In another method, you imagine your spine to be a hollow tube. While inhaling you imagine the prana flowing up the tube to the top and during the subsequent exhalation you let the energy again drop down the spinal tube to the base. Until you are well advanced in energy works do not more than ten such breathing cycles at any one time. With all energy exercises involving the spine try to keep it straight, either sitting up straight (but relaxed) or lying stretched out on the back. However you may practice these exercises anywhere, anytime, such as when driving or waiting somewhere or walking or doing housework, the more the better.
Another recommended way of cultivating the inner energies is through slow movements while focusing on the sensations that the awakened energy flows may produce. This is done with exercises such as Tai Chi. See also www.falundafa.org for free books and instructions. However, you may not need to learn the structured Tai Chi sequence and just experiment with your own slow improvised movements.
Widespread, especially in China, is the practice of Qigong. You
draw energy into the body with a combination of breathing,
movements and guided imagery. This is especially effective if
done in an energized outside area such as standing barefoot on
grass, in a park, at the beach or in the mountains. There are
many books and websites giving instructions in Qigong.
A relatively easy way of learning to feel bio-energy is to shake
the body and especially the arms and hands rapidly for about a
minute. At the same time breathe deep and fast and then suddenly
stop. Remain completely still with the arms slightly raised in
front of your abdomen or chest as if holding a large beach ball.
Concentrate on the sensation in your hands and arms. Then start
slowly moving your arms and your body. Try to intensify whatever
energy sensation you feel. When you can feel the energy
strongly, you may mentally lead it to an area of the body where
you have a particular health problem. Alternatively you may
radiate the energy out of the palms of your hands to where you
want to energize yourself. It is good to do this as a regular
daily exercise.
Finally, you may directly energize a weak or diseased organ or
part of the body by feeling or breathing into it. If you keep
your attention focused on a particular area of your body, then
you may feel it becoming warm and possibly tingling after some
time. You may then use imagery to intensify the warmth or
tingling. Also imagine that your breath or the prana from your
breath flows into this area and accelerates its healing.
Even without a specific problem, you may focus on one organ
after another and in this way energize the whole body. Once you
can easily feel the warmth in a chosen target area, you may
develop a sequence by energizing first the chakras, starting
with the crown chakra, then circulate the energy a few times,
and finally energize individual organs or areas of the body.
Also during your daily activities try to remain aware of the
energies in various parts of your body.
For further information on chakras and energy work see 'The Love
Cure'. Actually the best and safest way to develop the chakra
system is by living appropriately in all life situations with a
strong flow of a variety of positive feelings. Most healthy
individuals have their 3 lower chakras reasonably well
developed. Therefore we need to concentrate mainly on developing
the 4 higher chakras. The quality of our chakra system shows our
position on the larger scale of spiritual evolution.
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