This following set is part of the I am a Woman Creative, Sacred & Invincible: Essential Kriyas for Women in the Aquarian Age book.

This kriya is a perfect kundalini Kriya for stress relief. It moves the energy throughout the entire body, shaking of any type of distress from the body, hence helping the practitioner finding clarity. it is great to use as a every day practice and also as an emergency tool when need it.

Personally, this Kriya is one of my favorite! This is one of those Kundalini sequence that will challenge you with new poses, and because of that it breaks any conventional idea of yoga. It is a powerful tool that recalls the mind from overthinking, bringing it back to the present moment. Try out and share your experience!

Kriya for Getting The Body Out of Distress

Instructions

1 THIGH SLAP

TIME 30 seconds

INSTRUCTIONS

• Sit with the lugs straight out in front of you.
• using both hands, alternately, begin slapping the tops of the thighs.
• Keep your eyes closed, normal breathing.

Note: You are stimulating the Third Meridian where liver and kidney energy channels meet.

2 KNEE MASSAGE

TIME 2 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

• Legs straight out, cup the knee cups with your hands.
• Massage each knee with circular motion movements.
• Massage with force and motion. Normal breathing.

Note: Your knee is the most complex and strong yet so light joint. This self-soothing massage is meant to relieve the stress from this part of the body that continuously sustain us and move us forward.

3 CALF POUND

TIME 2 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

• Bring your hands in fists one width below the knee, on the outside of each calf, right below where the fibula bone protrudes.
• Start pounding vigorously the muscle at the point on each side.

4 KNEE MASSAGE

TIME 10 seconds

INSTRUCTIONS

• Same as per exercise 2

5 THIGH POUND

TIME 1 minute

INSTRUCTIONS

• Locate the point one-hand-width above the knee on the inside of the thigh. Make fists of your hands.
• Alternately pound the muscle at that point on each side.

6 LEGS APART

TIME 1:30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

• Spread the legs wide apart, grab the outside of your ankles, firmly holding the achilles tendons.
• Move the torso up and down between the legs while keeping the knees as straight as you can. Move fast.
• An alternate position for this asana is done sitting in Full Lotus pose and holding onto the big toes. For limited mobility, you can also practice this bending your knees or seated on a chair.

This balances the flow of the energy in the spine.

7 KUNDALINI SPIRAL

TIME 1 minute

• Sit in easy pose. Form the hands into a tepee, touching fingertips to fingertips at the heart center.
• Rotate the joined fingertips together, moving the fingertips in a circular motion while the wrists stay steady.

This asana and mudra combined to the previous practice allow the energy to circulate in the 72000 nadis (energy channels) in the body. This movement moves the Kundalini energy, the spiral force to every part of the body.

8 HIP RAISES

TIME 2 minutes

• Lie down on the back, arms on the floor beside the body, palms down.
• Begin rapidly raising and lowering the hips while still maintaining the legs extended.
• This motion will bounce the hips against the ground, giving them a vigorous massage.
• Create a sound like galloping horses. Move as fast as you can. You are stimulating the lower chakras and the creative and sexual energy to move.

9 SHOULDER POUND

TIME 1 minute

INSTRUCTIONS

• Still lying on your back, make the hands into fists.
• Bend the elbows and hit the shoulders with the fists.
• Then raise, extend the arms straight up to 90 degrees.
• Keep the arms straight and lower them backdown to the sides, hitting the ground hard with open palms.
• Make your hands into fists again, and start by hitting your shoulders, then arms out and continue the sequence for 1 minute.

10 CHEST SLAP

TIME 1 minute

INSTRUCTIONS

• Still lie on the back.
• Now open the palms of the hands and alternately, hit your chest.

11 FOREHEAD TAP

TIME 30 seconds

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Still on your back, alternately tap the forehead with open palms.

12 SPINE ROLLS

TIME 1 minute

INSTRUCTIONS

• Still on your back, grasp the heels.
• Roll back and forth on the spine. Roll along the whole spine, from hips to neck. Massage the spine deeply.

13 SNAKE HIPS

TIME 2 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

• Still lying on your back, move like a snake. The hips move in one direction while the shoulders and rib cage move in the opposite direction.
• Start by moving a few inches, and increase each time as you can.

Move with small movements, but with force. Give each vertebrae an adjustment and allow your spinal energy to flow.

14 REST

TIME 1:30 minute

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Lie down flat and relax.
• Breathe slowly and deeply at the navel point. 

15 CAT STRETCH

TIME 1 minute each side

INSTRUCTIONS

• Awake from the rest by massaging the spine. Cat stretch left and right slowly.

16 NECK LIFT

TIME 1 minute

INSTRUCTIONS

• Lie flat on the back and pull the chin in and raise the head and neck up.
• Leave the shoulders down and relaxed on the floor, keep your hands flat on the sides.
• Keep your body relaxed, and work only on your neck.

17 REST

TIME 2 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

• Rest on your back, deep breaths.
• To release the posture, come and sit up in easy pose. Keep your eyes closed and assess your energy.

18 SELF MASSAGE

TIME 1:15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS 

• 1 – Using your thumbs, massage the area under the cheekbone for 15 seconds.
• 2 – Use the base of your palms to massage your jaw area in circular motion for other 20 seconds.
• 3 – Use the first three fingers of each hand to massage the sides of the neck for 10 seconds.
• 4 – Place the palms over your ears and massage them in a circular motion for 30 seconds.