Inner Energy, Overview

What is Inner Energy? There, the residual energy lays dormant, waiting Where did it come from? to be awakened. Did you know that we Once your residual energy has been awakened, all have a subtle energy a few strands of the Inner Energy rise up system inside us? Called through your spinal column. They pass through Inner Energy (or Kundalini), each of the remaining six chakras. As this it nurtures and protects happens, you will typically feel vibrations or your mind, body and soul. a tingling sensation at the top of your head You were born with your (the fontanelle area) and in your hands. This Inner Energy system. In fact, experience of energy awakening is known as the word “Sahaja” actually Enlightenment or Self-Realization. It is the same means, “Born with.” sensation you experienced in your frst Sahaja Yoga class or program. At the time of your birth, the Inner Energy passed through your brain to create a vast, As you practice the simple Sahaja Yoga intricate system of energy channels and techniques, you will learn to raise this powerful centers throughout your central nervous Inner Energy on an ongoing basis. system. This system, the Subtle Energy system, As a result, you will enjoy better health, better has governed your physical, cognitive and focus, and a deeper understanding of the emotional well-being ever since. universe and your place within it. While every element in nature emits vibrations, How does the Inner Energy ﬂow? it is only through the awakening of your Inner How is it awakened? Energy that you can develop the sensitivity to Inner Energy fows throughout your body feel those vibrations. Cool (not cold) vibrations using the three main vertical energy channels, indicate balance. Hot, tingling vibrations or nadis. Along the way, it fows through your indicate an imbalance. seven principal energy centers, also known Your Inner Energy, or Kundalini, is a primordial as chakras. energy — the source of all energy. It is pure and The seven chakras are located at the sites of cannot be corrupted or destroyed. It is a living your main nerve plexuses. Each nerve plexus energy that knows how to act. It obeys its own is a network of interlaced nerves. Your residual laws, rising upward against the force of gravity, energy settles into the triangular-shaped like fre. And like fre, it purifes, consumes and sacrum bone at the base of your spine. cleanses imperfections. When you feel heat in your hands during meditation, you are generally This bone is located slightly above the feeling all that is negative leaving your body. frst chakra.

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What is a Chakra? It is associated with the states of contentment How does it impact my life? and satisfaction. Because you’ve always had all the energy centers within you, you’ve always Each chakra (wheel in Sanskrit) is a fulcrum had the potential to be content. or point of support. They are located within the energy channels of your body. Your Inner In exploring your chakras, you’ll fnd that most Energy fows through the chakras. It energizes, physical or psychological diffculties you’ve nurtures and balances them. experienced can be traced to an imbalance, or catch, in a specifc chakra. A catch is a blockage, To visualize how energy fow works, imagine obstruction or impairment of a chakra. your subtle energy system as a fute with seven holes. Each hole represents a chakra. The air A catch prevents your Inner Energy from blown through the fute represents your Inner passing through that blocked chakra to rise Energy. If the fute’s holes are unobstructed, to a higher level. the fute can produce melodious, harmonious As a result, the obstructed chakra does not music. When your chakras are clear and free of function effciently. This ineffciency manifests obstructions, your Inner Energy fows through in your life as a physical, cognitive or your body smoothly, achieving a harmonious emotional problem. balance. Once you’ve used your Inner Energy to The chakras cannot be seen, just as electricity heal and balance an impaired chakra, the cannot be seen. However, you verify that problem disappears. The newly repaired electricity exists every time you turn on an chakra’s associated qualities are enhanced electrical appliance. In much the same way, and strengthened. This will help protect you you verify the existence of your chakras when from future problems. The stronger your you “turn them on” through meditation. You energy centers are, the stronger the associated will experience the sensation of energy fowing qualities are within you. The more you develop through them, as well as the impact of this and strengthen those qualities within you, the energy fow on each chakra’s corresponding stronger your energy centers will become. nerve plexuses and associated organs. You can The good news is that meditation is a valuable, literally feel the energy fowing through each and powerful, self-discovery tool. In fact, once chakra and even detect specifc blockages in your Inner Energy has been awakened, Sahaja the path of the energy fow. techniques will help you diagnose problems Each of your chakras, or energy centers, is within your own Inner Energy system. associated with specifc functions and qualities. The special sensitivity, or vibratory awareness, For example, the third chakra, Nabhi, is located you will gain through awakening your Inner in the solar plexus or central stomach area. Energy will serve as a reliable gauge of your This chakra governs the functioning of your true inner state. internal organs and nerve networks in that area.

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