YOGA FOR BUILDING ENERGY Vivianne Barry Yoga Circle Noosa www.yogacircle.com.au

Yoga for Building Energy Yogananda’s double-breath energisation exercises The Five Tibetan Rites The Five Vayus – energy currents Pranayama for energising 2

Yogananda’s Energisation Exercises 3

Opening Prayer 4

Opening Prayer Infinite Spirit, Recharge my body with Thy cosmic energy, My mind with Thy concentration, My soul with Thy ever-new joy. O eternal youth of body and mind, Abide in me forever and forever. Aum. Amen 5

#1 Double Breathing - Palms Touching 6

#2/3 Calf Recharging & Ankle Rotation 7

#4 Calf & Forearm Tense Thigh & Upper Arm Tense 8

#5 Front Chest & Buttock Recharging 9

#6 Back Recharging 10

#7 Shoulder Rotation 11

#16 Skull Tapping Memory Exercises 12

#18 Medulla Massage 13

#26 Finger Recharging 14

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The Five Tibetans 16

Ignite the Chakras! 17

#1 Spinning 18

#2 Leg Lifts 19

#3 Camel Flow 20

#4 Tabletop Flow 21

#5 Upward Downward Dog 22

Savasana 23

The Vayus – the currents of vital energy Prana – downward & inward Udana – upward Vyana - expansion Samana - contraction Apana - downward Wherever space & stillness is created, prana flows 24

Energising Pranayama 3 part deep breathing & Breath of Joy Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath) Kapalabhati Pranayama (Shining Skull Breath) Surya Bedha Pranayama (Vitalizing Breath) 25