Podcasts about ajapa japa

Meditasjon er en praksis, så det er først og fremst noe en gjør, noe en praktiserer. Likvel kan det være nyttig å snakke om meditasjon. Det kan være fint å oppdage at de fleste som har en meditasjonspraksis opplever mange hindringer. Det kan være tretthet, uro, mye tanker eller noe helt annet som tar plass og for en som er ny til meditasjon kan det ofte føles som en ikke mestrer teknikken. Når vi snakker om det vi opplever som forstyrrelser under en meditasjon kan vi kanskje lettere omfavne det som er, møte oss selv med vennlighet og aksept og være motivert til å fortsette praksisen. En kollega av meg sa noe klokt: "En god meditasjon er en meditasjon du har gjort" -så takk for den, Tord Helsingeng.I denne episoden deler jeg noen av mine egne erfaringer i møte med meditasjon og oppdager at den reisen startet for snart 30 år siden. Jeg deler noe av hva meditasjon er for meg i livet nå og snakker litt rundt forskjellige typer meditasjonsteknikker.Stillhet er også et tema jeg er innom og om du vil være med meg på stille retreat på fjellet i år, så er det fortsatt ledige plasser.Mulighet for å lære Ajapa Japa og Kriya Yoga meditasjonene kan du få med Yggdrasil Yogaskole på Yoga Yoni Retreatsenter i Telemark. Kollega Sigrun Aaen Holst setter også opp fordypning i meditasjon med innlæring og praksis av Ajapa JapaMindfulness Norge har regelmessig online meditasjoner for medlemmer og en stille retreat på Hadeland, vanligvis i starten av juni hvert år.For 10 dagers stille retreat i Sverige, med lange meditasjoner kan du sjekke ut Dhamma Sobhana. Dette er for spesielt interesserte.Interessante artikler om stillhet, nærvær og meditasjon:Stillhet i støyens tidStillhetens treningsleir, om en som har testet ut Dhamma Sobhana og 10 dagers stillhet i SverigeStillhet som fag i skolenAndre veier til nærvær og tilstedeværelse, det må nemlig ikke gå gjennom yoga og meditasjon; Cluet med nuetGOD LYTT!

This podcast episode is divided into two parts.The first is about how chronic, unresolved stress wrecks your brain.The second is about how yoga and meditation repair the damage of chronic stress. We describe the four stages of repair, moving from basic repair of the damage to stabilizing normal function, then building a stronger neural architecture, and finally, the phase of mastery in which you optimize brain function.Stress is an unavoidable part of life. While acute, short-term stress helps you cope with challenging situations, chronic, long-term, unresolved stress is different. Long-term stress doesn't just deplete your energy and affect your mood; it damages your ability to think clearly, process information, and handle emotions.Chronic stress wrecks your brain—it physically reshapes it, changing the size, structure, and function of parts of it. Over time, persistent stress alters neural structures, shrinks key regions involved in memory and decision-making, and overactivates the parts involved in emotional control.While these changes often develop slowly and are initially subtle, their effects can profoundly impact cognitive function, emotional well-being, and behavior patterns throughout life.The key takeawayChronic, unresolved stress creates an imbalance between the self-aware, rational, decision-making, and problem-solving parts of the brain (the pre-frontal cortex) and the emotion and memory-controlling parts of the brain (the amygdala and hippocampus). However, yoga and meditation can restore normal function, build stronger neural architecture, and optimize brain function in the final phase of mastery.Stage 1 - Relaxation techniques such as Three Easy Steps to Deep Relaxation guided meditation series and Yoga Nidra.Stage 2 - Techniques such as Ajapa Japa and Meditations on the Third Eye of Intuition.Stage 3 - Advanced methods of Chakra and Ajapa Japa meditation.Stage 4 - Advanced Chakra and Kundalini Meditations.

