SPRING EQUINOX DETOX - KRIYA TO LET THE LIVER LIVE

The Spring Equinox falls on the 23^rd September in the southern hemisphere, it is one of the two days of the year when day and night are equal.  We can feel summer diminishing and there’s just a hint of cooler air in the mornings and evenings.  This is the perfect time of year to do clean house physically and mentally, a great way to do this is to try a ‘green’ diet for 7 days to clean our bodies and minds of toxins that built up from the summer season. 
Yogi Bhajan recommended a green diet as a detox cleanse, which comprised of eating only green things, primarily vegetables, with an emphasis on leafy greens for calcium, seaweed for minerals, and avocado for healthy fats; with a few fruits (green apples, green grapes, kiwi, or pears) and pistachios and mung beans to enrich the diet and keep the blood sugars balanced.
This diet allows the blood to become more alkaline, decreases cortisone and other stress factors in the tissues, adds moisture to the colon and purifies the liver, pancreas, and intestines.
Spring is a time when your body is the most restless.  Internally, spring is a time for self discovery by harvesting and developing who you are, reflecting on the seeds you sowed so far this year, and strengthening the character behind your intentions.  On a physical level spring is a great time of year to prepare your body for its time of expansion, summer. By cleansing toxins from the body and doing meditations to clear toxic thoughts, we can clean out all the debris collected over the past year and one can fortify and strengthen the immune and nervous system to guard against viral and bacterial environmental influences that are common as the seasons change.
The Kundalini Yoga Kriya I want to share with you this week is called ‘Let the Liver Live’ and was first taught by Yogi Bhajan on January 30, 1985.
TUNE IN: Always remember to tune in using the Adi Mantra before doing any Kundalini Yoga or Meditation to achieve the best results. Check out my you tube to learn the Adi Mantra.
EXERCISE 1.
Lie on your left side and put your hand under your head. Lift the right leg up straight and hold the toes of your right leg with your right hand, keeping both legs straight as you do Breath of Fire. Continue for 4 minutes


EXERCISE 2.
Wheel Pose. (Hands and feet fiat on floor, body arched up.). Breathe in and out through thè nose, then in and out through the mouth. Continue this breath sequence making sure you breath fully. Continue for 4 minutes. (Note: Do your best with this challenging pose - coming out of it as you need to and returning to it when you’re ready, but maintain the breath patter or If you can’t accomplish Wheel Pose - lie on your back and practice the breath only)


EXERCISE 3.
Repeat Ex. 1 with Breath of Fire through the mouth. Continue for 2 minutes.
EXERCISE 4.
Stand up with legs apart 18 to 24 inches. Bend forward and stretch hands back through legs to touch floor. Head relaxed, reach your arms through your legs as far as possible. Hold this position for 1 minute. Then, in this position, roll the tongue (as for Sitali breathing), and do Breath of Fire through the rolled tongue. 3 minutes.

EXERCISE 5.
Repeat exercise 1. with “Cannon Breath” through the mouth. (Inhale through the nose, exhale explosively through the mouth) 30 seconds.
EXERCISE 6.
Stand up and sit down 52 times without using the hands for support.
EXERCISE 7.
Stand with hands on hips. Roll upper torso in large circles. 2 minutes. Yogi Bhajan said that if you did this one exercise every morning and night you would never have any liver problems.


EXERCISE 8.
Relax on your back.
FINISH:
By chanting three long Sat Nam’s
Enza DeLuca
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