Energetic Spring Cleaning by Brandy M. Castro
With the time change to “spring our clocks forward,” the sun peeping out from behind the clouds, and the call of the dust bunnies, it is officially spring-cleaning season. Often, we clean the garage, the closet, the cupboards—all of the hidden places that are rarely seen, but what about cleaning the hidden places inside ourselves?
One of the techniques of the Bronnikov Method, a Tibetan-Slavic system of human development, is to clear energy blocks inside the body allowing for a strengthening of those hidden places. This technique is called “Moving the Energy Ball” and it can be done alone or with a partner.
To practice the technique by yourself, sit in a chair with your back straight, legs relaxed, and hands on the knees, palms facing up. Your feet should be flat on the floor with your knees approximately four to six inches apart. This sitting position is called the Professional position.
Next, rub your palms together to sync the left and right hemispheres of your brain and to connect with the energy sensations between your hands. These are unique to each person, so you may experience tingling, buzzing, itching or heat or coldness, in your hands. Once you acknowledge these energy sensations, you can then create an energy ball in your right palm. The ball should have some densification to it and a different physical sensation than the air around your hand.
With your hands again in the Professional position (on your knees with your palms facing up,) you can begin to consciously move the energy ball from your right hand to your right elbow, then on to your right shoulder, to the back of your neck, to the left shoulder, to the left elbow, to the left hand, and then back again to the right hand to complete the circle. When you move the energy ball through your body, focus the energy on moving through your bone channels rather than just moving over your skin.
As you move this energy to each part of your body, pay attention to the physical sensations. The energy may move more freely through some parts of the body compared to other parts. Repeat the cycle several times. Each time you repeat, pay attention to the change in sensations. Are the sensations stronger or weaker in certain parts? Can you feel as if your bones are stretching with the energy movement? Can you feel the energy move through every part of your body and not just jump between the joints?
You can also vary the speed of moving the energy: accelerate it, slow it and even stop it. The key is to be in conscious control of the movement. Your energy needs to move when you command it to move. Also, when you work with a partner, as he creates the energy ball, put it in your right palm and help move it through the same motions. Notice how the energy feels, moving through your body when you work alone versus working with a partner.
By moving the energy ball from one area of your body to another, you reinforce the connection between the brain and that particular part of your body. This technique moves and opens energy through the bone channels. You then may be able to consciously determine problem areas within yourself based on the quality of these feelings and the degree of controllability. You might be able to repair or clean these hidden problem areas by continuing to practice with the energy during all of the seasons, not just spring.
Brandy Castro is a certified trainer of the Bronnikov Method with NeuroVision Academy. Castro conducts Bronnikov Method workshops throughout the Americas. For more information, please visit www.NeuroVisionAcademy.com.