Kundalini Meditation

Kundalini meditation is the most famous and one of the most effective ancient meditation techniques. It is all about taping your energy and rushing it to the crown chakra, or the Sahasrara, which is the 7th Chakra, which is at the very top of the head. It is linked to your awareness of the Oneness with Source, the integration of the Whole, Living in the now, meaning - devotion, inspiration, and conscious alignment with Pure Awareness.

At the base of the spine, subtler than the physical body, lies the Kundalini energy, or spiritual energy, in a latent form. With kundalini meditation, you simply awaken the kundalini and push it to top of your head. When this happens you become more and more aware, you come into continuous consciousness; when continuous consciousness is reached, it is said you are now awakened.

Just as our physical body has conduits for a vital fluids and nerve impulses, the subtle body has conduits for the energy of consciousness.
These conduits are called Nadi and they circulate the living consciousness energy of prana, meaning life throughout our bodies. In our physical body, the main conduit, which is running from the brain down to the base of the spine is the spinal cord, is bundle of nerve fibers that connects the highest center in the brain to the entire body. In the same location, in the subtle body, there is a main conduit of chronic energy called Sushumna Nadi, which runs from the center of the head to the nearest base of the spine. It is through this Sushumna Nadi that the kundalini gets awakened.

The Sushumna Nadi is the only major channel for the creative energy of consciousness, which is known as Kundalini, to flow through. It is also the repository for all the past impressions left by our actions, both mental and physical. This is also the major reason that when your spinal cord is damaged, your brain loses all its power to function, which is known as cardiac paralysis and when the Kundalini awakens, you come into highest state of continuous consciousness.

To awaken the kundalini, nothing much has to be done. In this Kundlini meditation, just allow your body to shake. Witness the slow and then vigorous shaking of the body, feel it, move your hip, feel the shaking at the spinal cord, allow it to move. Simply allow it to move and move ahead to the very top, just feel it . Do not push this too hard, just be witness to it, remain in your consciousness. Keep watching, the shaking of the very base of your spinal cord. Let the energy flow from the base of the spinal cord to the very top. Release the energy which is tapped there, which is yet to realize its potential.

This powerful meditation lasts 35 minutes and has two stages; each stage ends with a gong sound. Watching yourself is to be carried out in both the stages. Keep your eyes closed in all stages. You can open your eyes when each stage ends and enter into the next stage with eyes closed. Shake yourself up , watch yourself, keep witnessing remain in your consciousness.

First Stage

While standing close your eyes, take a few deep breathes, feel the music. Slowly, move the lower upper part of your hip , then slowly move your hands, swing your hands gently. Just let flow your body movements. Be in your complete awareness. Keep watching yourself, keep watching your thoughts, keep your hip moving , feel it. This will help you come into total consciousness, slowly and detach yourself from the music, just move slowly then be fast - suit yourself. Do not get tired. Remain in total watchfulness. Feel the energy moving from the base of spinal cord to the head. Be in your complete watchfulness and consciousness.

Duration of the first stage is 20 minutes.

Second Stage

Sit silently in any position, be completely relax. Forget if your back is upright or not, place your one palm over another, just sit in complete silence. Remain in watching, remain in witnessing , watch each and every thought, be in your complete watchfulness and consciousness. Go deeper and deeper into the silence of the within. Hold the very silence, hold the watchfulness, just be with it. Remain alert, watch and watch your self.

Duration of the second stage is 15 minutes.

People may say that meditation techniques seem like nothing but a wild dance. Let them say – only from the wild you can come into being civilized. The wild dance technique is designed to make you let go – to make you accept all that is within you – acceptance is the key to meditation.

During meditation, you may have thought to scratch your body, to move your body, or adjust your sitting position, let all this happen. Do not stop any thought, just flow with it, watch it – during the last stage of sitting in silence, you may suddenly get reminded that today you may have missed an important meeting or you have missed an important due date – do not get up to make a phone call- you may feel some uneasiness because of all the dancing and jumping, simply watch your thoughts. You will realize those old thoughts go and new thoughts take their place – the very technique of meditation is to make you aware that thoughts come and go –you have been giving unnecessary importance to every thought – your realization will make way for the inner silence- it will slowly take you into acceptance.

Become a watcher and not the doer- experience that you and your body are separate.

Watching yourself during meditation practice cannot and should mean to refrain you from taking actions- actions are also part of your thought process- watch your actions too.

People with medical trouble should restrict their deliberate vigorous breathing, dancing, and jumping to a limit which your body permits – do not try to do what others are doing – do not copy anyone - there is no one to give you marks – simply be yourself - the very idea of meditation is not to force but to liberate yourself from the force itself.

Do not watch your pain to an extent that you stop the intake of medical help. Meditation should be added to your life it is not a substitute for any medical help. Meditation should not be done with a hungry stomach, the comfort of the body is equally important.

The music, the dancing, breathing, body movements, and body positions are devices designed and mixed together to bring you into meditativeness. Watchfulness and witnessing is the key to meditation. Without coming into watching yourself and witnessing - all the techniques will be just like a dance practice or body exercises. Watching yourself and your thoughts is meditation.