The 3-Minute Acupressure Rule For Stress, Sleep & Digestion ft. Yogacharya Umang Tyagi

The 3-Minute Acupressure Rule For Stress, Sleep & Digestion ft. Yogacharya Umang Tyagi

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(00:00) With mouth closed, we will chant home and [music and singing] feel the vibration. Specially, it will instantly take away all that stress, all that cluttered energy. We have uh taken this immense powerful process and we have [music] neglected it just because it is happening on its own. My entire body is on my palm right now.
(00:18) So, this section represents your cervical spine. C1 to C7 basically. Exhale. You can feel your breath on your fingertips. Your right nostril is connected with [music] your left hemisphere >> and the left nostril is connected with your right hemisphere. Keep it like this for the next 30 to 60 seconds. Your [music] right nostril, it slowly starts to >> stimulate. It slowly starts to open up.
(00:40) Your brain gets 60 to 70% knowledge about this world through your eyes. The moment you close your eyes, [music] you're taking away your brain's food. And that's why when you close your eyes, all those memories rushing in at the same time. I can hear the sound of AC vent. I can certainly hear the sound of light flickering.
(00:59) [music] I can hear the faint sound of breathing. When you breathe in, entire earth breathes in with you. When you were learning [music] acupressure, what was the most surprising thing? >> So, what do you think people can uh can uh learn from this conversation? Why they should spend an hour uh watching us? Well uh in this conversation we're going to teach them something that maybe they have never heard of >> some few yogic teachings some few acupressure points especially a selected five acupressure point which are >> actually emergency points
(01:36) >> that could be really immensely helpful in emergencies >> and also u I'm going to teach them how actually your breath works >> it's a science of breath actually and it affects your body your nervous system your sympathetic your parasympic nervous system and every step you take Every decision you take in the body when we take a body and in real life as well every decision you take it affects it is affected by your breath your food your water everything is affected by it so I'm going to teach you how you can
(02:04) assess your breath and how you can actually manipulate your breath on >> wow very cool actually I'm very excited about understanding acupressure when you were learning acupressure what was the most surprising thing that you've learned about the the our body. >> See our body is actually connected with our entire system.
(02:29) Right? What I mean by that is when you look at your hand like this, right? You may be you might be seeing just a hand or just fingers or just lines over there. Right? >> But [clears throat] your hand actually depicts an your entire body. >> So let's say let's analyze. So my neck has approximately two joints. Right. Exactly. So one joint is here.
(02:50) I can do this. >> Yeah. >> Second joint is here. I can do this. >> Mhm. >> Similarly, we have two joints in our thumb. One joint is there. Second joint is here. >> Mhm. >> So, this section represents your cervical spine. >> C1 to C7 basically. So, we have cervical spine over here, over here. And there's a similarity.
(03:12) So, if you look closer in our body, in my body, let's say I have one head, there's one thumb. >> Yeah. >> I have two legs. These are two legs. I have two hands. These are two hands. So my entire body is on my palm right now. >> And there are energy centers. They are meridians, energy guidelines upon which there are specific acupressure points.
(03:32) They are energy centers. Basically a lot of energy is accumulated in in on those points and those points actually affect the corresponding organs surrounding it. So basically these these energy meridians are actually in the body. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So we cannot actually show everyone to press here or here or here.
(03:50) But we can depict everything over here. >> So everything everything in in in our body is connected with our hands. That's what you say. >> Yeah. This is called correspondent system. >> Yeah. Give me an example. Give me an example. >> Let's say u I'll give you a major example. In fact, a lot of people are having this u cardiovascular disease, right? The diseases related to their heart, right? So to improve their heart function, this is a hard point.
(04:15) M >> let me just point it out also. I'll use this pen. So if I mark this portion here >> now this is a heart. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So when you pressurize this point let's say for 3 minutes maximum. >> When you do this actually your organ the heart is getting stimulated not physically but on but energetically >> really.
(04:39) >> Yes. This affects your energy body and when you stimulate this point it actually affects your energy. Okay. >> In your heart. >> Yeah. >> Similarly, we have other points as well and entire body can be found on your palm. >> Give me just a couple of examples there. Like so that's the the heart there. >> This is the heart here >> and let me show you.
(04:59) So this is the heart. We have heart and this is our eyes. >> Yeah. >> So let me make a eye. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So this point is an eye. >> Yeah. And this point is your ear. >> Okay, >> this point is your ear. Now when you stimulate these point, let's say somebody has eye disorders, you stimulate this point over here. >> When somebody have hearing problems, they should stimulate this point over here.
(05:26) >> And similarly, a general guideline for people is that you should only stimulate an acupressure point for up to 3 minutes. >> Make sure you don't over pressurize it. There should be moderate pressure, only pressure that you can actually sustain, right? M because sometimes what happens when you over stimulate the point it actually gets inflamed.
(05:44) >> So make sure that you only press it for up to 3 minutes. >> So [snorts] this is your heart, this is your ears, this is your eyes >> and this is your stomach. >> Something surprising happens here. When you close this point, right, your index finger points on this and you close your thumb like this.
(06:00) This is called Vayu Mudra. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. >> There are mudras, right? So this is called vayu mudra. And you do this if you have any gastric pressure. If you let's say gas build up over here, it will approximately in 30 to 60 seconds it should be relieved. >> A lot of people have gas buildup and they feel like when this gas accumulated over in your cardiac region, some people say I'm getting a heart attack.
