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| Tantra Tips: Q + A: Skeletal Shaking, and "Disciples" | ||
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The answers to some of your burning questions today: Question: Hello Tao! I received the “Guru Secrets” package you sent a few days ago and have been completely immersed in it ever since. I believe that I have finally found the most effective practices available that I have sought for so long! Thank you both for making this available! I just have couple questions regarding some exercises and other things. Regarding Charana exercise one, Skeletal Shaking. I am confused on how the tailbone should shake up and down. Is it like tucking in your sacrum quickly in and out, almost like a humping motion? Or do you bounce lightly with your knees focusing on moving your tailbone? I’m confused! Is it only supposed to take me 15 min to do the entire Charana? It is taking me around 45 min, am I doing something wrong? Do the first 2 months of Tantric Inner Circle come with documentation? What is the Rogue Yoga report and how do I access it? BTW, what does Umaa stand for (if anything)? Thank you very much for your help! Andrew Answers: Hi Andrew! Thank you for your kind words about our product! Let me answer each question in turn: Regarding skeletal shaking: For the complete description and video of Skeletal Shaking, get the first month of the Tantric Inner Circle and "Secrets the Gurus will Never Show You." Skeletal shaking increases bone density by using eccentric motion to stimulate the bone marrow. In plain english, that means the emphasis is on the downward motion, as the knees bend, and the tailbone moves toward the floor. Skeletal shaking also increases sperm production and overall sexual vitality in both men and women. The bone density increase rom skeletal shaking has been shown to be both rapid and significant in several recent western medical studies performed in mainland China. The increase in bone density is greater than with any other weight bearing exercise, and involves less wear and tear on the joints than high impact exercises like running and aerobics. One of our students went from 30% bone loss to 0% in just three months, Her MD was astounded, but wrote her experience off to "a statistical anomaly". Energetically, skeletal increases the element of earth (Prithivii Tattva) in the physical body, allowing you to feel more vital, secure, and grounded. The whole exercise here involves several arm positions which would take to long to review here. But to clarify the movement of the tailbone for you, Andrew, first place your mind in your tailbone, and try to "feel" from those nerves. Then... For skeletal shaking, do *not* swing the tailbone forward and backward, which increases fluidity, not solidity (those pelvic tilts or "tucks"are a totally different exercise, used to open up the sacrum). Instead, the knees joints do not move horizontally as they bend. They stay in the same place. To get the right feeling and motion, stand and place your toes and knees up against a wall in front of you, and raise and lower your butt a few inches, keeping the knees touching the wall as you bend them. Now bring yourself off the wall and move the same way during the exercise. Think of your spine like a heavy pile driver, going deep into the earth as you accelerate your tailbone downwards a few inches, stopping suddenly while keeping the body loose and relaxed, so that it feels like your bone marrow keeps traveling downward through the bones for an instant. Breathe deeply and naturally throughout, and recover upwards with minimal acceleration after each downward drop. The spine stays perpendicular to the ground at all times (no "forward-backward "humping" motion). The exercise in its complete form appears on the first Tantric Inner Circle Session DVD (with all levels of membership). Regarding how long it takes you to do of Charana: Charana, which also appear in the first month's DVD, are both warming exercises and purifying actions (kriyas) which use the breath, awareness, movement, and relaxation to move prana (energy/ vital breath) through the body. They may be done with a few repetitions to warm the body up and loosen the spine and joints. This takes only 15-20 minutes. Or Charana may be used as a longer, slower practice, as you have experienced, Andrew. I myself have done charana for over 2 hours on occasion. It's a great practice in itself. Why? Well, when you perform this simple, powerful group of eight exercises, with all the proper secret attitudes (See Chapter 4 of "Secrets the Gurus will Never Show You") and with full absorption in your actions, performing charana can and will lead to samadhi (one pointedness), ananda (spiritual bliss or ecstasy), and self-realization. We have experienced it, as have may of our students. Charana are the first exercises we teach, and they are terrifically powerful, simple, and safe! Regarding the Rogue Yoga Report and written documentation: New online printable versions of the Rogue Yoga report and the written documentation, including the back issues, will appear later this week on the Tantric Inner Circle Members section of the website... Stay tuned for that announcement and your passwords via email late this week. Regarding the meaning of Umaa: Umaa (also spelled Uma) is a phonetic transliteration of the Sanskrit name for feminine divine energy, manifested as Wisdom. Umaa is one of the names of Parvatii, or Sakti. She embodies both the formless mystery and animating energy of the universe. Shiva (also spelled Siva) on the other hand, represents joyfull, wishless awareness of both manifestation and pure emptiness. Both are merely representations of different aspects of the ineffable Absolute. Keep going Andrew, you're on the right track! -- Tao ____________________________ Question: Hi I would like to know if your teaching requires the student to become a disciple of a guru? Thank you Ray Answer: Hi Ray! No, our teaching does not require that you become a disciple of anyone. We are not a cult. "Disciple" is the word most cults choose to translate the sanskrit word chela ("student"), because it implies submission. It's a poor translation used to manipulate students who already want to give up responsibility for their own spiritual lives. You are a student for as long as the relationship benefits you. You are responsible for your own development, not the guru. A guru is merely the guide, the provider of the example and the means to go beyond the gross qualities of nature ("gu"nas), to the formless and sublime (written as "ru" in sanskrit, which became "mu" in Japanese Zen, meaning "emptiness")... We encourage you to always explore and question, and to seek confirmation of your experiences with us in any tradition or source that appeals to you. But practice, please practice. As Sivanda has been quoted so may times as saying, "An ounce of practice is better than a ton of theory." There is no liberation from mere intellectual philosophy. --Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com ____________ TAO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EMAILS SINCERELY PAUL ROEMMELE DELRAY BEACH FL As always, thank you, Paul! --Tao That's all for this email... more later! For every student, there is a teacher. Keep in touch! Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up! Your Friend, Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com P.S. You can learn more about authentic tantra, yoga, and qi gong in Umaa Tantra's Tantric Inner Circle. You can read more about the Tantric Inner Circle here: http://www.UmaaTantra.com/tantric_inner_circle.html |
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