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, don't 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 strengthen Mars energy. Otherwise, gentle yoga postures which work on maṇipūraka cakra, as well as Sūrya Namaskār (the ancient Sun salutation), can be practiced by all natives
Ardha Matsyendrāsana :
Instructions:
- To blissfully enjoy the benefits of any asanas, make sure your body is warmed up, the spine loosened up and stretched out before entering the postures.
- Sit in vajrāsana (kneel and sit on your heels)
- Perform the posture on the right side first. Simply allow the buttocks to fall to the left side.
- Using your hands, help to lift your right leg and place the foot on the outside of the left knee.
- Ensure that both hips are down on the floor as evenly as possible.
- Bring the right hand behind your back (about 1 foot away from the spine), fingertips pointing outward. (Elbow can be bent if needed to create more space between torso and legs).
- Bring the left arm up, and push back the knee with the left elbow. Keep the elbow bent with the palm facing outward. ● Look over your right shoulder.
● Inhale, lengthen the spine.
● Exhale, gently twist around, looking gently over your right shoulder more.
● You can hold this āsana for 6 breaths.
● After the last exhale, inhale as you bring the head around to the front.
● Then exhale and allow the body to unwind slowly.
● Repeat on the other side.
Benefits:
This āsana gives a complete rotary movement to the entire vertebral column, and works on the digestive power which planet Mars represents. It can lead one to complete inner transformation by giving an experience of no-mind state.