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The Microcosmic Orbit: Health Secrets from the Ancients

Reviewed by Dr.Vijaykumar Kamat & written by Dr. Vijay Kumar Kamat.

Ancient sciences have spoken for a long time about the energy body. It is connected to our body through a network of meridians and cavities. Modern science is also waking up to this truth as MRI scans show meridians. Scientists have also studied the electrical conductivity of our body at this meridian point.

Meditation traditions like chi gung or pranayama are centered on moving and balancing the energy along these meridians. Eastern physicians are able to predict health problems when they notice that the energy flow in a particular meridian has not been balanced. Low kidney energy can be detected by the pulse and indicate that kidney problems are imminent.

Microcosmic orbit meditation is done to balance the energy in the main meridians on the body. The ancients believed that it had countless health and meditation benefits.

It is easy to do the microcosmic circle. Chi flows wherever our awareness goes, so the process is simply to bring awareness to various energy centers within the body.

Below are simple instructions on how to use microcosmic orbit. Here you can listen to an audio recording.
1. Put your tongue on the roof of your mouth
2. Smile with your eyes
3. Feel the energy in your smile.
4. Let the smile fall into your throat. It will feel similar to the ripples you get when you drop a pebble into a pond.
5. Continue to smile with your eyes, and allow the energy from it to ooze into the heart like honey. It will again feel like ripples hitting the heart
6. Feel the energy ripples as it enters the center of the solar plexus.
7. Now, let the energy drip into the two middle fingers just below the belly button
8. Allow the energy to drip into your perineum
9. The energy will be sent up your back by pressing the sacral pump located at the bottom.
10. It will move from the solar plexus to the heart, throat, and back of the head, then down to the brow center.
11. Repeat this process for 3, 9, or 18 cycles.

About The Author

Dr. Vijay Kumar Kamat

Dr. Vijay Kamat graduated from K.L.E. Society's Shri B. M. Kankanwadi Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Belgaum, India. Established in 1933, one of the oldest ayurvedic institutions in India. He was also the ayurvedic consultant for the Kerudi Hospital and Research Center, Bagalkot, India.Dr. Kamat has several years of experience in ayurvedic medicine,panchakarma and yoga and has worked extensively on documentation of traditional ayurvedic medicinal plants,especially about their identification,availability,processing and formulation.