2 asanas for the cough
Persistent cough, that sometimes may happen to some people without a diagnosable reason at all, and no medication seems to reliably do away with it ( although I strongly advise against chemical medications, if some things are taken, let it be medicinal foods and herbs, etc, and yet better realize what’s gone wrong with ones energy flows causing that and correct and improve them, end of parenthesis), сan be well treated with focused practice of just 2 asanas. These are: the Cobra pose- Bhudjangasana and Ardha Matsiendrasana.
Indeed, when properly performing Bhujangasana, the Telluric (the Earth, the upward) flow of energy is massively directed towards the chest and Anahata Chakra which controls the Lungs and the element of Air. It goes from the Earth and into the legs and into the arms and in the chest these flows meet.
At the same time, the Cosmic Flow (downward flow having the Yang aspect, the aspect of consciousness ) goes into Sahasrara and reaches the area of the heart, the Anahata, with its cleaning, consciousness- clarifying effect, the feeling of Presence.
Assume the pose. The shoulders should not be driven up by your weight, but keep them down with downward force. Relax, while still maintaining this pose. Head a bit upward, with your face looking a little above the horizon, so are the eyes. Close your eyes. One should feel the above flows and focus on these feelings and try to amplify them, and if not feeling yet, then industriously visualize those flows. Visualize also a green energy ball in your chest, like they do in Chi-gong, having, of course, that proper Anahata quality of the energy.
Mental tuning for the proper openness of Anahata, without too much openness: Visualize the cone of Anahata opening about 30 degrees- you invite everyone to your Love, and everyone can benefit from it, BUT, only those who want to stand in the Light, in the Truth. The pillar of Mercy and the pillar of Severity. You are kind, but you must not be so kind as to create abuse. You have offered your light, and still offering, with all reasonable measures making sure others can benefit from it. But if somebody doesn’t want to be in the truth, that just cannot step into your light. Remember, some are driven by the darkness, consciously or unconsciously and darkness just does not want your light and truth.
Visualize a ray of light going from Anahata indefinitely to the horizon.
Few correct illustrations of this asana could be found in the Internet. Mainly the pelvis was off the floor, while it's important for the energies to keep it down, and the head of those who take it as gymnastics, tend to be bent too far back. They emphasise arching. But this is not gymastics, and the obective is not flexibility, but creating an antenna, where Sahasrara is directed upwards. Here I also made my marks for the energies posture specifics.
These pics illustrate a variation (and probably that even means most canonical pose, but harder for beginners) with the back hand not providing a support, but rested on the lower back. Still, good illustrations.
Ardha Matsyendrasana. Sit as illustrated and twist the body. First should come the twist so that the left side of Vishudha Chakra is directed right, so the body is twisted to the right first. Ensure your back is vertically straight as practically possible, and if it’s hard to do at first without some supports, use something for support like rags or the like natural object, which is compactable and can assume a form and be a support, that will probably be used under and at the back of your butt. If your flexibility allows it, you can pass one hand under your knee, and hold your palm with the palm of the other hand, passed behind the back ( also make the energies flow there). But if it doesn’t, that’s all right, just place the palm of one hand on your thigh, and the other hand shall be used to support you behind the back (see the picture).
Head and the eyes. Turn your head to the maximum angle as you can without any tiring strain, and following the same direction, turn your eyes. The body, the head and the eyes should be doing one twisting motion; charge it with the inner intent to twist even more, without strain, however, and the eyes and gaze should be trying, again, without strain, to turn more, like driving a car and going into a big turn with the road still there to be turned to, and more and more… With this inner intent of further motion, otherwise, Rest. Rest and feel the relaxation. Focus should be on your Vishudha chakra. Again, instructions regarding the duration and manner of performance shall be as above.
After the exercise where you turn right, and activate the left side of Vishudha, perform the Awareness Phase sitting in Siddhasana or Vajrasana, or even on something, cross legged. Become aware how the exercise just changed you, on the corresponding level of consciousness. Perform the asana to the other side, and exercise the right side of Vishudha.
Perform the awareness phase again.
Don’t be surprised if performance of this asana causes glimpses from Akasha records, perception of moments of your life or someone else’s life and events. It is said, particularly, in Agama Yoga manuals, that practicing the exercise to the right side of Vishudha (twist to the left) increases your capacity to control what you perceive.
With this, We finish here for today. These only 2 asanas can stop and do away with persistent coughs of “unknown” nature. You know what the causes were, they were imbalance or impurities of your Anahata and/or Vishudha. The world, the Maya, with plenty of materialistic things and tendencies, desires and passions, wordly emotions, is treacherous, it tries to lead astray and dust your chakras with it’s impurities, whether it’s by believing it and playing it’s game or by a contact with something or somebody bearing those impurities. Clean Yourlself- your physical, energetic, astral, mental and causal bodies. Clean, energise and carry on.
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