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- 1. धारण ध्यान समािध Dhāraṇa Dhyāna Samādhi स्वािम िववेकानन्द योग अनुसन्धान सम्स्थान Svāmi Vivekānanda Yoga Anusandhāna Samsthāna
- 2. WHAT IS MIND? WHAT IS MIND? CONGLOMERATION OF THOUGHTS YOGA IS TO GAIN MASTERY OVER THOUGHTS
- 3. Mind According to modern science Functioning of the brain
- 4. Mind According to Yoga and spiritual lore • Conglomeration of thoughts • Bundle of thoughts • Mind can exist with or without you • व्यक्त Vyakta अव्यक्त Avyakta • Manifested or may not be manifested
- 5. Facets of mind • िचित्ता Cittā: Memory • अहंकार Ahaṁkāra: Ego • बुि Bद Buddi: Intellect • मनस् Manas: Emotion
- 6. What is the nature of mind? Multiple subjects multiple thoughts • चिञ्चल cañcala • Wandering Effects: • Lot of energy wastage • Lot of tiredness
- 7. एकाग्रत Ekāgrata What is एकाग्रत Ekāgrata? Single subject multiple thoughts • Concentration • Stream of connected thoughts Effects: • Less energy wastage • Less tiredness
- 8. CONCENTRATION - I FROM CANCALATA TO EKAGRATA CONCENTRATION CHANNELISES ENERGIES ALTHROUGH OUR EDUCATION WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP CONCENTRATION CONCENTRATION IS CONCENTRATION IS MANDATORY FOR SUCCESS MANDATORY FOR SUCCESS
- 9. CONCENTRATION - 2 METHODS 1. BY IMPOSITION, FORCE, HABITUATION — THE USUAL WAY CHILD BEING TAUGHT 2. LEARN WHILE YOU PLAY ng THE MONTESSORY SYSTEM THE EASY WAY rni rL ea yyou Enjo
- 10. धारण Dhāraṇa What is धारण Dhāraṇa? Single subject single thought • Focusing • Less energy expenditure • Less tiredness देश बन्ध िचित्तस्य धारण Deśa bandha cittasya dhāraṇa Binding the mind to a particular place
- 11. FOCUSSING THE MIND H T UG THO GLE SIN TRATAKA AIDS DHARANA DHARANA IS FOCUSSING
- 12. DHARANA LENS LASER ARJUNA AND THE BIRD’S EYE
- 13. DHARANA - MEMORY WAY TRATAKA FOCUS - CLOSE THE EYES PERCEPTION - PERSISTENCE OF VISION — EYE LEVEL DHARANA PROCESS OF RECALL — MEMORY LEVEL DHARANA DHARANA IS A PROCESS OF REMEMBERING IS A PROCESS OF REMEMBERING
- 14. ध्यान Dhyāna What is Dhyāna? Single subject single thought • Defocusing • Effortless धारण Dhāraṇa is ध्यान Dhyāna
- 15. DHARANA — TO MEDITATION DHARANA (FOCUS) DHYANA . (DEFOCUS) EFFORTLESS DHARANA IS DHYANA
- 16. ध्यान Dhyāna तत्र प्रत्ययैकतानता ध्यानम् Tatra pratyayaikatānatā dhyānam Uninterrupted flow of thought Features of Dhyāna • Wakefulness, Awareness, Expansiveness • Slowness, Effortlessness
- 17. ध्यान Dhyāna • Dhyāna or Meditation is a trifold process • ित्रपुिट Tripuṭi • Three things are necessary • तैलधारा वत् Tailadhārā vat Meditator Object Process
- 18. DHYANA -TECHNIQUE JAPA- THE EASY TOOL FOR DHYANA 1. INCREASING AND DECREASING SPEED 2. SLOW DOWN 3. BED OF SILENCE 4. JAPA IN BLISSFUL SILENCE
- 19. समािध Samādhi What is Samādhi? सम्यक् अधीयते इतित समािध Samyak adhīyate iti samādhi Becoming one with the seen
- 20. समािध Samādhi Samādhi is ित्रपुिटभङ्ग Tripuṭibhaṅga • Increased knowledge about the object • JUMP: to higher level of consciousness X Meditator Process Object
- 21. समािध Samādhi तदेवाथर्थ मात्र िनभार्थसं स्वरुप शून्यिमव समािधः Tadevārtha mātra nirbhāsaṁ svarupa śūnyamiva samādhiḥ The object alone shines, our own reality vanishes
- 23. संयम Saṁyama त्रयमेकत्र संयमः Trayamekatra saṁyamaḥ The three happening one after the other is Saṁyama धारण Dhāraṇa ध्यान Dhyāna समािध Samādhi
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- 27. PRACTICE OF EQUANIMITY IN STATES OF MISERY AND HAPPINESS LEADS TO THE MASTERY OVER ALL THE SENSES AND EMOTIONS FEAR GREED ANGER MISERLINESS
- 28. ANTARANGA YOGA DHARANA (FOCUS) DHYANA (DEFOCUS) SAMADHI (JUMP WITHIN)
- 29. ANUSANDHANA BUILD THE FEATURES OF DHARANA - TOTAL CONCENTRATION ON YOUR JOB DHYANA - EFFORTLESS WAY SAMADHI - THE BLISSFUL WAY FROM 5 AM TO 10:30 PM WHATEVER MAY BE THE DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS YOU FACE LET THE YOGA WAY OF LIVING BECOME YOUR OWN
