NAAD MEDITATION FOR ALL THE THINGS

 

Art by Kim Clark

Welcome Nu, Returning and Crash n Burning R & B Yogis! We bring you the Harvest Moon in Aries with a a side of Venus and Mercury in RX. The Harvest aka Corn Moon is a good time to reflect upon what you have planted and reap what you have sown over the past year. All of the other celestial goings on can be read here in an article on BUSTLE. And serendipitously, this meditation will serve up all that is being offered to us: boldness, bravery, abundance, intuition, and clarity. Let's be consistent and get it in every day over the next 40 days like our karma depends on it. 

TO BEGIN: Sit in Easy Pose. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half to the center of your forehead. Rub your hands together and bring them to PRAYER POSE in front of your chest pressing your thumbs against your sternum. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MO sip air through a rounded mouth then chant GURU DEV NAMO which means "I bow to the infinite wisdom within." Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

* For OG R & B Yogis * OPENING MANTRA #2: Chant AAD GURAY NAMEH, JUGAAD GURAY NAMEH, SAT GURAY NAMEH SIRI GURU DAVAY NAMEH three times. Translation: I bow to the Wisdom in the beginning. I bow to the Wisdom through the Ages. I bow to the True Wisdom. I bow to the great, unseen Wisdom. This mantra surrounds you with white protective light. 

MUDRA: With your arms bent by your sides, with your palms facing forward, pressing hard first your Jupiter (Index) finger then your Sun (ring) finger. Alternating fingers at a steady pace.  

MANTRA: The mantra is SAA RAE. Chanted monotone. As you press your Jupiter finger, chant SAA. As you press your Sun finger, chant RAE. 

Translation: Sa means infinity. Rae means the Sun. 

TIME: 11 minutes. 

TO FINISH: Inhale and hold onto the breath for as long as possible. Exhale slowly through the mouth and keep it out for as long as it feels comfortable. Repeat two more times. 

TO CLOSE: Hold your hands in Gyan Mudra, Prayer Pose or Buddha mudra with one hand sitting inside of the other with your thumbs touching, and repeat the Warrior Healer's Affirmations. 

Chant SAT NAM 3 times on one breath. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow sealing the work in your frontal lobe your center for decision making. 

NOTES: This meditation changes the chemistry of the brain. All communication is based on the chemistry and interchange within the brain. The fingertips are points of stimulation for the different areas of the brain. The naad rhythm opens creativity and sensitivity to speak from the heart. Good communication expresses the real you. It projects the whole self. It discharges your honest self. Clear communication is fearless and does not need anything from the person to whom you are speaking. When you speak out of neediness you distort the real message of your heart. This meditation lets you know where your heart is and what is in it.

The mantra removes adversity, it helps clear old patterns, brings prosperity and peace, strengthens communication, awakens intuition and brings deep emotional balance. 

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And there it is R & B Yogis! Lets reap and sow all the GOOD things!

See you in the ethers!

- Mama Luz

Meditation to Heal Addictions

Art by Carol Suzanne Niebuhr

We all have addictions. Whether we acknowledge them or not. And there are SO many things for us to be addicted to! Caffeine, sugar, dopamine, alcohol, drugs, food, social media, positive reinforcement, validation, sex, love. If there was less shame around addiction and more acknowledgement that the Capitalist Imperialist system of production and consumption is set up so that we "use" in order to participate, we would be more apt to seek help. We can honor and thank them for helping us cope and getting us to this point in our lives. But there comes a point in every addicts journey (it doesn't have to be the bottom) where we realize these crutches are detrimental to our physical , metal and spiritual health. We realize that we need to get this under control because it isn't "fun" anymore and it no longer serves a purpose. On a deeper spiritual level, addiction makes us less free. It diminishes our power placing it in something outside of ourselves. If we are truly free, we are self-sufficient, self-contained. There is no need for any thing. This meditation will help us take back our power and be free ourselves of whatever tethers us. Freedom is revolutionary. 

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means "I bow to the infinite wisdom within." Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MUDRA: Make fists of both hands and extend the thumbs straight. Place the thumbs on the temples and find the niche where the thumbs just fit. This is the lower anterior portion of the frontal bone above the temporal-sphenoidal suture.

Lock the back molars together and keep the lips closed. Keeping the teeth pressed together throughout, alternately squeeze the molars tightly and then release the pressure. A muscle will move in rhythm under the thumbs. Feel it massage the thumbs and apply a firm pressure with the hands.

MANTRA: Silently vibrate the five primal sounds—the Panj Shabd: SA TA NA MA

The Translation from Gurmukhi is:

SA - the beginning, the infinite, and the totality of everything. Ta - signifies life, existence, and birth. It reminds us that life is a gift and encourages us to live each moment fully. 

Na - represents death, transformation, and the cyclical nature of life. 

Ma - symbolizes rebirth and regeneration.

FOCUS: Keep the eyes closed and focus at the Brow Point.

PRANAYAMA: Normal breathing. 

TIME: 11 minutes

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 
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Mama Luz

Meditation for Prosperity and Interdependence

Art by Gordon Wood

Dependence has become a bad word. It is synonymous with neediness weakness and addiction. In our hyper individualistic and pseudo-independent society, we have gotten further and further away from the positive aspects of family and community like interdependence, coexistence and sustainability. This meditation is for prosperity and interdependence. It stimulates the upper palate and hypothalamus which will awaken the pineal gland, which is considered "the seat of the soul." This awakening to ourselves, and our spiritual gifts, is one of the main reasons we do this practice. It is a life long process and definitely bears its fruits in the material and spiritual planes when done with consistency. But you HAVE to be disciplined. I can't stress this enough. It isn't enough to want something. You HAVE to do the practice. It doesn't get easier than this meditation. No posture. No mudra. No mantra. No pranayama. Make YOU the priority. NO EXCUSES. Lets get to it. 

POSTURE: Sit in Easy Pose. Or if you are unable to sit on the floor you may sit in a chair and cross your ankles.                                                                                                                    

MUDRA: No mudra. Hands in any relaxed position. I like Buddha Mudra which is the left hand sitting inside the right with your thumbs touching.

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means "I bow to the infinite wisdom within." Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MANTRA: No mantra. But you are going to make a strong clucking sound with your tongue. Creating suction against the upper palate then releasing it. Should sound like a loud drip of water. 

TIME: No more than three minutes. Longer than three minutes will be detrimental to you. 

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

NOTES: COMMENTS:

“The person most slave-like is the one who is trying to prove he is independent— because life is totally interdependent. Nobody can afford the thought to be independent because even our life is dependent on our breath. Dependency starts on that which this body lives. How independent can you be? 

Your life depends upon the central ear. There are three bones. One hammer bone strikes the other bone. If that bone stops hammering, you’re done. Your whole world of listening depends on your two ears. Your whole universe depends on your two eyes, whether you see or not. If your two nostrils stop breathing, you are dead. Within us still we say, “I want to be independent. I want to prove it to everybody.” Prove what and to whom? There is a certain reality in us, a certain depth in us, a certain self in us. If we enlarge that then we can overcome. 

Stimulate your hypothalamus by doing this exercise, but please don’t do it more than three minutes. More than three minutes and it’s no longer an exercise; it becomes an addiction. I’d like to go on record and warn you that you are entitled to do it for three minutes only.” ~ Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan November 6th, 1990

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 

If you have any questions, about this meditation or the contents of this blog, follow me on IG @ _rhythmandbreath_
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Thanks for making Rhythm & Breath possible since 2009,

Mama Luz