questions about SaTaNaMa

[Guest guest]

Can someone help me with the SaTaNaMa chant? Will there be the same effect if

it is done as a walking meditation, rather than a sitting meditation as this

would be a good way to combine getting outside, exercise, and the benefits of

this meditation.

 

In the Breatwalk book - the SaTaNaMa has a walking meditation with the hand

mudra, but with the added breath of inhale for 4, then exhale for 4 as you take

each step and do the hand mudra. What are the benefits of this walking

mediation with the breath and hand mudra versus the sitting SaTaNaMa with the 3

levels of the voice (out loud, whisper, internal, etc).

 

Also, if doing the walking medication, and don't want to seem TOO obvious and

say all three in a whisper of internally, is the same effect achieved?

 

Thank you,

 

Leslie

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Leslie,

I've done the Sa Ta Na Ma walking meditation and I think it's cool. No

it doesn't have the same "feel" as the Kirtan Kriya. Don't even know if it

qualifies as the same thing, since those words are used in several mantras.

Aloud or quietly? I recite as the situation calls for. There's also the

fact that you can't bliss out the same way lest you sttep into traffick! I

do find that it gives me a different view of things as I walk about. My

visual range seems to change and for some reason I hear more (paying

attention?). In case you didn't know I have a major hearing deficit, so

this last one is intereting to say the least. IT also helps me slow the

pace of my walking. I'm an Urban boy can walk many many miles and at a

fairly good clip too, but I rarely noticed the world around me except to

wish it'd get the hell outta my way. Now I slow down to see and smell and

feel alot more long the way

Good luck with that.

Sat Nam, Leo

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> attention?). In case you didn't know I have a major

> hearing deficit, so

> this last one is intereting to say the least. IT

>

 

Leo,

 

I thought about a very simple set of facial exercises

to increase blood flow to the facial region, including

the ears. It should, therefore, potentially help in

improving hearing. You might want to try the

exercises.

The steps go like this.

 

Step 1: Raise both your eyebrows as high as you can

slooowly ( as you are physically lifting the brain

when doing this ). You should feel stretching in

the scalp, and the top of the eyes, increasing

blood flow in these regions.

 

Step 2: Widen your eyes as much as you can. You

should feel some stretch below the eyes and some

stretching in the ear.

 

Step 3: Open your mouth wide, and drop the jaws

down as much as possible. This should stretch the

ears further, and the cheeks and the jaw line.

 

Step 4: Now, cover your teeth rows with the lips.

This should intensify the stretch in the ears, cheeks,

and jaws, besides stretching the nostrils ( clearing

sinuses ).

 

Step 5: Shift the mouth/jaw line from left to right.

This will further intensify the facial stretches

on the left side, besides stretching the sides of

the chin and neck.

 

Now, hold the above stretches combinedly for 5 breaths

( DO NOT HOLD THE BREATH, BUT HOLD THE STRETCH ).

Breath in and out sloooowly and deeply for 5 breaths

( that should be about 20-60 seconds, depending on

the rate of your breathing ). For any stretch to

be optimally effective, it should be held for 20-60

seconds. If you hold the stretch for too long, you

overbias the stretch in that region and the skin

loses its elasticity.

 

 

Then, do the above steps, and finally shift the

mouth/jaw from right to left. And, hold this for

5 breaths.

 

 

You can then do another similar set.

 

Step 1: Shut both your eyes as tightly as you can

( this will counter-stretch the lifting-of-eyebrow-

stretch, and create a balance ).

 

Step 2: Pout your lips, and then move them from

left to right (Counter-stretch to the wide-open jaw).

Hold the stretch for 5 breaths.

And, then repeat the above steps, and shift the lips

from right to left for 5 breaths.

 

Wherever there is a stretch, there is increased

blood flow, as the stretch dilates the blood vessels.

Wherever there is improved blood flow, things work

better.

And, the above steps can certainly help in

increasing the blood flow to the facial region.

I am not sure how you

are going to feel while doing the above set of

exercises, but stretch to the point of slight

discomfort and not pain. They are simple stretches,

and you can try them anytime and anyhow ( sitting,

standing, lying down..). With daily practise,

it should ease up things progressively.

Please try them, and let me know how it goes.

 

gai

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Sat Nam ya'll,

Thanks for the info gai. While there's been alot of bone loss in the

inner ear I'l take anything I can find that helps. Besides, at my age

anything that helps my face is to be treasured!

 

Sat Nam, Leo