ORGANOLOGIC YOGA EXERCISES

... from a rather western point of view ...

Why ?

The body is supposed to be the temple of the Spirit, the everlasting non – perishable spiritual essence of human beings. In this view it becomes very important to master the body, so that it can become a better, more flexible supportof the Spirit. Becoming the master means : to control theinner and outer organs. For the outer organs we dispose of different forms of corporal yoga (for

example hatha yoga) and gymnastic – preferably ostheopathic – exercises. For the inner organs we have to go back tofakiristic exercises, derived from gurus/rishis who used to live solitary in caves in the Himalayas. The ultimate aim is self realization : the connection with Divine Powers.

OUTER ORGANSWe have to move joints, back bone (skeleton), muscles in osteopathic movements, which means : in the shape of an eight : ∞ the sign for infinity.

Chi ghong exercises

NECK : for- and backwards, left and right : ∞ .

SHOULDERS : forward and backwards, left and right : ∞ .

Both, neck and shoulder movements in eight-form are meant to set the Vishuddhi chakra free (throat chakra).

BACKBONE (spinal column) : ∞

- Trapezius : up, down, left, right in rotator motion.

- Thoracolumbar fascia (lower part of the spinal column) : back and forth, rotation from left to right, circular rotation around the coccyx and sacrum.= loosening the subtle system and the left and right channels + Mooladhara chakra ( basic chakra, sacrumchakra).

HANDS : circular rotations left and right.

HIPS : ∞- eight – rotation left and right hip.

= set free the Swadhistan chakra (tighs).

UPPER LEGS : ∞ - rotation left upper leg and right upper leg.

A very profitable exercise might be : slowly move the legs over each other to the left and to the right, almost touchingthe ground. This sets the tension in the legs, hips and knees free. Do this 20 times.

SACRUM : you might try to rotate the sacrum bone and surrounding organs to the left and the right side : ↺ ↻.

→ The chakra that is involved, is the Mooladhara chakra. It stands for wisdom ( becoming knowledgable), being able to see and experience the difference between real ( = spiritual) reality and illusions : all that is perishable, including our own body.

Qualities of Mooladhara are : innocence, chastity, patience, humility, inner peace,joy, generosity, being grounded in Mother Earth. When you see all these qualities, you understand that this chakra is the basis of our whole subtle (spiritual) system andin the long run also the basis for good health and harmony.

KNEES : ∞ - rotation - first : left knee - then : right knee - both knees.

FEET (ankles) : ∞-rotation left and right.

ARMS : stretch arms backwards – left arm /- right arm / both arms.

LEGS : move successively right and left leg up and down and leftwards and rightwards. Jump and stamp on the ground.

EYES : move the eyes upward and downward, to the left and to the right + rotate to the left and the right side: ↓

→ ← ↻ ↺ ↑

SCULL : rotate the scull to the left and the right side ; move it forward and backward : ↓

↑ ↺ ↻

OCCIPUT : try to rotate the occiput (= back of the scull) to the left and the right.

BRAIN : with some exercise it might even be possible to move the brain (inside) = to rotate left and right.

EARS AND NOSE : try to rotate.

MOUTH : rotate in different directions.

If you like this kind of exercises, you can do the same with your ANKLES, FEET, TOES , MUSCLES ... You could even try SINEWS, but that’s extremely difficult.

Only real fakirs can do this, because, when you do this, you touch the parasympathetic system (the autonomous system or central channel of the subtle system), which you can normally not control. This “auto” controls – among other functions - your breathing, seeing, hearing (you can’t prevent yourself from breathing, seeing, hearing : anyway not for a long time), heartbeat, bloodstream, sexual impulses, joy, fly-reactions, some emotions, some ego ... and many others. They function autonomously without being influenced by our willpower. This means that it is extremely difficult to influence them, although, for example, with breathing exercises you can do it, with seeing and hearing exercises as well,with slowing down or speeding up the heartbeat and other kinds of impulses.

All these movements should be repeated 10 to 20 times each.

BREATHING EXERCISESMost important for balancing our system are breathing exercises.

1. You can try the classical Pranayama. Breath in trough the left nostril during 4 – 5 seconds (or more if you can manage) and close the right nostril with your thumb, hold your breath during 4 – 5 seconds, breath out trough the right nostril during 4 – 5 seconds and close the left nostril, hold your breath during 4 – 5seconds and do the same on the other side.

2. Deep breathing We have three kinds of breathing:

- push your breath down into the stomach and the lungs;

- breathing by the lungs;- breathing by the shoulders.

Deep breathing, so that we can reach with the Prana (cosmic breath, Divine Breath) every part of the body, is very important for our wellbeing. We should be able to air all our organs. Deep breathing stimulates and at the same time relaxes, and after some timeit can even cure affected organs.

- Inhale during 10 seconds. Stretch both arms sideways and bring them slowly up above your head, where they reach each other.

- Hold your breath during 1O seconds.- Exhale during 20 seconds.

While you do so, you bring both your arms very slowly sideways down.

- Hold your breath during 10 seconds.- Bow down and touch the ground with both hands.

- Optional: bend down and reach the ground with both hands and stretched legs + bend 15 times trough your knees.

Do this 4 times. The 5th time you go to : 15 – 15 – 30 – 15.

(In Patanjali yoga they go as far as: 30 – 30 – 60 – 30.)

Deep breathing is real massage for all the organs and provides corporal as well as spiritual wellbeing.

INTESTINESAlso the intestines need exercises to function well, to stay healthy.

STOMACH : make your stomach turn clockwise and after that anti- clockwise. If you are not used to this kind of fakiristic exercises, this might be difficult in the beginning, but with sometraining you easily perform this movementwith only the stomach. No other part of the body may join.

