve deeper into anger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anger lives in the lower triangle in our <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2013/01/first-chakra-root-muladhara.html" target="_blank">root chakra</a> and is the first gateway from which we must pass in our path towards ascension. Anger is a subtle attachment: to a person, a situation, an experience. It is not fully released unless it is tempered consciously. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temper" target="_blank">Temper</a> is the root word in
temper<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/-ance" target="_blank">ance</a> and it is not an irony that temper is used to describe an
angry disposition. Temperance is a concept in Alchemy in which the fire
is cultivated transformed, controlled,
redirected and used to transmute (change) base matter into gold, poison
into medicine, or for our purposes suffering into illumination.
Temperance is the result of a daily meditation practice and what we do
here: We raise our kundalini energy, cultivate our power, temper it to
heal ourselves (our families and communities) and contribute to the world through our dharma. Ones</span> ability to transmute anger determines ones ability to transmute any thing. Because anger is the basest of hue-man emotions if you can transmute anger...you are free from your hue-man condition. Compassion, forgiveness and love are the essential ingredients. When these are given to ones self, it makes it easier to extend them to your fellow hue-man be-ings. So lets put ourselves in the fire before life does it for us. </span><br />
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light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting behind the head and
slightly tucking in the chin). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rub
your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs
against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes
rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and
chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on
two breaths. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of
the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a> which is found on my CD <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">URBAN MANTRA: VOL I</a>.
Please purchase if you have not already and show your support of Rhythm & Breath. All proceeds from the album go
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accessible mystical tools to urban folk.</span> </span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MUDRA: Arms are stretched out straight to
the sides. There is no bend in the elbows. The Jupiter (index) finger
points upward and the thumb locks down the other fingers. The power of
Jupiter, the knowledge, should be tough, stiff and straight.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FOCUS: The eyes are closed. Concentrate on your spine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PRANAYAM: Inhale deeply through the rolled tongue SITALI BREATH and exhale through the nose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MANTRA: There is no mantra with this meditation. But what I do is think of the things, people, situations and experiences that make me angry. I acknowledge them as I inhale and consciously release them as I exhale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TIME: Continue for 11 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COMMENTS: This
meditation can be done either in the morning or the evening. If you do
this eleven minutes every day, your entire life will change. This will
give you a new life. Do this for 40 days, it will change your
personality from A to Z.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TO FINISH: Inhale deeply, hold
the breath for 10 seconds while you stretch your arms out to the sides
as far as possible, exhale. Repeat this sequence two more times.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recite the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in GYAN MUDRA, your index finger pressed against your thumbs. Or in BUDDHA MUDRA one hand resting in the other with the thumbs touching. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TO
CLOSE: Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT
NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up
to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This
seals the work in your frontal lobe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There it is R & B Yogis! This one is challenging both physically and emotionally. But being the Warrior Healers you are, I know you can handle it! Please reach for me in the circle because "things" can and will come up over the next 40 days. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May the force be with you, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Mama Luz</span><br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/8OLZs9IhFmw" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MEDITATION TO CONQUER ANGER AND BURN IT OUT </span></a></div>
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Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-47370380906773549572015-02-16T08:18:00.001-08:002015-12-31T14:45:00.649-08:00Currency Meditation<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bread. Dough. Dinero. Loot. Funds. Endz. And my favorite word for money...currency. Take a moment to reflect on the word you use for money and how it reflects on your current economic state. Once one becomes mindful of one's relationship with money, one is able to rectify one's relationship with it. It begins with how we hold it (literally and figuratively), the name we give it, our feelings of self-worth and how we express love. I prefer the term currency because prosperity like a current either flows or is obstructed. If our channels are open, energy flows, it is able to be received and transmitted. If there are blockages, the energy stagnates, nothing moves and one gets stuck. It is not easy moving through this blockage yet it is not impossible. Kundalini yoga is a way through this conundrum. Lets begin the New Year by invoking our power to live up to our fullest potential with infinite abundance and boundless prosperity!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TO BEGIN: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sit in Easy Pose and chant the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a>: ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO 3xs on 2 breaths. The correct cadence can be found on my album <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">Urban Mantra: VOL I.