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- Satnam, and welcome come back to our self-healing program.
And today we're going to focus more on women
who have reached the stage of their cycle
heading towards menopause, or going through it right now.
And what's essential to focus
is to really stimulate the ovaries.
But we also are going to be working
on kidneys and the liver.
So, gents, if you want to join
and you want to detoxify your kidneys and in your liver,
you're very welcome to join.
It's a great exercise no matter what gender you are.
But predominantly this helps women going through menopause.
So if you feel like having a little bit
of a deeper practice today, we're going to go
into a posture which will require a bit more flexibility.
So what I would recommend is have a pillow
or something next to you that may give you
a bit of a prop if you need to.
But if you are more flexible, just go with the flow.
So what we're going to do
is we're going to come on all fours.
And you're going to have your knees hip width apart.
Hands are directly underneath the shoulders.
And then from here gently, gently, very slowly,
we're gonna lift up into a very lazy downward dog.
And just breathe here for a second.
Walk the feet.
Just walk.
Allowing the body to wake up.
Gaze is towards the navel.
And then just come to your tippy toes, come back down.
Stretch as much as you can,
if you can imagine your heels touching the floor.
Especially if it's early in the morning,
it's a good one to get the body going.
And now we're going to bend the right knee
and place it forward.
And you're going to keep extending the left foot back.
So ideally in this kind of swan pose, heading into pigeon,
you should feel that you are stable.
Now, if this is really, really hard for you,
you can take a pillow and you can place it underneath
the right buttocks, just to give you that support.
So you're not really floating left and right.
If you can open up, that's fantastic.
Just stay here for a second, feeling how you are balanced.
And from here we're going to arch the spine
and the head as far as we can.
So we create that beautiful curvature in the back.
And you stay here if it's too much.
If you can, you bring your hands
so the elbows close to the body
and the palms facing up to the sky.
And then in this very challenging position,
we're just gonna breathe long and deep.
So we're going to stay here for a few minutes.
So anytime you feel this is too much,
we can always come down, relax for a second.
And then come back into the posture.
Elbows towards the rib cage, palms facing up.
Spine as arched as you can.
Hold in the head.
Back and face open to the sky.
Breathe long and deep.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
And when ready, gently bring the hands to the floor.
Tuck the toes of the left foot under.
And putting the whole weight on the hands and on the toes,
come up gently into downward dog again,
and start walking the feet again.
Just stretching.
Any tension leaves the body.
Just feeling that natural stretch.
Up tippy toes, and back down, stretch.
And now we're going to bring the left foot forward.
And the right leg extends backwards.
Now it's obviously normal if both sides feel very different.
We are different.
So at some point one side will be more stretched
and other side will be more stiff.
This is absolutely normal.
Don't worry, don't panic.
If you need to get props, you can sit on a pillow
on the right side, on the left side,
whatever makes you feel more comfortable in this position.
It's not an easy one.
So just take it at your own pace.
And from here we're going to arch the spine back.
Head drops back.
Staying here for a second
just to find the feeling of balance and focus.
And when we're ready, one hand, the other hand.
Elbows next to the body, palms facing up.
Arching, and long deep breathing through the nose.
Now I know it's not easy.
I know it's very big challenge.
But it's such a phenomenal stimulator
of detoxing the liver and the kidneys,
and really empowering the ovaries.
Just breathe.
Opening the spine, the neck, the chest.
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(birds chirping)
- And slowly, slowly bring the hands down.
Tuck the right toes under.
Hands lift the body, and come up.
Very lazy downward dogs here.
So we're not really going for perfection.
We're not going for,
you can swing from side to side releasing any tension.
And when ready, come down onto your knees
and gently come forward down into baby pose.
Just rest here for a second,
letting the whole body melt into the floor.
And inhale.
And when ready, come sitting.
Well done.
This was not easy and definitely requires
quite a bit of flexibility
and really disciplined to go through this one,
but it is really good.
And if you make it a consistent practice,
you will notice a big difference
because we're going very deep
and we're sending that breath through the curvature
of the spine straight into the belly,
working on the organs, cleansing.
And we really need to spend some time
allowing the body to recharge
and allowing the body to naturally adjust.
We rush and we kind of feel that, okay,
I am 40 and I'm 50 and the body
should know what to do all the time.
And in general it does.
But what it doesn't do is it cannot catch up
with the fast pace we live in.
So we're going to have to give it time to adjust.
We have to give it time to heal
and we have to give time to flourish on its own.
So thank you very much for patience
and for the perseverance in practicing this with me,
because you've stayed until now.
You have done an amazing job.
Thank you very much.
I hope you stay healthy, and radiant,
and focused, and really, really connect
to the body and its healing power.
And I'll see you on the next step.
So thank you very much.
Satnam.
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