→ This is a very good exercise to brighten the Nabhi chakra and release it from negativity. If you join the spiritual side, it might remove even negativity from this very important part of your subtle (spiritual)system. Part of the Nabhi, called the “Bhavasaga” or “ocean of illusions” will slowly get free from conditionings and illusions, even when they come from former lives. Nabhi stands for inner peace, contentedness, inner silence and healing.

INTESTINES : after this you do the same with your intestines, the lower side of your belly, without involving another part of the body.

→ Nabhi chakra.

LIVER : this is a little bit more difficult. You turn with the upper lobe of the liver clockwise and anti-clockwise.

→ Nabhi chakra. The liver is a very important organ, physically as well as psychologically, mentally and spiritually. Physically it cleanses the blood from poisonous particles. Psychologically and mentally it cleanses the mind from distorted ideas. Spiritually it prevents you from getting angry and from reacting too much (to people, to all kinds of circumstances) and it will help your force of life (vital force) to develop.

LIVER : turn the lower lobe of the liver clockwise and anti-clockwise. This is more difficult, but with exercise you might manage. Don’t forget the gall bladder, that helpsto break up and digest fats in the food.

→ Nabhi chakra : brings peace and contentment when functioning well.

KIDNEYS : first right and then left kidney. This a very difficult exercise, because you must see to it that it is thekidney that turns round and not the right and left part of your buttocks.

→ Nabhi : the function the kidneys is to eliminate as well physically as spiritually.

SPLEEN : take care that only the spleen turns round and not the other neighbouring organs.

→ Nabhi : spleen is our speedometer in the physical sense (making lymphocyte cells to fight disease), but also

mentally and even spiritually. If you want to evolve spiritually, you have to take your time, to give yourself the timeyou need, to be patient with yourself instead of speeding up.

PANCREAS : every day the pancreas makes more than a litre of enzyme-packed digestive juices. These juices also counteract the strong acids in the stomach juices.

LUNGS : it is not easy to separate both lungs, but it is possible. Make rotations – left and right – first with the left lung and then with the right lung.

HEART : rotate left and right; you will experience that this is rather easy. A good heart chakra (Anahata) gives self confidence, self assurance, without fear or doubt, without hesitation.

THYROID GLAND : has a very important rolein our organism. It’s very important that we take good care of the

thyroid gland, but rotating left and right demands some exercise. → Vishuddhi (throat chakra).

EYES, EARS, NOSE : try to rotate (see higher under ‘outer organs’). EYES:

- go 20 times with your eyes upwards - 20 times down - 20 times to the right - 20 times to the left - Turn 20 times to the right and 20 timesto the left : ↻ ↺.

→ Vishuddhi chakra : a good –positive – Vishuddhi chackra (neck, throat, tongue, teeth, vocal cords, eyes, ears, nose, shoulders, hands, fingers ...) enables usto be in the world (in our environment) in a detached way, so that we don’t reactto every impulse. It is the chakra of communication, also the chakra that makes communication possible with ourselves and with the

Divine Spark - the Spirit, the Kundalini– within us.

SCULL : the scull is said to be fixed, but that is not true. You can move your scull in a circle, in this way : ↺ ↻. The different pieces of the scull can move a little bit. On top of the scull, just above het limbic era, is the Sahasrara. The Sahasrara (crown chakra) brings integration in every - day life, but moreimportant : also in our spiritual being, so that we can feel satisfied, happy and joyful.

A reflection of our chakras can be found over the whole body : legs, feet, arms, scull ...

BRAIN !!!! Yes, it is even possible with many exercises, to rotate the brain withcircular movements : ↻ ↺. If you have a headache, or if your head feels heavy, if there is migraine ... etc, you can remove them by performing these exercises for the scull and the brain several times.

→ The brain corresponds to the Agnya chakra (on the forehead and the back of the head : in fact where the optic chiasma is situated). The Agnya chakra, when positively developed, reduces our ego (mental) and superego (emotional) overreactions and allows us to become the master of our thinking too much (so that thinking does not become the master over us) and beingoveremotional (so that our emotions cannot direct our way of being). It can bring us in the channel of harmony, balance and love.

SELF REALISATION

Self realization is : realising WHO you are and awakening the Divine Spark within yourself.Only very few people got self realisationin the course of history. And they had towork (exercises and meditation) a whole life long to attain it. Some were born realised, such as : Valmiki, Jnanadeva, Markandya, Guru Nanak, Lao Tse, Mozart, Goethe, William Blake ...

But Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (1921 – 2011) made it possible to reach self realization in a few minutes and on a mass scale: so that you can feel it/experience it as a cool breeze on yourfingertips and on top of your head (or somewhere else on your chakras). So, you don’t have to “believe “ this

(at least not blindly), but you have to believe your own experiences.

(In the beginning people might feel “warmbreeze” and/or “tinkling “ in the fingertips or on their head , but this disappears when the obstructions in the chakras diminish or disappea, to be replaced by “cool breeze”.) What you need, is a realized person, because only who is him/herself realized,can give it to other people.

This is done in Sahaja Yoga : spontaneously, without any effort from your side. If you want to try: - contact a Sahaja Yoga – centre in your neighbourhood, or - go on “google” and type : Shri Mataji self realization. You will get it for free, because you can’t pay for REAL SPIRITUALITY !

MEDITATION Real meditation means : to reach the state of THOUGHTLESS AWARENESS, to get rid of too much thinking, to get rid of too much emotionality, to be in harmony with yourself, with the cosmos, with the Divine Energy.

The language of God is Love.

The language of God speaks within us

in silence .

The language of God speaks through us

in silence.

The language of God speaks to the

world , if the world is prepared to

listen.

Jos Boven (Ridavindra)