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SHIVA DHYANYOGA

BY SHIVA GURUJI ARUNESHVAR

TECHNIQUES 1-21 FOR TEACHERS

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NATURE MIRRORING MEDITATION

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ABOUTSHIVA DHYAN YOGA This manual includes 21 Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques for Shiva Dhyan Yoga teachers to know themselves and to teach the first five Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques.

Shiva has revealed Shiva Dhyan Yoga to Shakti and to seven Rishis (saints) in Himalaya who henceforth have transmitted this precious knowledge to gain self-knowledge and enlightenment. The Himalayin Master Shiva Guruji Aruneshvar was trained by 21 Masters in Himalaya and has brought the gift of these yogic meditation breath techniques to humanity by training Shivani to become the first Shiva Dhyan Yoga teacher worldwide.

Shiva Dhyan Yoga is a soul-searching experiential meditation method, which raises the human consciousness, awakens the awareness and leads to self-knowledge and self-realization. The Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques 6-21 are destined for truth seekers, who have already practised yoga, meditation and/or other spiritual practises such as reiki or spiritual healing. Shiva Dhyan Yoga situates itself after Hatha, Kriya, Gyana, Raja & Bhakti Yoga. It is a holistic, universal study of self-realization with your own breath, soul, heart, body and mind.

Shiva Dhyan Yoga makes you experience your self in SHIVA, which is

S Synergy/Symphony/Synchronicity/Sky

H Harmony/Horizon/Heaven

I Initiation/Innovation/Inspiration/Ignation

V Vastness/Variety/Vibration

A Awakening Awareness/Air/Ascension

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Through the practice of Shiva Dhyan Yoga meditations the divine light of Shiva, the divine love of Shakti, the peace in yourself & the divine happiness find an expression. In Shiva Dhyan Yoga (Dhyan=Meditation; Yoga=union), the soul & Shiv/the divine melt in each other, when we awaken, when we are in total awareness of our oneness with the divine in us and become a strong, pure, positive & still witness. As a witness we are able to acknowledge & accept everything and everyone as it is and what it is. We start loving unconditionally everything and everybody.

Shiva Dhyan Yoga gives you enlightening experiences, makes you feel and experience the self in the form of light, visions and sensations & a miraculous expansion of consciousness happens. Discover the divine existence in yourself and transform from within.

The impact of Shiva Dhyan Yoga practice is multi-dimensional and transforms you on spiritual, physical, mental & emotional level. Negativity is dissolved and inner peace, joy and unconditional love arise. Shiva Dhyan Yoga is a nature mirroring with the true eternity of the environment, the nature of the self & the nature of the divine and natural environment. It evolves your self nature in its true form and nature mirrors the existence in a true Sat Chit Ananda- form (Sat =truth, Chit=consciousness, Ananda=bliss & joy).

Shiva Dhyan Yoga increases your brain capacity and intelligence and helps you to establish a balance between body, mind, emotions and soul. It gives you peace of mind and relaxation. Shiva Dhyan Yoga gives you the experience of awakening awareness. It frees you from sorrow, fear and doubt and gives way to happiness and fulfilment.

Shiva Dhyan Yoga takes you beyond the ego and awakens the unconditional love, compassion & the divine light in you. It helps you grow, transform, expand your consciousness, become a giver of light, love, peace & joy to the world and finally leads to self-realization.

OMKAR MEDITATION

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PROCEDURE:1. Put the right hand on the centre of the heart (at the level of the heart chakra) and the left hand on top of it. 2. Inhale deeply through the nostrils.3. While exhaling chant from the heart OM. Listen to the inner OM sound. See the OM with its vibratory sound in yourself. See your inner nature, your true nature. Listen to the wonderful sound. Repeat.

Optionally you can listen to OM music during this and the following Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques. In the Annex we have listed several spiritual music links, which we recommend for the practise of meditation and Shiva Dhyan Yoga.

EXPLANATION:In the beginning there was nothing. From nothing the nada (=sound) OM emanated. This pranava, the prime sound OM, was created by Shiva with his damaru (=drum). SHIVA =Symphony Harmony Initiation Vibration Awakening. With OMKAR Shiva nature created out of the 5 elements the entire existence, energy, nature, cosmos and the imagination of the world. Sadashiva is the Lord of the 5 elements: air, water, fire, space and earth.

