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21-Day Dhyana Sadhana - Day 7 - Energy Awareness and Body Integrity

10/16/2024

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Day 7 for the 21-Day Dhyana Sadhana, 21-Day Meditation Practice daily online retreat as we approach Divali 2024. 

In this practice we learn about creating integrity in our being - mind, heart, body, energy, and our spiritual Self working in alignment. 

This meditation shows a process of how to use the inner powers of mind and heart to positively influence the body.
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Meditation Transcript

Please come into meditation. Posture. A little focus with the spine aligned, shoulders relaxed.

Close the eyes. Bring your attention inwards. Take a few deep breaths, noticing your body, noticing the emotional space, noticing the mind.

And if you're able to try to sense the group energy, the connection of all of us together, that connection is beyond time and space.

How can you come into the group energy in a deeper way?

By acknowledging the exchange that happens when you breathe in, feel the support of the group energy, the togetherness. When you breathe out, you are offering the best of yourself, your presence into the group, that it may support others.

And take a deep breath and just affirm the "I am". I am here. I am experiencing. I am observing. Notice your individual experience. 

Remember that feeling of I, that feeling of the sense of self. It is supported by the divine, by the sacred within you. And so it's your connection back to the source.

When you breathe into that sense of I, what do you feel? What do you observe?

Become skillful in your breathing. Slow, steady inhale. A slow, steady exhale. Balancing the breathing.

When you do this, you are balancing two flows of energy in the body. It's called prana vayu and apana vayu. And by balancing these two flows of energy, we become very steady and stable.

Breathe through that point of the brow, energy center for the mind space. Breathe through that point of the heart and the center of the chest energy center for the heart space. 

As you breathe out, you're clearing any limiting patterns. You're letting go of what you do not need.

Letting go of the thinking from the mind, limiting thoughts from the mind. Letting go of heavy and old emotions.

And when you breathe in, you are opening up to the expansive space of the mind and the heart.

Open up to the loving energy of the heart, kindness to gentleness, compassion, and open up to the limitless potential of your mind. Don't let there be any boundaries or barriers in your mind. Just allow it to expand infinitely and enjoy the spaciousness of your mind.

And as you do this, as you hold that inner posture, now breathe down to the gut. Do some abdominal breathing.

Can you feel that some of that spaciousness makes its way into the body?

We're letting go of the limiting patterns of holding the body. We want to discover the full power of the body when it is aligned with the inner self. 

As you breathe out, let go of the tensions and stresses. Open up the awareness to your body.

Observe the posture position of the limbs. Observe the spine supporting from inside. Observe the breathing apparatus, the beating of the heart and the feeling of the different organs. Observe the muscles and joints.

Observe the gentle electrical tingle of the nerves. And if you're able to observe the flow of blood, it's a subtle feeling of movement and circulation inside.

Hold the entire body in your awareness and open up to loving the body.

The body is your first friend before you even know your mother. The soul knows the body and begins experiencing the physical body.

You can affirm with your mind, I love you. My body I care for you and I hold you close in my being and hold the body in that higher vibration of your heart, transmitting the vibration to every single cell.

Let that loving vibration, that compassionate vibration, be an organizing principle for your body. Your body is an instrument of that loving energy of your soul. Let every single cell shine with that energy.

Go deep into your heart, and as you breathe, allow that energy to overflow from the heart, point at the center of the chest, and using your breathing, allow it to flow to the different parts of the body.

This is how we align the body and heart, by caring for the body, by loving the body deeply.

This body is such a blessing to us, enabling us to fulfill the spiritual mission in this world, allowing us to learn and experience and explore this world. What a blessing. Open up to the gratitude towards your body.

It enables all the spiritual learning of this world. It enables all the joy and experience of this world.

What a blessing.

You feel how the body responds to that vibration. It feels thrilled. A gentle smile comes as the body knows you are holding it. Like the child that is deeply loved, the body knows it's being taken care of.

Just hold yourself in that space.

When you truly love something and someone, you want the best for that person or for that thing. When you truly love the body, you want the best for the body. You want it to be in the best health, taken care of in the best way.

Set the intention now in your mind and will strive to take care of my body in the best way that I can. That's a demonstration of loving. 

