| There are different yoga meditation states. Each one | | | | bestows amazing benefits through self-realization, |
| contributes to incredible peace of mind and mental | | | | which is also known as Kundalini awakening. |
| stability. Let's have a look at three of them now. | | | | Self-realization can be achieved when the energy |
| Yoga Nidra is the deepest state of meditation. It | | | | situated at your spinal base, which is dormant in |
| induces utmost stillness of mind and the highest insight. | | | | everyday life, gets awakened and moves through the |
| This yoga mediation state is beyond simple relaxation. | | | | various chakras of the body. When this energy |
| However, it's not possible to attain this state with just a | | | | reaches the fontanelle bone in your brain, it creates a |
| few meditation sessions. It requires persistent practice | | | | sensation of a cool breeze gushing out from the top |
| of this technique to achieve the ultimate purpose of it. | | | | of your head and touching your hands. It gives you |
| The meaning of Yoga Nidra is "Yogic Sleep". When | | | | ultimate relaxation and a state called thoughtless |
| you practice this technique, you are in state of | | | | awareness. Here, your mind is free of all thoughts and |
| conscious deep sleep. There is a difference between | | | | is at peace. |
| regular meditation and Yoga Nidra. In the former, you | | | | Lava Yoga means absorbing your mind in sound. Its |
| are in waking conscious state and can focus on your | | | | purpose is to change the normal level of |
| mind, letting thoughts, images, and sensations to come | | | | self-awareness by concentrating on one internal, |
| and go. However, in the latter state, you are NOT in | | | | spiritual sound. As you listen to the sound, gradually |
| waking state, but pass through the dreaming state and | | | | your mind will become still. In space, the movement of |
| reach DEEP SLEEP, yet your subconscious mind is | | | | sound waves produces sound. Similarly, in your body, |
| awake. Yoga Nidra is an absolutely relaxing state of | | | | sound is produced by the flow of currents when you |
| mind and has been used by yogis since ages to purify | | | | practice pranayama. |
| Samskaras that influence karma. | | | | For practicing Lava Yoga, you need to sit in |
| Sahaja Yoga is one of the meditation states that | | | | Siddhasana and focus on the area between your |
| "silence" your mind. It means your mind is awake, but | | | | eyebrows (third eye). Look upwards without moving |
| does not contain unwanted thoughts and anxieties, | | | | your head and close your eyes. Close your ears, |
| which are common in everyday life and are a major | | | | mouth, and nose too. Calm your mind and try to listen |
| cause of stress. | | | | to a sound in your right ear. In due course of time, you |
| This mediation state teaches you to concentrate on | | | | will hear a distinct sound. Initially, this sound will be varied |
| the present moment fully and avoid thinking of the past | | | | and loud, but as you continue to practice, the sound will |
| or future. Many of our worries and negative thoughts | | | | get subtle. |
| are a result of past and future thinking. Sahaja Yoga | | | | |