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| ....sorry to my english. i'd like to do
SHANK PRAKSHALANA but i found different "receip" on the net , about how
much water, how many glasses ( how much water is a glass) how much salt, can
someone tell me how to perform correctly this practice, all the best.
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| Hi LUIGI,
I`ve look at it on the internet just for you and found the
following....""""
One Week Salt Water Cleanse
www.LifeEvents.org =B7 Contact us at www.LifeEvents.org/contact-us.htm
Saltwater cleansing practice purifies the digestive system and draws
impurities out of organs inside the body. Salt-water cleanses may be
used to treat common colds, high blood pressure (it's important to have
the natural salt in this situation), digestive ailments, fever and
degenerative related ailments.
We recommend this inner body cleanse prior to spiritual consultations,
meditation groups and retreats.
Before starting a new healing program, taking a new herb/vitamin,
fasting or changing diet, you need to rid your body of built-up toxins
and schlock. Getting rid of the old stuff, will make way for the new
program to take effect. How else will you know that a healing program
is working if you are just putting new things on top of the old?
NOTE: persons with very advanced forms of ulcer, appendicitis,
intestinal tuberculosis, or cancer are recommended not to practice this
technique.
Prior to Cleanse
If you have problems with constipation, please clean your bowls with a
safe herbal laxative for one or two days before this cleanse.
During the Cleanse
Avoid alcohol, spicy foods, fried foods and anything rich or heavy
during this week of cleansing. You will take your digestive tract back
to its childhood state. Feel what would be best to feed a small child
and you will know what to eat.
Recipe
2 Quarts (2 Liters) Water - boil to tea drinking temperature
1 Level Tablespoon Natural Salt - from sea or ground
Juice from a Lime/Lemon - if required to offset the taste
16oz (1/2 Liter) Serving Cup
An Alarm Clock - set to sunrise for 7 days
Extra Toilet Paper 
Salt from a natural source is better for cleaning the body than iodized
salt. Sea salt is fine, evaporated salt is fine, and ground-based salt
is fine.
YES!!! You will drink 2 Quarts (2 Liters) in one sitting.
The Daily Program
The organs of the body have open channels in the early morning hours
between 5AM and 7AM. This is the best time to drink salt water and a
common time in most spiritual practices to perform a morning ritual.
Face the four directions: North, South, East and West.
* East for Water
* West for Earth
* South for Fire, and
* North for Air
Ask for blessings, purity, strength and anything you might need. Drink
the hot salt water facing the four directions until finished.
When you drink in each direction, feel how the associated element
effects your life. Example: Water - "Thank you water. Biological life
comes from water, thank you. Humans come from water, thank you. I came
from the water of my mother's womb, thank you. I relax in the surf at
the beach, thank you. I drink this yummy salt water to heal my body,
thank you..."
If you find yourself with a full stomach, even after the first glass,
the following exercises will help. The idea is to get the water out of
your stomach and into your intestines.
* Exercise 1 - Rub your stomach with the palm of right your hand
clockwise 21 times and counter clockwise 13 times.
* Exercise 2 - Raise your arms over your head (still standing) and
sway them left to right.
* Exercise 3 - Spread your feet shoulder width apart and spin your
body at the waist from left to right. Let your arms swing with your
body. Feel the stretch in your lower back and abdomen.
* Exercise 4 - With knees and feet together, bend your knees and
squat. Reach with your left hand and touch the tip of your index finger
to the outside of your right foot. Now try to do both together with
your head facing somewhat forward. You should find your left elbow
touch the outside of your right knee when you're in the full squat
position. This exercise is of course a little (sic) difficult. If too
difficult try something else.
* Exercise 5 - Doing the Hatha Yoga Cobra Position is also good as
are other exercises that get the intestines stimulated.
What to Expect
As with any cleansing program, reactions vary from people to people.
You may take more than one hour to drink this much saltwater. After a
little practice, most people can drink the water in 30 to 45 minutes.
Some people throw up the first glass; keep trying and you'll be glad
you did.
You should expect to make trips to the toilet throughout the morning.
Some people finish cleaning their bowels in a couple of hours. It may
take a little longer during the first few days.
One thing that is very common, is to have LOTS of additional energy and
a great appetite. This too may take a couple of days.
Plan to take it easy on the first few days, especially if you have
never done any kind of cleansing before (headaches commonly occur
during detoxification.) Very soon you will be amazed at the effects on
your energy, mood and emotions. Physical cleaning is often connected to
a deeper more psychological and spiritual cleaning.
You will be taking your digestive track back to its childhood state and
this can be serious work. Eat light during the cleanse and do not drink
alcohol. When you stop cleansing, watch what you eat and bring your
body back to your normal diet slowly.
After the first 7 days, you may choose to continue. During the second
week, drink every second day, the third week, drink every third day,
the forth week, drink every fourth... until you drink salt water one
time in one week for the rest of your life. Or... whenever you feel you
need a cleansing.
People over 25 years of age can drink salt water once per week as a
laxative and to keep the immune system up to par.
For more information about the Yogic Practice of Shank Prakshalana
(Internal Purification) see a short presentation on the net at
http://www.natha.net/content.aspx?item=3D343)#=3DEN.
Here is a short exert of the information below:
Benefits:
* The effects won't appear immediately, but after 2-3 days,
manifesting as freshness of the breath, better sleep, disappearance of
rushes and pimples, a general state of lightness in the body, improved
digestion.
* The sweat becomes odorless.
* The skin and especially the complexion bright, the glance
becomes radiant and magnetic.
Increases the strength of the immune system.
* Regulates the metabolism, bringing balance in the body -
therefore people who are overweight might harmoniously lose some weight
and people who are too skinny might gain a few kilograms.
Provides relief for:
* Chronic headaches....""""
With compassion,
Puma
luigi wrote:
> ...sorry to my english. i'd like to do
>
> SHANK PRAKSHALANA but i found different "receip" on the net , about how
> much water, how many glasses ( how much water is a glass) how much salt, =
can
> someone tell me how to perform correctly this practice, all the best.
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