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Posture:
Sit in easy pose with light neck lock (Jalandhar Bandh).
Focus:
Focus your eyes at the tip of the nose.
Breath:
Chant the entire mantra 3-5 times on one breath. Keep the number of
repetitions per breath constant. The sound “dayv” is chanted a minor third
higher than the other sounds. The sound of “dayvaa” carries slightly on the
“aa” sound.
Mantra:
Ong Namo, Guroo Dayv Namo, Guroo Dayv Namo, Guru Dayvaa.
Mudra:
Bring both palms in front of the Heart Center facing upward.
Touch the sides of the palms along the little fingers and sides of the
hands, as if you will receive something in them. Form Gyan Mudra in each
hand.
Time: Continue for 11-31 minutes for a powerful meditation and guidance. Yogi
Bhajan did not restrict longer periods of practice.
End: Inhale, hold briefly, exhale and relax.
Comments:
To center before a set of Kundalini Yoga we chant the Adi Mantra at least
three times. “Adi” means the first or primal; “mantra” is the creative
projection of the mind through sound. This mantra is the first creative
action. It centers you into your higher self.
When you need a spiritual linkage and
guidance then you use another form of the Adi Mantra, the “Complete Adi
Mantra for Individual Meditation.” The complete individual form of the
mantra immerses you in awareness and guidance for your personal situation.
It establishes a guiding beam between you in your immediate state and your
higher consciousness that is true through all states. It is very useful if
you are entering Shakti Pad in Kundalini Yoga. It is also excellent as a
means to gain perspective and direction.
Yogi Bhajan explained this when he said,
“Use this mantra in its complete form anytime you have a lack of faith or
any similar thing. Many of you will enter Shakti Pad, or you are in it,
this mantra will help. With the grace of Guru Ram Das, when this mantra is
chanted 5 times on one breath, the total spiritual knowledge of all teachers
who have ever existed or who will ever exist on this Earth, is located in
that person.” |
