Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 I've been practicing ky for almost a year now (I think I'm at about 10 months). And before beginning my sadhana, I will occasionally sit in easy pose, bend forward and rest my forehead on the floor, lock my fingers behind my back and raise my arms straight up to the ceiling, and hold it for 15 to 30 seconds. I've done this ever since I can remember (even in high school) just to stretch out and warm up for something. Well, guess what?! Its a yoga posture!!! And I just now realized it. I was skimming through one of my books and just happened to drop my eyes down and saw that same posture. The title was yoga mudra, so I'm not sure if that references just the hands, or the sitting position as well. But I had to laugh when I saw it. Christa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Dear, You have rightly found it to be Yoga Mudra. Here Mudra means seal. We fix ourself in a certain posture or form. Yoga, as we all aware is to unite living soul with supreme soul. In this mudra as we bend forward and all our energy points (seven) come parallel to ground from their verticle position. All these energy centres become independent of one another, thus have maximum power and at this posture we keep our forehead down, where from the sushmna nadi starts, and it gets open up and free. As such at this posture we can have a highest order of meditation on the Supreme Power. Om-tat-sat >"spatialagent1 <spatialagent1" <spatialagent1 >Kundaliniyoga >Kundaliniyoga > yoga mudra >Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:15:24 -0000 > >I've been practicing ky for almost a year now (I think I'm at about >10 months). And before beginning my sadhana, I will occasionally sit >in easy pose, bend forward and rest my forehead on the floor, lock my >fingers behind my back and raise my arms straight up to the ceiling, >and hold it for 15 to 30 seconds. I've done this ever since I can >remember (even in high school) just to stretch out and warm up for >something. > >Well, guess what?! Its a yoga posture!!! And I just now realized it. >I was skimming through one of my books and just happened to drop my >eyes down and saw that same posture. The title was yoga mudra, so I'm >not sure if that references just the hands, or the sitting position >as well. But I had to laugh when I saw it. > >Christa > _______________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 > As such at this posture we can have a highest order of meditation on the > Supreme Power. Wow. Thank you so much for the information. I didn't realize the reasoning for the posture. And here I was just doing it because it stretched me out and I found it relaxing! I've never tried actually meditating in that position though. Hmmm, is there a mantra that is also typically attached to this mudra, or should I simply do a silent meditation? I'm assuming, given that I'm bent at the waist, it would be a silent med. Christa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Dear When we meditate we have to do it with a "Soham" Bhav (means emotion). Saha, Ahaam, these two words of Sanskrit make Soham. Saha means He and Aham means me. Thus it means "He is me", we all know, we (our soul - the Jivatma) is part of that supreme power (Paramatma). Thus, when we meditate with a emotion of "Soham", i.e., while inhaling deeply utter in our mind "SO" and exhale slowly "HAM". Thereby we get the supreme power within us and shade the I-ness, i.e., ego, anger, etc., out of us. Whenever we meditate, normally we fix our mind on that Supreme Power and do, here we have take it within us and shade negativity from us. Sat Nam, Om-sat-tat K S Iyer >"spatialagent1 <spatialagent1" <spatialagent1 >Kundaliniyoga >Kundaliniyoga > Re: yoga mudra >Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:03:25 -0000 > > > As such at this posture we can have a highest order of meditation >on the > > Supreme Power. > >Wow. Thank you so much for the information. I didn't realize the >reasoning for the posture. And here I was just doing it because it >stretched me out and I found it relaxing! > >I've never tried actually meditating in that position though. Hmmm, >is there a mantra that is also typically attached to this mudra, or >should I simply do a silent meditation? I'm assuming, given that I'm >bent at the waist, it would be a silent med. > >Christa > _______________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Yoga Mudra does feel good......and/but all yoga is meditation, when we are "present" and in the moment. Breathing, by itself, can be a meditation.... as a matter of fact, no other mediation would be possible without it. You and others are able to let your body move naturally into postures that balance us out. Different postures work on different areas of our being but all have the potential of a meditative or prayerful capacity. Just remember to inhale Sat and exhale Nam or some other "root" or bij mantra. "A desperate man (person) prays better than any saint." Sat Nam, Dharam "spatialagent1 " wrote: > > As such at this posture we can have a highest order of meditation > on the > > Supreme Power. > > Wow. Thank you so much for the information. I didn't realize the > reasoning for the posture. And here I was just doing it because it > stretched me out and I found it relaxing! > > I've never tried actually meditating in that position though. Hmmm, > is there a mantra that is also typically attached to this mudra, or > should I simply do a silent meditation? I'm assuming, given that I'm > bent at the waist, it would be a silent med. > > Christa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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