Question from Bala: Jai Guru. I have been practicing the Hong-Sau technique for a couple of days. I have a few doubts relating to the technique which I would like you to clarify. 1. How do you practice Hong-Sau? 2. Sometimes during my practice, I feel I am forceably taking a breath. How should I do this? 3.On what should I concentrate the…
Question from manohar reddy: During meditation I am able to see some colour, specially lemony yellow and sky blue colours, coming on to my face from the upper part of my forehead. After sometime these colors disappear and I get sweat lightly. May I know why this is happening.
Question from Sandy Hale: I currently practice energization exercises and then meditate. I plan to begin doing asanas as well. What is the recommended order for these three activities? Asanas, energization exercises, then meditation? Or exercises, asanas, meditation? Thank you.
Question from Vidyanand Kale: I feel comfortable using “SO” (inhalation) “HUM” (exalation) method in my meditation. But Shri. Yoganandaji has prescribed Hong — Su method. I want your advise what I should do. Thanks for your time and guidance.
Question from Mali: Hello, while trying the breathing and counting to 12, I found out, that my beathing goes inhale — exhale — pause- inhale. I am trying to change it to inhale — pause — exhale- inhale. But this makes me feel unnatural and wrong. So now I am wondering, if both ways of breathing are ok. Thank you very much! Love,…
Question from John Shelton: I have just started the first lessons of the Ananda course. After I transition from Hong-Sau to regular meditation, is my main focus just to keep my mind clear and focus on the third eye? Or do I visualize anything else while I’m doing it? My experience right now is I get a tingling feeling between my eyebrows and for…
Question from Janice: When I practice the Hong-Sau meditation technique, as soon as I focus on my breath it slows down and I find myself trying to control it instead of observing it. Especially when I say the mantra, I end up trying to match my breath with the mantra. Can you suggest a way to just be able to observe my breath…
Question from Nidhi Sood: Hi!I recently attended my (Ist level)of Kriya Yoga and liked it very much.However,I am unable to meditate,I don’t know if i am practising it correctly or not? May be you can help me.Actually, I feel very heavy specially my head,and it starts falling backward as the time passes by,as if I’ll fall asleep.When I start chanting Hong Sau with my…
Question from Suzanne Pourmoneshi: My friend, a zen meditator, suggested that I use some meditating CDs during my Hong-Sau routine that produce Delta Wave patterns, teaching the mind to reach deep meditation levels very quickly. Should I feel guilty about “cheating” on my spiritual journey, or should I feel content knowing that I still meditate with discipline, devotion, and a love for God? Please…
Question from Dean Opseth: In the SRF and Ananda communities, just how common is it really for individuals to experience cosmic consciousness or any level of samadhi? After reading “Autobiography of a Yogi”, I’d love to believe that we could all be supermen and omniscient like the Great Masters, but alas, I need to keep it all in a realistic perspective. Thank you.