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MUDRA: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sit with a straight spine, chin in, chest out. Bend the elbows into the sides of the body, and place the palms in front of the diaphragm area, flat and face up. Crisscross the finger area only, left on bottom, right on top. The thumbs will be extended away from the rest of the hand, and point straight ahead. Make sure they are not stretched back so far that they point to the right & left, but are pointing exactly straight ahead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MANTRA:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Gobinday</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Mukunday</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Udaaray</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Apaaray</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Hareeung</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Kareeung</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Nirnaamay</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Har Har Har Har Akaamay</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TRANSLATION:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gobinday – Sustaining, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mukunday – Liberating, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Udaaray – Enlightening, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Apaaray – Infinite, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hareeung – Destroying, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kareeung – Creating, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nirnaamay – Nameless, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Akaamay - Desireless</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FOCUS: Eyes closed turn inward and upward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TIME: 23-1/2 minutes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TO CLOSE: Sit in silence and become thoughtless for 40 seconds. Then inhale, place the palms flat against the heart, pressure as hard as you can against the heart and squeeze the entire body, getting rid of all the sickness, disease, potential. Hold 17 seconds. Exhale. Repeat 3 times total, inhaling & holding between 15-17 seconds per inhale. Relax.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COMMENTS:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This mantra fixes the mind to prosperity and power. It contains the eight facets of the Self. Har is the original force of Creativity. The four repetitions of Har give power to all aspects and provide the power to break down the barriers of the past. It converts fear into the domination to use and expand the reserve energy of the Navel Point. It invokes guidance and sustenance; all powers come to serve your true purpose. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TO FINISH: Recite the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a> in
GYAN MUDRA, your index finger pressed against your thumbs. Or in BUDDHA
MUDRA one hand resting in the other with the thumbs touching.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">TO
CLOSE: Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT
NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up
to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This
seals the work in your frontal lobe.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So there it is R & B Yogis! You can choose to do it once or for 40 days. The choice is yours. Know that, as with any practice, the more disciplined you are the deeper you will go. And when you do the deep work on prosperity, one realizes that abundance is connected to your feelings self-worth inherited through lifetimes of karma and reinforced by your family and society. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Begin the New Year loving your Self with this meditation then be generous with your love and you will see your life abound with prosperity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sat Nam,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mama Luz </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/B_vIhyL9sPM" target="_blank">Prosperity Meditation to Increase Currency Flow</a></span></span></div>
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you benefit in any way from Rhythm & Breath, please support by
making a heart donation in the "beggars bowl" at the top of the blog
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your support. All assistance is humbly received and appreciated! The student that arrives empty handed...leaves empty handed.*</span></span></span></span> </div>
Luzemma http://www.blogger.com/profile/09273455493412705161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892705497940421653.post-25209262335266291112015-02-13T07:41:00.002-08:002015-02-14T06:19:04.914-08:00Meditation for Mental Balance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Balance brings presence. And presence brings infinity. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Luz Emma</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No matter how hard we try, or how zen we appear to be, there are times when we have hue-man moments and feel worried, overwhelmed, stressed, consumed. Sometimes, we don't even realize that our minds are burdened but subconsciously it effects us and makes it challeging to be present for ourselves...let alone others. Meditation </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">helps ease our minds so that we can flow and be open to the opportunities and beauty that surround us.</span> This meditation is for mental balance </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and is
one of five meditations given to specifically "to prepare for the gray
period of the planet and to bring mental balance." - Yogi Bhajan</span></span></span>. From the state of the world today, it is my guess that we are currently in the gray period of the planet. And be-ing the celestial be-ings that we are, how could we not be effected by the cosmos? As above...so below, right?! So lets use this practice to bring mental balance as we create and burn karma and navigate through life.</span></span></span><br />
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light JALANDAR BANDH (elogated spine, lifting behind the head and
slightly tucking in the chin). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rub
your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE with your thumbs
against your sternum and your shoulders rolled back and down. Your eyes
rolled in and up towards your THIRD EYE. Inhale through the nose and
chant ONG NA MO GURU DEV NAMO (I bow to the Divine Teacher within) on