(06:21) >> But a lot of times it happens that it's just gas when you place your finger like this and thumb right here. When you make this vay mudra with both your palms like this >> and you place your palm just on your knees >> and just sit here >> or even better you can sit in vajrasana. >> You can fold your knees and sit that helps to relieve that gas >> but of course you should not be relaxed that it could be only gas.
(06:46) >> Okay. >> So make sure that you get your ch you get yourself checked up if you feel like a lot of pressure is there but usually this helps to release that gas. M >> so in the same uh in the same thing say in the same uh fashion we have another important point in our right palm so remember there's a left heart point over here >> all the point in your left palm are same on the same spot in your right palm >> except for one >> so here we have heart >> but at the same point here we have liver >> so this is your liver
(07:24) Now there's a very simple way to find these points and another point I have also had that at the center we have is naval point >> sometime naval [clears throat] displacement also happens when that happens two kind of problems people face either immense uh diarrhea loose motions >> or maybe or other way constipation >> mhm >> so there's a very easy way to find these points so when you close your palm like this right >> index finger >> where it lands Oh, >> this is your stomach.
(07:56) >> Okay, >> you don't need to be clenching like that, but in a relaxed way. >> Relax. >> Your index finger directly lands on your stomach point. >> Yeah. >> Similarly, your pinky finger, it lands on your heart. >> Oh, yeah. Mhm. >> And your middle finger lands naturally or your ring finger lands naturally on your naval point.
(08:14) >> Yeah. >> So, stimulating these points actually affects your energy in those organs and quite literally it affects you right uh in less than 30 to 60 seconds. But it can differ for person to person in 30 to 60 seconds you feel a sudden release and relaxation in these in these organs >> and related problems with them >> and uh I would say a very easy way even if you don't remember that which which point was there whether this was the heart or here was the heart because there are different uh streams of acupressure as well there is tibithan
(08:50) there's Indian ayuridic acupressure there's in traditional Chinese medicine as well. So joke therapy is also as well. So I've studied most of them. So heart is here as as I just told you but heart >> is here also. [laughter] So according to a different path positions of acupation points can be a bit different >> but to make it easier for general people and uh a common man just to make sure even if you don't want to remember which point was that >> make it a habit make it a rule that once for 5 minutes every day
(09:24) >> press any point that is >> on your on your handful okay >> any point which is painful right >> I'll close my eyes and press over here if this is painful >> I'll press it for up to 3 minutes >> just make sure there's not an underlying injury over here. >> If it is paining over here, if this is painful, I'll pressurize it for 3 minutes because everywhere I put my hands over here, there's an acupressure point.
(09:48) And just make sure do one thing uh pressurize them empty stomach. >> That's a rule, >> not after eating anything else. >> Okay. Maybe you you can share what what has been tell me like a story of someone that came to you with a lot of pain and uh and then after uh working with with with you um was able to feel more better and relieved.
(10:11) Do you have >> Well uh sure I do have a story. Yes. >> Um not just a story but like a feedback I would say. So I always encourage my clients, my patients to give a feedback after every session. Uh be it a therapy session, be it a meditation session, maybe a healing session, energy healing session. >> So there was a person from uh United Kingdom. She was from London. Yes.
(10:35) So 20 years, so approximately 20 years ago, she had an operation, right? And also she gave birth to their child, right? >> So what happened? She was given an epidural and it's an injection given to her lower spine, right? to ease her liver pain. So what happened? The positioning of that injection was slightly miscalculated.
(10:55) >> Oh. >> And it gave her back pain. So for the past 20 years, she has been suffering from that back pain. It comes and goes and comes and goes like that. >> It never goes away for good. >> So uh we were working together for like one month. >> Yeah. >> And we were doing yoga, we were doing meditations, healings and acupressure as well.
(11:14) >> So it was a kind of an integrated approach. Mhm. >> So I told her acupressure point that she can use for her back pain. So I'll also tell you what point she actually used. >> Right. So as you already know this is cervical spine. >> Yeah. >> So this first joint and second joint. This is cervical spine. >> This is thoracic.
(11:31) >> As we go down here >> and here as well. So if we draw a line from my wrist over here. >> Mhm. >> And make a straight line here. >> This is rest of the spine. >> Okay. So this section here depends it signifies your lower spine basically. M >> so if you have a back pain over here I I'm not telling I'm not I'll not say that you pressurize over here pressurize over here make sure you pressurize the entire spine you never know what kind of stiffness you have what kind of let's say you uh while walking you place your
(12:03) left foot in a puddle >> right you never remember you just uh you never even think about it right I just today it's happened by chance my my left foot went in the puddle right you don't even remember that >> but your body remembers when And the misalignment happens in your spine. >> So that's when you develop back pain mostly.
(12:24) Otherwise there's a different things that happen. Back pain, slip disc, a lot of things happens. >> But this is the specific area that you can pressurize here, >> here and here. Very easy way to do is just place your four fingers like this and pressurize. >> This is very easy to remember. >> For 3 minutes more, not more than 3 minutes. >> More than three just to 3 minutes.
(12:42) That's enough. >> 3 minutes twice a day. empty stomach >> before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner or maybe if you take brunch before that. >> Mhm. >> So, make sure you'll find your point as well. If it's painful here and not here, then you don't need to pressurize everywhere else. >> Just pressurize over here.
(13:01) >> And the same thing happens in your uh right palm as well. >> Okay. And then what happened with the lady? >> She got relieved. The pain was gone >> for good for the past um after 20 years it was good. it was it went away right so it was something miraculous I would say >> somebody has been dealing with some kind of pain for the past 20 years and it's really unsettling it's really painful to even uh think about it >> even if you think about that you have been having uh some kind of back pain you keep on adjusting like this in your
(13:32) office in your home and you're not >> you're not never you are not settled >> so it's a lot to take in for the past 20 years that's a long time so uh her pain was gone and she continued to yoga and acupressure actually definitely helped her and specifically what happened what actually helped her along with occupation yoga is mindset.
