The Power of Prana by Master Stephen Co

Author:Master Stephen Co
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health & Fitness/General
ISBN: The Power of Prana
Publisher: Sounds True
Published: 2009-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

THE ORIGINAL VERSUS THE ENHANCED EXERCISES

The Tibetan breathing exercises taught by Edwin Dingle through his Mentalphysics organization are undeniably powerful. After all, that’s the routine that enabled Laura Appelgren to defeat cancer, and thousands of others to dramatically improve their lives. But they’re also quite lengthy. Dingle’s students were instructed to work up to performing the seven main exercises—three through nine—seven times each, and to build up to holding their breath for sixty seconds for each repetition of those seven exercises. This means the full routine would take nearly an hour. If you wish to perform the original routine, feel free to do so.[5] They’re still available in various forms from the Institute of Mentalphysics (see Further Reading). Most students feel, though, that the modified version, offered here as the Nine Energizing Breaths, is more powerful and certainly more convenient, as it takes much less time.

Here is a summary of Grandmaster Choa’s three major enhancements to the exercises:[6]

1. Placing the tip of the tongue on the roof of the mouth just behind the hard palate and holding it there during the entire routine (except for one small portion of the Second Energizing Breath). This modification greatly facilitates the flow of prana through the body by connecting the circuit between the two largest energy channels of the body, one running down the front and the other up the back. Those familiar with acupuncture or such Taoist meditations as the “microcosmic orbit,” “small heavenly circle,” or “warm current meditation” may recognize these channels as the functional or conception meridian (front) and the governor meridian (back).

2. Changing the breathing rhythm for the first two Energizing Breaths. In the modified version, you perform the same total number of breaths as Dingle’s original routine for the first two exercises, but employ a different breathing rhythm that generates more energy. You’ll read about the details in the specific instructions for each of the exercises.

3. Contracting and holding your pubococcygeal or PC muscles during the third through the ninth Energizing Breath. The PC muscles control your bowel and urinary functions. When you contract the PC muscle group, it is as if you are trying to prevent yourself from going to the bathroom, both front and back. When you contract the PC muscles during these exercises, it pushes the prana from the lower chakras to the upper chakras and also out into your extremities. For women, the front portion of this movement is the same as Kegel exercises. For practitioners of yoga, this is a type of bandha (see sidebar). This contraction is the modification that dramatically increases the power of the Nine Energizing Breaths while significantly shortening the time required to perform them.

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