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Complete Yogic Breath: Dirgha Breathing

April 4, 2014 by Julie Lusk

Dirgha is pronounced DEAR-gah

Summary: This breathing technique is done with long, slow, deep breaths while focusing on the lower, mid, and upper portions of your chest. This allows for the fullest breathing possible and will improve respiration, circulation, and even digestion. The complete breath will soothe your frazzled nerves, clear your mind, and will replenish your life force.

Controlling the volume, duration and frequency of the inhalation, the exhalation, and the pauses between each breath enhances prana, the energy that supports and sustains the life force. Breathing becomes slow and refined.
~~Yoga Sutra 2.50

How to practice the complete yogic breath / dirgha breathing

Either come into a comfortable seated position with your spine erect or lie on your back. It is easier to learn this while lying on your back.

Breathing through your nose is optimal because it [Read more…]

Chakra Chart of Elements, Directions, Sounds, Senses, Attributes +

Chakra Chart of Elements, Sounds, Directions, Senses, Attributes, and Koshas
Composed by Julie Lusk – Jan 2024

Ancient and modern cultures, countries, and teachings have acknowledged and honored the directions, elements, seasons, and the chakra energy centers and their sounds to help provide them with meaning and purpose. See more below the chart.

Chakra	Vedic Sounds Activating Dispersing	Elements Bhuta	Direction	Senses Indriya	Attributes	Koshas Sheaths	Other
Root Muladhara	Lam (as in Lum) O (as in toe)	Earth Prithivi	Below Down	Smell Gandha	Ground Central	Anna Physical	Present
Sacral Svadhisthana	Vam (Vum) OO (two)	Water Apas	Left East	Taste Rasa	Flow	Anna Physical	Ida Nadi
Solar Plexus Manipura	Ram (Rum) Ah (awe)	Fire Agni	Right West	Sight Rupa	Energy – Action	Prana Energy	Pingala Nadi
Heart Anahata	Yam (Yum) AA (play)	Air Vata	Inward Central	Touch Sparsha	Feeling	Prana Energy	Sushumna Nadi
Throat Visuddha	Ham (hum) EE (speak)	Ether Akasha	Back North	Sound Shabda	Hearing	Mano Mental Emotional	Past
Third Eye Ajna	Om Mmmmm	Light Jyotis	Front South	Light Joytis	Vision – Witness	Vijnana Intuition	Future
Crown Sahasrara	Silence Ing (wing)	All Pervading ———– Maha Bhuta	Up – All Up – All	Beyond Senses	Space	Ananda Joy ———– Atman True Self	Timeless

Through the ages, philosophers, scientists, religious organizations, mystics, shamans, and native peoples from the Americas, Asian countries and other areas have used their perspectives personally and collectively to understand, honor, and respect our place in the world around us. This has been expressed prayerfully and ceremonially, scientifically and soulfully.

Some identify four directions while others focus on six. Sometimes five elements are recognized. There are 118 elements on the periodic chart. It’s summer in one hemisphere while it’s winter in the other. It’s daytime in one part of the world whereas it’s nighttime elsewhere.

Making sense of these variations from reputable sources was both thought-provoking and daunting. It finally dawned on me that there are many right ways to do this. Just because one system says the east connects to the earth and the west with water while other systems say something else doesn’t necessarily make one right or better and another wrong.

The point is to feel these influences and use these connections to better understand these relationships for balancing health and wellbeing personally and collectively.

Don’t be fooled by seeing this information boxed into columns and rows. The lines are there to help clarify the information. Think of it as an intermingling and as a gradual blending. It’s somewhat like how the colors in a rainbow gradually transform from one shade to another and at the same time a color can stand on its own. Ultimately, there is no separation. We are in a unified field of oneness that is as directionless and timeless as it is spacious. http://JulieLusk.com

I compiled this Chakra Chart from my in-depth studies and understanding of yoga combined with the knowledge I’ve gained from my other interests. It is fluid and changeable. It is neither conclusive nor comprehensive. Use it if it helps. Go for something else or come up with your own. Get my Complete Chakra Chart.

