Cold Showers & sniffles

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Sat Nam Toyd,

 

When you get out of the shower, be sure to rub your skin *briskly* with a

towel.

 

And start drinking Yogi Tea Regularly to help keep away the sniffles.

Apparently it was used in the Indian army to help keep colds away. And one

of the yogi remedies for a cold is to drink nothing but yogi tea all day.

 

If you need the recipe just ask... perhaps it's featured on www.yogatech.com

 

Boiling fresh ginger root to make tea is another good one to keep sniffles

away.

 

 

Blessings,

 

Krishan-Shiva Kaur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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> I hope you do post your experiences. This is definited a good site and

>group to have discovered. I am doing the cold showers and I am following

>what someone said about breathing slowly and don't hold your breath when

>you get in. Just relax, etc! The only thing is I have been sneezing ever

>since. So I am gonna have to find a way I can do the cold showers with out

>coming down with something. If you (or anyone else) have any suggestion,

>please let me know.

> Toyb

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[Guest guest]

Personaly I started to take cold showers 6 weeks ago

about. Since then I do not get hot water at all and I do

not feel it so badly the cold. Only a bit when pooring

down the water from my shoulders down. But when a stop it

after a few seconds I feel by body getting hot very

rapidly and the a dry myself and try to massage my body

witht ht e towel..and the a realy feel it very very

well... I never as far as I remember got a cold since long

time ago, not now, not before the cold showers... Ok, I

live in a hot country like Spain (well, in Madrid is not

warm in winter at all). I am 56, make sports and hatha

since long time ago... I am very happy to be with you

all... I learnt about Hydroterapy here on this KY forum

 

thanks a lot

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"If I, with my body, can conquer the chilliness of the water,

I can take away the chilliness of my life."

---Yogi Bhajan

 

Cold shower tips

First, before you get out of bed you need to set your navel point. The "Wake up

Series" in "Transitions to a Heart Centered World" is as right as

brushing your teeth.

 

Second, brush your teeth and "Gag" using Alum and salt. This gagging will clear

your sinus, throat and upper respiratory. You should tear from the

eyes. (Ear, eyes, nose and throat are all connected). The sniffles may very well

be your sinus system needing to clear. Do it before you shower.

 

Third, massage your whole body with a light oil (sesame or almond are warming,

olive is considered cool in Ayurveda). This will shield you a

little from the shock of the cold. The Wet Duck effect.

 

Fourth, put on shorts with legs. No Speedo. This will protect the nerves and

meridians in the inner thigh that regulate mineral balance. You don't

want an rapid temperature changes in this area.

 

Fifth, allow water to hit your body in stages. With back to shower head, first

let water hit soles of left foot and then move up the left leg to

the butt cheek, then repeat with the right side. Next, let water hit left palm

and move up to the shoulder. Repeat with the right side. All this

time you are doing breath of fire (BOF) with a good navel pump and massaging

where the water is hitting.

Next, turn around and let water hit the front of the legs, hands and navel.

Keep up with BOF! Wet your face but never the top of your head with

cold water. This gradual approach is alerting your body to the change and

allowing for you to remain in touch with your body/being. We don't want

to dissociate. There's enough schism in the world. Now you are ready the wet

your whole body. By keeping the BOF, you are constantly resetting and

relating through the navel, through your source. This is sort of like

"defragging" your hard drive.

After a couple minutes you will become neutral, then warm, then

bored......maybe. It's a process. You will have great flushing to your skin.

Dry off and rap yourself in one of those big beach towels or a blanket. Go lay

down and just allow yourself to integrate. This good maintenance

and is kind of luxurious.

People ask when they should bath with soap. I do that before I go to bed or

after a workout.

 

To your health,

Dharam

[Guest guest]

Dharam,

Are you saying that we should never use cold water to

wash our head/hair?

Ever since I started taking cold showers I have always

used it wash my head/hair.

Thannks for your input.

Akkama

 

 

 

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Sat Nam Krishan-Shiva and Mojave62,

 

Yes, I saw his email. Thanks Mojave62.

 

Wow! Thank you Krishan! I will start drinking ginger tea soon after I leave the

shower. I always keep some on hand. I used to drink yoga tea and it was pretty

tasty too. I will have to get some more. And Mojave, If someone told me that I

would be taking cold showers a year ago I wouldn't have believed them. You see,

I love hot baths and showers. I have it so hot that I the bathroom is

transformed into a steam room. So, needless to say, the cold shower thing was a

MAJOR ADJUSTMENT! I'm adjusting to the cool side of things, I guess you could

say. I think I was too hot (laughing). What I mean is-- my energy. I did

everything quickly. I drove fast, thought fast and talked fast. My life was full

of upheavals.

 

I ate spicy foods. But now I am eating "cool" foods (actually I am fasting right

now but when I start eating again it will be cool foods), I'm wearing more cool

colors like white and the cold showers is a part of this cooling down.

 

Mojave62, please let me know if when you start. When I first started I did it at

the sink and then moved to the shower.

Toyb

 

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Krishan-Shiva Kaur

Kundaliniyoga

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:35 AM

Cold Showers & sniffles

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I can't give the exact reason for why you should never use cold water on your

head.....yet. I don't even want to venture a guess.

Your hair is fine to chill.

 

akkamahadevi avanti wrote:

 

> Dharam,

> Are you saying that we should never use cold water to

> wash our head/hair?

> Ever since I started taking cold showers I have always

> used it wash my head/hair.

> Thanks for your input.

> Akkama

[Guest guest]

hello toyb ,

yes i will let everyone know when i start to do the coldshower . right now just

the thought of it is like burrr, burrr . but from what i am reading here from

all of the posts it seems to have many benefits . i'm just very in-experienced

in all of this & am now taking Kundalini class offered for beginners every

Monday , so as u can see i am truly @ the early stages of this . but.. i'm gonna

stick w / it & i'll get there .as always thx for the words of encouragement!

 

mojave62