The prime sound of AUM is the sound of the breath, which is Shiva s blessing itself. To know yourself, know Shiva, know your breath.

SHIVA DHYAN YOGATECHNIQUES

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INTRODUCTION

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POSTURE For all the Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques except if indicated otherwise, we advise you to sit comfortably in a quiet place, ideally in padmasana or semi-padmasana (lotus posture, semi-lotus posture) or suckhasana (cross-legged) with a straight backbone.

MANTRASAs a preparation for the practise of Shiva Dhyan Yoga and alignment with the divine power in yourself chant the mantras below. The meaning of Mantra is M Magical/MeditativeA Awakening AudioN New vibrational T Transformative/Trust R Re-creational ResonanceA Awakening Audio

A mantra consists of letters and syllables which carry spiritual vibrations, energy and have the power to touch and transform the meditator profoundly. Mantras give an aid to the meditator by invoking the power of SHIVA = Spirituality/Spiritual Sound Harmonious Horizon Initiating Innovation Vast Vibrations Ascending Awareness and the power of God, Guru & the universe.

While chanting the mantras sit in the Anjali mudra: Press the palms of the hands firmly together with the fingertips pointing upwards. The thumbs touch the heart centre (at the level of the heart chakra) at the sternum.

Om Sri Ganeshaya Namaha Om Sri Shankaraya Namaha Om Shivam Om Shaktim Om Om Mahadeva Maheshvaraya Namaha Om Sri Shiva Guruji Aruneshvaraya Namaha

SHIVASANALying down on the back, put your arms next to your body. The thumb and index finger of both of the hands touch each other. Close the eyes and focus on the third eye. This meditation is recommended for relaxation in-between the Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques.

GENERAL ADVICEThe first 5 Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques can be combined with one of the techniques 6-10 on a daily or regular basis when the first level is mastered. Once the level two is mastered with one of the techniques 11-15 and later on 16-21. We recommend to take a personalized advice from a certified Shiva Dhyan Yoga teacher regarding the combination, duration and frequency of the practise of the Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques. It is advisable to take breaks in-between the techniques, lying down in Shivasana and relaxing. We strongly advise you not to practise all the techniques in one day. We exclude hereby all liabilities related to the practise of Shiva Dhyan Yoga.

LEVEL 1SHIVA DHYAN YOGATECHNIQUES 1- 5

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BE WITH THE BREATH. MEDITATION FOR SELF-REALIZATION

PROCEDURE:1. Sit in the Dhyan Mudra. The tip of the index finger and the tip of the thumb touch each other. The other fingers and arms are stretched. With a straigt backbone put the back of the hands on the knees. 2. Put the attention on the third eye between and slightly above the eye brows. Close the eyes and fix your gaze on the third eye. 3. Breathe naturally through the nostrils. Inhaling and exhaling should be of the same length. Be still. Observe the breath, forget everything and be still. Observe how the breath comes in and goes out. Be aware of your breath, how it flows through your body, in and out. When inhaling, move with your breath into yourself. When exhaling, move with the breath, be in the breath.

EXPLANATION:The name of this meditation is one name of Shiva (Om Sthiraya Namaha) and means being still (Sanskrit: sthira), sitting still with the body, still in the mind, being thoughtless and in the soul.

The thumb is the finger of the self which touches the index finger, the finger of the planet Jupiter, which is the planet of Guru. In this meditation your Self is connected with your inner guide and Guru.Putting the attention between the eye brows on the third eye clears and cleans the mind and it becomes thoughtless.

Be witness of the breath, how it goes in and out. Get to know yourself with the divine breath as an awakening gift. When you pratice the meditation with awareness of the breath, suddenly, one day illumination will dawn. This is a simple technique, to know yourself, to know the truth, to know that which is never born nor dies, the eternal element which always IS.

TECHNIQUE 1

3.2.1SHIVA DHYAN YOGA MEDITATION

KNOW YOURSELF

PROCEDURE:1. The tips of the thumb and the middle finger touch each other, the other fingers are stretched. Put the back of the hands on the knees. Close your eyes and put your attention on the third eye. Observe the breath. 2. Inhale through the nostrils and then see the breathless pause. 3.Exhale through the nostrils. Observe the distance between the two breaths.

