Day 18 - Kriya and Meditation for Sleep

If you want to Get Up, Set Up and Keep Up, it really starts the night before.  If you go to bed late or you have trouble sleeping you won't want to get up.  Here are some tips to wind down in the evening.

1.  Stop watching Television or other activities later in the evening and spend a few minutes writing a list of things you want to do the next day. 
2.  Avoid over eating, drinking caffeine or having sugar in the evening.  It is helpful to have some protein before bed.
3.  Drink a glass of water (don't go to bed thirsty)
4.  Give your feet a massage with Almond or your favourite Oil.  The feet have 72,000 nerve ending so by massaging your feet you're soothing your nervous system and organs.
5.  Breath exercise - start with long deep breathing - about 10 breaths, and then block off the right nostril with your thumb and inhale and exhale deeply through the left nostril only.  If the mind is too active think 'Sat' on the Inhale and 'Nam on the Exhale.  The slower your breath the calmer your mind. Sat Nam gives your mind something to focus on and calms the mind.
6.  You might also try sleeping on your right side, this allows the left nostril to be more dominant during sleep.  Check your posture, if you are sleeping on your side you can put a pillow between your knees, this takes pressure off the lower back. 
7.  Keep your room dark.  If you are exposed to light between 1.00am and 3.00am your melatonin levels decrease and your biorhythms are thrown off balance. 
8.  Use Lavender Oil - put a few drops on your pillow. 
9.  Train your subconscious by practicing setting your mental clock when to wake up ( best to have a back up to start)
10. Follow along on the Video below for a Bedtime Yoga Series and the second video demonstrates the Meditation Shaybd Kriya to help with sleep.

Day 17 - Don't Give Up

An inspiring video if you are feeling that 11 minutes of Meditation is hard to keep up with!!!

Arthur Boorman was a disabled veteran of the Gulf War for 15 years, and was told by his doctors that he would never be able to walk on his own, ever again.

Day 16 - Breath for Energy

This breath meditation helps to overcome anxiety and confusion through conscious breathing and will give your energy a boost.
Posture - Sit on a chair or in easy pose with a straight spine.
Palms together at the heart centre
Eyes closed and focussed between the eyebrows
Inhale through the nose in 4 equal parts like sniffs
Exhale in 4 equal parts
On each of the sniffs powerfully pull in the navel
Continue 3-5 minutes

Day 15 - Restraining Compulsive Eating

Got the Munchies??  Try these quick fixes -  Breath of Fire for 2-3 minutes before you head for the fridge.   Or if you are in the store heading for the ice cream aisle, stop and take a breath - actually you will need 7 breaths.  Inhale deeply, hold as long as comfortable and then breathe out. 
'If you can inhale and hold seven breaths, your oxygen will be completely circulated through your blood system, and you shall not need what you are longing to have.'  Yogi Bhajan

Or if you have a chronic problem try Left Nostril Breathing every day for 90 days.   Block the right nostril with the thumb of the right hand.  Deeply inhale through your left nostril, hold the breath in to your capacity.  Then exhale through the left nostril and hold the breath out for the same amount of time as you held it in.
Continue for 31 minutes

Day 14