Health Secrets of Tibetan Monks

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• Health Secrets of Tibetan Monks: Sound healing and herbs…

• Power of Imagination: Adding emotion to your thoughts…

• Ease into sleep: The yogi way to beat insomnia…  

Health secrets of Tibetan monks...

When one thinks about Tibet we think of the Tibetan monks and their strange habits or better about their amazing abilities, no matter if in advanced age or still young in age in the case of children they are capable of doing crazy things and especially we think about their longevity they are amongst the populations who live longer.

But how do they manage to keep in such an amazing shape? Sound Healing The power of sound and vibration is heavily utilized in the monk’s practice: Mindfulness (meditation), music (vibration), and prayer (intention) are used as medicine.

One of the monks’ primary focuses is meditation. An open, centered mind, in alignment with serving the heart, leaves the entire body following suit. Meditation regulates the sympathetic nervous system, leaving us to feel safe, calm, and content. In this space, the body can achieve balance, increase its energy, and regenerate.

The monks understand that our entire being is in constant vibration. The molecules, cells, bones, organs and tissues, as well as the fluids of our body, each hold a specific rate of vibration. Negative thoughts, emotions, and beliefs often create crystallized harmful energy in the subtle body realm, thus supporting the concept that disease of the mind becomes disease, discomfort, and/or dysfunction in the physical body.

Bowls, bells, tingshas, chimes, or gongs are common sound/vibratory tools used by the monks to help facilitate meditative states. The vibrational resonance of these tools sends specific tones and vibrations to the body, clearing away tension, inflammation and blocked energy. Using the voice through toning is considered the most powerful form of vibration/sound. Chanting and toning, done in both prayer and healing ceremony, are used to clear negative vibrational energies before they manifest physically. When varying tones are brought into the electromagnetic field, the deeper tones are transforming and healing the physical body, and the higher overtones are working directly with the subtle energy bodies.

One can start exploring this clearing technique by simply humming or creating a vibration in the mouth and throat. This creates and moves internal vibrations up through the palate and cranium, stimulating the pineal and pituitary glands. These master glands begin regulating the hormonal function of the body, influencing the brain wave states for optimal integration and self-healing.

Herbs and Food as MedicineOur body is designed to absorb nutrients and phytochemicals from foods found in nature, helping us decrease inflammation. By keeping inflammation down, we are assisting all the systems of our body to function at peak performance and not cause any undue strain on the organs or the chakras, leaving us with ample amounts of vital energy.

Fenugreek is an ancient medicinal plant with a variety of health benefits that dates back 6000 years with roots in Egypt. This little herb is known for balancing digestive disorders, like acid reflux, by decreasing inflammation. Fenugreek helps lower blood sugar levels, which can be invaluable for type 1 and 2 diabetics, and is also used in Chinese medicine tonics for the kidneys. The seed is most commonly used ground up for teas or as a spice in curries for cooking. You can also grow your own fenugreek. As it grows, take the sprouts, rich in vitamins A, B, C and E, and eat them in a salad.

Another key component in the health and vitality of the monks is their diet of anti-inflammatory foods, primarily barley, rice, and in-season fruits and vegetables that are pesticide-free.

The monks have also adapted the concept of “you are what you eat.” The denser or more complex the food, the denser the matter of the body and energetic field become. The monks, striving to maintain a lightness of being, eat simple, easily digestible foods that provide a plethora of rich nutrients. This provides the body sustainability, as well as freeing the energetic systems to be open and expansive without sluggishness. This lightness allows for a more consistent presence or seat in consciousness, leaving one able to remain the observer, unattached to the pulls and hooks of the reactive world. This makes it possible to experience full, uninterrupted communing with the superconscious and the divine within.

🧐 DID YOU KNOW? 

The power tool of the yogis: Visionary Imagination comes to us on its own. But yogis encourage it through visualizations- Kalpana practice and, especially, Bhavana, or creative contemplation. Bhavana is the most powerful tool we have for internal self-creation. It lets us reimagine the Self.  The term Bhavana comes from bbava, a Sanskrit word meaning “feeling” or "emotional flavor". Bhavana works with the power of your emotions to radically reorder your internal experience of yourself. In Tantra, where the power of the mind is recognized as identical to the universal creative power, Bhavana is used to create a sense of identity with the divine. A true Bhavana combines idea, vision, and feeling. It’s the emotional quality that gives Bhavana its power. 

Ease Into Sleep

Whether you experience chronic or intermittent insomnia, a program of relaxing asana and easy meditation performed at bedtime can help you slow down the mind and body and ease the transition into slumber, says yoga teacher and sleep scientist Roger Cole.

Cole suggests starting in Salamba Paschimottanasana (Supported seated forward bend). Sit on several folded blankets or a bolster, facing a chair. Place a blanket or other padding on the chair, and lean forward, resting your head and arms on the seat.

Stay there for three to five minutes. If you have time, experiment with other supported forward bends (seated or standing), with your head resting on a chair, and block a pillow. Or fold over your hips in Balasana (child's pose), with your head supported.

Next, slowly move into supported Viparita Karani (Legs-up-the-wall-pose), using a folded blanket or two to support your pelvis and sacrum; let the tailbone hang off the edge of the blanket.

Relax here for 10 to 20 minutes. Before lying down to sleep, sit crosslegged in Sukasana(easy pose), with your pelvis elevated on one or more folded blankets and your back against the wall, spine long, and shoulders relaxed.

Allow your thoughts to arise and just watch them float by. When you notice that you’ve begun to follow a thought, simply notice that this has happened. This thought- watching becomes your new thought to watch, without judgment. Start with five minutes a try sitting for longer periods over time. And then, when it’s time to sleep, cover your eyes with something that provides both darkness and very gentle pressure, like an eye bag.

NAMASTE ❤️

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