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- 31. Design of Meditation Prayer: शनैः शनैः उपरमेत्। बुध्या धृतित गृतहीतय। आत्म संस्थं मनः कृत त्व। न ि Bकिञ्चदिप िचिन्तयेत्॥ Śanaiḥ śanaiḥ uparamet budhyā dhṛti gṛhītaya Ātma saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtva na kiñcidapi cintayet Slowly and slowly bring the mind to tranquility Intelligently perform all your action, Freeze the mind to self / god, do not think of anything
- 32. Preparation • कपालभाित Kapālabhāti • िवभागीय प्रणायाम Vibhāgīya praṇāyāma – Abdominal breathing – Thoracic breathing – Clavicular breathing – Full yogic breathing
- 33. Preparation कपालभाित Kapālabhāti: * Forceful exhalation, passive inhalation * 1 time, 120 rounds/min (rpm) Slow Normal Fast < 5 rpm 15 to 20 rpm > 25 rpm Prāṇāyāma Normal Kriya breathing
- 34. िवभागीय प्राणायाम Vibhāgīya Prāṇ āyāma Sectional breathing: * Abdominal breathing - अधम शास Adhama śvāsa- िचिन्मुद cinmudra * Thoracic breathing - मध्यम शास Madhyama śvāsa – िचिन्मयमुद cinmayamudra * Clavicular breathing - आध्य शास Ādhya śvāsa – आि Bदमुद Ādimudra * Full yogic breathing - पूणर्थ शास Pūrṇa śvāsa – बहमुद Brahmamudra
- 35. Preparation • नािडि शुि Bद प्रणायाम Nāḍi śuddi praṇāyāma • Cooling praṇāyāma – शीतिल Śītali – शीत्कारी Śītkārī – सदन्त Sadanta • Laya praṇāyāma – भ्रमरी Bhramarī
- 36. नािडि शुि B द प्राणायम Nāḍ i śuddi Prāṇ āyama * Inhale through left nostril, exhale through right nostril. * Inhale through right nostril, exhale through left nostril. Benefits: * One universal practice without contra-indications * Promotes balance between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous system * Reduction in anxiety and stress level
- 37. शीतली प्राणायम Śītalī Prāṇ āyama * Inhale through the tongue, exhale slowly through the nose. * Feel the jet of cool air * An overall cooling effect is observed * Expansion from pointed to linear awareness
- 38. शीत्कारी प्राणायम Śītkārī Prāṇ āyama * Inhale through mouth, exhale through nose. * As the air moves through the tongue and mouth, it creates a cooling effect on the inner surfaces of the mouth. * Expansion from linear to surface awareness
- 39. सदन्त प्राणायम Sadanta Prāṇ āyama * Inhale through the crevices of the teeth, exhale through nose. Benefits of all three cooling Prāṇāyama practices * Helpful in relaxing the muscles, smoothening the nervous system * Allergies due to cold can be effectively overcome * Spiritual growth by expansion of awareness
- 40. भ्रामरी प्राणायम Bhrāmarī Prāṇ āyama * Inhale fully, while exhaling produce the humming sound of a female bee. (Singgggg...) * Key is to produce resonance * Sound frequency = Natural frequency of the body Benefits: * Helps to move from surface to 3D awareness * Calms down the mind (Mano vega) * Restlessness can be reduced
- 41. Types of meditation • Form / रुप / Rupa meditation • Sound / नाम / Nāma meditation
- 42. How to do Rupa meditation? Rupa meditation • Single object multiple thoughts • एकाग्रता Ekāgratā Single object single thought • धारण Dhāraṇa Focusing • Effortless Dhāraṇa ध्यान Dhyāna • Forget yourself, only ॐ कार om kāra shines • Then you reach समिध Samadhi • Silence
- 43. How to do Nama meditation? Nama meditation • Choice of sound should result in calmness • Start chanting the nama ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ • Continuous chanting of mantra जप Japa • Give some gap and slow down • ॐ ---------- ॐ ---------- ॐ • ॐ -------------------- ॐ -------------------- ॐ • Forget about ॐ कार om kāra: जप Japa अजप Ajapa • -------------------------- silence ----------------------
- 44. Relaxation Silence शािन्त मन्त्र Śānti mantra सवे भवन्तु सुिखिनः सवे सन्तु िनरामयः सवे भदािण पश्यन्तु मा किश्चित् दुःखिभाग् भवेत् ॐ शािन्तः शािन्तः शािन्तः॥ Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ Sarve santu nirāmayaḥ Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu Mā kaścit duḥkhabhāg bhavet Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
- 45. Different types of meditation • OM meditation • Cyclic meditation • Transcendal meditation • Vipashyana meditation