Jedi Skills #2 aka Uncover Your Strength

Throw Off Stress & Uncover Your Strength

"...All the strength of the Universe is within you. It cannot be found outside. Those who do not develop strength from inside cannot get it from outside either." ~Yogi Bhajan.
This is a fun set of exercises or kriya.  It's very systematic. This Kriya can be found in Transformation Volume 1: Mastering the Self.

You'll start by gathering energy/prana/pressure build into the hands with the first exercise. You'll feel it as you alternate between the 2 mudras as fast as you can.

You, then, use that energy to bless/clear/charge yourself: heart, mind, navel.

Then you shake it off, changing your brain.  

Open up the ribs with some shoulder dancing and chanting the mantra Pavan, Pavan.

Here's some information on the full Pavan Pavan mantra.
The mantra is: Pavan Pavan Pavan Pavan, Par Para Pavan Guru, Pavan Guru Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru Pavan Guru.
It means:

• Pavan - The Divine Breath
• Par Para - From Beyond the Beyond
• Pavan Guru - Breath is the Guru
• Wahe Guru - The Experience of the Divine

Pavan refers to the breath as the life force. This mantra increases the pranic energy and gives the experience of “may the force be with you.”  Hello, Jedi skills. 

Don't worry about getting the mantra perfect, just sing along the best you can. It's about the effort made, not about perfection.

You finish the set by grounding yourself with some inner thigh drumming.
Easy Peasy. 

A pretty simple way to throw off stress and uncover your strength if you ask me. Check it out.

Sit in Easy Pose (cross legged) with a straight spine.
1. Bring the hands up by the shoulders with the palms forward and the fingers pointing upward. Touch the thumb and the Jupiter finger (first finger) and then touch the thumb and the Sun finger (ring finger). Continue rapidly touching the thumb alternately with each of the two fingers. Concentrate on the tip of your nose. keep the eyes open. The ideal speed for this action is 9 touches per second, but 3 touches is acceptable.
After 5 1/2 minutes, begin inhaling and exhaling powerfully through the mouth. Breathe through the mouth for 2 minutes and then begin Breath of Fire through the nose for another 30 seconds. Inhale deeply and relax.
This exercise stimulates the life force energy and releases stress. For women it also adjusts the ovaries

2. Cross the hands over the Heart Center, left hand on top of right. Close the eyes and breathe extremely deeply and slowly as you feel the healing strength of your own hands on your heart. 4 minutes

3. Put both hands on the forehead, feeling the healing effect of your own hands. Concentrate on "I am, I am" as you listen to Nirinjan Kaur's recording of Bountiful, Beautiful and Blissful.
7 minutes.
*I prefer Kamari & Manvir's version, up beat and good rhythm to get into. Get it here: 
​itunes.apple.com/us/album/bountiful-blissful-beautiful/id714187986?i=714188134 

4. Put both hands on the Navel Point and press with all your force. Breathe slowly and meditate deeply on Nirinjan Kaur's recording of  Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo. 8 minutes.
*I prefer Crown of Eternity's version, super meditative vibe. Get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ong-namo-guru-dev-namo/id913637400?i=913637404

5. Twist your wrists back and forth, keeping the fingers spread open.
2 minutes.
This is to change the neurons of the brain.

6. Put the hands on the shoulders and sing along with Guru Shabad Singh's recording of Pavan, Pavan, while you make your shoulders dance to the music. 5 minutes.
Dance to free your rib cage. Your total health will benefit by opening up your rib cage in this movement. It's a partnership between you and your shoulders, not just an up and down movement. Do it with style.
*I prefer Jai Jagdeesh's version, super fun to move to, get it here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pavan-pavan/id689397596?i=689397622

7. Use your open palms to beat your inner thighs. Use the rhythm of the recording Punjabi Drums to pace your movement. 3 1/2 minutes. 
This self-massage will balance the calcium and magnesium in your body and reduce the effects of old age.

*I use Rania's Cycle of Life because I couldn't find just Punjabi Drums, get it here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cycle-of-life/id211516757?i=211518783

Try it out.  Tune in, do some warm-ups to prep the shoulders and to sit.  If you need to extend the legs between exercise, do what you need to in order to stay in that meditative space.  You're throwing off stress & uncovering your strength so do what you can.
Leave me some comments below about your experience or if you have any questions about the set.  Can't wait to hear how it goes.