Welcome to Samana Vayu.
Samana Vayu is a breath practice that helps to energize and expand your body with golden light.
You,
Yes you,
Are a delicious orb of light you just forgot.
So today we're going to focus on the center of the body right above the belly button,
Below the ribcage,
Your area of the solar plexus,
The inner sense of your body.
This center of your body focuses on inhalation and exhalation.
It's essential in your life for digestion,
Not just digestion of foods but digestion of thoughts and feelings.
Have you ever said I have a gut feeling?
Yes,
That is your solar plexus chakra and this energy center is really the gateway between the bottom of your body and the top of your body.
Today we work with a breath to bring radiant light into your beingness and help with digestion of thoughts,
Feelings,
Foods and digestion of enthusiasm.
Digestion of zestfulness.
So bring your hands to your belly right above your belly button.
Relax your shoulders down and close your eyes and breathe.
I'm going to ask that you breathe in with a smooth inhalation and a smooth exhalation.
Samana.
Samana meaning the same,
The same length.
So as you inhale up,
Imagine lengthening your spine.
Imagine your spine lifting as if there's a golden thread of light that just lifted up your spine and just feel that golden thread of light moving up through your belly button,
Up through your sternum,
Through your throat,
Your nose,
Through your third eye and then coming out the top of your head,
Your crown chakra.
And breathe in and breathe out with a steady breath,
A rhythm and really keep the base of your body strong.
Feeling your buttocks either if you're sitting or you're leaning against a wall.
Just allow yourself to feel stable and as you inhale,
Imagine that you're inhaling the Sun and I'm going to invite you to take your thumb,
Which is your power and passion energy and attach it,
The pad of the thumb to the pad of the middle finger on each hand.
So you're making circles here.
You can fold the fingers in or keep the other fingers just hanging out in space and time and rest your hands on your lap.
Just imagine now that you're inhaling only through the right nostril.
Imagine gold and light of the Sun breathing through your right nostril,
Rising and falling as the Sun rises and sets.
Just lean back a little,
Lean into the sky,
Allow the energy of the universe to support you here.
Digest the beauty of nature for you are one with nature as you walk and swim in the air,
Breathing in the right nostril.
Smooth and long,
Deep and steady,
All the while listening to my voice and paying attention to your belly button,
The space above your belly button,
Below the ribcage,
Your power center.
Digesting,
Bringing in enthusiasm,
Empowerment,
Embodiment into your life.
Now bring your awareness over to your left nostril.
Inhale and exhale with a long exhalation and an equally long inhalation through your left nostril.
Just notice your body,
Your breath,
The waves of breath and body.
Relaxing your shoulders down more,
Relaxing your jaw,
Just riding with these waves even and then now breathe evenly through the right and left nostrils.
And each time you inhale,
You're inhaling the sun,
The beautiful sun in the sky and as you're exhaling,
You're exhaling golden light down into your body,
Down into your solar plexus and start to create a rhythm here like bouncing on sunbeams,
Like the rhythm of gentle waves and this energizing breath helps to lift and assimilate digestion.
Now imagine that you're looking at a very beautiful white Bengal tiger and maybe you can see their eyes,
Their stripes,
Feel their fur.
Just imagine that this white Bengal tiger is walking alongside you,
Breathing with you,
Helping you walk your courageous path in this lifetime and allow the golden threads of energy of the sun to inform you now as you inhale and exhale,
Supporting digestion and digesting thoughts and feelings,
Emotions and food and then maybe call to mind here one courageous act that you will do today and let your solar plexus allow you to step forward in radiant light,
Claiming your power center and your energy.
Be one and be well and grow your knowing.
