Yogic Science Academy: Vayus

One breath is all it takes. Any day, any morning, any breath could be the day that something very profound shifts in you. You want to keep showing up because at any time you could catch the ball hurtling down the field.

Kundalini is your potential creative energy and when it rises you will never be the same.  You want it to circulate all the way up the spine & back down around - a whole circuit.  It’s a healing force & opens up some pathways in you.

Class presented November 18, 2018

In your own native language, you can feel the rhythm of the sound & align yourself to that naad frequency.

It’s a command language, not an affirmation falsity. In affirmation culture, you end up activating the opposite of what you want because you’re putting all your negativity into it.

Our kundalini yoga mantras, both in English & Sanskrit & so on, use permutation-combinations of the tongue on the roof of the mouth (which has 84 meridians) to physically activate specific neurological sequences of the mind.

The Gurmukhi (the Punjabi alphabet) we use holds the sound in the shape of the glyph. It actually shows you how to move your tongue. It’s also a beautiful representation of the purusha / prakriti principle—the upper heavens, & the creation that comes down and follows (from) that.

Replace the chaotic sound chambers of your past thoughts and imprints with a more powerful and elevated sound. That’s where the mantra comes in.

You will need 90 oz of water after this kriya.

Class presented November 17, 2018

”A sense of timing is the mark of genius.” – Jenny Holzer

Rhythmic intelligence is that there’s a natural rhythm to your flow. You know you’re in it when you feel like you could keep going at the same pace forever.

Regulating the breath regulates you. Correct breath of fire is an even inhale/exhale that you feel like you could do forever. We each have a set number of breaths before we die, but Breath of Fire only counts as one breath.

Switching nostril dominance (left is cooling, right is energizing). Can also be done by closing one nostril or massaging the armpit (opposite of the one you want to open). These also switch naturally throughout the day.

Class presented November 16, 2018

In the temple of the body, the pavan guru is the leader of the breath.  Go deeper into the structure and experience the Vayus.

Class presented November 15, 2018

Discussion of three Vayic forces: prana (life force), uddiyana (maintenance. It’s the reserve force that sustains you) & apana (eliminative force which allows you to let go of the past).

Once you understand how to create & organize the forces in you, you don’t need to reach for drugs or external stimuli. All you have to do is approve of & impress yourself. That’s the Aquarian Age. It’s between you & you.

Class presented November 14, 2018

As householders, we are not interested in ego death because it’s a) really inconvenient for yourself & b) really inconvenient for everyone around you who would have to bathe you, feed you, etc. It looks a lot like psychosis, is completely dysfunctional, & we just can’t afford it individually or as a society.

You need a container that can hold you together and that’s what the ego is. Respecting the container is a spiritual process.

It’s a patriarchal idea that one has to transcend the material (feminine) plane in order to be spiritual. In this Aquarian Age, we integrate everything & live successfully as humans in normal life.

If you can stabilize your wealth/prosperity, you won’t be swung on the polarity of feast/famine, which is the normal human experience.

Class presented November 13, 2018.