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Yoga Massage aka Baby Pose Drumming
is an ancient yogic healing and massage technique
using music (tabla drumming) in the background and
therapist fingers drumming upon the spine in keeping
with the 16 beat tabla. Clients are fully clothed and
are in baby pose, a very safe, comfortable and
comforting position.
To quote the Master, Yogi Bhajan, “The client may have
a dead immune system and there may be a chronic
problem that resists conventional treatment. So, when
nothing works, when a client is feeling hopeless, Baby
Pose Drumming or Yoga Massage will work. If you put
teen taal [16 beat tabla] music on and listen to that
rhythm doing the treatment, the client will get up and
be totally changed. The body automatically readjusts
itself and the immune system will come through. When
your inner drummer hears those 16 beats, that’s
Kundalini. That is your life force. That’s the secret.
Benefits of Baby Pose --
Joyful baby pose stretches and heals the low back,
lengthens and realigns the spine and strengthens the
legs.
Lying on your back, inhale both knees into your chest.
Bring the arms through the insides of the knees and
hold on to the outside edge of each foot (pinkie toe
side) with each hand. Tuck the chin into the chest
with the head on the floor. Press the sacrum and
tailbone down into the floor as you press the heels up
and pull back with the arms. Press the shoulders and
the back of the neck down into the floor, trying to
get the back and whole spine flat to the floor. Relax
the legs, feet and hips. Breathe and hold for 4-8
breaths.To release: exhale and release the arms and
legs to the floor. |