(13:53) >> Is there any point that people can practice in in order to reduce stress? >> Absolutely. So there are several points that you can use uh but I'll I'll tell you the major point that you can use. So see both the tops of your fingertips right the thumb and all the fingers these are all connected with sinuses and specifically your thumb it represents your brain >> and your pituitary gland and your pineal gland.
(14:18) >> So over here exactly let me see if I can draw. >> So as you can see this is my eyes okay >> and this is my nose >> and this is my face. >> So this section is basically your brain >> the above section the top. >> Mhm. And here you will also find pituitary gland and your pineal gland. So very easy way to do this if you don't want to draw it because first you'll have to learn where the exactly points over here.
(14:43) >> Right. So just take your other thumb and press it like this. >> In acupressure you you you can pressurize these point. This will help you to reduce stress. >> And we also have color therapy as well which also works with uh acupressure. It combines. So it's an integrated approach.
(15:01) So let's say if you have work stress >> and you want to reduce that, >> you take a yellow color sketch pen, >> okay? >> Non-toxic one preferably. >> So make sure you use it exactly at the second joint of your middle finger in both palms. >> Exactly right here. >> This palm this here >> and coat your entire entirety of your disp joint.
(15:20) Okay? >> Like this. Make a circle around it. >> Yeah. >> This is the pitha joint. It's help to calm inflammation, calm heat in your body. on the on the same point on your both uh middle finger joints. This will help to reduce your stress especially work stress a lot. >> And >> but we're like we we press here and this we press.
(15:38) >> Yeah. You can take a yellow color sketch pen and make a line just cover this joint with that sketch pen with that color. >> This will help to reduce stress. >> This will help essentially what it does it it helps reduce pitha which is the heating element in your body. It will reduce heat.
(15:56) it will reduce uh when when the heat gets reduced, what will actually happen? Your anxiety will get reduced. >> Okay, I see. >> Uh same same thing will happen when you're uh when you're fainting. Uh let's say when you're in so much stress, what the first thing that happens or maybe when you're in so much anger, your breath starts to go faster.
(16:13) >> Yeah. >> You have longer not longer but shorter and shallow breaths. >> Okay. >> And faster breaths even. >> Mhm. Mhm. So when you do this when you coat your this joint with yellow color >> this reduces pitha this balances pitha in your body which will in turn reduces your stress >> but also we can do what you said like >> absolutely this is this is >> this one >> it reduces the stress >> yeah in both >> in both thumbs >> it reduces stress it helps to insomnia as well >> it helps you to relax your mind let's say you are overthinking a lot so you
(16:44) can pressurize over here and especially people who have sinuses right a lot of people wake up in the morning and they just keep on sneezing a lot. So all the top points, all the top points, you pressurize them. >> This will help to clear out those sinuses >> and help you in sinus. >> I see.
(17:01) And you you mentioned about the breath. You mentioned about the the breath. Um uh what is the importance of bread in in our in our work in our life? uh because you mentioned a couple of times that we we don't we we we don't think about about it but it's a a tool right how can the breath help us in in in our life to our well-being it it's true actually even the listeners right now they in the uh the moment of the moment of day they are listening listening to us right now maybe before this moment they have not checked their breath whether they're breathing or not
(17:34) because it's something that's happening on their own that's why we don't pay attention to it >> because it's happening on its own right we have no intervention to to it. But yoga gives you a tool. Yoga gives you a way to intervene in that process. And intervening in that process is also called pranayama. >> Okay. Tell me. Yeah.
(17:51) >> So when we breathe in and you breathe out, that's a natural process going on right now. But when we hold that breath in between, that's called a kumbak. When we hold the breath >> and that's why pranayam was formed. That's why pranayam came into existence. This practice of breathing in breathing out and holding your breath on your will.
(18:08) >> Mhm. So when you breathe in uh let's do a quick uh exercise. >> Yeah. >> We place two palms over right below your nostrils and exhale deeply. >> Where to where where >> like this. You don't you don't need to touch your fingertips to your face. Just keep it there down. >> Exhale deeply and feel your breath on your fingertips.
(18:30) [sighs and snorts] >> And try to feel which nostril is dominant. Right now >> there must be some one dominant should be there. uh one nostril should be there which is dominant which is exhaling a bigger volume of air or something at least which is reaching first and touching your fingertips first right it could be your left it could be your right >> it's my left yeah for me >> for me it's my right right now >> okay >> so a lot of people will do this right now with this and they'll also find that not everybody's nostrils are breathing
(19:00) the same pattern >> it changes every day it changes every few hours in fact every morning it changes depending on what's happening in your body in your mind in your thoughts. >> So when you breathe in and when you breathe out >> and you talk you focus once you find out which which of your nostril is dominant right now then I'll teach you how you can manipulate it and how it's going to affect your body and how you can actually use it and for what purpose.
(19:24) >> That is cool. Yeah. Tell me. >> So let's say right nostril is right now right now it's dominant mind. So what's happening right now when I'm breathing [snorts] >> through my right nostril my left brain is getting activated stimulated which is basically the >> meaning more than the the left brain left brain right >> so essentially your right nostril is connected with your left hemisphere >> and the left nostril is connected with your right hemisphere >> and as we know left hemisphere left brain is basically the logical thinking
(19:51) brain >> and the right is basically the critical u creative brain. >> Yeah. Yeah. So when you breathe in from right nostril you activated your you activate your left brain and when you're breathing from the left you activate your right brain. >> Now if let's say you are eating you having a dinner you're having a food essentially your right nostril should be activated should be more dominant because it represents heat it represents sun and left represents moon.