Be still, be in the consciousness, be aware of the turning point between the breaths. For a moment there is no breath. In this moment you are not breathing, you are not in the world. The silence between the two breaths is of a short length.

EXPLANATION:When the finger tips of the thumb, the finger of the self, and the middle finger, the finger of Saturn, work and the world touch each other, enter into the silence and realize the divine in yourself, beyond the I-Me-Mine.When the breath stops, the noise of the world stops. Enter into the silence and listen to the voice of your soul. Enter into the realms beyond the world. Breathing, dying when exhaling and being reborn when exhaling.

TECHNIQUE 2

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SHIVA DHYAN YOGA MEDITATION

HAM SA HEART MEDITATION

PROCEDURE:1. The tips of the thumb and the ring finger of the right and the left hand respectively touch each other. Put the by the right hand formed tip on the heart centre (at the level of the heart chakra, next to the physical heart) on the sternum with the by the left hand formed tip on top of it. 2. The elbows are directed towards your sides with the forearms directed downwards. (shoulders and upper body are relaxed). The tips formed by the right and left hand form a channel to the heart chakra. 3. While inhaling, imagine how the breath goes through this line, which is formed by the finger tips and how a stream of light is entering and think So. Hold the breath. 4. Put your hands on the level of the shoulders (ring finger and thumbs are still touching each other) while directing the palms of the hands towards the front. 5. While exhaling through the mouth from the throat, put the hands forward in a dynamic movement while thinking Ham. Hold the breath until the hands and fingers are repositioned at the heart centre. Repeat.

EXPLANATION:The ringer finger is the finger of the Sun and the thumb represents the self. This Shiva Dhyan Yoga meditation opens up your heart chakra. It fills you with divine light and energy and helps you to discharge negativity and darkness from your aura and from your mind.

So Ham is a Mantra in Sanskrit and means That I am. This meditation leads to enlightenment, to the realization of that, which is your true inner self.

TECHNIQUE 3

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ENERGIZING & UPLIFTING OM-MEDITATION

PROCEDURE:1. Touch the tips of the thumbs with the small fingers of the left and the right hand respectively. Put the tips of the joined thumb and small finger of the left hand into the navel and the ones of the right hand on the heart centre. The other fingers are stretched. 2. Breathe in through the nostrils. Hold the breath and lift your hands and arms in a circular movement upwards until both of the tips touch each other above the sahasrara (crown chakra) while stretching the arms upwards. Put the hand palms on each other. 3. When exhaling chant AUM out of the heart centre. 4. Hold the breath while repositioning the tips of the thumb and small finger in the navel and at the heart centre.

EXPLANATION:The thumb, the finger of the self, connects with the small finger (planet Mercury), which symbolizes ones intellect and intelligence. Putting the tips of the thumb and the small finger of the left hand jointly into the navel centres the practicioner and connects him to mother earth. At the same time the heart centre is opened by putting the tips of the thumb and the small finger of the right hand to the heart centre (at level of the heart chakra on the sternum).

The practicioner of this technique can experience an upliftment of consciousness and an energizing effect on body and mind. Self-realization becomes possible. This Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique is a highway to self-realization, opening all the chakras(anahat/heart chakra, vishuddha/throat chakra, agya/third eye chakra and sahasrar/crown chakra) and aligning and purifying the lower chakras (muladhar/root chakra, swadhistan/hara chakra, manipur/navel chakra)

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TECHNIQUE 5

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AWAKENED AWARENESS

PROCEDURE:1. Put the right hand above the left hand (while directing the palms of the hands upwards) at the level of the navel. The inner tips of the thumbs touch each other. The wrists touch each other. 2. When inhaling (through the nostrils), wave with the fingers upwards like a butterfly and move the hands with ease, directing the palms of the hands upwards, until the heart level. 3. Exhale through the mouth and move the fingers downwards until they are on a horizontal line. The hands remain on heart level. 4. Breathe in and move the hands and fingers upwards until the collarbone. 5. When exhaling through the mouth again go down with the fingers. The hands remain on the level of the collarbone.6. Inhale and move the fingers and hands to the throat level. Put the hand palms on each other and hold the breath. 7. Chant OM while moving the hands (the hand palms remain on each other) upwards, stretching the arms gently until the hands are above the crown chakra. 8. Chant Namah while moving the hands in front of the face downwards while bowing down with the head, bowing down to the divine in yourself and in the entire existence.9. While chanting Shivaya put the head straight. Hold the breath until the hands are repositioned at the navel. Repeat the Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique.

