A thorough and amazingly detailed instructional manual on the powerful practice of Bound Lotus Kriya. NOTE: The CD is currently out of print and will not be shipped with this manual.
Bound Lotus Kriya
Bound Lotus is also known as Baddha Padmasana or psychic union pose, with roots in Kundalini, Ashtanga, and Hatha Yoga. In Kundalini Yoga, as Taught by Yogi Bhajan, Bound Lotus is held for up to 31 minutes, providing many physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits to the practitioner.
Bound Lotus is a restorative posture, and it engages the entire body by binding it into the symbol of infinity. The legs are in full-lotus with the arms crossed behind the back, hands holding the toes with the forehead on the ground.
Bound Lotus can be seen as the Seat of Awareness that allows you to merge into the spirit realm where all healing is possible.
Benefits of Bound Lotus from practitioners personal experiences:
Helps enhance physical flexibility. The ankles, knees, legs and spine gain increased mobility. Helps open up the shoulders and hips.
Helps to improve the digestive system
Helps to strengthen the immune and nervous systems.
Helps to open the flow and clear the Chakras.
The manual includes:
Warm-ups
How to use props
Specific stretches
Modifications
How to get in and out of Bound Lotus
What to do before and after Bound Lotus
How to focus the eyes, tongue and breath
Advanced postures
Yogi Bhajan quotes and more!
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