Here are the main points of this podcastSelf-awareness is the core principle in yoga and meditation. It reflects consciousness and helps us transcend life's problems by anchoring us in the self.Consciousness is our center. The body and mind are composed of energy, which can be gross, subtle, or causal. Cultivating self-awareness allows us to experience these various forms of energy more deeply.Advanced yogis refine their consciousness to perceive causal energy, the highest form of spiritual energy, through deep self-awareness.Self-regulation involves adjusting our body, mind, and reactions to achieve greater self-control and stability, building on self-awareness.Self-mastery is achieved through a cycle of self-awareness and self-regulation, leading to a profound alignment of thoughts, feelings, and actions with higher aspirations.Yoga philosophy distinguishes between the egoic self and the universal cosmic self, with spiritual practices aiming to integrate and transcend the egoic self towards enlightenment.From a psychological standpoint, self-awareness involves recognizing and understanding our internal experiences and how they influence our behavior.Practices like mindfulness meditation, journaling, and reflection help cultivate self-awareness by observing our thoughts and emotions without judgment.Self-regulation, essential for deliberate and constructive actions, is the ability to manage and modulate our emotional and behavioral responses through self-awareness.The progression from self-awareness to self-regulation to self-mastery is sequential yet cyclical, with each stage enhancing the others and fostering continuous personal growth.Big Shakti offers courses and meditations, such as Inner Silence Meditation, Yoga Nidra, and Ajapa Japa, that focus on self-awareness and self-regulation to support personal and spiritual development.The Find Life Purpose Course helps individuals define clear goals and purpose, facilitating the practice of self-awareness and self-regulation to achieve meaningful and fulfilling lives. Subscribe to our eNewsletter and receive substantial discounts on products https://bigshakti.comBig Shakti podcast https://bigshakti.com/podcast/For more information on Big Shakti meditations, go to https://bigshakti.com/meditations/For more information on Big Shakti's Yoga and Meditation Courses, go to https://bigshakti.com/courses/For information regarding Jayne Stevenson's intuitive healing and dream therapy practice, go to https://bigshakti.com/about/jayne-stevenson/For information regarding Dr. Swami Shankardev's medical and psychotherapy practice, go to https://bigshakti.com/about/dr-swami-shankardev-saraswati/Big Shakti's YouTube Channel

This episode is based on a talk given by Dr. Swami Shankardev to Yogic Studies students in February 2005 on the keys to heart presence and selfless service.This talk arose in response to a student who was struggling to practice service, an aspect of Karma Yoga. In the talk, Swami Shankardev discusses the following:1. Selfless service is an important path to managing the ego and bringing it into a relationship with the highest Self.2. How true service illuminates the mind, enabling us to connect to a higher, more conscious state of being.3. Even in enlightened states, the ego still exists and needs to be managed. (Ego is only eradicated at the very last stage of human evolution.)4. Selfless service is a path to purifying the chakras, allowing higher consciousness and intuition to flow into our lives. Without this capacity for giving, we remain overly attached to things that block consciousness from moving beyond the constricting influence of the ego.The main meditation to disentangle from the selfish aspect of the ego and become centered in the highest Self is Inner Silence (Antar Mouna). This practice enables you to observe the mind and the ego, to free yourself from their negative influence, and to come back into a relationship with the highest Self.One of the best methods for forging a path between our individual self and the universal Self is Ajapa Japa. This wonderful meditation practice charges the mind with energy and links individual consciousness with higher consciousness. We can then act with an awareness of the universal within our individual lives.Subscribe to our eNewsletter and receive substantial discounts on products https://bigshakti.comBig Shakti podcast https://bigshakti.com/podcast/For more information on Big Shakti meditations, go to https://bigshakti.com/meditations/For more information on Big Shakti's Yoga and Meditation Courses, go to https://bigshakti.com/courses/For information regarding Jayne Stevenson's intuitive healing and dream therapy practice, go to https://bigshakti.com/about/jayne-stevenson/For information regarding Dr. Swami Shankardev's medical and psychotherapy practice, go to https://bigshakti.com/about/dr-swami-shankardev-saraswati/Big Shakti's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@BigShakti