Now let's come into the mind, focusing at that point between the eyebrows, but keep that gut connection. So the mind is holding the body, and now we want to support the body with our thoughts.

Every thought is a powerful vibration that influences the body.

So we want to empower the body with our thinking thoughts that will lift the body. But you have to keep that brow and gut connection to transmit the thought powerfully into the body.

My body is strong.

When you say that thought in your mind, you should feel the vibration as a wave entering the physical body. My body is strong.

My body is flexible.

My body is vital and energetic.

I hold my body in perfect wellness and balance.

My body shines with the spiritual power of my soul.

My body is beautiful and attractive, mesmerizing to the world.

 My body is swift and graceful. 

My body is coordinated and balanced.

I hold my body in perfect wellness.

My body shines with the spiritual power of my soul.


Every thought influences the body.

Take a deep breath and begin feeling the breathing with the entire body. With each breath, expand, stretch the connective tissue. Open up the skeleton and the joints.

And when you exhale, gently relax, release. Feel the structure of the body. Inhale, expand, stretch, and open up the body. And exhale. Relax. Feel the connection of the body. Inhale, expand, and exhale. Relax.

Now let's nourish the senses as we make our way BACK to engage with the world.

Breathe into each ONE of the five senses, identifying them.

Tune into the weight of the physical body. Take a deep breath and pull yourself all the way back, alert and ready for today.

And when the moment is right for you, I invite you to gently open the eyes.

Reflection

​1. What did I observe in meditation? What did I observe in the body? Heart? Mind? Energy?
2. What was striking in the meditation experience that I want to remember? 
3. What was challenging for me today? What can I do to work with that challenge? 

Feel free to ask your questions and post your reflection in the comments if you wish for some feedback.
16 Comments
Marloes link
10/16/2024 05:16:40 am

Dear Ved,
I love this meditation, I feel vitalised and energized and to confirm my love for my body feels precious.

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Ester
10/16/2024 05:41:18 am

Dear Ved, what a deep mediation is was again, to go together with you and the group deep inside. It’s so empowering to hear that you can become more and more the ‘master’ of how your body, mind and emotions move in this world and more and more are in service of our soul being.
When I was in my gut I felt a little tired and distracted. But doing the belly breathing is really helpful to ground myself more and stay awake. I also noticed so much love when we went to the heartspace; a lot of warmth, tingling and a body expanding. Holding yourself that way, really moves me. Like a mother to a child. I also felt some resistance and emotions when we were in the mind and saying to myself those nice thoughts. I recognize this, my mind is used to saying just the opposite things. I think it is scared of what happens when I am in ‘full power’. I try to handle this to noticing it and again and again say to myself that these are 'survival thoughts', trying to protect me but do not serve me anymore.
I try to do the meditations live, is possible, and in the morning to really proces them. And indeed, it would be helpful to take the time to meditate, even for a few minutes, during the day.
Looking out for tomorrow, now taking a good walk to proces all what happened. Most of the time I need some time and space to be really be here again.
Have a wonderful day. Namaskar, Ester

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Ved
10/17/2024 03:13:52 am

Namaskar Ester,

Thanks for the reflection. It is good that you were able to observe your resistance and limiting thinking while in the process. That is a sign that those thoughts are ready to be released.

Hold the process in Grace, that you can be free from the limiting patterns of thinking and embrace a different way of being and relating to your body.

Good to get the grounding with the walk and the space to process... that shows me you a deeply engaged with this sadhana.

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Sanne
10/16/2024 12:54:29 pm

Hello Ved,

Thank you, that was beautiful. The expanding of love from the heart to the other parts of the body by breathing felt nourishing and softening. The mind-gut connection was very insightful for me, I felt the effect by connecting those two parts consciously and will use this more often. Also this connection keeps me more in the body while working with the mind.

When it comes to the general effects during those 7 days of the course, I feel I can more easily tap into a kind of depth, a deeper silence inside. This space feels a bit like a safe haven to retreat in while interacting with the world. It also creates a certain feeling of 'Self respect'; the body feels thankful for the soft yet consistent attention and also encouraged in its abilities. I also do feel the transmission of your clear energy and the caring 'bowl' of the group energy. I am very grateful for that.

