7 SAMBHAVI MUDRA
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Matthew 6:22 (King James Version)
The role of sambhavi:
-to open the third eye – Ajna chakra or the control center;
-to direct the prana upward through the spinal nerve;
-to cultivate the rise of ecstatic conductivity in the body;
-to promote and support the gradual purification of the nervous system.
Technique: During your regular pranayama session, with eyes closed, raise your eyes toward the space between the eyebrows and gently furrow the brow, the point between the eyebrow. It is barely a physical gesture; it is a little more than an intention. An outside observer will not notice that you are doing sambhavi mudra. Make a habit to maintain this mudra during your pranayama session, while your attention travels up and down the spinal nerve with your breath.
We do not intentionally hold sambhavi mudra during meditation; we want to keep the deep meditation procedure as simple as possible. Sambhavi mudra may appear spontaneously during deep meditation after a while. If it does not, that is fine, too.
As with any new technique, there will be a period of learning with this mudra before it becomes easy and effortless. Practice is the key.
As the nervous system is gradually purified, and the ecstatic conductivity begins to occur, we will start to “see” without the physical eyes - the inner vision opens up. Practice daily your pranayama and meditation, and you will see for yourself!
‘[When we master sambhavi], our body will be filled with light and we will be bathed all day and all night in the ecstatic bliss.” Yogani
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Good habit: Find some time on most of the days to reach out to a friend. It can be a family member or not. Go for a walk together, talk on the phone for a couple of minutes, or send them a short email. If you really do not have time, just send them a good thought. They are our support team – and we are theirs!
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“You have to ask yourself the question, Who am I? This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem, and you will solve all other problems thereby.”
“Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true self. His search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true self. The true self is imperishable: therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end.”
“The sense of “I” pertains to the person, the body and brain… When a man knows his true self for the first time, something else arises from the depths of his being, and takes possession of him. That something is behind the mind; it is infinite, divine, eternal. Some people call it the kingdom of heaven, others call it the soul, still others name it Nirvana, and we Hindus call it Liberation; you may give it what name you wish. When this happens, a man has not really lost himself; rather, he has found himself.”
Ramana Maharishi, from Paul Brunton’s spiritual journal “A Search in Secret India”
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Matthew 6:22 (King James Version)
The role of sambhavi:
-to open the third eye – Ajna chakra or the control center;
-to direct the prana upward through the spinal nerve;
-to cultivate the rise of ecstatic conductivity in the body;
-to promote and support the gradual purification of the nervous system.
Technique: During your regular pranayama session, with eyes closed, raise your eyes toward the space between the eyebrows and gently furrow the brow, the point between the eyebrow. It is barely a physical gesture; it is a little more than an intention. An outside observer will not notice that you are doing sambhavi mudra. Make a habit to maintain this mudra during your pranayama session, while your attention travels up and down the spinal nerve with your breath.
We do not intentionally hold sambhavi mudra during meditation; we want to keep the deep meditation procedure as simple as possible. Sambhavi mudra may appear spontaneously during deep meditation after a while. If it does not, that is fine, too.
As with any new technique, there will be a period of learning with this mudra before it becomes easy and effortless. Practice is the key.
As the nervous system is gradually purified, and the ecstatic conductivity begins to occur, we will start to “see” without the physical eyes - the inner vision opens up. Practice daily your pranayama and meditation, and you will see for yourself!
‘[When we master sambhavi], our body will be filled with light and we will be bathed all day and all night in the ecstatic bliss.” Yogani
More lessons of Advanced Yoga Practices at www.aypsite.com
Good habit: Find some time on most of the days to reach out to a friend. It can be a family member or not. Go for a walk together, talk on the phone for a couple of minutes, or send them a short email. If you really do not have time, just send them a good thought. They are our support team – and we are theirs!
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“You have to ask yourself the question, Who am I? This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which is behind the mind. Solve that great problem, and you will solve all other problems thereby.”
“Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true self. His search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true self. The true self is imperishable: therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end.”
“The sense of “I” pertains to the person, the body and brain… When a man knows his true self for the first time, something else arises from the depths of his being, and takes possession of him. That something is behind the mind; it is infinite, divine, eternal. Some people call it the kingdom of heaven, others call it the soul, still others name it Nirvana, and we Hindus call it Liberation; you may give it what name you wish. When this happens, a man has not really lost himself; rather, he has found himself.”
Ramana Maharishi, from Paul Brunton’s spiritual journal “A Search in Secret India”