two breaths. Listen here for the correct pronunciation and cadence of
the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandbreath/ong-na-mo" target="_blank">ADI MANTRA</a> which is found on my CD <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">URBAN MANTRA: VOL I</a>.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MUDRA: Interlace the fingers with the palms facing up. Hold the inverted Venus Lock at the solar plexus.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EYES: Are one-tenth open.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MANTRA: Gobinday, Mukanday, Udaaray, Apaaray, Hareeang, Kareeang, Nirnaamay, Akaamay</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TRANSLATION: These are the eight aspects of God in the Sikh tradition: Sustainer, Liberator, Enlightener, Infinite, Destroyer, Creator, Nameless, Desireless.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TIME: Start with 11 min. and work your way up to 31 min. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TO FINISH: Recite the </span><a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/10/spiritual-warriors-daily-affirmation.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Warrior Healers Affirmations</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Gyan Mudra, your index finger pressed against your thumbs.</span></span></span></span><br />
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CLOSE: Rub your hands together, bring them to prayer pose and chant SAT
NAM (Truth is my Identity) on one breath 3 times. Bring your hands up
to your forehead and bow bringing your hands and head to the floor. This
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there it is R & B Yogis! Lets get our balance on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salaam, Shalom, Sat Nam, </span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mama Luz</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">"Kundalini is the Warrior Healers Yoga. It requires, strength, discipline and faith"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Luz</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you have never done Kundalini Yoga, but it keeps coming across your radar and it continues to call to you, you would fall under the category of what I call "Kundalini Curious." For starters
usually there is something deeper that has drawn you to the practice than just wanting to get in shape. Most people are drawn to Kundalini Yoga because of karma. Your soul is calling to you that you
are in need of healing and the science of Kundalini Yoga may be just
what your soul is yearning for.<span style="color: #0000ee;"> </span>It is my suggestion before you delve in to the world that is Kundalini that you do a little research and consider some things before you step foot into a Kundalini Yoga class: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) What is my motivation for my practice?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) What is my understanding of Kundalini energy and Kundalini Yoga? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) How do I find a guide and a community? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4) What is the etiquette: Where should I go? What should I wear? What should I do?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) What should I expect from a Kundalini Yoga class? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>MOTIVATION AND INTENTION</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is vital to know what is your motivation for embarking on any yoga practice, but particularly Kundalini Yoga, because Kundalini Yoga has a very strong spiritual component. Ask yourself...is healing your intention? Have you reached the end of your rope, exhausted all possibilities and are willing to try anything? Are you seeking a life partner,
a community and/or social network? Are you wanting to loose weight? Are you wanting to lead a healthier lifestyle? It is best to be brutally honest with yourself and get clear on what it is that you really want. Know your motivation because Kundalini is guaranteed to change your life, and flip the perception of who you think you are on it's head. Meditate on that...are you really ready for all that <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2010/05/fire.html" target="_blank">transformation</a> entails? </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">KUNDALINI ENERGY AND KUNDALINI YOGA</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kundalini Engery is creative energy that lies at the base of the spine. If this energy remains dormant and stagnant it leads to a life that is mundane, filled with malaise, and without direction. When one raises this energy, one is able to navigate one's life with increased intuition and creativity to create a life that is fulfilled, prosperous and meaningful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The generic definition of Kundalini Yoga is: Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan uses <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2010/04/kriya.html" target="_blank">Asana</a> (yoga postures), Pranayam (breathing techniques), <a href="http://jamilaramrattan.bandcamp.com/album/urban-mantra-vol-i" target="_blank">Mantra</a> (use of sound to alter thought patterns and brain chemistry), <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2012/02/mudra.html" target="_blank">Mudra</a> (hand positions to channel energy flow) and Meditation (quieting the mind to promote mental clarity and self-awareness). With this <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2009/09/yoga.html" target="_blank">yoga</a>, we break through the blockages in our chakras (energy vortices along the spine), alter our life condition and heal lifetimes of karma. This leads to a more fulfilled, integrated, and prosperous life. It is called the yoga of awareness because it is the quickest way to burn karma and transform your life: Twelve years of Hatha Yoga are equivalent to 1 year of Kundalini Yoga. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although Kundalini Yoga can and will open the path towards your destiny, prosperity and fulfillment...there will be pitfalls, demons and epiphanies before you reach
self-actualization. Truth be told, Kundalini Yoga is hard! It is physically and emotionally challenging. Your heart will be ripped open so that you can see your soul
as God sees it. Kundalini Yoga is the the <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2013/01/positive-affirmations-program.html" target="_blank">Warrior Healer's</a> Yoga. It requires
