Weekly From Be Bliss Yoga May 11, 2009

Sat Nam, Hello!  I am inspired to share a very special meditation this week that can be used to offer healing energy to yourself or others.   If you know someone  (including yourself) who needs healing on any level, physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, this meditation can help, it is a rare gem.   When you meditate on behalf of someone else’s healing, you are also healed in the process, what a win-win!  It’s a nice way to also feel like you can ‘do’ something for your loved one in their time of need.  Check out www.spiritvoyage.com for many musical variations for the Siri Gaitri Mantra.  A couple of my favorites are Snatam Kaur’s version and Gurudass Singh and Kaur’s from Circle of Light, which is the one I will use on the video.   Have fun, chant this often and help heal our planet. 

Meditation of the Week:  Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra

Mudra: Elbows are tucked into the ribs, palms are flat, facing up, fingers are together and the thumbs are spread.

Mantra:  Raa Maa Daa Saa, Saa Say So Hung (pull in navel on So and Hung)  Inhale between repetitions.  Pronunciate each word carefully.  Chant for 11-31 minutes.

Raa=Sun  Maa=Moon  Daa=Earth  Saa=Infinity Say=Thou So Hung=I am thou.  A healing mantra which brings balance and stimulate the kundalini flow for healing. 

To End:  Inhale deep and hold the breath, visualize the person you wish to heal (and yourself).  See them healthy, safe, strong and surrounded by white light.  Exhale.  Inhale, repeat the hold offer prayer.  Then lift your arms and shake them out.

Until Next Time, May The Long Time Sun Shine Upon You, Raji

Weekly from Be Bliss Yoga April 15, 2009

Sat Nam!  Hello again, um, well you may have noticed but had a mix up with the video, I thought it loaded up pretty quick on You Tube.  Here’s the real deal!  Wow, things are moving…hello universal spring!  I get a little wild in the spring time with  the energy of all things growing.   (and all of that Sat Kriya last week!)  This week’s meditation is Sa-Ta-Na-Ma- the 2nd phase.   It is a meditation which balances all of the elements in the body: water, air, earth, fire and ether.  It also awakens the 3rd eye chakra, stimulating the pituitary gland and connecting you to your intuition.  Give it a try!

 Meditation of the Week:  Sa-Ta-Na-Ma 2nd phase 

Posture- Easy pose, straight spine

Mudra and mantra-Elbows are bent and at the side of the body.  Hands in front of the chest, hands face each other about 4 inches apart.  Eyes closed, focus at 3rd eye (between the brows).  Begin touching the thumbs and index fingers, mentally chant Saa, bring hands apart, then thumbs and middle fingers, mentally say Taa, bring hands apart, thumbs and ring fingers, mentally chant Naa, hands apart, thumbs and pinkies, mentally chant Maa, hands apart.  Keep repeating this cycle.  Sa Ta Na Ma refers to the cycle of  infinity, life, death, and birth.

Continue for 11 minutes.  (build slowly if you need to)

To end- Inhale, press all of the fingers together hold the breath.  Exhale.  Inhale again, this time press the thumb and index finger, the thumb and middle finger, each finger in turn while holding breath.  Then inhale, exhale and relax.

Until next time, May the long time sun shine upon you, Raji