(20:15) >> So what you can do is let's say yours is right now left nostril is dominant and >> you want to eat food right now you want to have with dinner dinner dinner. So essentially what you should do is uh you need to you need your right nostril to be dominant. So you place your right palm like this. >> Place your thumb inside.
(20:32) >> Yeah. >> And covered your fingers. >> Yeah. >> And you place it under your left left underarm. >> Okay. >> Just keep it like this for the next 30 to 60 seconds. >> And after 30 to 60 seconds, even in duration of this process, we are having a conversation. You'll feel your right nostril.
(20:52) It slowly gets it slowly starts to >> accumulate. It slowly starts to open up >> and after 30 to 60 seconds and of course it differs person to person >> so duration can be a little bit longer. >> Mhm. >> After 30 to 60 seconds your right nostril would be dominant and left nostril would be less dominant >> really.
(21:10) And that will help you to easily digest your food better because right nostril is sun >> basically. And when sun is dominant you have a higher you have a better digestive fire. >> Okay. >> And your digestive fire gets stimulated. It's get a little bit more fiery right and your food will be much be you you will be able to digest your food much easier.
(21:31) >> All your digestive process will work much better. That's why we teach and we recommend people to sleep on your left side. Definition for this as well. Okay. In hat yoga. Okay. It is called >> basically and these nostrils are called as hakar and takar. Chandra essentially the energy channels of our body.
(21:56) Basically chandar which represents surya sun. Takar which represents moon. this and the combination of these the combine when these come together hakar and takar they becomes hut hut yoga essentially >> okay >> and that's the purpose of life to make sure these both nostrils are dominant at the same time that's what that is when your sushima nario awakens >> that's when your central >> essentially you become a y you you are taking a yogic breath even >> and how do you do you help people um using their breath. What are all the
(22:33) ways that you help people to use their breath in their in their life? >> Well, essentially we do narish pranayam in this case. >> Okay. >> And the way I explained to you earlier how your how your breath actually connects with your brain. >> Yes. >> So this is this is exactly the fun the physiology of narishodan pranayam or anulum pranayam which is a essentially a similar or a easier version of narish pranaya. Okay.
(22:58) Okay. So when you uh use your right thumb to close your right nostril and you breathe in from left side >> the right. Okay. [snorts] >> And we close the left nostril and exhale from right nostril. Now inhale from the right nostril and exhale from the left nostril. Now this is a easier version of narish pranayam because narish pranayam sometimes can be a little bit of technical for a lot of lot of people to understand because it involves holding of breath as well.
(23:28) >> So this is an easier version. >> So now what is actually it's doing right now is left nostril breathing it stimulates your right brain. >> When you're breathing from the right side it stimulates your left brain. So essentially you're stimulating your entire brain right now. >> Oh I see. >> And especially the center portion which is called corpus colossum >> which connects both your brains. Right.
(23:46) So essentially we are working on an entire brain. >> So this specifically pranayam helps you in a lot of ways. Somebody who has uh insomnia, trouble sleeping, they do this. They need to do this. >> Uh if you have any kind of brain related issues, let's say a lot of stress is there, anxiety is there, overthinking is there, they should do this.
(24:06) Especially people who have heart health issues, heart issues you have, absolutely do this. And along with this uh apart from this this also helps you to balance your hormones because it's it actually when you breathe in and breathe out continuously do this there's your pesto gland over here and there there's your pineal gland over here as well.
(24:24) It affects both these glands >> and they control the secretions of your all the hormonal glands in your body. So if anybody who has hormonal issues absolutely do this alternate nostril breathing essentially known as unal. >> How often to to do for you how in which situations or how often do you do these uh these breaths because very powerful? >> I do this in my own practice as well whenever I feel like I need to be more calm.
(24:50) >> Yeah. >> More centered. But uh essentially what it actually does it activates your brain. >> So before starting this podcast I was doing this in the in in my in the in the room. Nice. >> So because I need myself to be completely active and uh >> energized of course it it energizes you. It also works on your chakras.
(25:08) >> Oh I see. >> So basically you're energizing entire body by doing this pranayam but make sure there are something that you need to be careful about. >> Uh it's not something very bad or like that. It's not going to affect you wrongly but it actually affects your brain. It activates your brain, energizes you so you feel active basically.
(25:27) So don't practice this at night because you want to sleep at night, right? If you practice this at night, alternate nostal breathing, your brain will be active. It's like you have a cup, you had a cup of coffee, >> okay? >> So you'll be much more active, much more energized. You will have trouble sleeping a little. >> Okay.
(25:42) So this one you do it for off or how many times do you do it when you want for example when you were before the podcast you did it how many times did you did you do it or how many or minutes? How do you what is give us some some uh guidance to our audience? uh begin with 3 to 5 minutes >> okay >> and as per your capacity because what you need to do is you have to keep your palm like this >> and your knee can be in the air like you can keep it on supported like this if you feel the need >> okay >> and this is the easier version again I'm telling you alternate nostril breathing
(26:10) generally it's a different one I'll also teach you that it's a more powerful one >> okay >> so you do this and you keep this like this right you breathe in you can make a mudra also so I'm using essentially a vu mudra here >> right you place you You take your index finger and tuck it right in at the base of your thumb >> and you close it with your thumb.
