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Prana Eggs Depending on how many times you perform each "layer" of the egg, you will need a minimum of 5–10 minutes for this exercise. The more times you do each part of the exercise, the stronger the field will be. Try to perform each section in cycles of odd numbers, which, in Thai Buddhist culture, are considered more powerful than even ones. Outer Egg Lie on your back, preferably with your head pointing north. Use your mind like a pencil. As you slowly inhale, imagine drawing half of an oval on the right side of your body, beginning about 6 inches below your toes and ending 6 inches above the center of your head. As you slowly exhale, draw the other half of the egg on the left side of your body, starting at the head and ending below the toes. Imagine that you are lying in the middle of a large protective egg. Breathe in a slow, peaceful, and protracted way. Repeat this sequence with coordinated breathing in odd-numbered configurations. Middle Egg On the in-breath, start directly at the toes, drawing an oval closer to the body that intersects the top of the head. As you exhale, close this new egg on the left side, running from the top of the head downward and again touching your toes. Repeat this cycle in the same oddnumber configuration as you did with the first egg. Inner Egg Finally, draw a small egg starting at the pelvis and ending at the third eye in the middle of your forehead. Visualize drawing the oval up the right side as you slowly inhale, and down the left side as you slowly exhale. Repeat this exercise in the same odd-numbered configuration as the previous eggs. After the exercise, remain on your back in corpse pose (savasana) for a minute or two as you hold the field of protection in place around your body. The Closer You Get Healing arts that are carried out on a floor mat involve considerably more body contact than table-based therapies. While Western massage therapists use mostly fingers, hands, forearms, and an occasional elbow in their sessions, Thai bodyworkers also make body contact with their clients using their legs, feet, toes, knees, backs, shoulders, sides, and buttocks. Because long-term, full-body contact is more common, energy transfer between client and therapist may be more likely to occur. Photo courtesy of Bob Haddad. www.abmp.com. See what benefits await you. 93