EXPLANATION:This Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique is very powerful and opens up all the chakras, causing an energizing and uplifting movement in the practicioner. The mantra OM Namah Shivaya creates a resonance and vibration in the practicioner reminding him of the divine in himself. It means literally I bow down to Shiva. Shiva is a form of God and it signifies:S for symphony, synergy and synchronicity;H for harmony and humanity,I for initiation, inspiration & innovation,V for vastnessA for awakening, awareness.Another meaning for OM Namah Shivaya is: let my mind be in control (namah=manah- vashi = Shiva). This technique leads the Shiva Dhyan Yogi ultimately to self-knowledge and self-realization.


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WORDS OF WISDOMBy Shiva Guruji Aruneshvar

SHIVA GURUJI ARUNESHVAR - FOUNDING FATHER OF SHIVA DHYAN YOGA

PROCEDURE:Close your eyes. Put the right hand on the heart centre and the left hand on top of it at the level of the heart chakra. Visualize a form of Shiva. See it. Experience it. Alternatively: Look at a picture or a statue of Shiva. See what happens. Realize who you are. Realize the divine Self inside of you.

EXPLANATION:The name of this meditation is Shivo ham which is Sanskrit and means I am Shiva, I am divine. It is a meditation to realize your own divinity of which Shiva is a form. Sat Chit Ananda ham means I am Truth, Consciousness & Bliss. Remember who you are by mirroring the divine in the form of Lord Shiva in yourself!

PROCEDURE:1. Sit in the Dhyan mudra (tips of the index finger & thumb touch each other with the left hand on the left knee and the right hand on the right knee. Close the eyes with the attention on the 3rd eye and look into the breath. 2.Think the syllable So while inhaling naturally.3.Think Ham while exhaling.

If the mind is restless prepare yourself with the meditation number 5.

EXPLANATION:So-Ham is a Sanskrit mantra and means that I am. Through this meditation awaken your awareness and realize your divine self.

PROCEDURE: 1. Close the eyes. Put the right hand on the heart centre at the level of the heart chakra and the left hand on top of the right hand. 2. Inhale through the nostrils and visualize how the divine blue light of Shiva enters through the sahasrar (crown chakra) and fills your entire being. 3. Exhale while chanting the powerful mantra tattvam asi. Imagine that the sound emerges out from your heart chakra.

EXPLANATION:tattvam asi is Sanskrit and is translated as Thou Art That, or That Art Thou. Realize by doing this technique who you are, realize your true inner divine self.

TECHNIQUE 6

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TECHNIQUE 7SHIVA DHYAN YOGA MEDITATION


SA-HAM (SURRENDER TO THE SELF)

SHIVOHAM - SAT CHITT ANDAND AHAM

TATTVAMASI

PROCEDURE:1. Look into the sky (if possible outdoor). Stand straight with the heels of the feet touching each other and leave a space between the 2 feet (approx. 45degrees). Stretch the arms towards the sky and look into the sky. 2. Inhale and imagine that you inhale the entire sky into your heart. Imagine that you absorb the infinity of the sky and entire existence inside you. 3. Hold the breath, put the hands on your heart centre with the right hand on your heart and the left hand on top of it at the level of the heart chakra) and close your eyes.4. While exhaling chant the mantra AKASHA ANTARIKSHA ATMA HAM.

EXPLANATION:The mantra means I am the sky, the entire existence, everything, the soul.

PROCEDURE:1. Close your eyes. Put the right hand on the heart centre and the left hand on top of the right hand at the level of the heart chakra. 2. Then visualize Shiva Guruji Aruneshvar and observe what happens. Sit still and watch.

EXPLANATION:Realize by means of contemplating (dhyan) on Shiva Guruji Aruneshvar your inner divine potential and be enlightened.

