21-Day Dhyana Sadhana - Day 5 - Nourish and Balance the Organs

Day 5 for the 21-Day Dhyana Sadhana, 21-Day Meditation Practice daily online retreat as we approach Divali 2024. 

Today I have spoken about the importance of the body as our divine instrument. We need to learn to nourish and strengthen the body so that it can be a life-worthy vehicle. Sometimes we can have limitations and obstacles to our spiritual experiences that might originate in the body - so learning to heal and balance the organs is an important skill. 

The meditation practice today is a bit of an advanced technique of working to energize many specific organs in a particular order. 

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The intro to the meditation.

Meditation Transcript

Let's come into our meditation. Thank you very much.

Let me invite you to close your eyes and to join me in the inner space. Take a few deep breaths and refocus on you, your experience, your being. Just affirm, here I am.

And you can even say in your mind, "I am present, I am conscious." Does the strengthen that position?

Today, I want you to start with clearing the mental space. Breathe into the head. Just breathing through that point between the eyebrows, energizing the mental field, clearing and opening up the mind. Open up the mind to greater possibilities.

And if there are thoughts there, as you exhale, gently release the thinking. We want a peaceful, expansive mind. That's the best space to work with the body.

That's good.

We let go of the judgments, the expectations. We let go of our limiting thoughts about the body.

And we open up to seeing and experiencing the body in a new way. As our instrument, our spiritual self, dwells in this body, connected to it, bound to it for the lifetime.

Let's drop all of the ideas we have about the body and seek to relearn. How does this body really work?

How can I cultivate this body into my perfect instrument that is life worthy, strong, yet sensitive?

Be open in the mind to discover with me the beauty of your body. Now, as you breathe out, gently move your attention down into your chest, into your heart, and breathe into the chest, opening up the emotional space.

If there are any residual emotions there, do a little cleanup. As you breathe out, clear the heart space. Breathe fully into the chest. Inhale and exhale.

Breathe fully into the chest. We open up to a loving vibration, a feeling of kindness and gentleness, feeling of support. We want to use that loving vibration to regenerate and sustain the body.

So begin opening up that heart energy, allowing it to flow through the body.

It's as though you're holding your body in your heart, opening up to the loving of the body, opening up to loving every single self, every single feature, knowing that love empowers and sustains and lifts.

Can you feel the lift of holding the body in your heart? I feel lightness is there, and the body is being refreshed by my breath.

And I can feel a pleasantness, a sweetness is coming into the experience. That's how the loving energy influences the hormones. By focusing on your heart, breathing there, energizing there, you're producing the good hormones.

And see if you could relax into that wave of pleasantness, into that wave of sweetness, allowing it to spread through the entire body.

And I feel how that washes away the tensions and it brings a comforting feeling. Always remember, the heart center is a place of healing.

Now, using your exhale, move your attention down into your gut and use some abdominal breathing.

But don't lose the awareness. Have the open mind and the energized heart.

As you breathe into the gut, energizing there. And remember to use the physical action that's important to stimulate the physical body.

When you inhale, expand the abdomen. When you exhale, contract the abdomen with openness, with loving, holding your entire body.

And that physical action of the abdominal breathing, of course, is massaging the organs. You're improving the physical circulation. And because the mind and heart is very strong and present in the space, that higher vibration is carried into the gut.

How does it feel? Just be aware.

Now, as you breathe out, carry your attention down to the root.

And if you're able to, you want to squeeze the root center, activating those perineal muscles. When you exhale, when you inhale, there can be gentle relaxation. Exhale, squeeze the perineum, strengthen the muscle there.

The root chakra is connected to the earth element. Here you are bringing all of the higher qualities from the upper chakras down to the root.

As you exhale and squeeze there, can you feel some energy? Is there perhaps some warmth? And you feel the strength? Can you feel that you're holding your entire body?

Now we need to draw this energy upwards from the root chakra to nourish the different organs.

You are squeezing the perineum on the inhale, inviting a gentle upward movement of the energy into the central channel. And first, we're going towards the kidneys. And they're located on either side of the spine, in the lower back.

So when you inhale, you're focusing on the kidneys on either side of the spine, lower back. And you're drawing energy from the root to the kidneys.

You will feel there's some subtle tensions that will come to the pelvic diaphragm, to the lower abdominals. That's expected to lift the energy from the root to the organs.

Use your breath. On the inhale, pulling up the energy.

Try to feel the kidneys and the energy flowing there. It you do need to be focused. You're using the mind, the breath and the will. But stay with me, stay with the group for the support to catch the experience.

Now, on the inhale, you're drawing up to the kidneys. And from each kidney on either side, you're drawing up towards your liver and your spleen. And these are located at the base of the ribcage on the left and right sides of the body. Inhale, draw the energy up, squeezing the perineum. Move to the kidneys and then upwards to the liver on the right side and the spleen on the left side.

And again, you will feel some subtle tensions in the muscle to help you lift the energy and use each breath, allowing the energy to flow upwards, nourishing these two organs.

And you might feel maybe they're sensitive because they need the nourishment.

One more breath. Drawing up to that, make sure to squeeze the perenium tight. That's how you move the energy upwards.

That's good. Now, the next step is from the liver and the spleen, moving up to the left and right lungs and on the left side, feeling a little bit towards your physical heart.

So on the inhale, squeeze the root, go to the kidneys, liver and spleen, and then lungs and heart.

The exhale can be natural, relaxed it. At a certain point, you will feel the body is really filling up with energy. Using the focused breath is key to this.

Once you feel the energy is coming into the upper chest, then you hold it at the very base of the throat. That's the final point.

The energy now flows from both lungs and the heart towards the front of the throat, the thyroid.

So when you inhale, there's a clear path on both sides of the body through the organs up to the front of the throat.

Just one more breath. Thank you.

And relax. Let's re center at that point in the chest. Focusing on your heart. And this energy center brings balance to our being. It's the center of the energy axis. Breathe into your heart, center of the chest.

Just evening out all of the flows of energy. That's perfect.

Now we are coming to the end of our meditation. Let us affirm in the mind:

I stay centered in the source of my being, nourishing every single organ in my body.

I hold my body in perfect health, wellness and balance.

Thank you. Now take a deep breath, coming into the weight of the body, coming into the senses, coming back all the way.

When you feel ready, with a few blinks, you can gently open the eyes.

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Reflection

1. What did I observe in meditation? 
2. What was striking in the meditation experience? 
3. What was challenging for me today? 

Feel free to ask your questions and post your reflection in the comments if you wish for some feedback. edit.