SPIRITUALITY
During my workshops with corporate, I
found out that most of our working
class do not have any idea about the
amazing ability of 5 minutes of Yoga &
meditation every couple of hours. In
spite of the ergonomic chairs, people
need to apply some of the techniques
of Yoga and Meditation that are
extremely effective and unparalleled in
some ways. In fact, meditation in my
opinion has the most amazing effect
physically as well as mentally. It is the
best stress buster, concentration
booster and motivator.
whatever they ate as a miracle. Every
breath that they took was synchronized
with a mantra. The rituals of Yoga,
Ayurveda & Reiki was not a small part of
their daily routine. Instead, it was the
whole and sole. Their very life was
Yogic. Every breath, every meal, every
prayer, every conversation, every hobby
was Yogic. India thousands of years
back was swarming with sages and
seers thus. Even the common man had
a Yogic life. Today, it is different. Mobile
phones, cameras, screens, social media,
cars and shopping malls have taken
over. We don’t walk, we take the
elevator. I read recently in an interview
by Ironman Milind Soman to a
magazine recently that he takes the
stairs instead of lifts and elevators. He
prefers to have an active life. We need to
walk, climb, trek mountains, swim, play
outdoor sports, meditate, attend
festivals, maintain a healthy & strict diet,
play with our children – do all those
things that can keep us physically and
mentally rejuvenated.
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Meditation can be done even at
work (on a mat or even on a
chair) and a session can
last from anywhere
between 5-30
minutes. For
a beginner,
it takes
more time
to find
your
focus
point and slip into the
inner world whereas for
an advanced meditator, the takeoff
does not take much time. In fact, I
personally know many meditators who
can wrap up a blissful experience
session in just 10-15 minutes.
The ideal way to start a session (even a
brief one) is to observe your breathing.
While breathing in through right nostril
(North Pole) and breathing out through
left nostril (South Pole), it's a vortex, an
evidence of cosmic inhalation and
exhalation - balancing the breath -
experience the energy pattern that runs
our life.
Observe your breath, experience the
bellowing of your lungs and their fall -
the entire process of the breath going
into the lungs and coming out is like a
vortex that is created on the surface of
earth.
Nadi shodhan means purification of the
nadis that serve as channels for ‘swara’
or ‘prana’. Shodhan means purification.
This is done through what we call
The subtle energy
patterns are just amazing
to observe, they are the
best possible infinite
geometry that can be. It
stretches all through your
entire body to extremely
deep and subtle points,
where once you reach,
you get lost in intense
meditation at that
particular point.
tapping the energy method. This
tapping is the best way to tap subtle
energy/life force/prana. There are other
methods also such as the one that
keeps us alive i.e. regular breathing
pattern.
Then there is chakra shodhan, in which
the purification of meeting point of
three swaras where 3 kinds of energy
(universal energy gets categorized into 3
once it enters our body - hot current,
cold current, void current) meet
happens. These are chakras that are
purified in the same pattern of energy
that is vortex shaped and comprises of
pyramids, spirals etc. While nadi
shodhan can be done through
pranayam, chakra shodhan has to be
done in a long session of application of
devotion, faith and being an empty cup.
The subtle energy patterns are just
amazing to observe, they are the best
possible infinite geometry that can be.
It stretches all through your entire body
to extremely deep and subtle points,
where once you reach, you get lost in
intense meditation at that particular
point. These points are mostly in the
part above mouth (in the forehead
region and above). This stretches a few
inches above your head. Quite
surprisingly, the energy body is larger
than the physical body of a human or a
planet. The tip of the energy body is