“The most important and most overlooked step in meditation is that of preparation. Without the appropriate preparation, physical, mental, or emotional distractions will create obstacles that prevent your meditation from becoming deep and profound.”
— Swami Rama. Meditation and Its Practice. Honesdale, PA: HI Press 1998.
This class will explore breathing and pranayama practices as taught in the Himalayan Tradition. It will include discussion and guided practice, and will cover a range of practices including basic diaphragmatic breathing, 2 - 1 breathing, point to point breathing and using breath for deepening relaxation. It will also include the practice and proper sequencing of more specific pranayama such as kapalabhati, ujjayi, and nadi shodhana, and techniques for deepening meditation by balancing the breath through sushumna application.
There are no prerequisites. All students are welcome.
“Sushumna application is the most important factor in spiritual practice. The moment sushumna is awakened, the mind longs to enter the inner world. When the flow of ida and pingala is directed toward sushumna, and distractions are thereby removed, meditation flows by itself.”
