HOW TO ACHIEVE OUR DREAMS WITH YOGA? (OM SOUND)

 

                             AWARENESS OF THE BREATH

                           AFTER THESE ROTATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, PHYSICAL RELAXATION IS THEN CONTINUED AND COMPLETED BY DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE BREATH. THERE SHOULD BE NO ATTEMPT TO FORCE OR CHANGE IT. ONE MAY WATCH THE BREATH IN THE NOSTRILS, IN THE CHEST, OR IN THE PASSAGE BETWEEN THE NAVEL AND THE THROAT. USUALLY, GREATER RELAXATION IS ATTAINED BY SIMULTANEOUSLY COUNTING THE BREATHS MENTALLY. AWARENESS OF THE BREATH NOT ONLY PROMOTES RELAXATION AND CONCENTRATION, BUT ALSO AWAKENS HIGHER ENERGIES AND DIRECTS THEM TO EVERY CELL OF THE BODY. IT ASSISTS PRATYAHARA FROM THE SUBTLE BODY IN THE PRACTICES THAT FOLLOW.

                             FEELINGS AND SENSATIONS

                            NEXT COMES RELAXATION ON THE PLANE OF FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS. FEELINGS THAT ARE INTENSELY PHYSICAL OF EMOTIONAL ARE RECALLED OR AWAKENED, EXPERIENCED FULLY, THEN REMOVED. USUALLY THIS IS PRACTICED WITH PAIRS OF OPPOSITE FEELINGS, SUCH AS HEAT AND COLD, HEAVINESS AND LIGHTNESS, PAIN AND PLEASURE, JOY AND SORROW, LOVE AND HATE. THE PAIRING OF FEELINGS IN YOGA NIDRA HARMONIZES THE OPPOSITE HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN AND HELPS IN BALANCING OUR BASIC DRIVES AND CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NORMALLY UNCONSCIOUS. THIS PRACTICE ALSO DEVELOPS WILL POWER ON THE EMOTIONAL PLANE AND BRINGS ABOUT EMOTIONAL RELAXATION BY MEANS OF CATHARIS, AS MEMORIES OF PROFOUND FEELINGS ARE RELIVED.

                              VISUALIZATION

                                THE LAST STAGE OF YOGA NIDRA INDUCES MENTAL RELAXATION . IN THIS PART OF THE PRACTICE, THE STUDENT VISUALIZE THE IMAGES NAMED OR DESCRIBED BY THE INSTRUCTOR. SINCE THE IMAGES THAT ARE USED OFTEN HAVE UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE AND POWERFUL ASSOCIATIONS. THEY BRING THE HIDDEN CONTENTS OF THE DEEP UNCONSCIOUS INTO THE CONSCIOUS MIND. THE IMAGES USED IN THIS BOOK INCLUDE LANDSCAPE, OCEANS, MOUNTAINS, TEMPLES, SAINTS AND FLOWERS, STORIES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF POWERFUL PSYCHIC SYMBOLS SUCH AS THE CHAKRAS, THE LINGAM, THE CROSS, OR THE GOLDEN EGG.

                                 THE PRACTICE OF VISUALIZATION DEVELOPS SELF-AWARENESS AND RELAXES THE MIND, BY PURGING IT OF DISTURBING OR PAINFUL MATERIAL. IT LEAS THE MIND TO CONCENTRATION OR DHARANA. IN ADVANCED STAGES, VISUALIZATION DEVELOPSINTO DHYANA OR PURE MEDITATION. THEN THERE IS THE CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE VISUALIZED OBJECT IN THE UNCONSCIOUS, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DISSOLVES AND DISTRACTION IMAGES CEASE TO ARISE.

                                    ENDING THE PRACTICE

                                 THE VISUALIZATION PRACTICE IS USUALLY FINISHED WITH AN IMAGE THAT EVOKES PROFOUND FEELINGS OF PEACE AND CALMNESS. THIS MAKES THE UNCONSCIOUS MND VERY RECEPTIVE TO POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS. THEREFORE, THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA ENDS WITH RESOLVE. THIS DIRECT ORDER FROM THE CONSCIOUS MIND TO THE UNCONSCIOUS IS THE SEED ENABLING ONE TO RADICALLY CHANGE ONE'S ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOUS AND DESTINY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE RESOLVE BE STATED CLEARLY AND POSITIVELY. THIS WILL GIVE THE MIND STRENGTH AND A POSITIVE OUTLOOK. ONE SHOULD HAVE SINCERE FAITH THAT THE RESOLVE WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THIS FAITH STRENGTHENS THE EFFECT OF THE RESOLVE WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THIS FAITH STRENGHENS THE EFFECT OF THE RESOLVE ON THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND, SO THAT THE RESOLVE WILL BECOME A REALITY IN ONE'S LIFE.

                                 THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA IS CONCLUDED BY GRADUALLY BRINGING THE MIND FROM THE CONDITION OF PSYCHIC SLEEP TO THE WAKING STATE.

 

                        HOW THE OM MANTRA WORKS !

