Wahe Guru Wahe Jio- Aquarian Sadhana

[Guest guest]

A few weeks ago, someone asked whether your left foot was under your

hip bone or in the perineum while the right was bent w/ the foot on

the floor, and hands in prayer position. I never did see an answer.

Can someone please comment?

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What I have been doing since this meditation was given by Yogi Bhajan, is sitting on the left heel under my hip bone (with a pillow or two in between these days-as my left knee has had problems for some years and will go for surgery soon.) There are certain times, in Kundalini Yoga I believe, and other forms of yoga, that sitting on either one or the other heel and then having that heel in the center pressing the perineum is how a posture is done. Here this is not the case as one is sitting in Vir Asan, which to my knowledge is done with the heel under the hip bone. Blessings, Jot Singh It's not the life that matters-It's the courage you bring to it.The Three Laws of ProsperityBe kind to everyoneNever speak ill of anyoneNever speak ill of yourselfYogi Bhajanwww.khalsakirpans.comwww.lifeknives.comwww.thekhalsaraj.com  coming April 2008 

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Sat Nam Ram Neet Kaur,

 

I've also had this question in the past. I looked it up in the 2nd edition of

the Kundalini

Yoga Sadhana Guidelines (released in 2007). On page 76 it says about Virasana

(also

called Hero Pose or Warrior Pose): " Sit on the left heel, if possible placing

the heel directly

on the perineum, between the two sit bones. " This is consistent w/ the answer I

received

so many years ago -- that the ideal posture is to have the heel under the

perineum. This

position is more difficult that simply having the heel under the hip bone. It's

still good to

do it the second way (heel under hip bone). I recommend working into the 'heel

under the

perineum' position by starting with a few minutes and working into it over time.

 

Here is the full description from Sadhana Guidelines:

" Sit on the left heel, if possible placing the heel directly on the perineum,

between the two

sit bones. Bring the right knee up toward the chest, placing the sole of the

right foot on

the ground. Hands come into Prayer Pose at the Heart Center. This pose is used

during

the Aquarian Sadhana's Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Jio mantra. It

generates a

lot of heat in the body and a powerful magnetic field amd expanded aura. It is

the seat of

the Warrior Saint. " This description doesn't indicate eye focus. Page 153 of

The Aquarian

Teacher (Level 1 Teacher Training manual) says 'Eyes are focused at the tip of

the nose.'

 

Now that I'm on a roll...page 104 of The Aquarian Teacher further explains

Virasana: " The

heel is ideally on the perineum, near the anus. Instead of collapsing the foot,

on may put

padding under and over the left foot, to comfortably maintain the right

position. If you sit

with the flat part of the foot turned out and the spine crooked, you tip to one

site. Sitting

on the heel straightens the spine. "

 

And while we're at it...Yogi Bhajan used to talk about the effect of focusing on

the tip of

the nose. Here's a quote from women's camp in 1994 (The Aquarian Teacher page

136)

that explains it really well " Whenever you meditate like this (on the tip of the

nose), the

frontal lobe will become hard. As you meditate more, it will become like lead.

And the

funny thing is, one day automatically it will not be lead. It 'breaks'. You

will have intuition

to see the unseen and know the unknown, and hear the unheard, and your life will

not be

the same as it is now. " Wow!

 

Finally, in an earlier post, someone said that, when you focus on the tip of the

nose, you

don't always have the eyes 1/10th open. I thought you did. Same page (136) of

the

Aquarian Teacher does distinguish between the two. It's definitely easier to

maintain the

focus w/ the eyes 1/10th open but it looks like you don't always do that when

you're

focusing on the tip of the nose.

 

Many blessings to you, Dev Suroop Kaur-Espanola

 

Kundalini-Yoga , " ramneetkaurflorida " <nrross wrote:

>

> A few weeks ago, someone asked whether your left foot was under your

> hip bone or in the perineum while the right was bent w/ the foot on

> the floor, and hands in prayer position. I never did see an answer.

> Can someone please comment?

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Dev Suroop Kaur ji, for the clarification that Vir Asan is ideally done with the heel in between and pressing the perineum! On a related note I have found it quite pleasant and consistently powerful to focus at the tip of my nose with my eyes pretty much fully open during these 22 minutes. Blessings to all, Jot Singh It's not the life that matters-It's the courage you bring to it.The Three Laws of ProsperityBe kind to everyoneNever speak ill of anyoneNever speak ill of yourselfYogi Bhajanwww.khalsakirpans.comwww.lifeknives.comwww.thekhalsaraj.com  coming April 2008 

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam folks,

Yogiji presented focus on the tip of the nose as a challenge by

emphasizing that during sadhana chanting of Wahe Guru in Vir Asan the

eyes should be focused unblinkingly on the tip of the nose, adding that

very few can focus on the nose for such an extended time without letting

that focus wander. Also, such focus stimulates intuition at the third eye.

 

Blesssings,

Guruprem Kaur

Memoirs of a Yogini,

SGGS Path of Life to Light