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GURU DHYAN

AKASHA ANTARIKSHA ATMA HAM


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GURU MANTRA

PREPARATION:1. Prepare this meditation by chanting three times following mantra: Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru devo Maheshwara Guru Sakshat Parabrahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah2. Do the 4th and 5th Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique to prepare your body, mind and soul.

PROCEDURE:1. Complete the Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique number 5, remain in the Anjali Mudra and stretch your arms up above the head while inhaling (the palms of the hands touch each other evenly and firmly) and start chanting the mantra: Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru devo Maheshvara. While chanting take the hands (hand palms remain together), down from the head to the heart, bow down with your head slowly and when the hands are at your heart level, straighten your head. 2. Repeat and continue chanting the mantra Guru Sakshat Parambrahma, Tasmai Sri Gurave Namah. While chanting it take the hands and arms down again (slowly) and complete the meditation with the hands and arms at the top.

EXPLANATION:The mantras OM Namah Shivaya and the Guru mantra invoke the divine power in us and remind us of who we really are. The meaning of the mantra: Guru is Brahma (the creator). Guru is Vishnu (the maintainer). Guru is Maheshwara (Shiva, the destroyer/reformer). Guru is the highest form of the formless God (the supreme Brahma).Salutations to that Guru (in me).

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NATARAJ

PROCEDURE:To prepare for this meditation sit in the preferred meditation posture and do the OM-Meditation. Optionally you can listen to OM-music. (In the Annex we suggest various online Om music links).

1. Start facing East. The heels of the feet touch each other. Leave a space between the 2 feet of approx. 45. First form the Dhyan mudra (join the tips of the index fingers and thumbs of the right and of the left hand respectively), hold the hands at the heart level with the elbows directed towards the sides and underarms facing the ground. The middle fingers touch each other. Make sure that your backbone is straight and that your body is relaxed.2. Move the right arm and leg elegantly and simultaneously in a dancing movement towards the right side with the underarm and hand facing upwards until the arm is stretched and then move the right arm and leg back to the start position with the hands at the heart centre. The hands remain in the Dhyan mudra during the entire movement. The shoulders and the upper body remain immovable, only the right hand, arm and leg move. Do not stretch the leg. 3. Now do the same dancing movement with the left arm and leg towards the left side and put it back to the centre. Both of the hands are now at the heart level in the Dhyan mudra, with the elbows towards the side. 4. Now start with the right leg, hand and arm towards the front, then with the left. 5. Put the hands in the Anjali Mudra at the heart level (both of the hand palms touch each other, the thumbs touch the sternum at the level of the heart), join the feet and bow down with your head to the Divine in the entire existence and in yourself.6. Now turn towards South by moving the right foot without lifting it 90 and by joining the heel of the left foot to the one of the right foot. Repeat the meditation, starting with the right arm and leg towards the right, then with the left arm and leg towards the left. Then repeat the movements towards the front, first with the right arm and leg and then with the left. Again join the feet and put your hands in the Anjali Mudra at the heart level and bow down with your head.7. Now turn towards West. Repeat the previous steps.8. Turn towards North. Repeat the previous steps.9. Turn towards East from where you have started. Repeat the previous steps. 10. Stretch your hands into the sky and sing following mantra while turning with your body clockwise and slowly around and while looking into the sky. Turn around two times and chant following mantra:AKANDAMANDALAAKARAM, VYAPTAM YENA CHARA CHARAM, TATPADAM DARSHITAM YENA, TASMAI SRI GURUVE NAMAHA

MEANING:Salutations to Thy Guru, who is whole and complete like the eternal existence and who transforms you in infinite, entire eternity and gives you knowledge of you being whole and complete, I bow down to Thy Guru. To Thy transformative Guru whose form is an indivisible whole of presence, and who exists everywhere, in the moving and the non-moving things, in the entire existence, to that divine Guru through whom that state was revealed to me, I bow down.Alternatively you can chant the mantras Om Gam Om Om Shivam Om Om Shaktim Om Om Akhandam Om Om Purnam Om

EXPLANATION:This meditation is about centering yourself and the expansion of your divine essence in the space. It is a dance of the soul and the existence. Atma Anartaka means the soul is a dancer. Let your true self find its expression in this meditation. Let your soul dance like Nataraja, the dancing form of Shiva. Become centred in this dance meditation, conquer the whole space and become like Shiva!

