ananda yoga

this meditative sitting is best done facingnorth or east. the performances of a few rounds of deep and conscious breathing in shavasanaprior to this meditative sitting can serve to enhance its effect drastically. sit invajrasana or take up any sitting posture in which you are absolutely certain that thespine is yogically erect. this makes sure that the energy can move upwards in an effortlessand smooth manner. perform the chakra pranayama

ananda yoga, as follows. while breathing in, visualizepranic energy rising from the base of your spine up through the six chakras situatedalong the cerebral spinal axis. while you breathe out, visualize the prana coming outthrough the same six chakras. imagine that your body is a six-storied building and theprana is rising and descending on an elevator.

a held in and held out breath can be addedappropriately at the back of the brow's center, the agya chakra, and at the base of the spine,the mooladhara chakra. as you come up through the chakras, starting from the base of thespine, and through to beyond the top of your head, try to become aware of each of thesecenters. with practice and inner brow, these centers start to become conscious centersfilling with light, sound and color. when the breath is completely filled in, and youare in the sahasrara chakra, beyond the top of your head, hold your breath in a pranakumbhaka, a held in breath for a lengthy period of time. slowly, let the breath out and keepyour concentration in the thousand petal lotus chakra. let the breath take on any form itwishes and simply hold the idea that you are

sitting in the midst of a beautiful thousandpetaled pink lotus. hold that idea as long as you can repeating the visualization overand over until a pleasing sensation of being suspended comes about.