Harmonium & Chanting: Aum Hraum Mitraya Mantra - Aum Hraum Mitraya Namaha. Aum Eim Saraswatiyei Namaha.
Purpose/Meaning: “May the light of friendship shine through me, drawing noble companionship. Om and Salutations to the feminine Saraswati principle.” Saraswati is the Hindu Goddess who represents the feminine principle in each & every one of us of knowledge, music, arts, flow & growth.
Reading: “What if our religion was each other, if our practice was our life, if prayer, our words. What if the temple was the earth, if forests were our church, if holy water-the rivers, lakes & oceans. What if meditation was our relationships, if the Teacher was life, if wisdom was self-knowledge, if love was the center of our being." - Ganga White
Pranayama: Circular breathing. Soften front body & drag the breath down the front & up the back. “From prana indeed all living forms are born and, having been born, they remain alive by prana. At the end they merge into prana once more. “ - Kaushitaki Upanishad 3:2
Asana: Stretching, Core, Sun A’s, Sun B’s, Backbends, Playtime, Warm-down & Savasana. Hold heart in poses. Chant Jay Ma!
Meditation: Adjust them & balance third eye. Breath as a wave meditation. Starting with 4-part breath. Puraka (Inhale). Antar-Kumbhaka (Hold it full at the top). Rechaka (Exhale). Bahya-Kumbhaka (Hold it empty at the bottom). Puraka... Antar-Kumbhaka... Rechaka... Bahya-Kumbhaka.
“Conscious control of the breath moves brain function from the primitive medula oblongata to the frontal lobe. From unconscious to conscious breath. Pranayama can be used as a tool to take the yogi to Samadhi (ultimate pure consciousness) where Kevala Kumbhaka, spontaneous, effortless suspension of the breath.”
Begin to think of the breath as a wave-like pattern. Inhaling up, peaking and pausing at the crest, and exhaling back down, pausing at the trough. Up & down. After awhile, when you think you’ve got the hang of it, you can let go of the pause & just notice the brief cessation of breath at the top & bottom of the breath.
“Energy moves in waves, waves move in patterns, Patterns move in rhythms, the rhythms lend a map for the movements of our psyche as well as the ever-changing state of the universe.” - Gabrielle Roth, Sweat Your Prayers: movement as a spiritual practice.
“Peace is every step. The shining red sun is in my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turn the endless path to joy.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
“Self is everywhere, shining forth from all beings, vaster than the vast, sublter than the most subtle, unreachable, yet nearer than breath, than heartbeat. Eye cannot see it, ear cannot hear it nor tongue utter it; only in deep absorption can the mind, grown pure & silent, merge with the formless truth. As soon as you fins it, you are free; you have found yourself; you have solved the great riddle; your heart forever is at peace. Whole, you enter the Whole. Your personal self returns to its radiant intimate, deathless source.” - Mundaka Upanishad
Sing: “Imagine” by Beatles (Eva Cassidy version)
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