TECHNIQUE 13


ATMA CHAITANYA (SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS)

PROCEDURE:Following mantras can be used as a preparation for this Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique: OM SRI GANESHAYA NAMAHA OM SRI SHANKARAYA NAMAHA OM SARVA SIDDHAYA HIMALAYA NAMAHA

First practice the technique with closed eyes. Afterwards practise with open eyes in an open space or from a place where the sky can be seen. During the Shiva Dhyan Yoga technique fix your gaze on one spot in the sky.

1. Sit in the Dhyan mudra ideally in the lotus or semi-lotus posture. It is possible to stand or sit on a chair (without leaning back). Inhale and exhale deeply 3 times through your nostrils with a balanced breath. 2. Open the crossed legs until the soles of the feet touch each other and simultaneously put the hand palms on each other in a rhythmic dancing movement. Press the wrists to navel. The hands point towards the front. Inhale and exhale 3 times deeply through the nostrils. 3. Inhale through the nostrils and exhale OM through the navel, fixing the eyes on one point in the sky. While exhaling OM the stomach goes inside. The sound of the OM should be deep. Negativity and emotions can be released from the stomach and navel chakra. 4. Move the hands, which (hand palms still touch each other) to the heart centre. The wrists touch the centre of the heart (at the level of the heart chakra), the hands point towards the front. Inhale and exhale three times through your nostrils.5. Bow down with your head. Move your head a little bit upwards. Then again upwards until you look straight.6. Inhale deeply through the nostrils, and while exhaling chant from the heart centre SHRIM while pressing the chest and putting the shoulders upwards. The stomach goes inside while chanting SHRIM although the attention remains at the heart centre.7. Move the hands upwards in the Anjali Mudra until the two thumbs touch the throat. Inhale and exhale three times through your nostrils deeply. 8. Inhale deeply and with full awareness exhale through your throat KLIM (for men: exhale HRIM). The Stomach goes inside when exhaling although the attention remains on the throat chakra. 9. Move the hands in the Anjali Mudra upwards until the thumbs touch the third eye. Inhale and exhale three times deeply through your nostrils. 10. Inhale through your nostrils & exhale HRIM (for men: exhale KLIM) through your third eye while fixing the eyes in the sky. 11. Move your hands upwards to the crown/sahasrar chakra. Inhale and exhale three times through your nostrils. 12. Inhale & while exhaling chant OM. Visualize that the OM rises from the root/muladhar chakra and comes out at the crown/sahasrar chakra.13. Inhale and exhale three times deeply. Inhale through the nostrils and exhale HUM. While exhaling HUM through the hands upwards (the hand palms always touch each other) imagining that you are jumping into the sky.

SUMMARY: Version for women: OM Shrim Klim Hrim OM HumVersion for men: OM Shrim Hrim Klim OM Hum

EXPLANATION:This meditation is soul awakening & awakening the awareness of the practicioner. (atma=soul; chaitanya = consciousness)Important: This is a very powerful meditation. Its practise should be limited in frequency and to the day time (max. once a day). A good physical health condition is required to practise this meditation. Women are advised not to practice this technique during menstruation nor in pregnancy.

PROCEDURE:1. Put your hands on the heart centre at the level of the heart chakra with the left hand on top of the right hand. Close the eyes. See your breath. Inhale & exhale naturally. 2. To prepare for this meditation, chant 21 times the mantra Aham Prakasha (I am light) from your heart. Afterwards chant 21 times the mantra Aham Chaintanya (I am consciousness).3. The Sanskrit word Chitta means mind. Chant now the mantras alternately internally on your mind Aham Prakasha, Aham Chaintanya, Aham Prakasha, Aham Chaintanya, Aham Prakasha, Aham Chaintanya..

EXPLANATION:See the soul as a light, see the inner light of the soul. It is a darshan, a vision and visualization of the self-enlightenment inside yourself. It is a swa-darshan, a vision of the self. This meditation is about seeing the self with the inner light. Achieve the Chaitanya Atma (soul consciousness), enlighten the inner self. Be with it, see it and get enlightened by the self, seeing the light inside.

