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

When you decide to let something go, you not only create space for something new to come into
your psyche and your life; your body rewards you with energy! If we return to befriending our
enemies from the Inner Smile, we release ourselves from carrying the burden of what no longer
serves us, and we lighten our load and make more energy available for manifesting greatness in our
lives.
On a spiritual level, when you let go of what you no longer need, it’s as if air traffic control has
sent a “cleared for takeoff” message to your soul. You are then clear, meaning you have sufficient
inner space, clarity, and proximity to your intuition, to receive sacred messages from on high—to take
flight.
As we know, the mind has a tendency to glorify or regret the past and to anticipate or attach hopes
and expectations to the future. Both states are unproductive and can lead to anxiety. This meditation is
designed to help you release the future and the past and come into this present moment, while it also
reminds you of all that you have to be thankful for, ushering in love and gratitude. On a higher level, a
more spiritual plane, it also leads to a place where you can start to entertain the idea of saying goodbye
to your body and your life, helping you to imagine a peaceful transition. As we move from the life
we know into the unknown, we return to nature herself and what lies beyond.
1. Find your comfortable seat, letting your “sit bones” sink deeply into your meditation cushion or
yoga block, and lift and lengthen the spine. Deepen your abdominals, gently pulling them in and
back to provide a strong central support for your torso. Relax your arms down by your sides,
bringing your palms to rest on top of your knees, and close your eyes.
2. Feel your strong legs underneath your hands as they release completely into the floor, which rises
up to meet them. They are completely balanced and at ease, meeting in perfect harmony and
effortlessness.
3. Bring your palms together in front of your heart into Prayer Position, uniting head and heart, and
call in your spirit. Think of what you wish to manifest in this moment, not just here in your
practice, but in your life. Breathe into your intention. Inhale and exhale several rounds until you
intuitively know that you have come to own your intention, and then to seal it bow your head to
your heart.
4. Inhale deeply, and to send your intention out into the universe, acknowledging your place and
your power as a part the world and all things, chant “A-U-M, Ommmmm.” Once you have
finished the sound, bathe in its healing current and let the vibration of the sound reverberate
inside your every cell, infusing your cells with the enlivening frequency of the earth’s power
itself.
5. Bring your hands into gyan mudra or the mudra that you feel best suits you and what your body
needs when you are releasing something detracting from your life. Turn your palms face up.
6. With eyes closed, start to connect to your breath and where it lives inside your body. Using
anapanasati, seek out any areas of greatest sensation and send your breath to them. Inhale new
life into your every cell, and as you exhale let go of what you no longer need.
7. Now release your chosen mudra, allowing your fingers to softly open with the backs of your
hands on your knees. Imagine that you are on the beach and have just scooped up a handful of
sand. Watch your hand blossom like a flower as you gently open your fingers and let sand slip