Best Yoga Poses for Astral Travel
The following five poses can be used to warm the body up prior to attempting astral travel or astral projection. It is best if all of the moves are performed in a routine or continuous movement. This will fully warm up the body, allowing you to have a relaxed, waking conscious state during your astral projection. It is important that you do not fall asleep while trying to astral travel and this routine can help increase your likelihood to stay aware with a physically relaxed but awake body.
These are beginners poses that are easy to master and are often used in every yoga routine. You can add different yoga poses to your routine if you find that certain areas need special attention such as the shoulders or hips. The key is to release tension and warm the body.
These are beginners poses that are easy to master and are often used in every yoga routine. You can add different yoga poses to your routine if you find that certain areas need special attention such as the shoulders or hips. The key is to release tension and warm the body.
Upward Hand Pose (Urdhva Hastasana)
Upward Hand Pose
Standing normally, with your feet a hips width apart, move your arms and hands from your side straight out in front of you, lifting all the way up above your head. Pull upwards with your palms facing one another. Feel the stretch in your shoulders, sides, stomach and back. Release the stretch by bringing your hands back down in the same motion as they went up. This will allow you to move into the next pose.
Forward Bend (Uttanasana)
Forward Bend
On an exhale, moving from upward hand pose, bend your body forward. Try your best to bring your chest to your knees. You’ll mostly feel this stretch in your hamstrings, calves, and lower back. To move into Cobra, walk your hands out in front of you, distributing your body weight between your hands and feet.
Cobra (Bhujangasana)
Cobra
You are now in a modified plank position after bringing your body forward from Forward Bend. This is the position we find ourselves in just before beginning push ups. You can hold here if you’d like or you can move into Cobra for an intense shoulder stretch. Most of us hold a great deal of tension in our shoulders and releasing this tension can allow us to relax more fully into the astral state. To access this pose, lay fully on your stomach but keep your arms where they are with your palms flat on the floor. Keeping your elbows bent, bring your chest and head upwards. You should feel a squeezing in your shoulder blades and an opening of your collar bones. To move into Downward Facing Dog, simply come back up to the push-up position and then pull the hips back.
Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)
Downward Facing Dog
After moving from Cobra, bring your hips back and upwards and pull your chest down towards the ground. This will stretch the arms, the legs, the shoulders and the back. Relax and really lean into this stretch. Bring one of your feet in between your hands to move into Warrior pose.
Warrior 1 (Virabhadrasana I)
Warrior 1
Bring your body up from Downward Facing Dog. Your body should now be set upon the outstretched leg behind you and the bent leg in front of you. This is similar to a lunge position except that the back food is in-line with the front foot and the back foot is pointed slightly outwards. The arch of the back foot should line up perfectly with the heel of the front foot. Lean deeply into the stretch and bring your arms up above you in a clasped-hand position. You should feel a powerful stretch in your hips, waist and legs. Move out of Warrior 1 by bringing your straight leg forward to your bent leg.
Do this entire routine a second time using the opposite leg in front for Warrior 1. You can do this routine, which only takes a few minutes to complete, as many times as you’re comfortable. The important part of this yoga routine is that you gently warm up the body and stretch out any tension you have.
These yoga poses are the best for beginner astral travellers and can help initiate the individual into a deeper state of astral projection.
Do this entire routine a second time using the opposite leg in front for Warrior 1. You can do this routine, which only takes a few minutes to complete, as many times as you’re comfortable. The important part of this yoga routine is that you gently warm up the body and stretch out any tension you have.
These yoga poses are the best for beginner astral travellers and can help initiate the individual into a deeper state of astral projection.