(26:30) That's it. >> Now you gently open it because you need to breathe in. >> So close right nostril, [snorts] >> inhale from the left and then alternate. Close it the left one and exhale from right. >> Inhale from right side this time. >> Close it and exhale from left side. [snorts] Now one important thing how you actually start which nostril you should start with.
(26:54) Yeah, >> that's a mean that's a that's a question I always get and a lot of people don't teach people >> that which nostril we should start with. >> That's why we were checking your breath earlier. So whichever nostril was dominant. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> My right nostril is dominant now. So I'll close my left nostril.
(27:11) I'll begin the practice with right nostril first. >> The the most dominant. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> The most dominant nostril is you begin the practice with that nostril. >> Oh, I see. I see. >> And 15 5 to 10 minutes. >> Yeah. Every person should do it >> and if you want more benefits >> uh slowly gradually increase that time duration 15 20 30 minutes even >> because these practices take time it's not like you just do it for 5 minutes or 6 minutes only it's a duration that will get you to use to it right because uh yoga itself it's the there are eight
(27:44) steps yam nam asan pranayam this is a practice it's a part of pranayam and before that comes Assan helps you to stay in this process. If you want to do pranayam, you want to do this alternate nostril breathing, you should be able to sit in for 5 minutes >> and I'm telling you to do it for 15 minutes. >> So first you need to understand that your body can actually sit in this posture comfortably.
(28:05) >> So arsa practice is there for you to do that but start with 5 minutes and gradually take it up to 15 20 30 minutes that will be much much beneficial for you. [laughter] Uh so you you so this one is if we want to do something that we need to be sharp, we need to be present, right? Um can you can you uh tell us another technique if we want to uh to relax for example before going to bed what what is one um type of breath that can help us to calm? This is even this is an integral question that u for the health
(28:39) >> because your morning begins with your night >> the what you do at night before sleeping that decides what you will do in the morning >> your mindset even >> so uh at night what you can do is there are three things that you can do uh number one wash your feet >> okay >> wash your feet first then number two >> uh it's called padaab bhang basically it's a massage you can do take any kind of oil uh maybe 100% in virgin coconut oil maybe you can say sesame oil maybe you can take some almond oil maybe >> so you take them oil and you and massage
(29:12) your feet with it like this after washing them and drying >> so that will stimulate the blood flow that will help you a lot in sleeping well okay and next thing what you can do is chanting >> it actually affects your neuromuscular system >> so your mind will relax your body will also relax >> so chanting 9 to 11 times I would say >> okay >> before sleeping And third most important thing is you do brahi pranayam.
(29:38) This is the bumblebee breath basically. >> So there are different ways to do this different uh ways or different techniques depending on what tradition you're in depending on what kind of uh practice you're doing in >> in kundalini in pratna in sadna there are different ways. I'm showing a very simple easier version.
(29:57) So you take your thumb and you close your ears with it. So basically if you find there's a there's a there's a specific this portion over here right this is and you use this use a thumb and press it in >> to completely close your uh ears. >> Yeah. >> Now we essentially >> place our index finger over our eyebrows. >> Yeah. >> Middle two fingers.
(30:18) Middle finger and ring finger over our ear over our eyes. >> Yeah. >> And naturally relax your pinky on your cheeks. Now slowly inhale deeply and take a deep breath with mouth closed. We will chant Om and feel the vibration specially. Now let's try it once as long as you can in one breath. [music] Now keep your eyes closed.
(30:59) Gently remove your palms. Rub them together. [music] Once you feel the heat, gently cover your eyes. Feel the heat as it as it enters your eyes. Open them. >> Inhale and release. [snorts] Now what you can do is do it at least three to five times before going to sleep. And not just going to sleep. Whenever you feel stressed, >> yeah, >> whenever you feel there's a lot going on your in your mind and you have a lot of things going on in your mind >> and you feel like mental clutter, right? You can do this. You can try this brahri
(31:30) breath and it will instantly calm you down. It will instantly take away all that stress, all that cluttered energy >> because what you will actually you will actually feel and you must have feel right now even when you breathe and when you hum that energy that those vibrations actually get transferred into your brain into your mind specifically.
(31:48) We also have a different practice you try this as well. >> So this is a different practice different ways we can try try this as well. M >> this way you will feel a little bit more vibration >> throughout your skull. >> I see. But which one you you recommend? The first one. >> The first one I will recommend for the beginners. Yes.
(32:12) >> Okay. Okay. So you we we we we spoke about acupressure. You you already explained to us how can we use acupressure in order to help us in in our life. Now you you gave us like I mean two very powerful techniques. One when we want to feel more energized and we prepare and more sharp for something and another one when we want to be more >> calm down more center more relaxed >> calm down. Yeah.
(32:40) So we spoke about acupressure we spoke about the breath. So next what is the the next uh integrative part that you teach people to to to help in their lives? We need to make sure that we understand our body first. >> So u I would like to tell people how their brain actually works >> because that's actually how a lot of people are struggling with right now.
(33:03) So let's take an example a very simple very easy example right can you tell me any your favorite food basically what's your b what's your favorite food let's say the world is around about to end and you can have only one meal last meal. >> So what would that be? >> You want me to tell you? >> Yeah. It's a grilled fish.
(33:22) >> Grilled fish. Okay. So, let's say you have a grilled fish over here right now and the world is about to end >> and I won't let you eat it. >> I'll take it. I'll take it and I'll go away. >> Okay. >> You'll feel scattered. You'll feel a lot of irritation. You'll feel anger even. >> Mhm. >> Right. >> That's what happens when you close your eyes with your mind.