In today's episode, we are providing you with the Introductory lesson from Healing the Mind – Ajapa Japa Stage 1 Course. It is also available as a video on Big Shakti's YouTube channel. Ajapa Japa is a wonderful and extremely powerful form of meditation that combines many forms of meditation, including relaxation, mindfulness, breath, prana, life force, and a mantra to heal the body and mind and activate and awaken the chakras and kundalini. It calms an overactive mind, balances emotions, and creates physical and mental resilience as well as awakening consciousness. Of all the meditation practices that I use in my medical practice, Ajapa Japa is the most powerful and useful. Of course, it is one thing to learn the technique, but it is another to understand how to apply it to achieve your desired results. The MP3 series on Ajapa Japa is available on Big Shakti. However, I highly advise you to enroll in the Healing the Mind Ajapa Japa Stage 1 course. It tells you how to do the technique, and the methodology, which means how to apply the technique to achieve your desired results. I can't recommend this course more highly.Big Shakti podcast https://bigshakti.com/podcast/For more information on Big Shakti meditations, go to https://bigshakti.com/meditations/For more information on Big Shakti's Yoga and Meditation Courses, go to https://bigshakti.com/courses/For information regarding Jayne Stevenson's intuitive healing and dream therapy practice, go to https://bigshakti.com/about/jayne-stevenson/For information regarding Dr Swami Shankardev's medical and psychotherapy practice, go to https://bigshakti.com/about/dr-swami-shankardev-saraswati/Big Shakti's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@BigShaktiTo learn more about how to apply Ajapa Japa meditation for healing and for your spiritual evolution, Big Shakti teaches guided yoga and meditation techniques that systematically take systematically guide you into the practice of Ajapa Japa. This guided training program is called Ajapa Japa, Breath and Mantra. https://bigshakti.com/shop/guided-meditations/ajapa-japa-breath-mantra-consciousness/If you wish to really understand how to use Ajapa Japa to support the healing of mental illness and to cultivate a strong mind, then we highly recommend that you enroll in the online course, Healing the Mind Meditation Course – Ajapa Japa Stage 1. https://bigshakti.com/shop/online-courses/healing-the-mind-ajapa-japa-meditation-course/

If you only ever study one yoga meditation technique over your lifetime, you would be wise to choose Ajapa Japa. Ajapa Japa combines many forms of meditation into one powerful practice that heals and transforms your mind.Ajapa Japa is a potent guided yoga and meditation technique that you can use to improve every part of your life: physical, mental, and spiritual. The practice circulates the light of awareness through the body and mind. The result is that you become more Alive, Aligned, and Enlightened.Yoga TantraAjapa Japa is the foundation meditation upon which all Yoga-Tantra practice rests. Ajapa Japa is a complete system for healing, self-development, and spiritual awareness. Of all the techniques in the yoga tantra system, Ajapa Japa, the movement of your breath, prāna, a mantra in a psychic passage, is one of the most powerful. The word japa can be defined as the continuous repetition of a mantra. When the suffix ‘a' is added, it implies that the process of mantra repetition becomes spontaneous. While japa requires continuous, conscious effort to repeat the mantra verbally or mentally and to turn the beads, ajapa requires no effort. It is said that japa comes from the mouth, whereas ajapa comes from the breath and from the heart. Japa is the preliminary practice of mantra repetition, and ajapa is the perfection of this practice.The Ajapa Gāyatrī MantraThe theory behind Ajapa Japa is that there is a mantra called the Ajapa Gāyatrī Mantra, vibrating in you all the time. This is the breath mantra SO HM, which is also called the Ham-sa mantra. Ajapa japa is a technique in which you repeat the mantra of the breath, SO HM, while you tune into the mantra that is always present in you. As such, you do not need any initiation from a guru to give you a mantra, as it is already and always within you. This core Yoga-Tantra teaching reveals the mantra hidden at the core of your being that is vibrating you into existence. In both human beings and the cosmos, there is a universal sound vibration, a powerful mantra that can be heard in the subtle breath that arises from the spiritual dimensions of your being. In the ancient yogic texts, this mantra is the song of the soul singing you into existence. Ajapa Japa meditation enables you to tune into this most powerful mantra resonating at the very heart of your being. As you tune into the sound, you cognize the intrinsic connection between your individual self, your universal self, and the cosmos as a whole.Kriya yogaAjapa Japa is a form of kriya yoga and kundalinī yoga. The word kriya means active, and kriya yoga is an active form of yoga, which activates kundalinī, the primal cosmic power that lies dormant in the base chakra, mūlādhāra. The word kriya comes from the same root as the word karma, which also action. So Ajapa Japa is a powerful technique that, once learned, is used in many more powerful forms of meditation to activate the latent powers and abilities that lie hidden in you.By aligning yourself with this great and powerful mystery, you synchronize your deepest self with the expansive cosmos. Your inner and outer worlds become one, and you experience the bliss of living an authentic, meaningful, and harmonious life.Big Shakti podcast https://bigshakti.com/podcast/For more information on Big Shakti meditations, go to https://bigshakti.com/meditations/For more information on Big Shakti's Yoga and Meditation Courses, go to https://bigshakti.com/courses/For...

