Yantra Yoga Cycles for Adults
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Using Yantra Yoga, we know that we experience a new cycle beginning around October 18 of each year.
You can use the knowledge of what cycle you are in or will be going into to your benefit.
Once you get to the 9h Cycle, then you restart again in the 1st Cycle.
If for example, you are currently in the 5th Year Cycle, then that means starting around next October 18, you will start the 6th Cycle.
Cycles Calculator
- Enter month and day of birth.
- Enter the year to review. Can be past, present or future.
- Works with all calendars.
The Cycles
1 Year
The Seeding Period. Time to plant — New ideas — New beginnings. The marriage year. Starting new jobs, new ventures. If doing work take special care of head and feet.
2 Year
The Rooting Period. Take care of what you began in the 1 year. Nurture, be gentle with the life — water the plant and till the soil and feed the earth. This is all pertaining to the new venture started (seed). For your health, keep the blood pure this year. Cleanse the kidneys.
3 Year
The Year of Expression. You finally see success in that new venture. New loves, an emotional period. Very creative time. Build up your immune system, as emotions can be draining and catching illnesses now is easy. Cleanse the liver in this year.
4 Year
This is the Testing Period. Do not overspend in this year. Buy no large items, as it always turns out to be a lemon. Do not do heavy stock market investments. Take care of health in this period. Exercise, eat well, meditate, and get proper rest. Take a rest from heavy red meats this year. Although a very healthy year, it's time to safeguard it.
5 Year
This is the Year of Rapid Change. You want to break out after last year's restrictions. Take care here and only go in one or two directions at once. In a 5 year most people do too much and burn themselves out. Watch out for explosions within your relationships. Do deep breathing now as the 5 year influences to lung problems.
6 Year
The Year of the Bud. This year you see the bud of the plant that you started in the 1 year. Because the bud looks so nice and fresh, they call this the year of hope and aspirations
but be cautious, as sometimes the bud of the plant
can be rotten inside. Jealousy prevails. Mind can be twisted this year. Use common sense.
7 Year
The Year of Full Bloom. You see your life more clearly than ever before. It's now you can say, I did the right thing
or What a fool I was
. It is also a time for a sabbatical in a sense. Enjoy the full bloom of your life investigating why the plant had rot in it. Take a health heart remedy, like Hawthorn, a herb to strengthen the heart. Do some physical exercise now — aerobics.
8 Year
The Year of the Harvest. You want to sell? Sell now. Bring in the harvest. Very good judgment is a usual in this year. One can make some good business deals in an 8 year period. No red meat now either as the 8 vibrations stimulates unhealthy cells in the reproductive systems of both male and female. Have a check up.
9 Year
The Year of Reflection. The 9 year says take your time and spend it in choosing the bad seeds of the garden from the good ones and throwing the bad ones out. Do not just make the same mistakes all over again as you did in the 1 year. You now have the sagacity to be able to reflect over your entire 9 year cycle and plant the right see in the following 1 year. This is nerve time, so tale up some Pranayama Yoga and breath to settle and harmonize the nervous system.
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