(33:42) >> Basically, your senses give you access to this world. And similarly your brain gets 60 to 70% knowledge about this world through your eyes. >> The moment you close your eyes what happens is it's like I have taken your food. You're taking away your brain's food which is knowledge which is information. >> The moment you close your eyes all that food all that knowledge around about the universe about the world >> gets cut off.
(34:08) So your brain also gets irritated like that. That's why it's called a hindrance uh badwa when you when you're going through yogic practices because your brain is not even calm. So how are you going to meditate >> right? So how are you going to concentrate on your breath? How you concentrate on different things when your brain is not even calm when your thoughts are not calm? [snorts] >> So when you cut off your uh when you close your eyes your brain gets irritated.
(34:33) >> Next what you would do you would logically you would go into the kitchen you would look for something else. We have if you have anything else in the storage in the fridge, right? >> Similarly, that's what your brain does. >> Your brain goes and deep dive into your subconscious mind. And that's why when you close your eyes, you get a portfolio of you get a collage.
(34:52) You get a carousel of a lot of different memories >> that rushes into your m mind. You when you close your eyes, >> a lot of people remember old past memories. It could be a happy memory. It could be a bad memory. It could be a traumatic memory. That's why you see that all those memories rushing in at the same time people say oh I'm not able to meditate oh I'm not able to keep my calm a lot of always I'm getting all these memories all these emotions and even I remember what I did yesterday the moment I close your eyes and normally I don't even
(35:21) remember where I put my clothes so similarly when you close your eyes your brain is essentially scrolling through the crow the way we scroll through our reels on Instagram >> similarly your brain does that So the moment your you focus on specific one memory >> and you get and you get your emotional body involved in that >> let's say a bad memory and I focus on that memory in my mind and the moment I focus it I feel bad I feel so emotionally bad >> your brain also gets this this uh stimulation that emotionally we are
(35:55) getting involved right now it's something important similarly you'll find a maybe another plate of this big [clears throat] fish >> right and you would keep it and hide it. Why? Because I'm already here. I might take that away as well. >> Mhm. Mhm. >> Similarly, your brain take that memory which you are emotionally invested in right now and it takes it and stores it even deep further.
(36:17) >> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. >> So that's why I always tell people when you close your eyes and you focus on something, don't focus. Just let the memories come. Let them rush in and you just let it go. >> You feel the itch. A lot of people think feel like uh when you close their eyes they feel some kind of itching over here a need to move need to open their eyes it's all your brain it's all your brain doing this >> everything is being done by your brain >> only to make sure that you just open your eyes >> because it is getting irritated it is
(36:48) getting defueled right similarly one thing that people can do actually mind body connection is here again important >> okay >> when you close your eyes when you start breathing focus is how it actually affecting your body. Let me give you a very simple example. So let's say you focus on your breath. Inhale.
(37:06) Take a deep breath. Try to focus on your breath. And try to imagine and just visualize that you're actually entering your nostrils guided by your breath. Now try to feel as it enters your nostrils slowly it is touching your nasal passage and it enters through your neck through your windpipe and entering slowly into your lungs.
(37:36) Imagine and visualize the lungs around you the bronchioles the bronus the internal structure of your brain of your lungs and slowly this breath this energy is being transposed is being converted and slowly entering the bloodstream. M >> now go with the bloodstream and slowly it's entering into your heart and from heart it's getting mixed with the blood and again this energy this breath it's slowly with the help of the blood and heart slowly entering into into the bloodstream and entering the entire body. Just try to imagine and visualize
(38:11) your entire body and at the same time your blood is reaching everywhere. Your fingertips your hair, your scalp, your knees, your calves. And with the breath being everywhere, you are essentially also everywhere in your body. So this is how mind body connection works. When you breathe in, when you're present, not even just physically, but mentally and emotionally and spiritually.
(38:38) >> So you actually feel it. And this is how that person from London actually healed her pain. Another person, another client of mine actually healed their u severe constipation during a meditation session. Can you imagine constipation being relieved during meditation >> they actually yeah I have an on record I have feedbacks recorded feedbacks as well because of this reason I always keep feedbacks >> and uh I had a video feedbacks in fact what they actually described what happened.
(39:06) So during the meditation session I was describing them and I was taking them through the journey through the entire body. >> Sorry but the the same kind of the same meditation that we were doing now or a different meditation. >> It's a different it's a part of it. Yeah. Essentially same thing. Yeah. Essentially same process. >> Yeah.
(39:22) So basically what we actually did uh I was describing him to go into your body and feel your this uh so this is how this is why I'm saying every person should be able to visualize their own body and the only way they can do it if they have the knowledge of anatomy and physiology that's the only way they can do it.
(39:41) So I help them visualize it that you let's say I help them that imagine you're entering your bloodstream now into your gut and now the bloodstream is slowly entering your blood and here >> so they actually described me after the session when their constipation was over. So they described that some cyst I imagine and felt some cyst were there and they were slowly melting >> as if the constipation was melting away basically >> and it and after an hour after 30 35 minutes the constipation was gone.
(40:11) I got relieved. I finally I was able to poop basically and he was able he was not able to do that for the past um 10 to 12 hours or maybe two days in fact as he said. So when you're actually focusing internally and you're able to focus on your mind, body and breath connection, >> you essentially allow your body to heal yourself.
(40:33) >> I see. And and how can we what is a simple practice that we can incorporate in our uh in our lives um to practice that >> for that purpose? I usually tell people to focus on observation skills at first because uh it's not as easy to for people to do it because essentially what you will do you'll try to focus on your breathing but then you'll drift away.
