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- Sat nam and welcome back.
Today we're gonna be working on migraines.
So I suffer from migraine, and when I overdo it
and when I strain my eyes or I overwork
I get severe pain in my head
and especially down here in the skull.
And it's very, very, very unpleasant.
So for anybody who suffers migraines,
you know how much that pain is and how,
it literally can remove you from having a normal life
because you can't see light, you can't work,
you can't go out, it's just very unpleasant situation.
So this meditation and this mudra
is very good to alleviate the pain
and potentially slow down the whole tension and release it.
So let's give it a go.
It's going to be about 11 minutes.
You can do it as long as you feel can hold.
So don't feel the pressure of staying here forever
if it's not something that you can hold, but build it up.
So start small and then you can add on and on and on
a minute or two up to the point
where you actually feel strong and you can hold it.
But it's a very good one.
I practice this when I'm about to get it
and especially if I have it
because I can't do anything else anyway.
And instead of just reaching to the very severe medication
they give us for migraine,
I try to naturally alleviate the pain.
So let's give it a try.
The hands are gonna be in gyan mudra.
So the index finger and the thumb are actively touching.
Then you're gonna raise your hands up to 70 degrees.
So a little bit at 90, 70, 60, and then going down.
So this will be just about
where you're gonna hold the hands.
The elbows are straight, the hands are straight,
the shoulders are relaxed down, chin is slightly tucked in.
And now the eyes are gonna be rolled up.
And they're gonna be focusing at the hairline,
so somewhere about here.
They are closed so don't try to arch the eyes up.
As they're closed just focus them up.
Imagine you seeing your hairline.
So here we're going to begin long deep breathing.
So nothing too dramatic, nothing too strenuous.
This really puts the pressure on this mudra,
on the meridians that affect directly
the base of the skull and the neck.
So you'll notice that there a little bit of tension
at the back of the neck.
This is precisely what we're trying to achieve.
So just stay here, breathing long and deep.
Just let the process happen naturally.
Let go of any questions and doubts and hurries.
You may be in pain right now as you're doing this
and just let it go, just allow yourself to trust the process
and see what happens.
Give yourself the time. (bell ringing softly)
Just sink into this pose.
Hands are straight, don't slouch them, back is straight.
Long, deep breathing.
And again, stay here as long as you can.
Your mind will start nagging already, what am I doing?
This is painful, I can't hold it.
You can, so will over the mind.
'Cause when we conquer that inner voice
that constantly sabotages us,
that's when we emerge as the winner.
That's when we conquer the exogenous parts of our life.
And then we become the actual master over our own destiny.
(bell ringing softly)
(birds chirping in the distance)
Relax the face, relax the eyes.
The shoulders are relaxed.
Hands are light, as if two angels are holding your hands.
They're light as feathers.
Imagine you're receiving this blissful,
beautiful healing energy from the field,
from the quantum field surrounding us, from the universe,
connecting with our fingers like antennas.
Just bask into this self-love and self-healing.
(bell ringing) (birds chirping)
And now gently release the hands down.
And just stay here for a minute
And you can mentally or out loud chant in a monotone,
I am the love, I am the love, I am the love, I am the love,
I am the love, keep going.
(bell ringing softly)
And inhale, open the eyes slowly.
Beautiful, thank you so much for practicing with me today.
I hope you feel better because I know how painful this is,
and I really hope it helps.
Of course, as always you know what to do.
Drink plenty of water and make sure you sleep a lot, rest.
So usually our body reacts heavily
when it's overloaded and exhausted and goes,
hello, please, can you stop now?
And if you don't, bang, it brings something
in the form of disease, in the form of some symptom,
in the form of some pain so that we get the message,
but we never do.
So learning how to connect to the body
and learning to honor and love it
and understand that we are one big field of energy matter
and one flowing energy that goes from person to person
across the whole universe is very crucial.
So I hope you gained a respect and a self-love
and this beautiful sense of, I'm a healer of myself
and I can heal my body just by focusing my energy, breath,
and mind focus to clear the channels so that it gets better.
Thank you so much for joining.
Sat nam, and I'll see you in the next one.
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