Play with Fire - Trataka

🔥FIRE

My everything is engulfed, when I look into fire. ⁠

The process of dead wood turning into ‘living’ coals is so fascinating to me. The small, dry, cracked, and knotted sticks are the preferred, for the flame to catch-a-fire, while the green {alive} stuff is resistant, and the larger pieces take longer. ⁠ Lots of air is needed to kindle the fire, ⁠ The wood is slow to respond.⁠ And boundaries are needed to feed it and tend to it. ⁠ ⁠

A very close friend of mine that I grew up with told me that growing up in Hawaii, on volcanic rock gave us locals a innate fire. I like to think of the fire in me, how I consciously ignite it and how to initiate ‘controlled burns’.

Just as we use the smaller, drier sticks to start a fire – I find the most overlooked or less favorably pieces of me are often the quickest and ripest to kindle, to use to light a fire in my life.

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Candle Gazing is a easy way to bring the fire element into your life –

The Trataka Mediation / Candle Gazing:⁠

*alleviates stress & anxiety⁠

* improves concentration & memory⁠

* strengthens the eyes ⁠

* purifies & stimulates the 6th chakra, Anja,

which controls out intuition & mental awareness⁠ ⁠

You can find instruction on it here:

https://theyogainstitute.org/trataka-yogic-eye-care/ ⁠