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

1. Stand tall with feet slightly wider than hip-width apart and lean forward, placing your hands on
top of your thighs so that you can fully support the weight of your upper torso, or if you’re more
open and flexible, bring your hands down to press into the floor with palms flat.
2. Inhale deeply and draw in as much air as you possibly can without overexerting yourself, and
then exhale immediately and powerfully, completely emptying the lungs.
3. Once the lungs are fully emptied, strongly contract the abdominal wall in and up toward the spine
and hold it up and in for as long as you comfortably can.
4. Then rise to an erect position, breathe naturally for two breaths, and then repeat, coming into a
forward bend with your hands on top of your knees, inhaling deeply and then fully emptying the
lungs.
5. With the lungs completely empty, powerfully contract the abdominal wall once again. This time,
start to pump the abdominals in and out, like a bellows stoking a fire, for as many repetitions as
you can (optimally thirteen) until you feel the need to take your next breath.
6. When need to inhale once again, breathe in as you rise to stand, and then take two smooth, deep
natural breaths.
7. Repeat the sequence one more time, then return to standing, and take two deep breaths before
moving on to the next exercise.
Corpse Pose (Savasana)
Because the kundalini practices are heavily yang in nature, it is important to end with a yin pose to
restore balance. Please follow the instructions for the Corpse Pose given at the end of Chapter 8.
After the Corpse Pose, make your way into a seat, with your hands in Prayer Position in front of
your heart. I’d like to invite you to chant my favorite part of completing a kundalini practice. Say the
following blessing:
May I live in great health, happiness, and wholeness.
May I come to know my sat nam, my truth, my true identity,
and find a peace within myself that illumines my life.
May the longtime sun shine upon me,
all love surround me,
and the pure light within me guide my way on.
Onward and Ever Upward!
Now that you have performed Unleash and Transform, some of the most challenging sequences and
paces you have ever put your body through for its greater good, you have been officially initiated into
kundalini. When you read the words “onward and ever upward,” you now know exactly what they
mean, because you have lived the feeling they inspire. It has risen up inside you like irrepressible