Nithya Dhyaan: the Universal Technique
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Nithya Dhyaan is a formula and technique that works on all the components of your being. Whatever your birth sign may be, it awakens the cosmic powers within you and makes them available to your being to excel in all spheres of life.
This is a five-step technique. Allow seven minutes for each step. Keep your eyes closed throughout the meditation.
1- Chaotic breathing:
Sit in vajrāsana (kneel and sit
on your heels). Place your hands
on your hips and breathe
chaotically, without a repetitive
rhythm. Just focus on your
breathing; let your entire being
become the breathing.
2- Intense Humming:
Continue to sit in vajrāsana, form cin mudra with your fingers (with the thumb and forefinger forming a circle and other three fingers outstretched), and place your hands on your knees, palms facing upwards. In this posture, with your mouth closed, produce the sound ‘Mmmm...’ from inside your body, as loudly and lengthily as possible.
3- Cakra awareness:
You may continue to sit in
vajrāsana or sit crossed legged if
you wish. Keep your fingers in cin
mudra position. Now, bring your
awareness to each cakra one after
the other, from mūlādhāra cakra (root
center) to sahasrāra cakra (crown
center). Feel each cakra completely as if your whole being has become that energy center.
4- Silent Meditation: Be unclutched
In this step, carry the
understanding with you that your
thoughts are unconnected,
irrational and unclutched. Don't
try to create thoughts, don't try to
maintain thoughts, do not try to
destroy thoughts or react to them.
Just sit and watch them.
Understand,
by your very nature, you are pure
being and bliss.
5- Guru Pūja
Now, connect, relax and rest
into the universal energy. Just sit
in a very deep and passive way,
feeling one with the whole, God,
or your Master. Listen to the Guru pūja mantras and feel their vibration in you. Express your gratitude with reverence.
You will find further details on the benefits of Nithya Dhyaan; along with the meditation instructions, in the comprehensive booklet and audio CD called Nithya Dhyaan- Experience bliss.
Nithya Yoga for You
When the dynamism is low in the person, martial arts can be practiced to assist Venus gentle energy. Otherwise, yoga postures practiced slowly, as well as Sūrya Namaskār (the ancient Sun salutation), can be practiced by all natives!
Paścimottānāsana:
Instructions:
- To blissfully enjoy the benefits of any āsanas, make sure your body is warmed up, the spine loosened up and stretched out before entering the postures.
- In a seated position, stretch your legs in front of you and bring your heels close together.
- Shuffle your hips back right and left a few times.
- Move your buttocks out of the way with your hands.
- Take each thigh and rotate the inner thigh in and the outer thigh out.
- For most beginners, you should bend the knees up slightly to start, to prevent over-rounding of the spine.
- Inhale, sweep your arms above your head.
- Exhale, sweep your arms forward, reaching for the toes, and bring the forehead down close to the knees. ● Inhale, sweep the arms up above your head.
● Exhale, relax your arms down by your side.
● Close your eyes and visualize this movement once. See your entire body performing the posture with smoothness and grace.
● Open your eyes and repeat Paścimottānāsana five more times.
● On the fifth time, keep the head down close to the knees and hold for three smooth breaths.