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Sat Nam Sukhmani Kaur!

 

> I know when we brush our teeth, we should gag ourselves to clean

>the monkey glands. But what are the monkey glands? sukhmani

 

The "monkey glands", two mucosal glands at the back of your tongue,

are cleaned physically by brushing that area. The gagging that

results makes the eyes water, which is said to preserve the eyesight.

 

Blessings,

Sadhant

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uh........er..........ahem.......monkey glands!!???!?!?!

 

Can you explain the origin of the name?

 

Gagging hardly seems like it is a healthy thing... I'm not talking about the

eyesight factor, but the fact that it releases stomach acid back in the

wrong direction. Can you elaborate a little more,please??

 

Thanks,

Kelly

 

kelly mitchell

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Montreal,Quebec

 

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Sadhant Singh [kundaliniyoga]

Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:01 PM

Kundaliniyoga

Re: Monkey glands

 

 

Sat Nam Sukhmani Kaur!

 

> I know when we brush our teeth, we should gag ourselves to clean

>the monkey glands. But what are the monkey glands? sukhmani

 

The "monkey glands", two mucosal glands at the back of your tongue,

are cleaned physically by brushing that area. The gagging that

results makes the eyes water, which is said to preserve the eyesight.

 

Blessings,

Sadhant

 

 

 

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Kelly Mitchell wrote:

 

> but the fact that it releases stomach acid back in the

> wrong direction.

 

Talking of stomach acid..

I have heard of yogis drinking lots and lots of water and then purposely

inducing vomiting by tickling the monkey glands, as a

purification exercise. Anyone else heard of this?

 

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Dear friends:

 

>Gagging hardly seems like it is a healthy thing... I'm not talking

>about the eyesight factor, but the fact that it releases stomach

>acid back in the

 

(I don't know the origin of the name.) As far as the regurgitation

aspect is concerned, I have only experienced it when my stomach is

not empty - it doesn't seem to happen me when I do the normal morning

tongue cleaning. I also clean my tongue at night before bed, and

although I used to have that problem, it has subsided with practice,

or perhaps I have learned to control part of the muscle reflex

involved with gagging so that it doesn't happen now.

 

> I have heard of yogis drinking lots and lots of water and then

>purposely inducing vomiting by tickling the monkey glands, as a

> purification exercise. Anyone else heard of this?

 

This is known as "jala dhauti" - it is done with lukewarm, slightly

salted water, 5-6 glasses with 1/8 t. of salt per glass. One is

supposed to initiate the regurgitation with vigorous uddiyana or

nauli (the uddiyana movement plus right-to-left movement). If one

still has trouble regurgitating, drink more water, and if that

doesn't work, use the finger into the throat technique to stimulate

it. There are even more fun cleansing techniques, such as vastra

dhauti, which uses a cloth. Generally speaking, one should get

guidance from an experienced person when learning these cleansing

techniques...

 

Love & blessings,

Sadhant

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I have seen that in a Sivananda Yoga book. A cloth is actually passed into

the nose and out the mouth... yikes... Do they also have a technique where

it goes down the throat?

 

k

 

kelly mitchell

Media Principia-Ex-centris

Montreal,Quebec

 

www.ex-centris.com <http://www.ex-centris.com>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sadhant Singh [kundaliniyoga]

Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:45 AM

Kundaliniyoga

Re: Monkey glands

 

 

Dear friends:

 

>Gagging hardly seems like it is a healthy thing... I'm not talking

>about the eyesight factor, but the fact that it releases stomach

>acid back in the

 

(I don't know the origin of the name.) As far as the regurgitation

aspect is concerned, I have only experienced it when my stomach is

not empty - it doesn't seem to happen me when I do the normal morning

tongue cleaning. I also clean my tongue at night before bed, and

although I used to have that problem, it has subsided with practice,

or perhaps I have learned to control part of the muscle reflex

involved with gagging so that it doesn't happen now.

 

> I have heard of yogis drinking lots and lots of water and then

>purposely inducing vomiting by tickling the monkey glands, as a

> purification exercise. Anyone else heard of this?

 

This is known as "jala dhauti" - it is done with lukewarm, slightly

salted water, 5-6 glasses with 1/8 t. of salt per glass. One is

supposed to initiate the regurgitation with vigorous uddiyana or

nauli (the uddiyana movement plus right-to-left movement). If one

still has trouble regurgitating, drink more water, and if that

doesn't work, use the finger into the throat technique to stimulate

it. There are even more fun cleansing techniques, such as vastra

dhauti, which uses a cloth. Generally speaking, one should get

guidance from an experienced person when learning these cleansing

techniques...

 

Love & blessings,

Sadhant

 

 

 

"OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY"

- Yogi Bhajan

 

You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the eGroups Member Center (My Groups),

or send mail to

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KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from

kundalini yogaclasses.html

 

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Meditation, Chakras, Womens' Empowerment. Meditation & Mantra CDs.

 

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