Authentic Yoga Tradition

Many   dedicated students sat together and decided to finalize the programs for 2011.

They asked me to start series of FREE TALK to spread the wisdoms of 6000 years old Authentic Yoga Tradition having over 3000 masters and 1000 texts followed by Intensive Workshop. They also asked to start a STUDY GROUP of combined wisdoms of yoga from the texts like Vedas, Upanishads, Gitas, Smritis, Puranas etc. Besides, after learning meditation for over three years, they also are willing to participate in Himalayan Meditation on the Auspicious day of Full Moon every month.

I agreed to all the proposals of my loved students and yoga aspirants.

We are announcing the days, dates, location of FREE TALKS, WORKSHOPS, STUDY GROUPS and HIMALYAN MEDITATION every month. Arun – a great mediator and expert webmaster and designer is going to put all the information on the website www.shreyayoga.com

Keep smiling and be in peace

talking to person suffers from  Parkinsonism. She was feeling pain on the left side of the face.  too much pain muscles on the left side of the face.  She started breathing – deep, silent and slow for few minutes. she was relaxed. a technique i always teach in my practical sessions. Later she started  moving her awareness while breathing in, from top of the head to the toes and while breathing out,  move awareness from toes to head.

after 10 minutes, she felt relaxed and at peace. pain was relived. She brought her breath rate per minute down from so called habitual breath rate of 18-30 , we induce deeper relaxation in our body and mind. you start first , breathing deep, silent and slow for few minutes. once you are fully aware of the breath and its rhythm – deep, silenta nd slow, then satrt counting the rbeath like

Breathing Innnnnnnnnnnnnnn-1

breathing Outtttttttttttttttttttt-1

continue counting the breath from 1- 25

if you miss the counting in between , start counting again from Counting  -

breathing In -1

breathing out-1

you have started counting correctly . it means you are keeping your awareness and attention on the breath . it will help you relive the pain and relive of stiffness.

shifting the key of awareness and attention from outside to inside. the practice of moving the mind with awareness and attention from outside to inside , will help relive bring peace.

Question from terry : when i am trying to meditate , i am distracted by thoughts of liking and disliking.  instead of keeping your mind on the thoughts -disliking or dislking , can bring your mind back to inside.

what is very important is to go beyond the mind , in order to discover the higher consciousness.

the other way to know is to keep your mind in abeyance.

say for example – some person is asking you  to do something . you neither accept nor react . you heard the person but not responding at all. what happens to the mind . mind remains in natural state. you are moving towards the SEER .

what is again secret of meditation is  become aware of the SEER and the SEEN.

what is seen - all your pain, sufferings, pleasures, memories,  stress, hopes, body, mind, emotions, intellect ego and their movements.

when you experience a state within YOU that is different than the SEEN. be there and do nothing. when you are there and that creates a gap between SEEN and SEER.

she did it and started laughing

i asked him to start silent, slow breathing – practice for 15 minutes and we will talk again

keep smiling and be at peace

Authentic Yoga Tradition-

( Swami Shakishwarananda- third from right and Acharya Girish Jha – first right)

In search of masters of authentic Yoga in India, I came across a master named Swami Shaktishwarananda. he lived in Ujjain , another famous city of Shakti Peeth( Spiritual center) of originator of Yoga , Lord Shiva. When I was working for national Institute of Yoga, he was jnivted by a senior Bureaucrat in federal Ministry of Health, India to conduct a workshop for teachers. He was famous for teaching Bheem Yoga, yoga practices that helps builds power in muscles like a character in Mahabharata , Bheema.

His teachings started early in the morning , one hour before the sunrise with Homa , ( a ritual to put many herbs and articles into pyre with chanting of mantra for spiritual evolution) followed by series of physical, breathing, mantra and meditation practices. After three days of the practices, everyone felt extremely hungry and we all in a group started eating almost twice as meal as we generally used to eat. After five days, we could consume five times more than the normal meal at one time. This master used to eat the following food items in his breakfast at the age of 85-

1. 250 grams of boiled rice
2. 250 grams of butter oil
3. 6 bananas
4. 250 grams of yogurt
5. 5 loafs of Indian bread( made from wheat flour)
6. 250 ml of full cream milk
7. Sweets and dry fruits , nuts

He defied the logics of the science in his eating meals – three times a day at the age of 85. He also challenged five people, half of his age to defeat him in wrestling.

After the training, I invited him to my home to be my guest for a week. I thought, I may learn all the secrets of Bheema Yoga how to build power and strength to teach and incorporate in my programs. Being also a science student, I could not believe my eyes how he could eat and digest such a heavy meals at the age of 85. He used to take same amount of meals at my home with regular practices of Yoga which I saw him doing early hours of the morning. I am also an early riser, therefore, I asked him to teach all what he knows. He taught me the first groups of practices but did not teach everything he knew about this Bheema Yoga. However, the first program that he taught, gave me enough understanding of what yoga he teaches that builds strength and powers.

This kind of yoga may be suitable for those willing to increase their powers and strengths and especially military officers who need to fight against enemies.

Many masters of Yoga those who learn from tradition do not wish to reveal all the secrets of specialized practices of yoga to anyone. They always want student to follow the practices. I thank divine and my Gurudev who always encouraged me to learn from many mentors of Himalayas. This master was a humble, shining master who perfected the art of bringing tremendous powers to his body.  At the age of 85, eating such heavy meals, he could evacuate and clear his bowels at 3.00 am in the morning and used to be ready for his practices at 3.30 am in the morning.

I prostrate him for his wisdom in this yoga.

More on him

Shanti Meditation follows the fundamentals of Authentic Yoga. it is a five step meditation , however, all steps moves in one and merges the mind into higher consciousness which i term Peace Consciousness.
today five people in a session practiced meditation. they all experienced deeper peace, calm. body felt totally numb and freezing. mind was calm and new awareness took over.

I conducted a session on meditation along with some practices of breathing  and locks from authentic yoga tradition. later I always ask students to share their experiences i.e. change in mental, physical states etc. the student told me that he experiences calm, poise and peace within. he also felt energetic and refreshed. these experiences will transform into deeper understanding of change of consciousness.

This change of consciousness manifests in body, life and mind. when we experience this change in our daily life and activities, it can be termed as awakening within?