Learn about chakras and their influences | Get your Complete Chakra Chart
Chakra Balancing with Sound Healing. Use the Elemental Chakra Tone Chart to balance your chakra energy by either increasing or decreasing their energy with sound, color, and special mantras. The Vedic (Yoga) and Tibetan notes and tones are given. It’s fun.
How to balance chakra energy with toning and hand & finger movements called mudras.
Get info related to chakra elements, directions, sounds, senses, and other attributes
Chakra Energy Flow Meditation
Understanding OM | AUM
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Yoga Meditations: Timeless Mind-Body Practices - Book & CD set

Awaken joy, peace and inspiration with this yoga meditations book. Yoga Meditations contains a wide variety of mind-body practices, such as: * Guided relaxation exercises * Breathing practices * Yoga Nidra * Meditations and guided imagery * Affirmations * Yoga postures and meditations for each chakra * Yoga wisdom for contemplation Get a FREE Wholesome Energizers CD in every book! CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...

Chakra Chart

Finally! A complete Chakra Chart with all the chakra names, locations, colors, sounds, yoga postures, breathing techniques, psychological & energetic influences and more. There's handy tips for using the chart on the reverse side. It's 8 1/2 by 14" and laminated. CLICK on the blue title link above to find out more...

Chakra-Based Guided Meditations

Real Relaxation Yoga Nidra takes you into a deeply relaxing and powerful restful state of being fully aware while being in the state of deep yogic sleep. It helps with balancing chakra energy, and can improve immunity, heart health, relieve stress and give you inner peace and balance.

Get it from Amazon, iTunes, Spotify & other online stores

Chakra Balancing with Toning and Hand Mudras

Chakras, Mudras, and Sound Healing

Learn an Elemental and Chakra Meditation with
Hand movements, Color, Sound, and Intention

The major chakras are spinning wheels of energy that span from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. They guide the wellbeing of our bodymind and LifeForce energy.

Chakra energy can be balanced, excessive, or deficient. Being out of balance can negatively influence your actions, relationships, as well as your physical, mental, and emotional health. Use my Chakra Chart to determine if your energy is in balance or not. You’ll get a variety of helpful strategies to improve your wellbeing.

Yoga Mudras are yoga positions, gestures, and seals for your hands and fingers that facilitate health, healing, psychological balance and spiritual transformation. They are effective, easy to learn, practical and powerful. Mudras can be a powerful and effective way to help gain balance and have better health by either increasing or decreasing chakra energy.

Sound healing can also be used for chakra balancing.

Elemental & Chakra Meditation with
Hand Movements, Color, Sound, and Intention

See how the fingers and the thumb are associated with specific chakras and their associated sounds with this color-coded hand diagram.

Bija sounds encode the 5 elements into sound and increase and attract energy. They are lam, vam, ram, yam, ham, Om, and silence. They are pronounced with a ‘U’ sound and rhyme with hum. Vowel sounds decrease and disperse energy.

Experiment & Discover | Hum. Play a variety of sounds, tones, notes, and musical instruments. Use your intuition. Tune in and trust your direct experience by listening and noticing your physical and energetic response.

Mudra Hand Meditation | Tone & touch the thumb to each fingertip on both hands. Try starting on the ring finger (4^th finger) for the first chakra. The index and thumb are used for both the 3^rd and 4^th chakras. Join fingertips and thumb for OM. Reopen hand for silence. Alternatively, try starting with the OM and descend from the crown chakra to the root using the associated finger and sounds.

Tuning Fork Meditation | Listen to unweighted tuning forks associated with the chakra notes. Touch a weighted OM fork to fingertips and center of palm on both hands. Treat both hands.

OM | Find out about the purpose, meaning, symbolism, and benefits of OM.

Learn about chakras and their influences | Get your Complete Chakra Chart
Chakra Balancing with Sound Healing. Use the Elemental Chakra Tone Chart to balance your chakra energy by either increasing or decreasing their energy with sound, color, and special mantras. The Vedic (Yoga) and Tibetan notes and tones are given. It’s fun.
How to balance chakra energy with toning and hand & finger movements called mudras.
Get info related to chakra elements, directions, sounds, senses, and other attributes
Chakra Energy Flow Meditation
Understanding OM | AUM
Book a Musical Sound Bath session

Yoga Meditations: Timeless Mind-Body Practices - Book & CD set

Chakra Chart

Chakra-Based Guided Meditations

Get it from Amazon, iTunes, Spotify & other online stores

Details 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing – Volume 1

30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing – Volume 1

by Julie Lusk

Are you looking for a handy relaxation, imagery and meditation book for stress relief?
Do you want to get the most out of relaxation, imagery, and meditation?
Do you want to help yourself and lead others with these scripts for relaxation, imagery, visualization & more?

Finally. The perfect book!

