10 Stroke Breath

Sat Naam, welcome back. We've got an awesome pranayama for you today. It's called the 10-stroke breath to experience the world beyond. So we understand that we are not just a physical body, we are 10 bodies. We are so much more than meets the eye and we can actually use the breath, the prana, the invisible life force to affect this machinery called the physical body and everything that goes on inside of it to create a neuro experience in the brain so that we can really feel elevated to a world beyond this world that we can see.

Let's have an experience together as Kundalini Yoga is an experiential yoga. So the 10-stroke breath, let me tell you a little bit about it, then we'll tune in and we'll go for 11 minutes. So the posture is like this. We're splitting the two fingers together and the thumb splits away from those fingers. By splitting the two fingers, you are controlling the hemispheres of the brain and by separating the thumb, you are splitting the ego.

In Kundalini Yoga, we look at the thumb as the positive ego. Positive ego is needed to be in the world. I need my positive ego to be sitting here right now, right? We need the positive ego. It's the negative and shadow egos that we want to conquer.

So by splitting the ego, we're giving ourselves a chance to do that and to move into the world beyond. So you're going to put the hands relaxed at the ribcage about a 30-degree angle out and we're going to inhale in 10 segmented breaths. So each 10 breaths should take about 5 seconds on the inhale. So it looks like this, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. You have full expansion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, full contraction.

Really use your diaphragm, your abdomen, your lower back, like allow your whole torso to open up, your heart, your chest, everything to open up with these 10 breaths. So I'm going to demonstrate it a couple of times, then we'll tune in and we'll begin. The eyes are focused this time at the tip of the nose with the eyes one-tenth open. Even if this is a challenge for you, just do it. Go for it, work through it, come back to it if you leave the tip of the nose.

So one-tenth open, looking at the tip of the nose. This is very important because it activates the pituitary and pineal glands and it is what allows you to control your personality. So let me demonstrate it and then we'll tune in. Inhale. So that takes about five seconds per 10 breaths in, five seconds per 10 breaths out.

You got it. Let's bring the hands together and do Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo. Take a deep inhale. Exhale. Focus your intention at the brow point.

That's in how to begin. Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo And set yourself, split the fingers, open the thumbs, 30 degree angle. Set yourself in a nice comfortable seat, look at the tip of the nose and let's begin. Inhale 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Exhale 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Inhale, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Exhale, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Continue. Exhale, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Inhale, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 10.

Do the best you can. Try to keep your eyes one-tenth open, looking at the tip of the nose. If that breath is too quick for you, just slow it down a little bit. Find your pace. Find your rhythm.

Try to keep your eyes one-tenth open, looking at the tip of the nose, looking at the tip of the nose. By now, you should find a way to relax into it. It shouldn't be stressful. Just flow into it, soften into it. If you're sipping little bits of air through the nose, just find your rhythm.

It can be very soft, short breath. Keep going. It's going to be wonderful. It's going to be wonderful. It's going to be wonderful.

Do your best to keep your eyes focused at the tip of the nose. Try to keep your eyes focused on the tip of the nose. Try to keep your eyes focused on the tip of the nose. Try to keep your eyes focused on the tip of the nose. Try to keep your eyes focused on the tip of the nose.

Try to keep your eyes focused on the tip of the nose. Stay with it, we're just three minutes away from being complete. Stay focused with all your mind. Stay with it, we're just three minutes away from being complete. Stay with it, we're just three minutes away from being complete.

Stay with it, we're just three minutes away from being complete. Last minute, keep your eyes very focused at the tip of the nose. Stay with the breath pattern, stay focused. Stay with it, we're just three minutes away from being complete. Finish your cycle, and let's take a deep inhale as you stretch the arms above the head.

And squeeze the root lock, mola bande, hold the arms, stretch up from the base of the spine, hold it, constrict all the energy within. And release it, shake out the arms, and two more times, deep inhale, squeeze, mola bande, root lock, focus the eyes at the brow point, stretch, exhale, shake it out, and last time, inhale deep, hold it. And exhale, release, and put the palms open onto the knees and just tap into the experience of the world beyond. Take a deep inhale, exhale, so here's another little gem that you can use anytime. Now you know how to do it, and you can just sit yourself down for 11 minutes when you feel confined by the world, by your reality.

Use this to move beyond it, to move beyond the stories. There's a great quote that my teacher would say. He would simply say, keep up and you'll be kept up. And it simply means if you just keep up with the practices, with the most important things that you need to do for yourself every single day, that the energy will keep you up. Something invisible behind you will keep you up.

Keep up and you'll be kept up. Let's bring the hands together for a long sat and a short naam. Blessings to all, love to all, light to all, may you be uplifted on this day and uplift all those around you.