discipline, strength and faith. Sometimes we need to pass through hell to get to Heaven. So be sure to pick a guide that will be attuned to your process and your needs and can show you the way. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>THE GUIDE </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do your homework on your teacher because your <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/02/heeding-call.html" target="_blank">teacher</a> is the creator of the community and the </span></span>nucleus of the karmic family. (A karmic family is a group of spiritual beings that gravitate to one another to elevate their own and each other's karma. This is not limited to birth family but can be created families.) Know your teacher's lineage and get to know their story: Who was your teacher's teacher? How did they come to discover Kundalini Yoga? Do they possess what you seek as far as spiritual knowledge and life mastery? Are they nurturing, attuned and compassionate? Observe their character...do not just listen to their words. Because yogis, even in turbans, are human too. Speak to more than one teacher and go to more than one class. The internet is a great resource and will provide a wealth of information on teachers and communities. Most instructors have <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/" target="_blank">blogs</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/luzemma" target="_blank">YouTube </a>channels very similar to mine. Each with a different flavor and focus. But most importantly, you will know who <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/12/teacher-student-divine-exchange.html" target="_blank">your guide</a> is when your heart shmelts. Warm fuzzies are a good sign that you have found the right one. Listen to your heart.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>THE COMMUNITY</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Kundalini Yoga community can be rather daunting and overwhelming. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sea of white folks in white garb doing yoga can be a bit oxymoronic. Truth be told, the foundation of Kundalini Yoga in America is a slew of ex-hippies that were seeking enlightenment and stumbled upon Yogi Bhajan who was also seeking followers to make into teachers. </span></span>As in any spiritual tradition, but especially
in the Kundalini community, there tends to be some cult-ish behavior and teacher
worship. Be sure your teacher and community reflects your culture and worldview and that the teacher has the best interest of your community as it's priority not personal interest. You will discover this as time passes. Use discernment as you get involved. Don't lose sight and focus on your Self and your practice. Ultimately, any yoga practice is a personal one. You want to become proficient enough to be able to sustain and maintain your own practice at h(om). Yoga teachers and studio owners don't want you to know this because it's bad for business, but that is another discussion. Classes initially should provide the boost you need until you can do it on your own. Just make sure that you walking along the right path with individuals that inspire and support you and take you to where you are destined to be. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ETIQUETTE</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because Kundalini is very much tied in to the Sikh spiritual tradition, enter a studio/center as you would any other place of worship: with modesty and humility. Observe what are the rules of the house: Shoes off? Loose fitted clothing? Hair covered? It is not necessary to <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2013/12/40-days-of-white.html" target="_blank">wear all white </a>the first class nor wear a <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2014/01/to-turban-or-not-to-turban-that-is.html" target="_blank">head covering</a>. As your
practice deepens, so will your desire to elevate your spirit and your
practice. It is always b</span>est to be over dressed than under dressed. So, cover up that beautiful body with loose fitted clothing when in a studio/center. Remember, Kundalini Yoga is an internal process the majority of the time done with eyes closed. You don't want your outer process to interfere with your, or anyone else's, inner process nor deter you from the work that needs to be done. Be sensitive to your surroundings and your practice will deepen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">WHAT TO EXPECT</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the onset of one's Kundalini journey, you may get to foreboding warnings from loved ones, and other yogis, that Kundalini Yoga is dangerous and if you raise your Kundalini you can lose your marbles. Although it is possible to increase ones intuition and clairvoyance through a deep practice, it is vital that you have someone grounded and experienced leading the way so this does not happen. I have seen the irresponsibility in the Kundalini community in this regard. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This why I stress the importance of having a skilled teacher as your guide. DO YOUR HOMEWORK! </span></span>A spiritual emergency (which I will get deeper into at a later juncture) can look very similar to a psychotic break to an untrained professional. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As far as your first Kundalini Yoga class, you may experience shortness of breath, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">dizziness and nausea. This can be attributed to im</span>proper breathing, increased oxygen intake and/or body conditioning. In the beginning, take it easy and go at your own pace. Keep your eyes closed and focus on your body and the emotions that are being evoked. If unexpected uncontrollable tears start flowing, know that it's working! Remember what I said in the beginning of this blog entry? Kundalini Yoga WILL change your life. And it begins at your first contact with it. So, what are you waiting for?! Your <a href="http://www.rhythmandbreath.org/2010/12/light-wisdom-if-day.html" target="_blank">dharma</a>, contentment and fulfillment awaits...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sat Nam!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mama Luz</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/40978514" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TO KNOW MORE ABOUT LUZ WATCH THIS INTERVIEW BY PHOTOKOFA</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> "Never arrive at any gathering empty handed."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Luz Emma </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"There is a toll road in Kundalini Yoga. You pay first, then you enter. <i>Itarashtam tithar kashtam </i>.
