Head Position During Meditation
Question from srividya: during meditation,my head is bending backwards and my face is towards the ceiling.should i resist it or is that a good sign?
How to Concentrate at the “Point Between the Eyebrows,” the Spiritual Eye
Nayaswami Dharmadevi
Question from Domenico: Hello and thanks for your answers When I meditate i set my gaze at the point between the eyebrows. But… 1) Where do I put my attention and concentration? on the skin between the eyebrows or on the part of the brain behind the point between the eyebrows? or do I have to “look” and focus on the background of…
Is It the Spiritual Eye?
Nayaswami Pranaba
Question from Paula: An older friend began meditating about 5 mos. ago. She practices every day for about 30 minutes using Master’s beginning techniques. About a month ago she said that she was seeing a gold circle of light during Hong Sau and after. Just recently she said that it is not always round in shape and asked why now it seems to…
Uncomfortable Sensations During Meditation
Nayaswami Hriman
Question from Gurmit Singh: I have been meditating (anapanasati) for a year. But form past two months I am feeling tickling feelings between my eyebrows. And I am not able to focus on breathing. Feeling intensifies when I try to follow the breath, my stomach contracts and not able to breath from diaphragm, that feels very uncomfortable. I even tried to focus between eyebrows,…
Advice to a Beginning Meditator
Nayaswami Hriman
Question from Vinayak: Dear Sir, Madam, I am a beginner in meditation. I am practicing the energization exercises followed by `Hong Sau’ technique of concentration. My question is `What exactly I need to do when I medidate’? What did master meant when he said `Medidate on god’? Recommendation is that the beginner should medidate for 30 minutes in the beginning. Does it include…
Experiencing Kundalini Energy
Question from livehho: I understand that after an extensive practice of deep meditation on the spiritual eye the kundalini begins to wake up and gradually raises up through the different chakras. Are there any signs or sensations on the physical body when the kundalini begins to wake up and go upward? Do you feel a tingling sensation or some kind of energy at…
Fitting the Evening Meditation into Our Day
Nayaswami Hriman
Question from Craig: Hello, I do very well at morning meditation, almost every morning. Evening is very much different. I find it much harder to do consistently. Being a householder with family many times I can talk myself out of it — ‘I’m just too tired.’ Does anyone else have this difficulty? Thanks
Experiencing Physical Sensations During Meditation
Question from VS: I have started meditating since past few months. Since last few days, when I start to focus on the place of spiritual eye, I get a tingling sensation there… Is it normal? Sometimes, in the meditation, I get a completely different sensation / excitation through out my body — Kind of hair raising experience… I wonder if indicates something…
Losing Body Awareness in Meditation
Nayaswami Sadhana Devi
Question from Yasisurie Rasangika Kiribandara: Om namah Shivaya, This is my first visit to this site and am truly greatful as I’ve been looking for kriya yoga guidence and initiation for a long time. I’ve been meditating for about two years now and since of late I just lose sensation of my physical body as if it’s not there. But it is very peaceful feeling.…
Keeping the Eyes Gaze Upward in Meditation
Nayaswami Anandi
Question from Chetan: I have been meditating from the last 3-4 months. I am taking lessons from Yogoda. I am feeling difficulty in keeping the eye gaze up, as it lowers down after a while. Then again lifting it up & so on. It creates a tension in eye. Also, focussing attention in between eyebows or spiritual eye, is also difficult as strain…