(40:58) >> You'll focus on your uh on your back then you'll drift away. >> So for that you need to train your senses. >> Okay. >> For that you need to observe. >> So very easy process. Anybody can do it anywhere. >> Okay. So uh let's say we are sitting over here and we relax our body and relax. >> So you can do it anywhere.
(41:17) Let's say you are in a as we are in a studio right now and we are sitting down, right? We relax like this and we do just nothing. That's it. We let our senses work. So we have five senses, right? Basically we have 10 senses but essentially we have five which give us knowledge about this world. We call them kanandria. So mouth is there.
(41:41) We're not speaking right now. So basically which gives the knowledge the touch, sense of touch. >> Yeah. >> Our ears. >> Yeah. >> Our nose, >> smell, basically our eyes. >> Right. Basically, so when we close our eyes, you can even close or even keep them open. >> Yeah. >> Just observe the world around you. >> So right now, let me give you an example.
(42:04) I can feel the touch of these clothes as my skin slowly roughs up. Right? Maybe you can feel it too. Every time we breathe in, I can feel the touch. I can feel the slippers I'm wearing right now. I can feel the touch of my own breath as it enters my nostrils. I can hear the sound of AC vent. I can certainly hear the sound of electricity light flickering.
(42:35) I can hear the faint sound of breathing. not mine but yours as well. [snorts and laughter] I can also if I also try to be more calm, I can hear my own heartbeat. Similarly, it's all about just hearing right now. Now, let's talk about eyes. I can observe your facial expressions. I can observe the person sitting over there, their facial expressions.
(42:59) I can observe the plants just right before you. I can observe the paintings, the things that are happening in the environment. M >> right now only we are two here right >> but in the normal environment what people can do is you observe the people around you >> obviously not in a creepy way [laughter] >> yeah be much much more calmer and relaxed >> just observe and do not do not uh take part in the process >> do not judge do not get emotionally invested >> just observe what's happening people talking to each other people walking by
(43:31) people laughing maybe somebody's sad somebody's talking over a phone somebody's is maybe you can using a copier and making copies, right? Somebody's a faxing something. Somebody's over their phone >> and maybe there's a tree, somebody's just pouring water over there. Maybe some maybe there's a maybe you can see a street down through a window and you see people traveling by.
(43:55) It's all about your imagination. So, so right now I'm also imagining things but I can al I'm also there as well. >> Yeah. So once you get used to this observation what will happen is you'll instantly able be you you will be able to instantly calm yourself >> once you do that once your senses are in your control that's also a part of yoga naman pranayamar it's come after the pranayam when you're able to control your own senses because your senses are actually going outwards into the world they are connecting you through the world and we want to discuss connect to
(44:32) focus on the inner self. So when we do that, you're able to disconnect with your world immediately on an instant. >> And once you do that and close your eyes, then there won't be any itching. If there is, you'll just scratch it and you you're fine. M >> that will much that will be much much more easier for you to concentrate for you to do meditation >> for you to relax your mind and even help others because only way you can actually help somebody else when you're not in crisis yourself.
(45:03) >> Yeah. You are more present you are more present in the in the world. So what you're saying is that we can practice this. I mean keep just practice. It's basically it's about coming to the present moment, right? It's about um so that's what that's what you're saying with this observation.
(45:18) So you just stay you don't interact with your senses. You just accept everything as it is. You're just a witness of what is happening. Right. Yeah. >> And then then that will calm you and then make you more present. Right. That's what you say. >> Yeah. Yeah. Essentially what I'm saying is that but one one thing I will say not accepting everything as it is but just observing.
(45:39) >> Not not accepting. You don't need to accept anything. You don't need to pass judgments. You don't need to emotionally be invested in this. >> Just observe what is actually there in this world. >> What is happening around you? >> Imagine you at the center of the world and world is progressing forward, moving forward in time and you are still >> I see.
(45:56) >> That's when you feel much more calm and centered. >> I see. >> Do it anywhere, anytime. You're in a park, you're walking, you're sitting anywhere, maybe you are having dinner, maybe you are in a in your office, maybe in a meeting. just select even especially when when when you when you pe when you're talking to people and in a meeting maybe you'll find much more interesting fact in this you'll be much more easily able to grasp things.
(46:21) >> Yeah. >> You'll be able to understand how people actually behave. >> You'll be able to understand people's behaviors. You'll be able to understand how actually people are actually affecting their lives are affecting themselves. >> Somebody's in pain you never you will never know about it. somebody is struggling, you will never know about it unless you stop and observe.
(46:39) >> Yeah. >> So observation is one of the key things that somebody needs to do this >> before you progress into meditation and other things. So do this and for person who wants to meditate simple as a beginner practice focus on your breath and go with the breath flow wherever it takes you inside your body outside environment.
(47:01) Essentially your breath is the same breath that you are breathing in. I am breathing in. She's breathing in >> and all the viewers are breathing in right now. >> We are breathing the same air. We are connected by the same air, same prana energy, same prana, same vital energy. We are connected with it. >> When you breathe in, entire earth breathes in with you.
(47:19) A lot of people who are a beginner, they will be they must be watching us right now. >> So for them I will say start practicing with your breath. >> Yeah. >> Follow it for allow your breath to lead you. >> That's in that's with your your eyes closed, right? >> With your eyes closed. Yeah. And a lot of things will happen that you will feel that meditation is not for me.