If you ever come empty handed, you shall go empty handed. It's a law
which should never be broken. You should share freely, but never receive
the student empty handed—that's the law. A student must not come to you
empty handed. He may bring a leaf, or he may bring a million dollars.
But he must not come to a teacher without an offering. If a person shall come empty-handed, he may sit there for six hours and
do all kinds of yoga, but the moment he goes out of that door, he'll go
empty-handed. That's the only condition, and it's not up to you or me." - Yogi Bhajan </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The relationship between master and disciple
is a sacred covenant that is agreed upon in pre-eternity and at the
moment the master accepts the novice as a student. There must be an
exchange of something of "value" that is symbolic of an offering one
gives in exchange of a blessing. It is a conscious acknowledgement, "</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I need you. </span></span>I
value you. Humbly accept me and my offering." One would never ask a
Doctor for a freebie or a discount. T</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">he agreement before you even step foot in the Dr.'s office </span></span>is:
You are ill. He gives you a prognosis and/or medicine. You will take
your chances on whether his medicine will work or not. And you are
prepared to pay for your visit after you are seen knowing this, correct?
A spiritual exchange is no different: you need healing from your human
condition and the teacher/master provides the tools. The path that
lies ahead is unknown but the desire for Self-Realization is so great
you proceed anyways. It is a sacred agreement...a Divine exchange.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Money
is symbolic of this agreement although the exchange doesn't always have
to be in money. It can be mutually agreed upon "barter" exchange. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whatever the agreed method, "payment" is your offering. </span></span>The
point being: it must be discussed, agreed upon and followed through to
make the circle of healing complete. When it comes to exchanges of a
spiritual nature (instruction, transmission, guidance), this exchange
should not cause discomfort, pain, or suffering. If it does, one should
question the intentions of the transmitter and possibly find another
teacher. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For teachers, it is important put a value on your time, your knowledge, your experience. If you do not value what you transmit, how do you expect others to value it. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To be fully
present, it is necessary to be aware of all of your incarnations, your present
life condition and dharma, the investments (both literal and figurative) you have
made in your Self and the work that you have put in to arrive at this
very moment.</span></span> All that having been said...it puts things in better perspective when putting a value on one's work, energy and time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the past, I
struggled with the idea of payment especially when dealing with spiritual work. I did
not feel comfortable with charging for the transmission of healing
energy or for my counsel. I would accept a donation or symbolic
gift in exchange. It worked for me initially but after years of giving to a fault, I found myself, depleted, imbalanced, ill, resentful and homeless. Not a positive place to be in if one has the intention of healing and being of service. But after years of transmitting, tempering, evolving and expanding as a healer and guide, I have come to realize:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) Not all that arrive are Chosen. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2) For healing to transpire, one must honor the medicine and the Giver/giver of the medicine. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3) Although "it" runs through you, it is not of you. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4) This is the way the Creator provides for you. IT is a gift. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5) Know your worth. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6) Remain humble.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I pray these words provide you with the validation you need. Carry on!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PROSPERITY AFFIRMATIONS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blessings of favor and prosperity flow directly to me </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and multiply when cultivated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am able to sustain and maintain my abundance, meet my needs, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and fulfill my desires </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with ease.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With my surplus,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am able to support my beloveds in the way that they need. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am full.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am content.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am complete.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am worthy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am grateful for what IS </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And what will BE.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the name of the Most High,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amin</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Luz Emma </span></div>
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