SHABAD KRIYA- BEDTIME MEDITATION

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Dear Kevin,

 

This a great meditation to try:

 

SHABAD KRIYA- BEDTIME MEDITATION

 

Yogi Bhajan has given us the following meditation to practice before

going to bed. If practiced on a regular basis, once a week or even

every night, your sleep will be deep and relaxed. The control of the

rhythm of the breath strengthens the nervous system and regenerates

the nerves. After a few months, the rhythm of your breath will be

subconsciously regulated and eventually you will internally chant the

mantra while you are sleeping. You may wake up to the internal chant

of the mantra and hear it in your daily activities. You will think

better, work better, share better and love better. " There cannot be

enough praise of the meditation's effect on the personality. It gives

the mind the power to stretch to infinity, promotes radiance,

patience and practical universality. " (Relax & Renew p. 118)

 

This is a good meditation to do to recover from fatigue caused by

normal daily stress, travel and even jet lag.

 

DIRECTIONS

 

MUDRA-HAND POSITION

Sit in Easy Pose with a straight spine. Hands are in the lap in

Buddha Mudra: palms up, right hand resting on top of left. The thumbs

touch and face forward.

 

EYES

The eyes focus at the tip of the nose with the eyes about 9/10th

closed. There are several ways to facilitate looking at the tip of

the nose. Bring your forefinger in front of your face and look at it.

Keep looking at the forefinger and slowly bring the forefinger to the

tip of the nose.

 

To facilitate the concentration at the tip of the nose, do the

following exercise. Bring the arms out to your sides parallel to the

ground, palms up. Do breath of fire for 1-3 minutes. This exercise

balances the right and left hemispheres of the brain, which makes it

easier to maintain the focus of the two eyes.

 

The eyes focused at the tip of the nose causes the optic nerves to

cross at the third eye. Thus it is easier to bring your mental focus

to the third eye while the eyes are directed at the tip of the nose.

Both the pineal and the pituitary glands and the area between them

are stimulated by this eye posture, which has the effect of breaking

old habits and creating new ones.

 

BREATHING AND MANTRA

Inhale 4 equal parts through the nose, i.e. the inhale is divided

into 4 sniffs. Mentally vibrate SA TA NA MA with the four parts of

the inhale breath.

 

Hold the breath and mentally repeat 4 repetitions of SA TA NA MA.

This will be 16 counts

 

SA TA NA MA SA TA NA MA SA TA NA MA SA TA NA MA

 

Then exhale in 2 equal strokes, mentally projecting WAHE GURU

 

WAHE GURU means ecstasy. WAHE GURU is the result of integrating SAT

NAM into the psyche. When we experience the Truth, we feel ecstasy.

 

TIME

Continue for 11, 15, 22, 31 or even 62 minutes. This meditation will

often put you to sleep before you complete the allotted time

 

Good luck,

Inna