Waking Energy 7 Timeless Practices Designed to Reboot Your Body and Unleash Your Potential

Archer
The Archer activates the first, second, and third chakras, opens the hips, stretches and strengthens the
muscles of the legs, ankles, calves, feet, chest, shoulders, and back as it builds inner fortitude and
courage to stand your ground and heed destiny’s call. It also strengthens the nerves to such a degree
that our bodies can fight off anything, creating a powerfully “divine” energy shield, amplifying the
radiance into a grand protective aura that guards against negative energy.
1. Stand tall, with your feet deeply rooted into the earth at the front of your mat in Mountain Pose:
feet together, big toes touching in parallel alignment, legs together, arms at your sides, upper
body stacked on top and aligned with your navel, which is drawn in toward your spine, and your
tailbone long, drawing down and back.
2. Step back with your left foot, placing it at least three feet behind you and slightly turning the left
toes outward to form a sixty-five-degree angle to your right foot, which is now pointing straight
ahead. Keep your left heel active and stretching back.
3. With both legs strong and straight in their alignment, bend the front knee in line with the big toe,
squaring your hips to face the front of the mat, and as you do raise the arms up in front of the
chest with your hands facing one another, three inches apart and your fingers outstretched.
4. Gazing at your destiny, you are going to pretend that you are drawing your arrow back in your
archer’s bow. Slowly and surely, relax the shoulders back and down. Come into a thumbs-up
position with both hands (hands in fists, thumbs pointing straight up). Keep your right arm
extended, feeling a strong and vibrant connection to the heart, with the chest opening wide. Then
bend the left elbow parallel to the ground and bring the hand back in line with the left shoulder.
You are pulling the string of your bow back and drawing your arrow back into “let fly” position,
literally forming your left hand in such a way that you feel the arrow in it. You will likely feel a
stretch in your chest and left armpit.
5. Lift your upper chest proud and tall as you brighten the thumbs-up position with your right hand,
energizing the fingers, lifting your gaze slightly higher than the horizon line, deepening the front
right knee bend, and straightening the left leg even more strongly, rooting it into the earth.
6. Focus on a point in front of you, and with your feet deeply rooted into the earth let your upper
body soar and call to it as you begin the Breath of Fire at a moderate to vigorous pace. As you
breathe, keep gazing at your beautiful destiny, why you came here, why you came to earth. Think
of the gifts you were meant to share. Merge with those gifts. Merge with your destiny, with the
will of the divine.
7. Start your Sat Nam mantra right away and continue breathing powerfully for three minutes. Once
you finish, inhale deeply and retain the breath as you apply the Root Lock. Suspend and retain the
breath and open the heart, and when you can’t hold your breath any longer, deepen your front
knee bend and literally let your arrow fly—releasing the fingers of the front hand into bright,
long, straight, extensions of your inner commitment and what you wish to manifest out in the
world. Send your arrow to hit its mark!
8. Then, using your inner leg strength and abdominals, step your left foot forward to join your right
foot in Mountain Pose. Let your arms hang down by your sides, and just breathe and feel. Close