Q: Inhaling steam helps break up mucous and can moisten your throat. Start by filling a pot with water. Place it on the stovetop over a high flame and bring it up to a boil. The size of the pot doesn't matter, as long as it's large enough for you to put your face over. When the water boils, turn off the heat and move the pot to a new location. Place a towel or hot plate down so you don't damage the surface, and make sure the pot is at a good height for you to lean over. Be careful when handling the pot. Wear oven mitts or use a towel to move it. The steam from your showers will also help moisten your throat. Whenever you bathe, take some deep breaths to draw the steam into your throat. If you don't have a humidifier, then sitting in a bathroom with the shower running a few times during the day can help moisten your throat.
A: Boil a pot of water on the stove. Move the pot to a heat-proof surface. Moisturize your throat more by breathing deeply in the shower or bath.

Article: Self-realization is the foundation of Sahaja yoga. It is based on an experience called the "Kundalini awakening," which can occur within all human beings. After going through the various steps, you should encounter a transformation that makes you a more moral, united, integrated, and balanced person. If you successfully accomplish self-realization, you should be able to feel the divine power sweep over your body in the form of a breeze that passes over your hand and head. It is believed by its practitioners that this experience has been witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people in over ninety countries worldwide. The subtle system is made up of nadis and chakras. Nadis, or channels, carry energy throughout the body while chakras, or "wheels," are the centers of energy located in the body. There are three primary vertical channels of energy and seven major chakras. This system can only be activated with a Kundalini awakening. The Kundalini awakening simultaneously cleans and balances the system and enlightens and purifies the chakras. Each chakra has spiritual abilities. The chakras always exist in the body and can never be destroyed but they do not manifest themselves until the Kundalini is awakened. When the Kundalini rises and nourishes the chakras, our bodies automatically become dynamic, creative, confident, and very humble. Chakras are called wheels because this is where the energy spins with frequency, similar to a galaxy of planets spinning on their axis. Chakras are located along the spinal cord region and supervise and maintain the perfect operation of the bodily system. What attracts and disturbs the chakras influences their sensitivity and performance. Self-realization will enlighten the central nervous system, allowing you to feel each of the seven chakras. The mooladhara, or first chakra, will help you rediscover your innocence, and innate and intuitive wisdom. The second chakra, or swadisthana, your creative instincts will be stimulated. At the nabhi, third chakra, the realization of your accomplishments will be satisfied Your heart will be opened along with compassion for family and friends during the fourth chakra, or anahat. Good communication, a sense of perspective, and a balanced approach to stressful situations will be summoned during vishuddhi, or the fifth chakra. At the sixth chakra, or agnya, your forgiveness will allow you to move forward with life without grudges or hatred. You will be able to identify with your freedom and power of your inner self. Finally, the last chakra, sahasrara, will allow you to have a transformative connection that enables you to understand a deeper and truer meaning and purpose to your life. There are three main nadis: the central channel (Sushumna Nadi) also known as the "middle path" because it resides and is located along the spine to the highest chakra; the left channel (Ida Nadi), also called the "moon channel," is located along the left side of the body providing the conduit for the energy of our desire; the right channel (Pingala Nadi), or "sun channel," runs along the right side of the body and is responsible for active energy, and our mental and physical activities. The central channel coordinates the nervous system activities. It is not until the awakening of the Kundalini and its travel through the central channel and out through the top of the head that recognition occurs of the vastness of the subtle system. The left channel is responsible for your state of joy, which is often blocked, covered, or tarnished because of the emotional and physical injuries experienced during your lifetime. The practice of Sahaja yoga is instrumental in removing these tensions and recovering the joy we experienced as small children growing up. The right channel is easily blinded by ego and the need for more power and energy. When this happens, the left channel becomes weak and you take actions that dominate or disrupt the lives of others. Sahaja yoga will remove this negativity and restore balance between the channels and the chakras.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Get to know yourself through self-realization. Understand the subtle system. Know the spiritual abilities of the chakras. Know the channels, or nadis.

Q: Now that you have your Hand and Foot decks (each totaling 11 cards), pick up your Hand deck and look through the cards. Your goal is to get rid of the Hand deck, then the Foot Deck, using a technique called 'Melding.' Each card in Hand and Foot has a different point value. The following cards are 'Wild cards.' Jokers are worth 50 points. Aces and 2's are worth 20 points. The rest of the cards are 'Natural cards.' 8's through Kings are worth 10 points. 4's through 7's are worth 5 points. A black 3 is worth -5 points. A red 3 is worth -300 points. A meld is a group of cards as few as 3 or as many as 7 total. A 'Clean meld' is a meld that is made up of only natural cards, regardless of suit, as long as it meets a minimum point threshold (this is explained in a later step). If you have 3 to 7 natural cards in your hand and can meet the minimum point threshold, you can play a 'Clean meld.' At the end of the game, natural melds are worth more points. A completed natural meld make up 'Red Piles.' A clean meld is only legal when it meets a minimum point threshold. Each round in a game of Hand and Foot has an increasing point threshold to meet. Clean melds are easier to play at the start of a game of Hand and Foot. A dirty meld is a group of 3 to 7 cards that contains both natural and wild cards and meets the minimum point threshold for the round. It doesn't matter what suits the cards are in. For example, if you have 2 natural cards in your hand and 1 wild card, you can construct a 3 card dirty meld. At the end of the game, dirty melds are worth less points than clean melds. A completed dirty meld makes up 'Black Piles.' Because dirty melds are easier to play, usually it's wise to save these plays for later in the game. To play a meld in a round of Hand and Foot, the cards that make up the meld must exceed a certain point value. A traditional game of Hand and Foot is made up of 4 rounds. In round 1, the point value must exceed 50. In round 2, the point value must exceed 90. In round 3, the point value must exceed 120. In round 4, the point value must exceed 150.
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Understand that the aim of the game is to get rid of your cards. Learn the card values. Look through your Hand deck for any 'Clean' melds. Search through your Hand deck for any 'Dirty' melds. Learn the minimum point thresholds for a play.