A Practice for Sthāna · Christ-in-Kundalini

A Practice for Sthāna

Yesterday, we reflected on freedom, fight, and what it means to take a stance.

This week, our anchor word is Sthāna (Sthah-nuh), which means place, position, or standing.

Sthāna isn’t only where we stand with our feet. It’s where we stand in the body, in the breath, and in the spirit. It’s our physical and spiritual posture, a reminder that on the internal battlefield, our greatest victory isn’t an act of violence. It’s an act of presence. Here, we learn how to stand firm when the world feels chaotic and shaky.

Today, we’ll practice Sthāna through a simple standing posture.

1. Horse Stance: The Earth Foundation

Step your feet wide, turn your toes slightly out, and bend your knees into a gentle horse stance. Let your weight drop down through your feet. Keep the spine long.

When we step the feet wide and bend the knees, the body drops closer to the earth. We feel the lower body immediately: the feet, legs, pelvis, belly, and center of strength. In yogic language, this brings awareness to the lower chakras — root, sacral, and solar plexus — where we often work with stability, endurance, courage, and will.

The heat that builds in the thighs becomes part of the practice. It gives the body something real to meet.

Can I stay present in the heat?

Can I breathe when the body wants to quit?

Can I remain grounded without hardening?

This is one way the posture teaches the nervous system how to stay steady in the middle of intensity.

2. Open your arms out to the sides with your palms facing up.

When we extend the arms wide, the body opens across the chest, lungs, and palms. We take up space. We become more aware of the field around us.

With the palms turned upward, the posture becomes receptive, but not passive. We’re open to receiving Christ’s strength, while still standing firmly in our own body.

The arms may get tired. The shoulders may want to drop. The breath may shorten. Let that become part of the practice too.

Can I stay open without collapsing?

Can I receive without giving up my ground?

3. As you stand, play "Ajai Alai" by White Sun (link below). This mantra comes from the Sikh tradition and carries words of divine strength, fearlessness, and steadiness.

For today, you can repeat the first four words:

Ajai Alai Abhai Abai (Ah-jay Ah-lay Ah-bhay Ah-bay):

Invincible. Indestructible. Fearless. Unchanging.

Inhale and feel your feet.

Exhale the mantra: Ajai Alai Abhai Abai

Let the words ride out on the breath.

Each inhale brings you back to the ground.

Each exhale gives the stance a sound.

Stay for as long as your body can remain present. Notice what shakes and what aches. Notice if the mind or body tells you to quit.

Breathe in your stance.

Voice the mantra.

Let the words remind the body: