It has been taught by Yogi Bhajan for many years that on 11-11-11 the transition to the Age of Aquarius is complete. The Piscean Age was about individual consciousness and the Aquarian Age is about collective consciousness. In this new age we will be able to manifest our shared vision for a world of peace, harmony, truth and beauty.
There is a global meditation that is beginning on Monday, October 3, 2011. This sadhana will last for 40 days, completing on 11-11-11. The meditation is to assist us in accessing the Aquarian energy flow. If you don’t get to begin on October 3rd, begin as soon as you can. Forty days is the length of time that it takes for change to happen on a cellular level, for the patterns in our energy to shift and receive the essential effects of the meditation.
You can practice this meditation at any time of the day. Be sure and do both meditations in the order given.
First Meditation: Sitali Pranayam
This is done sitting in easy pose with a nice straight spine. Place your hands into the Gurprasaad mudra (hands placed together, cupped, as if to receive) and hold the mudra just in front of the heart, with upper arms relaxed by the side. The tongue is curled up on the sides and pushed just barely out of the mouth, resting on the lower lip. You will sip your inhale up through the center of the tongue, long and deep. Then, when full of breath, bring your tongue back into your mouth, close your mouth and pause just a moment. Then exhale through your nose slowly. Repeat. The eyes are closed. After 3 minutes inhale through the nose and exhale, letting the hands fall together at the heart.
Second Meditation: Synchronize with the Universal Flow of Light
Stay sitting in easy pose with a straight spine. Bring the hands to the level of the heart, right hand on top of left, both palms facing down. The right thumb and left thumb are bent, under the left palm. Press the thumbs together so that the thumbnails touch. The drishti (eye posture) is at the tip of the nose with the eyes barely open- about 1/10ths open. You will chant the mantra: “Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru Wahejio” which means “ecstasy beyond words, here and now, from darkness to light, my soul”. Lift the diaphragm and navel each time you chant “wa”. (If you are a woman on your moon time, just barely pull in the navel). Continue for 11 minutes. To complete, inhale and hold the breath for 20 or so seconds. Relax the breath, then inhale again, holding for another 20 or so seconds. Then relax the breath and the posture. Close the eyes completely and sit for a few moments in silence and gratitude, allowing the meditation to integrate into your being.
You can learn more about this global sadhana, as well as watch a teaching video of the meditation with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Snatam Kaur Khalsa by visiting www.spiritvoyage.com Once on the site, click the Kundalini Yoga tab at the top and then on the left of the page there will be “yoga lounge categories”, choose “40-Day Global Sadhana”
Sierra Hollister is a green yogini living in the mountains outside of Asheville. She has been teaching Kundalini Yoga in Asheville for the past 16 years. You can catch her class, twice a week, at Asheville Yoga Center! Mondays at 10:15am and Thursdays at 7:00pm. For more from Sierra visit her personal blog Dragonfly & the Green Yogini.
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