| During various exercises we'll be drawing | | | | doesn't help to shed some of those feelings. |
| energy in through our chakras, into our | | | | |
| organs and even through the entire area of | | | | You can run chi into any of your organs |
| our skin. Drawing energy into yourself is | | | | exactly the same way. The infusion of energy |
| fairly easy to do and simply requires a | | | | will help cleanse your organs and release |
| heightened sense of self-awareness to feel. | | | | bound stresses and memories, so you may find |
| | | | yourself having some unexpected emotional |
| To begin drawing energy just take a moment | | | | releases as that energy has to go somewhere |
| and focus on your breathing. Feel your breath | | | | once it's released. |
| as it flows in through your nostrils and down | | | | |
| to your Dan Tien, the area two finger-widths | | | | Relaxing Stress Knots out of your muscles |
| below your belly button. Feel the chi as it | | | | |
| flows in with your breath down to your Dan | | | | Whenever you feel a stress knot building up |
| Tien. Take a few breaths and let the energy | | | | in your muscles just draw energy directly |
| build up and spread through your body. | | | | into the knot on the inhale and let the |
| | | | stress flow down into the earth on your |
| Now, as silly as it sounds, imagine a nose or | | | | exhale. As an exercise in awareness you can |
| an opening that covers your heart chakra, | | | | take some time and just choose a body part at |
| just over your sternum. Remember what it | | | | random and draw energy into it. |
| feels like when you draw the chi in through | | | | |
| your nostrils? As you inhale let the nose | | | | Improve your eyesight and hearing |
| over your heart chakra inhale chi directly | | | | |
| into your heart. It may take awhile to really | | | | I've personally experienced some radical |
| feel this, so don't be worried if it doesn't | | | | healing in both my eyesight and hearing just |
| seem to come easily. As you exhale let any | | | | by drawing more chi into my eyes and ears. At |
| stress or unhappiness in your heart chakra | | | | an age when my eyes should be getting worse I |
| flow down through your legs and deep into the | | | | actually have gotten to the point where I |
| earth. | | | | only wear my glasses when I'm working on the |
| | | | computer or watching a movie. |
| Take some time and practice inhaling energy | | | | |
| this way. As you get comfortable with it | | | | Drawing energy from trees, rocks and plants |
| you'll be able to draw chi into yourself in | | | | |
| many different ways. Below are some sample | | | | Sit with your back to a tree or better yet |
| exercises that you can experiment with. | | | | face it and wrap your arms around it. Relax |
| You'll probably come up with some others on | | | | and spend a few moments practicing feeling |
| your own as the possibilities here are | | | | your own energy. Expand your awareness to the |
| literally endless. | | | | tree. Can you feel the rough bark against |
| | | | your skin and hear the rustle of wind in the |
| Chakra Breathing | | | | leaves and branches. Can you smell it? Can |
| | | | you feel the energy from it? Create a circuit |
| We'll get deeper into this in the Chakra | | | | with the tree. As you inhale feel the energy |
| Chapters, but you can draw energy into any of | | | | from the tree flow into you. As you exhale |
| your chakras at any time just like we did for | | | | let your energy flow into the tree. Let your |
| the heart chakra. | | | | friends who haven't experienced this laugh at |
| | | | you for being a tree hugger. Experiment with |
| Energizing your organs | | | | this with other plants as well as rocks and |
| | | | crystals. Do they all feel the same? Can you |
| This can be a lot of fun and really help | | | | tell the difference between tree species |
| strengthen your immune system and improve | | | | based on the feel of their energy? Can you |
| your overall health. It's also an exercise in | | | | differentiate between different crystals |
| using intention to send energy where you want | | | | based on their energy? You could keep |
| it to go. | | | | yourself occupied indefinitely in the |
| | | | backyard with this exercise. |
| Take a moment and relax as we did above. On | | | | |
| your inhale draw chi into your liver. Don't | | | | Drawing energy is something that you can do |
| worry if you don't know exactly where your | | | | at any time, any place. As you get better at |
| liver is, you don't have to. Just intend for | | | | drawing energy and more comfortable with it |
| relaxing, healing energy to flow into your | | | | you'll also be able to develop more control |
| liver as you inhale, and then draw it in. On | | | | over your emotions and your physical |
| your exhale let the stresses and built up | | | | responses by using variations on the |
| energies flow out of your liver and down into | | | | exercises above. Don't be afraid to play with |
| the earth. Can you feel the lightness and | | | | this exercise and experiment with the healing |
| relaxation? The liver is related to anger and | | | | energies as this is all about building up |
| aggression. The next time you find yourself | | | | your personal catalog of feelings and |
| becoming angry do this exercise and see if it | | | | experiences. |