Yoga Nidra by Saraswati Swami Satyananda

Author:Saraswati, Swami Satyananda [Saraswati, Swami Satyananda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar, India
Published: 2016-01-12T16:00:00+00:00

Alternative visualization sequence : The following visualization sequence can be substituted for the visualizations ‘Eyebrow Centre/Om’ and ‘Ocean/Temple’, and completed with ‘Resolve’ and ‘Finish’ as above.

Psychic centres : Discover the psychic centres or chakras . . . Speak with me mentally and feel the position of the chakras as if you were touching them with a small flower: mooladhara . . . perineum, cervix; swadhisthana . . . spinal terminus; manipura . . . behind the navel; anahata . . . behind the heart; vishuddhi . . . behind the throat; ajna . . . behind the eyebrow centre; bindu . . . top back of the head; sahasrara . . . crown of the head. Sahasrara . . . bindu . . . ajna . . . vishuddhi . . . anahata . . . manipura . . . swadhisthana . . . mooladhara.

Again: Mooladhara, swadhisthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddhi, ajna, bindu, sahasrara. Sahasrara, bindu, ajna, vishuddhi, anahata, manipura, swadhisthana, mooladhara.

Once more: mooladhara, swadhisthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddhi, ajna, bindu, sahasrara. Sahasrara, bindu, ajna, vishuddhi, anahata, manipura, swadhisthana, mooladhara. (pause) Concentrate on the form of the chakras. As each chakra is named, try to feel as if a lotus is springing up from the centre.

Mooladhara . . . red lotus with four petals . . . in the centre is the beeja mantra or seed mantra lam. (pause) Swadhisthana . . . vermillion lotus with six petals . . . in the centre is the seed mantra vam. (pause) Manipura . . . from manipura springs a yellow lotus with ten petals . . . in the centre is the beeja mantra ram. (pause) Anahata . . . blue lotus with twelve petals . . . the beeja mantra is yam. (pause) Vishuddhi . . . violet lotus with sixteen petals . . . the beeja mantra is ham. (pause)

Ajna . . . smoky lotus with two petals . . . the beeja mantra is Om. (pause) Bindu . . . no lotus, a crescent moon. (pause) Sahasrara . . . red lotus with one thousand petals and a shivalingam in the centre. (pause)

Psychic symbols : Concentrate on the symbols of the psychic centres . . . and develop definite images as they are named: Mooladhara . . . inverted red triangle, swadhisthana . . . the unconscious, like waves on the ocean at night, manipura . . . bright yellow sunflower, anahata . . . solitary yellow flame of light, vishuddhi . . . cold drops of nectar, ajna . . . seat of intuition, bindu . . . crescent moon at night, sahasrara . . . fireplace with burning fire. (pause)

Eyebrow centre/Om : Concentrate on the eyebrow centre. (pause) With the breath, see the expansion and contraction of Om , in a circle. (pause) In the eyebrow centre with the rhythm of the breath, expansion and contraction of Om in a circle. (long pause)

Rapid images : Now we begin the practice of dharana , the mental control of the concept of an object.

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