cold showers (aka Hydrotherapy)

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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

 

Morning 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. Now

allow the water to hit your lower back working your way up to the

shoulders. 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 Singh

 

 

sparkofgod1 wrote:

Can anyone tell me the most recommended methods of taking cold

showers this is Robin Peterse . The last time I posted I introduced

myself as my e mail name.Yogi Bhajan suggested that cold showers

would be good for too much passion and flakiness. I wonder if that

means I should be doing the cold showers more than just at the

morning wake up. Also are there any contraindications as an example

while menstruating? Thank you.