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Children Are Our Future

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India, Travel Diaries, Children, Love, Family, Tribe, Ashram, Yoga Master
When I traveled to India,
I learned what it looks like for more than a third of Indian children who live in extreme poverty. 
India has one of the worlds largest populations of children- and more than a third of these children live in extreme poverty.
When we were in Varanasi, we visited an ashram where talented in need children learn math, english, yoga and sanskrit for free. I was amazed at the struggle these children face on the daily, and inspired by what they accomplish in their practice. Their humility, gratitude, and service to others touched my heart. The school had trouble affording simple items like new books and brooms, bedding gear, etc because there are many kids and funding is low.
We bought the ashram new books, pencils, brooms, etc, and it was so cheap because India’s currency is nothing compared to the dollar.
A little goes a long way, especially in third world countries.
If you want to support the ashram, please donate and follow their amazing adventures at @yogamission9 @chandramaulitrust 🙏🏼❤️✨
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Nauli Kriya

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Time for some alien yoga 👽

Nauli Kriya is used in Hatha yoga for detoxifying the abdominal organs through a stimulating massage technique, using the muscles of the stomach.

By isolating these muscles and moving the stomach, we cleanse our internal organs, the spleen, liver, gallbladder, large intestine, small intestine, kidneys, pancreas, and more.

Nauli Kriya is formed of three movements:

Vama Nauli when muscles are isolated to the left, Dakshina Nauli when muscles are contracted to the right, and Madhya Nauli when both muscles are contracted toward the center.

Vama Nauli

Dakshina Nauli

  Madhya Nauli

Nauli Kriya is not easy, sometimes it can take 3 months to a year to be able to practice this move.

 

How to Practice Nauli Kriya

  1. Stand wide legged, knees bent, hands on thighs. Take a deep breath in, and then force breath out with a hissing sound.
  2. Contract the Uddiyana Bandha. Hold breath and locate your abs. Contract your abs out (Madhya). Try to contract abs to the left, contract to the center, and then to the right. When you are done exhale and release.

If this is your first time, practice each move by itself, until you have it down. Please don’t strain yourself. This is an advanced practiced and can cause issues if done incorrectly. It can take 3 months to a year to get this down. It is recommended practice only 8x per 24 hours.

Good luck and if you have any questions, message me!

For more guidance, check out the definition of Nauli Kriya on Yoga Journal!

xoxo

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