PROCEDURE:1. Sit in the Dhyan mudra. Put the attention between the eyebrows, the 3rd eye, Shivanetra, which is the the Eye of Shiva. Start with the secret esoteric journey to see beyond the mind. Focus on the third eye with the greatest attention & awareness & realize that this is the eye of Shiva. 2. Put the right thumb on the third eye (the left hand remains in the Dhyan mudra). The hand is open, the fingers are joined with a distance to the thumb and the palm of the hand is facing the left. Keep the eyes closed and focus on the third eye.3. Then after approx. 10 minutes put the right thumb on the heart centre with the hand in the same position (at the level of the heart chakra on the sternum) and meditate.

EXPLANATION:Allow your mind to see everything which is possible. Let it see light. Witness the running thoughts. Focus on the third eye. Dont identify yourself with the thoughts. No thinking, only knowing it. Let each thought pass by with awareness. Become a witness, become an observer, become a seer, become a seeker, become a knower. All the Divya Jyoti (=the divine light), the divine seeing of Shivanetra (Shivas eye), gives awakening awareness. Become, be Shiva.

TECHNIQUE 14

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TRINETRA - 3RD EYE MEDITATION

CHITTA (MIND) MANTRAS


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PROCEDURE:Put the hands on the heart centre (right hand on the heart, left hand on top of it)Close the eyes. Imagine the circles of a peacock feather in 5 colors. Forget everything & concentrate exclusively on the 5 colors of the peacock feather. Contemplate on the peacock feather until the object of concentration dissolves.

EXPLANATION:Become the Master of the mind & the mind process stops. Achieve the inner centre. Dont wander with the mind and focus on the beauty of the 5 coloured circle of the peacock feather, which create the centre inside.

One can become centred, experience a natural flowing bliss and relate to the the entire existence. Move within and feel centred. The 5 colours are melting within you. The five senses are five colors which extend to the infinite space in this meditation. Move nothing, be with these five colors. The self and the world become these colors.

PROCEDURE:Do this meditation while standing or sitting with the hands held in the air (the palms of the hands face each other)Stop the door of the senses. Give up all the senses & sensations. Stop whatever you are feeling. Close your eyes and think you cannot see.Close your ears and think you cannot hear.Close your touch and think that you cannot feel. Close all the six senses. Look from your inner centre and be still like a stone statue.

EXPLANATION:When you close the door of the senses you will realize God within.

TECHNIQUE 16

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DOOR OF THE SENSES

5 COLORS OF PEACOCK THE FEATHER

PROCEDURE:When on your resting place, while lying or sitting, be in silence. Alternatively you can sit in Siddhasan on the ground and connect yourself with the earth. (Siddhasan: put the left heel towards the Mooladhar Chakra & the right foot on top of the left foot with the right heel at the level of the Swadhistan chakra)Let yourself become light, weightless and go beyond the mind.

EXPLANATION:The moment of being light, there is no more body weight. Try to be weightless when walking, sitting and sleeping. Be joyous. In joy you are light, weightless and flying in freedom. Fly weightless in the meditation.

PROCEDURE:This meditation can be done while sitting or standing. Close the eyes and touch yourself with your hands. Feel yourself, your head, your eyes, your heart and your arms (touch your upper body). Be in love with yourself. It is recommended to sleep after this meditation.

EXPLANATION:Discover Shiva and Shakti in you and love yourself. Experience in this meditation the eternity of love, while loving, caressing, the sweet lover in yourself. Become Shiva and Shakti. Dance. Feel freedom. Feel love for yourself.In love you go deeper and deeper. Be in the moment, in the present, in love without thinking of past and future. Love yourself. Live in a deep love of eternity. Love is timeless, infinite and an eternal vertical. Be timeless. Forget the ego totally and dissolve completely in love. Become love and loving. Imagine, that your hands do not touch you, but love touches you.

TECHNIQUE 18

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SHIVA-SHAKTI LOVE MEDITATION

LIGHTNESS

PROCEDURE:1. Lie down in the Dhyan mudra as if you were in a deep sleep, as if you were lifeless. Do not move the body and keep the eyes open. Stare at the ceiling/into the sky without moving the eyelashes. Imagine that you cannot do anything, imagine that the body is lifeless. 2. Feel the emotions related to the state of being like dead: anger, frustration, fear, anguish etc. This experience of the end of all activity is not blissful. Stay in this condition. Imagine that you cannot do anything, that you are dead. Feel the emotions, but stay motionless. 3. Now, feel joy, happiness, bliss & cheerfulness. Experience and feel all emotions, but be motionless. 4. Be in peace and in silence. Give up all the feelings and emotions and just BE. 5. Close the eyes, see your breath and relax.

