Doing Suryayog daily will balance the five elements in the body (fire, earth, ether, air and water), the seven chakras and planetary vibrations, purifying the halo of light. One can reach the divine through Suryayog, which is the enlightened form of prayer-cum-meditation.
To begin the practice of Trataka meditation, a flame from an oil lamp is often used. However in more advanced levels of Trataka, the rising and setting sun becomes the object of meditation. This article from Bhaktivedanta Ashram provides detailed instructions on how to perform Trataka meditation yoga in a safe and effective way.
In 2007, pranic nourishment researcher Jasmuheen presented at Sedona’s Raw Spirit Festival. This 10 minute video shows Jasmuheen speaking on using pranic energy (prana, chi, qi) to feed the physical body, emotional body, and mental body. The sun is one of the most powerful and easily available sources of prana. In this video Jasmuheen shares with us other ways to be nourished by prana energy.
Surya Namaskar is the famous Sun Salutation exercise of yoga. Traditional Surya Namaskar is a combination of movement and stretching asanas, combined with breathing pranayama, yoga bija mantras, chakra concentration, and bhakti devotion. Surya Namaskar was developed as a complete spiritual practice that integrates every major system of yoga. Surya Namaskar is considered by many experts to be the most complete exercise in the world.
There are many forms of Vitamin D – cholecalciferol, calcidiol, and calcitriol. This article by the Vitamin D Council explains the difference between these types of Vitamin D and shows how they affect the physiology of the human body.
This article has been removed from Sunlightenment.com at the request of the Vitamin D Council.
May we all one day learn to share our love, light, and knowledge as freely as the Sun, whom shares itself without restriction to all of life upon this planet.
In his audio book The SOLution, Wayne Purdin presents the history of sun gazing and sun worship, starting in Ancient Egypt and continuing through the 21st century. This article features the Ascended Master Kuthumi, who lived as the Egyptian Pharaoh Pharaoh Thutmose III.
Australian researchers have discovered that myopia (nearsightedness or shortsightedness) may not be caused by excessive reading as is commonly thought. New studies show that children from Sydney, Australia spent twice as much time reading as children in Singapore, yet developed ten times less cases of myopia. The key difference is that Sydney-based children spent four times more time outside in the sun.
Spring 2009 marks the release of the International Sun Imbibers’ Society’s eighth Sun Gazette Newsletter. Featuring an interview with Mark Amaru Pinkham of the Solar Brotherhood of Peru and a Templar Knight of The International Order of Gnostic Templars and an article by Dr. Mitchell Gibson.
Every year around June 20-22, we celebrate the Summer Solstice – the day with the most hours of sunlight. On the Summer Solstice, the sun appears to stand still in the sky. More scientifically, the noontime elevation does not change. Learn more about this unique day in which cultures around the world celebrate the Sun and the beginning of the Summer season.
This 32 minute long video interview features Jasmuheen, a world famous pranic nourisher. Since the early 1970’s, Jasmuheen has been researching and experimenting with ancient, alternative nourishment sources that can feed us all – including breatharianism. Jasmuheen teaches that there is a free, limitless inner resource that can release us from many perceived human limitations. This energy source is prana.
Vital Choices newsletters in June 2005 contained a series of information-packed articles on the scientific research connection sunlight, vitamin D and human health. Bone health in relation to vitamin D and sunlight is the focus of the second article.
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