PRINT BOOK: 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery & Inner Healing - Volume 1 - Print Edition

Are you looking for a handy relaxation, imagery and meditation book for stress relief? Here's the perfect book! Help yourself and lead others with these scripts for relaxation, imagery, visualization & more. Easy-to -follow scripts are here to * Achieve deep, positive relaxation * Benefit from stress relief * Healing guided imagery * Awaken intuition * Increase self growth and understanding. CLICK the blue title link above to find out more...

EBOOK Edition: 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery & Inner Healing - Volume 1 - eBook Edition

Are you looking for a handy relaxation, imagery and meditation book for stress relief? Here's the perfect eBook! Help yourself and lead others with these scripts for relaxation, imagery, visualization & more. Easy-to -follow scripts are here to * Achieve deep, positive relaxation * Benefit from stress relief * Healing guided imagery * Awaken intuition * Increase self growth and understanding. CLICK the green title link to find out more...

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Perfect for Meditation

“I use this book at work to run meditation groups. It is very diverse so that I have many choices to chose from based on my client population. I had another copy of it but used it so much it finally fell apart, this is a replacement.” Posted July 28, 2009, 10:44 AM EST
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Easy-to -follow scripts are here to help you

Achieve deep, positive relaxation
Benefit from stress relief
Healing guided imagery
Awaken intuition
Increase self growth and understanding

Table of Contents for 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery, and Inner Healing

Volume 1

by Julie Lusk
Whole Person Associates

Becoming Relaxed

Feeling calm, relaxed, and centered is a foundation for any guided meditation. In fact, relaxation is healing in and of itself.

Physically relaxing the body first, before using guided imagery, increases people’s ability to concentrate and allows their minds, hearts, and spirits to be more open to the meditation. A feeling of harmony often results.

For many people relaxation is a new experience. It is important that people practice the physical form of relaxation and spend ample time with it until feeling relaxed becomes natural and easy.

The exercises in this section focus on physical relaxation. Use them on their own or combine them with an imagery exercise from one of the other sections.

Progressively Relaxing while Sitting in a Chair
Designed for people sitting in chairs, this progressive relaxation exercise focuses on tensing and relaxing the different muscle groups. (20 minutes)
Breathing for Relaxation and Health
Effective relaxation requires proper breathing. In this script, participants concentrate on their breathing by focusing on what their bodies are doing as they take in deep breaths, hold them, and slowly exhale. (10 minutes)
1 to 10
In this brief script, participants lie on their backs and tense their muscles as they count from 1 to 10, then release the tension as they count back down to 1. (5 minutes)
The Magic Ball
In this visualization script, participants imagine they each possess a magic ball that travels over, under, and through their bodies, relaxing their muscles as it goes. (20 minutes)
Total Relaxation
An eclectic introduction to some of the most popular relaxation techniques, Total Relaxation includes breathing, progressive relaxation, visualization, and body scanning. Use a part or all of this script as a short relaxation exercise prior to a guided meditation in one of the other sections of the book. (10 minutes)

Nature and the Environment
Being connected to the natural world–the ocean, forest, sky, and mountains–is for most people both relaxing and healthy. The guided meditations in this section help people find their connection with the natural world and thereby learn about forgiveness and love.

Note: Before beginning any script, describe to the participants what images you will use. If they make anyone feel uncomfortable, select an alternate script.

The Sea
In this script, participants relax by taking an imaginary journey along a beach, listening to the birds and waves and watching a brilliant sunset. (5 minutes)
Simply Sailing
In this script, participants imagine setting sail from a quiet dock, experiencing the sea with all its beauty and challenges, and reaching an island paradise. They are invited to release unnecessary personal ìbaggageî and return to the dock with a newfound energy. (25 minutes)
A Day in the Life of Another Creature
In this relaxation and visualization script, participants let go of tension and then explore the wildlife found around a pond, first through the perspective of an animal or insect, and then from the human perspective. (20 minutes)
The Beach
In this script, participants imagine they are on vacation, strolling along a quiet ocean beach, free of the usual daily pressures and hassles. (5 minutes)
Flying with the Eagle
In this script for kids (and for the young-at-heart), participants leave their homes through a secret door, travel to the forest of a magnificent Mother Eagle, and go for a ride on her back. (15 minutes)
Oak Creek
In this script, participants experience and feel a personal connection with the energy and the healing power of the earth and sky. (10 minutes)
The Night Sky
In this script, participants imagine looking at the stars of a clear night sky and feeling their minds expand into the infinite expanse of space. (8 minutes)
Ocean Waves
In this script, participants dissolve their worries and troubles by imagining they are listening to the rhythm of the ocean waves. (12 minutes)

Inner Answers
Taking the time to regularly explore and reflect upon the inner world of intuition, feelings, and thoughts can be uplifting and is a sure path to personal, emotional, mental, and spiritual growth.