(47:38) >> That it's not my my cup of tea, right? It's it's not easy. A lot of people say that the meditation is not easy. I'm not able to meditate. [laughter] I'm not able to close my eyes. Like when I close my eyes, a lot of things come to my mind. >> I will say very simple thing. >> Let it go. >> Close your eyes.
(47:55) If you feel the need to open your eyes, that's okay. Slightly open them and then close again. If >> you feel the need to scratch an edge like over here, here, here, do it. That's okay. It's all fine. It's all part of the process. >> It will take around 9 to 11 days. >> That's what happened in my classes. So in when I I run online classes as well and offline as well.
(48:16) So in my classes even u the community I run a yoga with community. So a lot of people what actually told me that it it takes around 9 to 11 days for us for us to get into that state of starting to meditate >> or to start to to meditate. But what practice do they do when they starting? Just the the breath, just >> three things. Three things.
(48:36) For example, anulum must you do breathing. Yeah, exactly. >> You must do it before you practice meditation. >> Perfect. >> And u I'll also tell you one more thing. >> So I hope I'm I'm not I'm not going to confuse people. >> No, no, it's it's good. You're giving a lot of tools. Let people decide whatever works for them.
(48:56) That's the the >> So basically what we do is uh it's not dhana. It's not meditation. We tell people that we are meditating that we are here to meditate that we are closing our eyes and focusing something and we are meditating >> it's called dhana in yogi way I'll tell you uh so we are in aanga yoga again I'm looping back again and again a tanga because it's utmost important aanga yoga is basically eight steps of a yoga it's like a blueprint similarly blueprint that we have let's say we are making a building >> right we building a building a building
(49:25) >> we have a blueprint we know where we start and where we are going to end up. We know how the building is going to look. Similarly, ashtanga ashtang gives you that blueprint, how your body is going to be, how your breath is going to be, how your mindset is going to be, how your mind and at the end of the day where you are proc progressing towards from this physical body towards ascension towards inner self towards self-realization.
(49:53) So uh there are eight steps. Yum which are moral values. Yum, nam, assan, pranayam, prathar. We talked about the senses. Dhana. Dhana is essentially when we take up a topic. Let's say I say I'm closing my eyes and I'm focusing on Shiva. I'm essentially taking up a topic, a specific goal. >> Mhm. >> They have taken up and I'm focusing on that goal. So dhana means dharan.
(50:19) Basically taking up a specific goal and focusing on that. But once you progress in that process, essentially we talking about meditation. Once your meditation practice evolves >> and you forget that uh goal, you forget Shiva, you will forget Shiva, you will forget whatever goal you had in mind, then it gets transformed into meditation.
(50:44) And once it evolves further, you forget whether you are here or not. Whether you exist or not, whether your breath is actually your breathing or not. You forget the goal as well. You forget where you are in the time space. >> Everything is blank. You never even remember what you what is happening. Right. Right. >> Similarly, go through each and every body part.
(51:02) Start with your top of your skull and go down towards your toes. >> You can you can try and do it in the opposite way as well. You can [clears throat] focus on your toes. Let's say imagine like your toes are healthy. Imagine visualize them with your eyes closed. >> Focus on them. Actually observe them with your senses only on your toes.
(51:20) >> But first you do the the okay you do the the breath that is clear. Do you do uh after do you do the the you go through your your body the body scan or you you first you do the the the meditation focusing on your breath. >> It's actually part of everything is a part of each other right? So you begin with let's say 5 to 10 minutes of analoom alternate nostril breathing >> then you lie down or you can even sit upright as well that's also works fine >> then you close your eyes focus on your breathing >> okay >> let your breath in and out just observe
(51:53) how your breath actually comes in and out >> let it calm down let it relax >> similarly you will feel your pulse rate will also drop down and it will relax your heart rate will also drop down and relax it's like you are gradually going downstairs With each step your body is getting relaxed, relaxed and more relaxed.
(52:11) >> Similarly, once you do that, after that just focus and imagine and visualize all the different parts of your body. Okay? And this is a this is a very easy thing for people to do because the only person who have actually seen each and every body part of yours with precision even let's say with a magnifying glass that's you.
(52:31) You're the only person who has seen your body right for the past let's say whatever your age is for the past those many years you have been seeing your body each and every day. >> So it's very easy for you to imagine and visualize your own body. >> Yeah. >> So do that scan your entire body with the belief that your body is healing that specific body part is getting healed.
(52:51) That's where mind body connection comes in. >> All right. So you gave us you gave us a lot of uh important tools that I mean whoever is uh watching us can uh try and do it um at home. Um now we're coming to the end and I just want to ask you if there's one thing that you would like people to remember from this conversation what it would be.
(53:12) >> Start observing yourself and your body the world around you. >> The world would be a better place when you already know how people are actually going through their lives. M >> when you don't have to be actually understand people but when you already know that somebody is struggling then you'll be able to help them and essentially you'll be able to help yourself right so at least a little time you can actually give yourself so start doing yoga start doing pranayam start doing meditation and especially start
(53:42) observing the world around you that's what Osho also said I Oshu actually literally said >> my own purpose in this life is to make you more aware >> awareness is What helps you keep yourself healthy? If you're not aware what's happening in your body, you easily fell ill, right? So, be aware about your body and start yoga.
(54:00) Be with your family. Start yoga with your family. In fact, >> this this year's this year's international yoga theme was itself like it was yoga for anti-aging, >> right? So, if you are in your 30s and 20s especially, then especially you do you start yoga right now so that you can age gracefully. >> Very cool.
(54:20) Thank you so much for coming and to helping us giving so much wisdom that we can use. It was really nice conversation. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you.