dizziness -- (Liver and Neck Lock)

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Sat Nam Pete's friend,

You need to look into cleansing your liver. Liver is known as "The

Sea of Emotions" in Chinese medicine. There are many approaches to this

and you may be limited in what you may attempt by your physical and

mental constitution. (eg. Vata folks should not attempt those radical

Olive oil Liver flushes).

To do a glass of hot water with the juice of one lemon just before

you go to sleep is very helpful and a gentle approach. Make it your

habit. In addition, you can also do this in the morning with some honey

after gagging. Sweating is also important along with drinking lots of

filtered or spring water. I don't trust plastic bottled water at all.

There are also a number of liver cleansing Kundalini sets but you

don't need to beat on yourself any harder than you already are. Your

yoga practice needs to be of the soothing, steady kind that will build

your navel foundation and open your diaphragm.

Stay away from heavy foods and fried foods. Eat light. If you're in

South Africa, that's good because you don't have Thanksgiving meal

Festivities looming in your near future.

Also, make sure your a practicing chin lock properly. A couple of

weeks ago Gururattan gave the best description of this Bhanda I have

ever read. I have copied it below.

Sat Nam,

Dharam Singh

 

 

 

From Gururattan Kaur

 

Regarding the neck lock - am I pulling my neck back then rotating my

head down where my chin touches my chest?

 

The chin does not touch the chest. This is too far down.

 

The first thing about the locks is to do them as alignments. So

what are we aligning in the neck "lock?"

 

I tell my students to start in "computer pose." We all laugh. Our

head is stuck out over our body. The chest is sunk in. Our posture

is slouched.

 

Then gently bring the head back so that the head is over the

shoulders and above the spine. Feel what happens to the check and

the heart. They open. This movement of the head opens the heart by

pulling the chest up. Slightly tuck the chin at the same time.

This positions the head securely in the position that keeps the

heart open. It also elongates the spine. You can also start with

the chest and open the heart and feel how the neck moves into place.

 

Notice what happens to the muscles in the back. They are now free

to relax. One of the reasons we have tight muscles and stiff

shoulders is that they must be used to carry our head, which is not

properly placed. When the head is over the spine, instead of

protruding in front of us, the muscles can be properly used. The

muscles in back of the heart can be used to hold the heart open.

 

There are different intensities of neck lock. You can hold it

rather tightly for a few minutes and lean backwards at a slight

angle with your hands on the knees for 2-3 minutes. This will bring

more energy in the spine. During meditation, the position is held

gently so that the muscles do not tighten and get rigid. I also

keep aligning my neck during the day, while sitting and driving.

 

When we are in our head, thinking all the time, our head seems to

move forward. Notice how you and others walk. The thinkers lead

with their heads. The more our consciousness is in our hearts and

bodies, the more we lead with the heart and navel center. So get

into the feeling and not the thinking of the postures and you will

naturally do them as alignments.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

 

 

Pete's friend wrote:

 

> Hi!

> During the last 3 - 4 weeks of practicing Kriyas at home, I've been

> experiencing some strange things. Whenever I feel a negative emotion

> coming up, I get really dizzy. The dizziness makes me feel quite

> anxious, fearful and sometimes even forgetful and I have an almost

> constant "knot" in the stomach. advice?

> Chela Shanti. (I'm not Pete, I'm his friend)

>