SHAKTI DHAARANA🔗

ABOUT THE MEDITATION

An unspeakably beautiful meditation. It is more like a prayer than meditation.

This meditation is a direct way of putting you in touch with the energy of all of Existence. It is best practised at night, just before you go to sleep. If you do it during the day, be sure to rest for fifteen minutes afterwards to assimilate the energy, or you will be in a daze for hours afterwards!

INSTRUCTIONS

Choose a cool, dark room with enough ventilation.

If you choose, you can practise in a private space outdoors.

Kneel on the ground. Use a mat if it helps you feel more comfortable. Raise yourself up on your knees, and raise both your arms towards the sky. Turn your face skyward and wait.

In a moment, you will feel the energy of Existence flowing into you. Be unresisting. Let the energy enter into you.

You will feel a trembling in your arms; then slowly your whole body will begin to tremble and sway with the energy. Allow the movements.

As you drink in the energy, you become the point where earth and heaven merge. You begin to feel floaty, as if your body is no more.

When you feel completely saturated, bend down and kiss the earth. Place your hands, palms downward, on the earth. Give all your love to the earth. Feel it flow out from your lips and your palms. Simply

become an instrument carrying the divine energy into the earth.

Repeat this seven times. Each time, each of the seven major chakras is energized. If you repeat it more than seven times, you may feel over-energized and restless.

When you have finished your prayer, go to sleep in that prayerful state. Fall into the energy, sleep in it. When you wake up, you will feel refreshed and revitalized.

SHAKTI STAMBHA

ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE

An ancient and powerful technique, drawn from Sufism, a branch of Islam.

This is as simple as a technique can get. All you have to do is whirl, turn round and round and round – the way you used to do as a child.

Whirling is a powerful centering technique.

The beautiful thing about this technique is that your body will be whirling, going round and round – but your inner Being is right at the center, unmoving – like the unmoving center of a moving wheel.