The challenges I experience are tightness, contraction and uncomfortable feelings in the chest area, sometimes between the shoulder blades (today), and sometimes more in the front. I always have this, not only since those meditations, I feel the heart centre is a vulnerable and tensed part of me, so I am really looking forward to the focus that will be on this area the coming days.
Another challenge is that sometimes a strong thought arises (mostly one of the strongly conditioned ones that I am working on). It does not necessarily take me fully away, I can remain present, but it does seem to put a 'layer' on the meditation, it seems to not allow me to go deeper. So I guess there is a form of identification with it. Those kind of thoughts are also connected to body parts, where I feel a contraction or a slight pain when those thoughts arrive.

All best,
Sanne







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Ved
10/17/2024 03:16:06 am

Namaskar Sanne,

Glad that the process so far has been supportive for you. We begin working on the heart next and hopefully you will have some insight in overcoming these challenges.

I admire that you have the awareness to see the tension in the body and the connection to the resistance in the mind. That is a valuable skill... continue to develop it.

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Llewelyn
10/16/2024 04:26:40 pm

Good evening. The meditation for me was novel and enlightening, that you could show love and support to your own body through the heart space. That you could use your mind to support and give power to the body.
That all of you could work in one stream together without any internal conflict.

Of course stray contrary thoughts wanted to intervene but that's why I'm here to find another better way to be, for change and over the 7 days I've gathered tools to be more at easy and calm with and in my body, to be more effective in daily life.

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Ved
10/17/2024 03:18:04 am

Namaskar Llewelyn,

Thanks for your comment. Yes that operation of mind, heart, body, energy, and our spiritual consciousness...without any internal friction is where we want to be.


Keep it up... from your feedback the past few days I see how deeply you are absorbing these techniques.

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Ann Marie
10/16/2024 04:57:04 pm

Namaskar Ved
right into the mediation the tears kept poring with no effort i felt still i couldn't make any attempts to shift
i felt a total surrender and letting go
i saw myself in red bowed down on my knees, total humility
in the end i saw a radiant glowing verison of me emerge , its really felt like the in er me in the shadows emerged
there was someone by my side it didn't matter , not sure if that's manifestation of some significance
i continue to reflect

p.s previous days my head was busy with thoughts but i looking foward every morning tp our meditation time together

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Ved
10/17/2024 03:20:07 am

Namaskar Ann Marie,

Glad you are keeping up with the process... its a chance to renew, re-energize and take another step deeper within.

Learn to look past the imagery and vision to come into energy awareness.

Don't worry, as you stay committed to the process the mind will get on track.

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Radha Boodoosingh
10/16/2024 05:06:31 pm

Namaste Ved.
This is such a Rewarding Mediation.I noticed a Shift in My Innerself.I'm experiencing a Sense of Calmness, My Mind feels Free & Relaxed, Escaping into a Newness.It's such a Wonderful & Miracalous Feeling.It's so Focus Driven.This is Truly Amazing...
Kind Regards
Radha.

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Ved
10/17/2024 04:10:53 am

Namaskar Radha,

Thanks for your comment. Continue to explore the process and embrace a new way of being.

All the best.

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Elsbeth
10/17/2024 08:09:07 am

What a great meditation indeed! It was only after the experience of the meditation that I understood what you mean with body integrity. Thanks for the recap afterwards. I loved the 'overflowing' of the heart, it was a powerful image to experience this feeling. Thank you very much.

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Ved
10/18/2024 03:06:25 am

Namaskar Elsbeth!

Glad that you came to a place of understanding, but continue to reflect. When you understand this concept deeply you unlock a new level of wellness in life.

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Ester
10/18/2024 12:31:20 am

Dear Ved, I noticed tension and pulling back of my heartspace and fear. It really helped me to go my gut and ground myself and then go back to my heart. It was as if my energybody was supporting me to really expand and I could really feel a more loving energy with me. It really touched me. My soul was telling me to be free again and be the driver again.
Namaskar, Ester .

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Ved
10/18/2024 03:08:08 am

Namaskar Ester,

Thank you for your reflection. Good awareness of your process. I like that you were able to tap into your strength to face the challenge in the heart. Remember that... In meditation we may encounter some obstacle or challenge or weakness - yet we have many options and solutions to help us work with it.

Keep it up!

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