Circulatory System

This is taken from The Ancient Art of Self-Healing by Yogi Bhajan:

The following foods increase circulation: chilies, ginseng, lecithin, lemons.

Chilies stimulate circulation

Ginseng is good for the heart and good for the circulatory system. You can have fifteen drops of ginseng extract in a glass of water four times a day, maximum.
Ginseng is also well known for its aphrodisiac qualities; it stimulates cell growth, increases hormone production, rejuvenates the nervous system, and it was referred to as a cure all for all ills (again, temper this with modern knowledge).

Lecithin has the property of affinity to oil, and when isolated from its normal surroundings (as a granular lecithin isolated from soybeans) it combines with fats free in the bloodstream and along artery walls. It is thus good for high blood pressure, heart problems and poor circulation.

Lemon juice helps to thin the blood and increase circulation.

The Aura

This is taken from the book The Ancient Art of Self-Healing by Yogi Bhajan regarding the aura:

SUBTLE BODY
The aura is the subtle body, without which there cannot be any physical existence.

ROOTS OF THE HUMAN
You are not as physical as you look. The total impact of your human aura can be nine feet around you, all the way. When the aura touches the earth, it grounds itself with the earth. Those are your roots. That is where you get your energy. That is the energy which will take you to the heavens, the ether.

SIZE OF THE AURA
You are not just this body. Your energy is in your aura and your aura extends nine feet from your skin. The animal aura is three and a half feet; metal things and other inanimate objects are one and a half; and the human aura is nine feet.

INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE AURA
There are two things which can increase the size of the aura: white clothing and cotton cloth. When you wear white cotton clothing from top to bottom, you can increase your aura up to three times. This is under all circumstances, even if you are at your lowest ebb. That’s the law of the universe.

THE ARC LINE OF THE AURA
The hairline is the base of the arc line of your aura. The arc line of a human being can be between one millimeter up to three inches. That is where the aura is read and that is where the strength of your entire divinity lies.

"P" Fruits

This is from The Ancient Art of Self-Healing by Yogi Bhajan:

“P” Fruits
Peaches do not grow on the beaches but when they grow in the fields, eat them. Peaches can teach you how to be a man. Eat peaches. All “P” fruits are good for men’s creativity. Peaches, plums, papayas, pineapples, pears and persimmons. All “P” fruits. The best thing for a “P” fruit is to blend it really good with yogurt. Really blend it up. Let it go. Let it get in yukja.. yukja is “one life.” Make them to go through, and when it is really, really, really blended, drink it. If you are not hypoglycemic you can put honey in it.

Mudras

After posting a few funnies from Oscar Wilde, I thought that the main focus of this blog is truth and wisdom. I thought that I would focus on Mudra which are hand positions used in yoga. Our teacher Ram Das Bir Singh has us use different mudras to help the brain connect with certain aspects of the infinity.

• Gyan Mudra: Place the tip of the thumb together with the tip of the index finger.
  Stimulates: Knowledge and ability.
  Planet: Jupiter – representing expansion.
  
  



• Shuni Mudra: Place the tip of the middle finger on the tip of the thumb.
  Stimulates: Patience and discernment.
  Planet: Saturn – the task master, the law of karma, the taking of responsibility and
  courage to hold to duty.
  


• Ravi Mudra: Place the tip of the ring finger on the tip of the thumb.
  Stimulates: Revitalizing energy, nervous system strength and good health.
  Planet: Sun – energy, health and sexuality. Uranus – nervous system strength, intuition
  and change.


• Buddhi Mudra: Place the tip of the little finger on the tip of the thumb.
  Stimulates: Capacity to communicate clearly and intuitively and psychic development.
  Planet: Mercury – quickness and mental powers of communication.

Practicing this with the chant- Sa-Ta-Na-Ma brings a total mental balance to the individual psyche. As you vibrate on each fingertip, you alternate your electrical polarities. The index and ring fingers are electrically negative, relative to the other fingers. This causes a balance in the electromagnetic projection of the aura.

Source:

The Ancient Art of Self-Healing, by Yogi Bhajan. West Anandpur Publishers, Eugene, OR, 1982.