When we choose to create silence within, we try to make the external environment and our physical self conducive to take steps towards meditation and allow meditation to happen. One way to allow Meditation to happen is by “Ajapa Japa “ that is to continuously think of a vibrational sound of breath “So-Hum”, Amen, universal sound OHM, any mantra, a divine name which your soul is connected to with utter faith, or to a Phrase or any word like joy, peace, strength which resonates to you. This helps our mind to think about what you provided it to think on, rather than allowing it to wander into the past or future, fear or fantasy. This way we allow our mind to stay in present, creating inner silence and peace within our mind and in our internal dialogue. We start cultivating to live every moment meditatively. We create that inner silence and get in touch with our inner divinity. we start seeing the positive transformation in our lives. Our life starts flowing effortlessly, our desires and intentions starts becoming reality easily and we start seeing enhancement in our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, Visit our website iavani.com for more mediation audio and classes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iavani/message

Meditation practice with Nalini Sahay, diciple of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati. Paramahamsa Satyananda was a diciple of Swmai Sivananda. Let yourself guide through the technique of Ajapa-Japa-Meditation with the mantra Soham. Ajapa-Japa means chanting in the mind. This meditation was part … Weiterlesen →

Meditation practice with Nalini Sahay, diciple of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati. Paramahamsa Satyananda was a diciple of Swmai Sivananda. Let yourself guide through the technique of Ajapa-Japa-Meditation with the mantra Soham. Ajapa-Japa means chanting in the mind. This meditation was part … Weiterlesen →

Ajapa Japa is a Tantra Meditation Technique for opening the Chakras, activating the energies and bringing the mind to a state of silence. You work with Ujjayi, Khechari, Soham Mantra and circulation of Awareness. This variation of Ajapa Japa was … Weiterlesen →

Ajapa Japa is a Tantra Meditation Technique for opening the Chakras, activating the energies and bringing the mind to a state of silence. You work with Ujjayi, Khechari, Soham Mantra and circulation of Awareness. This variation of Ajapa Japa was … Weiterlesen →

Meditation practice with Nalini Sahay, diciple of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati. Paramahamsa Satyananda was a diciple of Swmai Sivananda. Let yourself guide through the technique of Ajapa-Japa-Meditation with the mantra Soham. Ajapa-Japa means chanting in the mind. This meditation was part of a satsang ceremony at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. It is guided in English with German translation. http://www.yoga-vidya.de/english

Meditation practice with Nalini Sahay, diciple of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati. Paramahamsa Satyananda was a diciple of Swmai Sivananda. Let yourself guide through the technique of Ajapa-Japa-Meditation with the mantra Soham. Ajapa-Japa means chanting in the mind. This meditation was part of a satsang ceremony at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. It is guided in English with German translation. http://www.yoga-vidya.de/english

Meditation practice with Nalini Sahay, diciple of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati. Paramahamsa Satyananda was a diciple of Swmai Sivananda. Let yourself guide through the technique of Ajapa-Japa-Meditation with the mantra Soham. Ajapa-Japa means chanting in the mind. This meditation was part of a satsang ceremony at Yoga Vidya Bad Meinberg, Germany. It is guided in English with German translation. http://www.yoga-vidya.de/english

Ajapa Japa is a Tantra Meditation Technique for opening the Chakras, activating the energies and bringing the mind to a state of silence. You work with Ujjayi, Khechari, Soham Mantra and circulation of Awareness. This variation of Ajapa Japa was developed by by Paramahamsa Satyananda. Nalini, one of his direct disciples, guides you through different steps of this meditation technique. Nalini teaches Tantra Meditation Seminars and Training courses regularly in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany http://www.yoga-vidya.de/english.html