The guided meditations in this section help people get in touch with their intuitive inner selves so that they may find answers to lifeís questions from within.

Your Inner Adviser
In this meditation, participants have a conversation with their inner advisor to develop their intuitionómaking decisions based on gut feelings rather than on reactions to social influence. (18 minutes)
Fortune Cookies
In this script, participants tap into their intuitive selves by imagining that they are reading messages contained in fortune cookies. (12 minutes)
Your Inner Child
In this script, participants get to know, communicate with, and learn from their inner child. (5 minutes)
Time Travel: So What Do You Want to Do for A Living?
In this script, participants imagine the future to discover potential career paths and living conditions. (20 minutes)

Healing
Integrating the mind, body, emotions, and spirit opens up vast inner resources of intuition, wisdom, and personal power.

So many of us live as if fragmented–thinking of one thing, saying something else, acting one way publicly, while feelings, moods, and emotions provide a constantly changing and inconsistent undertow.

The guided meditations in this section focus on using the mind to heal the body and emotions and to bring thoughts, words, actions, and feelings into harmony and alignment.

Love, Joy, and Optimism
In this guided meditation, participants journey down a private path; encounter their own personal guide and shadow; feel love, joy, hope, and optimism; and learn to accept themselves no matter what is going on in their lives. (30 minutes)
Healing Yourself and the Universe
In this script, participants relax and feel protected as past hurts and negativity are released and forgiven through the experience of being surrounded by a healing, loving light. (20 minutes)
Sun Meditation for Healing
In this script, participants experience the healing power and energy of the sun as they imagine it warming and relaxing them. (5 minutes)
Vitamin T Imagery
In this script, participants absorb Vitamin T, the nurturing nutrient found in healthy touch, by imagining they are receiving a massage. (18 minutes)
Food for Thought: Imagery for Weight Control
In this script, participants learn to think differently about food, about dieting, and about themselves by stimulating their ability to make informed choices. This script is designed to take the struggle out of weight loss and weight maintenance while increasing the joy that should accompany positive changes. (15 minutes)
Breastfeeding
In this guided meditation, mothers visualize the miraculous nursing process while nursing their babies. (10 minutes)

Personal Growth
Using imagery to encourage self-esteem, offer positive affirmations, focus on personal growth and development, and increase people’s ability to imagine sights, sounds, and other physical sensations are the main goals of these guided meditations.

Addiction to Wellness
In this script, participants seek physical, mental, psychological, and spiritual wellness. Positive self-esteem is nurtured. (10 minutes)
Body Image Visualization
In this visualization script, participants picture their own body images and practice positive affirmations to promote self-esteem and inner beauty. (25 minutes)
OM Visitation
In this script, participants meditate on the word ìOMî to help them connect with people they love, but who are far away. (5 minutes)
The Blue Period
In this empowerment script, participants observe their lives to discover trends and patterns that are occurring. This script parallels the way an art historian might look at a painterís life. For example, Picasso had his Blue Period, Pink Period, Cubist Period, and a dozen other periods throughout his life. Your life passes through phases as well. (20 minutes)
You Are a Child Again
In this script, participants imagine they are children again. Children who have fun playing and moving, are confident and self-assured, and unconditionally loved. (5 minutes)
Flower Meditation
In this visualization script, participants increase their ability to imagine seeing, touching, smelling, and feeling. (20 minutes)
A Meditation of a World Vision
In this guided meditation, participants experience their connection to the life-force of the universe by lying on the ground and imagining the earth ís energy coming through them. (15 minutes)

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Yoga Nidra Books, Audios, Articles, Classes

Yoga Nidra Articles

Yoga nidra FAQ
How to make positive changes that last using intentions (sankalpas) with yoga nidra.
Benefits of yoga nidra
How to practice savasana, the relaxation pose
Sleep and yoga nidra Why 1 hour of yoga nidra practice is equivalent to 4 hours of sleep.
Yoga nidra to improve your brain. It’s fascinating!
Free recording to experience the power of yoga nidra
Journaling prompts for yoga nidra

Class Info & Registration Links

Yoga Nidra Online Classes – Totally relax. Put your physical, mental, and emotional stress to rest. All classes.
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Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainings Workshops
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Books

Yoga Nidra Meditations: 24 Scripts for True Relaxation | Print | Audiobook | eBook
Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief |Print | eBook
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Audios

Audio Recordings | MP3’s | CDs | Downloads || Amazon | iTunes, etc.
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