                                

                                          PREPARATION :

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                          PLEASE GET READY FOR YOGA NIDRA. LIE DOWN ON YOUR BACK ON THE FLOOR AND ADOPT THE POSE CALLED SHAVASANA. IN THIS POSITION THE BODY SHOULD BE STRAIGHT FROM HEAD TO TOE, THE LEGS SLIGHTLY APART AND THE ARMS A LITTLE AWAY FROM THE BODY, WITH PALMS OF THE HANDS TURNED UPWARDS. (PAUSE) ADJUST EVERYTHING, YOUR BODY, POSITION AND CLOTHES, UNTIL YOU ARE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE. DURING YOGA NIDRA THERE SHOULD BE NO PHYSICAL MOVEMENT (PAUSE) CLOSE YOUR EYES AND KEEP THEM STRICTLY CLOSED UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO OPEN THEM. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND AS YOU BREATH OUT FEEL THE CARES AND WORRIES OF THE DAY FLOW OUT OF YOU (PAUSE)

                       IN THE PRACTICE WHICH FOLLOWS YOU ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THE FEELING OF RELAXATION IN THE BODY. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO MAKE DEVELOP THE FEELING OF RELAXATION. (PAUSE) IT IS LIKE THE FEELING YOU HAVE JUST BEFORE SLEEP... WHEN RELAXATION BECOMES DEEP, SLEEP DOES COME BUT YOU SHOULD TRY TO KEEP YOURSELF COMPLETELY AWAKE, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. MAKE A RESOLUTION TO YOURSELF NOW THAT "I WILL NOT SLEEP, I WILL REMAIN AWAKE THROUGHOUT THE PRACTICE (PAUSE)

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                               DURING YOGA NIDRA YOU ARE FUNCTIONING ON THE LEVELS OF HEARING AND AWARENESS, AND THE ONLY IMPORTANTTHING IS TO FOLLOW THE VOICE OF THE INSTRUCTOR. (PAUSE) YOU MUST NOT TRY TO INTELLECTUALIZE OR ANALYZE THE INSTRUCTIONS AS THIS WILL DISTURB YOUR MENTAL RELAXATION. SIMPLY FOLLOW THE VOICE WITH TOTAL ATTENTION AND FEELING, AND IF THOUGHTS COME TO DISTURB YOU FROM TIME TO TIME, DO NOT WORRY, JUST CONTINUE THE PRACTICE (PAUSE) ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME CALM AND STEADY.. WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE PRACTICE YOURSELF, ALLOW FIVE MINUTES FOR THIS. DO NOT START TOO SUDDENLY.

          RELAXATION : 

NOW BRING ABOUT A FEELING OF INNER RELAXATION IN THE WHOLE BODY ... CONCENTRATE ON THE BODY AND BECOME AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETE STILLNESS.. DEVELOP YOUR AWARENESS OF THE BODY FROM THE TOP OF THE HEAD TO THE TIPS OF THE TOES AND MENTALLY REPEAT THE MANTRA O-O-O-M-M-M. COMPLETE AND COMPLETE AWARENESS OF THE WHOLE BODY... O-O-O-M-M-M. CONTINUE YOUR AWARENESS OF THE WHOLE BODY ... THE WHOLE BODY... THE WHOLE BODY. BECOME AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PRACTICE YOGA NIDRA .. SAY MENTALLY TO YOURSELF, I AM AWARE.. I AM GOING TO PRACTICE YOGA NIDRA .. REPEAT THIS TO YOURSELF AGAIN. THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA BEGINS NOW.

                                               RESOLVE

                            AT THIS MOMENT YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR RESOLVE . THE RESOLVE WILL HAVE TO BE VERY SIMPLE. TRY TO DISCOVER ONE NATURALLY. YOU MUST DEVELOP RESOLVE TO SAY AT THIS TIME. IT SHOULD BE A SHORT, POSITIVE STATEMENT IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE .. STATED THREE TIMES WITH AWARENESS, FEELING AND EMPHASIS THE RESOLVE YOU MAKE DURING YOGA NIDRA IS BOUND TO COME TRUE IN YOUR LIFE .

                           ROTATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

                         WE NOW BEGIN ROTATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS, ROTATION OF AWARENESS BY TAKING A TRIP THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY. AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE AWARENSS IS TO GO FROM PART TO PART. REPEAT THE PART IN YOUR MIND AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BECOME AWARE OF THAT PART OF THE BODY. KEEP YOURSELF ALERT BUT DO NOT CONCENTRATE TOO INTENSELY. BECOME AWARE OF THE RIGHT HAND.

                             RIGHT SIDE

                                RIGHT HAND THUMB, SECOND FINGER, THIRD FINGER, FOURTH FINGER, FIFTH FINGER, PALM OF THE HAND, BECOME AWARE OF YOUR PALM, BACK OF THE HAND, THE WRIST, THE LOWER ARM, THE ELBOW, THE UPPER ARM, THE SHOULDER, THE ARMPIT, THE RIGHT WAIST, THE RIGHT HIP, THE RIGHT THIGH, THE KNEECAP, THE CALF MUSCLE, THE ANKLE, THE HEEL, THE SOLE OF THE RIGHT FOOT, THE TOP OF THE FOOT, THE BIG TOE, SECOND TOE, THIRD TOE, FOURTH TOE, FIFTH TOE...

                                   LEFT SIDE

                              BECOME AWARE OF THE LEFT HAND THUMB, SECOND FINGER, THIRD FINGER, FOURTH FINGER, FIFTH FINGER, PALM OF THE HAND, BACK OF THE HAND, THE WRIST, THE LOWER ARM, THE ELBOW, THE UPPER ARM, THE SHOULDER, THE ARMPIT, THE LEFT WAIST, THE LEFT HIP, THE LEFT THIGH, THE KNEECAP, THE CALF MUSCLE, THE ANKLE, THE HEEL, THE SOLE OF THE LEFT FOOT, THE TOP OF THE FINGER, THE BIG TOE, SECOND TOE, THIRD TOE, FOURTH TOE, FIFTH TOE...