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Pick what you like from the following steps
of the waking up process or perform all these daily rituals
if you can :
1. Upon awakening one hour before sunrise sit
up in your bed.
2. Check through which nostril
your breath is flowing more strongly.
3. Observe the lines in the palms of your hands. Rub the fingertips
with your thumbs in a circular soothing rhythm (right clockwise
circles, left anticlockwise circles). With the fingertips
rub the palms. Then turn the right wrist clockwise and the
left wrist anticlockwise. First kiss the palm of that side
of your body where the flow of breath is stronger, then kiss
the other palm. (Kissing confers energy. By kissing your palm,
you give your best vibrations to your most effective tool
for self-expression.) Rub both hands together and move the
palms slowly over your face, covering head, shoulders, arms,
and legs, creating an energy shield which wards off negative
influences for the whole of the day. You may also learn this
protection mantra that belongs to this simple but effective
morning ritual :
KAR AGRE VASATE LAKSHMI
(in the front part of the hands, i.e. the fingertips, lives
Lakshmi,
the goddess of wealth)
KAR MADHYE CHA SARASVATI
(in the middle part of the hands, i.e. the palm, lives Sarasvati,
the goddess of art and of learning)
KAR MULE VASATE GOVINDAM
(in the end part of the hands, i.e. the root or wrist, lives
Govindam, Lord Krishna)
PRATAM SHUBH KAR DARSHANAM
(it is auspicious to see the hand in the morning)
4. Sit silently with an empty mind for a few
moments.
5. Step out of the bed and touch the ground with the leg first
that corresponds with the side of the body where the breath
is flowing dominant (check nostrils!).
6. Urinate or defecate or vice versa depending on the nostril
activity, without staying too long in the bathroom.
7. Rinse the anus with cold water. Water is an electrical
conductor and can never irritate sensitive tissues.
8. Wash hands thoroughly, wash face, rinse mouth and eyes
with cool water.
9. Clean nose, teeth and tongue.
10. Make some faces in front of a mirror to get rid of early
morning seriousness.
11. Take a short, slow walk in the fresh morning air.
12. Surround yourself with simple and soothing visuals, preferable
white items, avoid all disturbing visuals and people.
13. Concentrate on some fresh and fragrant flowers with subtle
colors.
14. Sit by a fire.
15. Relax - do pranayama
until Sushumna
is activated (the breath will flow simultaneously equally
strong through both the nostrils). About 10 minutes before
sunrise Sushumna is naturally activated.
16. Concentrate - do tratak exercise and clean the eyes afterwards.
17. Meditate with the eyes closed, center your energy in the
heart chakra
or at the third eye.
18. Do some physical morning excercises.
19. Massage your body
with oil on lunar days, i.e. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday.
20. Bath your body from top to toe while humming.
21. Comb your hair with a wooden, silver or gold comb.
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