Bambu Kuning Norway - Energy Work Training

It all started with Dr. Nyoman Serengen in 1985. He was practising his martial art on the beach in Singaraja, Bali. Two butterflies starts circling him, and after some time he tries to swat them.
He misses and misses, and eventually gets so fired up he goes after them, but each time he hits they glide away. They eventually lead him to a great tree near the beach, whereupon he was confronted with a giant shadow that spoke: "this is our first meeting". Nyoman Serengen ran away terrified in disbelief of what he saw and of the second coming of the spirit.
During nighttime in his house the spirit comes to him again and gives him its name: "Loro Ijo". He pinches himself and asks "Is this a dream?" many times.
Eventually, he decides to call the spirit: "Loro Ijo!". As he calls the name, the doors open, the light dims, and the big dark spirit is standing in front of him.
Nyoman Serengen becomes terrified and asks the spirit to go away. The spirit starts teasing him and says: "You've been training martial arts all your life - why are you afraid of me?".
The second time he goes training at the beach in Singaraja the spirit jumps in front of him, and Nyoman Serengen runs away again.
The third time the spirit shows itself again, and Nyoman Serengen tells it to go away "I don't want to see you again!".
On that third night, the spirit comes to Nyoman Serengen again and says "If you don't want me to come to you, then you can come to my temple instead and meditate". This temple is Pura Sengara Penimbangan on the beach in Singaraja. "Come to this temple and meditate tomorrow evening". Nyoman Serengen agreed.
Next evening before sunset on the fourth night Nyoman Serengen came prepared with a bag of peanuts that he was peeling to keep centered. At sunset Nyoman Serengen is still peeling peanuts, when this giant shadow jumps in front of him and disappears. Scared, he runs home the fastest way he knew - through thorns, bushes, and rough vegetation, receiving cuts all over his body, especially his legs.
That same evening the spirit comes to him again and says "Why do you run away? You should be continuing your meditation. Come back tomorrow." Nyoman Serengen agrees again.
The following evening he goes back to the temple, this time wearing tall boots in case he has to run again. As he sits to meditate the ground separates and fire starts coming out of the ground. Scared, he tries to run away, but the spirit keeps him there. Nyoman Serengen starts kicking, punching and using all the fighting skills he has, but nothing lands.
All out of energy he stops hitting. At this moment, the spirit picks him up and tosses him far away on the beach. The spirit approaches, and Nyoman Serengen says: "I surrender. I'm not going to run away - I've spent all my energy. If you want to kill me, then do so, whatever you want. I'm too tired. I surrender."
The spirit then tells him to come back to the temple to meditate, and that during those meditations he will receive guidance.

A look at pranic pathways and energy flows to better understand Bambu Kuning.

According to Swami Vivekananda in "Raja Yoga", there are three major currents in the body, called "nadis", or pranic/energetic/chi-pathways. The goal of practising Raja Yoga is to make energy come up from the base of the spine into the centre of the spinal cord, called "sushumna", into the brain, referred to as "Kundalini" energy. So sushumna is the pathway for Kundalini.

To get the energy flowing through the sushumna, we must first view the two other nadis, called Ida, and Pingala; moon and sun respectively, from their ennervations, or starting points.

The "sun" starts in the left hemisphere of the brain, and crosses at the base of the brain to the right side, where it continues down the right side of the spine, down to the base of the tailbone, where it begins to cross again to the left side. It is here on the left side we find the "moon" pathway, ennervates in the right hemisphere, crosses to the base of the brain to the left side, and continues down the left side of the spinal column to the base underneath the tailbone. Together, the sun and moon; masculine and feminine; pingala and ida, form a sort of figure 8, and where they meet at the base is where kundalini can be directed upwards the sushumna.

Along the sushumna are "plexuses", or centres of energy, where kundalini deposits over time.

Underactive or overactive areas on the different sides of the body(if you divide the body in 3D into halves using the spine), will give an indication as to what is causing the blockage or disharmony.

Left; moon; ida, feminine blockages like pain in chest on left side tells of overactivity in the anahata, or hearth chakra - maybe too much love for others and too little for yourself?

Right; sun; pingala; masculine blockages like overabundance of mucus in throat with unpleasant sensation on right side of neck indicates disharmony in vishuddna, or throat chakra - have you been speaking your truth and standing up for yourself? Maybe silencing yourself to please others?

In order to move energy, we must breathe - "no waves without wind", and what organ moves the air? The diaphragm - situated at the division between the stomach and chest near the breastbone, right underneath the solar plexus. The heart can't pump and circulate blood without air.

When we are relaxed, we use the diaphragm, to take in air, while we simply relax the diaphragm to breathe out. As we get stressed or are under more pressure, we utilise the intercostal, sternocleidomastoid, thoracic(muscles along the abdominal wall), scalenes, and several other accessory muscles for both inspiration and expiration.

In Bambu Kuning, the navel, or as Mantak Chia calls it: "The seat of power where we store and distribute energy from" is what we focus on to build and channel the energy. We utilise all the accessory muscles for inspiration and expiration for the physical body, making it stronger, while visualising and activating emotions to energise the energy body.

https://www.himalayaninstitute.org/amrit-blog/tantra/nadis-tantric-anatomy-subtle-body/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5PSaaGAK5s - Swami Vivekandana on the three pathways

https://blog.mindvalley.com/7-chakras/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpdV5o2OWY - Mantak Chia on chi, illness, wellbeing, and chinese medicine view of medicine.

http://oac.med.jhmi.edu/res_phys/Encyclopedia/MusclesOfResp/MusclesOfResp.HTML

The Nadis: Ta***ic Anatomy of the Subtle Body—Himalayan Institute What connects our body and thoughts? Explore how the flow of prana is defined by nadis and how the nadi system is related to the body, nervous system, and mind.

"The day before yesterday was the most challenging day so far. Fasting for two days brought my physical energy low and made clear to me the challenges that my mind must be aware of to deal with, namely addictions, laziness, and love of pleasures. Succumbing to these impulses has been a pattern for so long, and they creep in through the smallest thoughts, the tiniest impulses, and they cannot be allowed to fester. Through determination, practise, and self-compassion I pushed out the most amazing session the following day after a restless night of tossing and turning in bed. Keeping the intention strongly in heart, mind, and spirit made it possible. This is to future me if times get tough. Keep at it." - Me to myself and anyone listening.

Not every training session will be your best. We always strive to do our best, and we often let ourselves down and drain ourselves because our expectations didn't materialise. As long as we go in with the most effort and purest hearts we can, then we've done our part. Sometimes we actually NEED a terrible training session to figure out what needed correcting. Sometimes that negative experience was exactly what was needed to find the proverbial "Lotus in the mud", "Light in the darkness", or "Pearl in the oyster".

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Through simple exercises you will strengthen body, mind, and spirit that have been used by practitioners for healing, protection, and self-defense.

http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/qigong-meditation-and-emotional-balance/ -2532

"Any exercises that increase your internal sensitivity, or your ability to sit quietly and comfortably for an extended period of time, will likely speed your progress. "

Holds true for Bambu Kuning as well.

Qigong 102: Secrets of Meditation and Emotional Balance Introduction Qigong (chi gong) is most often understood as a set of active exercises, guiding qi (chi) energy around the body through intention, movement, and sound. It is less well known that Qigong incorporates rigorous courses of standing and seated meditation. These active and passive, ext

Healing takes many forms.

After the full moon-initiation on the 27th of July, the first test is to do Bankitan to build energy and hopefully have the energy take over! Anxious, yet prepared! :D

Training in Suraberata, Bali! Fire, Fire, Fire!