EXPLANATION:Realize that you are not your emotions. Become aware, that you are the Self, the core of your inner centre, which is ever untouched and still.

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SHIVASANA, 3 STATES

PROCEDURE:1. Sit in Sukhasana with the right heel inside and the left heel at the right foot. Hold the knees with both hands.2. The hands remain on the knees while inhaling and moving with the upper body backwards, bending the spinal cord. Then exhale while chanting OM (short sound) and simultaneously push the breast forward and look up to the ceiling. Repeat for min. 10 times. (practise in front of the mirror with open eyes and then with closed eyes)3. Close your eyes and relax. Visualize the spinal column, visualize the backbone straight and erect. Visualize the susumna nerve in the middle of the spinal cord. Then put your entire attention on this delicate nerve and be transformed.

EXPLANATION:When there is no mind, there is no mirror,then, where can dust gather?

When the spinal cord thread is seen, your aura begins to glow and the spinal cord becomes a body of light. Focus with the mind on the spinal column. See the self within. The moment you see the inner core you will feel an explosion of light within. Feel love, feel deepest relaxation. In such be transformed and enlightened.


SUSHUMNA SEEING

NATURE MIRRORINGMEDITATION

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Experience in the nature mirroring meditation techniques an awakening of the awareness, a personal transformation and enlightening experiences.

Reflect the infinity, the expansion, the divine in the nature in yourself and know your true Self. MShiva is the absolute existence, the entire nature, the breath itself. Shiva mirroring is mirroring the nature, then Shiva embodies the entire nature with its 5 elements. S=Sky, H= Horizon, Earth, I=Ignation, Fire, Sun, V=Vast Waters, A=Air, Breath, the Prana. Meditating on Shiva and on the nature, doing Shiva Dhyan Yoga is meditating on ones own self. You will know yourself and you will realize that Shiva, the divine, is pure consciousness and in around us.

One of the various Nature Mirroring meditations by Shiva Guruji is the Sky meditation:Sky meditation: Mirror the nature in yourself

PROCEDURE:Put the right & the left hand on the heart centre at the level of your heart chakra (left hand below the right hand). Look into the sky during minimum three minutes with a steady gaze. Close the eyes and imagine the sky in front of your eyes. Imagine, that everything is the sky, that you are the sky. Imagine that the sky fulfills your entire being.

EXPLANATION:Connect to the divine eternity of the sky & mirror it in yourself. Become aware about being a part of the whole, of the entire existence.

CONNECT

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For questions regarding the Shiva Dhyan Yoga techniques, Shiva Dhyan Yoga workshops and individual meditation sessions, please contact Shivani (Katrin Suter).

SHIVANI:Mobile: +41 76 569 57 57Email: [email protected] & Skype: Shivani HimalayaWebsite: www.shivaniswiss.org

SHIVA GURUJI ARUNESHVAR: Email: [email protected]: Shiva Guruji Aruneshvar, Guruji AruneshvarSkype: Guruji AruneshvarWebsites:www.gurujiaruneshvar.in www.shivaguruji.orgwww.shivagurujiglobal.org

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ANNEX:MEDITATION MUSIC

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For the practise of meditation and Shiva Dhyan Yoga we recommend to use following music:

OM CHANTING MEDITATION:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoYrLM5rGX8

ONE HOUR: OM CHANTING HEALING AMAZING MEDITATION WITH NATURE AMBIENThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMaAKkNyB4o

HEALING AMAZING MIND POWER: OM (AUM) CHANTING MANTRAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaQCKwxxk8A

MEDITATION WITH THE OM MANTRA SOUND BY TIBETAN MONKS -RELAXATION ZEN MUSIChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4fugWv6-vI

Documents

SHIVA DHYAN YOGAshivaniswiss.org/images/shiva_dhyan_manual_english.pdf · 1. Through the practice of Shiva Dhyan Yoga meditations the divine light of Shiva, the divine love of Shakti,