Empowering the Mind: Trataka- Exercise Potency of Thoughts

Mastery of Consciousness with Nandhiji

A yogi is empowered with a pristine mind that is free of clutter of thoughts & emotions, able to perceive with clarity and bring the mind to empowering focus the problem solves, manifests and remains in peace & inner harmony.

Through our daily yoga practice, we are able to enhance the power of trataka.

The process:

1. Start our practice of yoga lighting our Lamp.

• Invoke Divine Presence
• Be guided in our inner journey through yoga.
• Lighting the external Lamp is lighting our inner Lamp
• Lighting the Lamp is creating a safe vortex that protects us from injuries.
• Utilize the Lamp as in focus, trataka
• Focus on the golden color of the fire to feel our aura within golden
• Align our yoga practice as prayers

1. Focus on the Lamp

• Bring awareness to each breath as though we are the golden flame.
• Utilize the golden flame to subdue the mind
• Recite mantras invoking the Divine Presence through the Lamp
• Feel our effortless focus like pouring oil - in gentle flow
• Utilize the imagery of the golden Lamp with eyes closed through postures
• Dissolve the I of mind into the We of wisdom in gazing

1. Through each asana

• Breath- slower and lengthen breath to subdue mind
• With optimal breath, hold awareness of bliss in the pristine mind of no thoughts
• Hold the mind in singular focus through the flow of each posture.
• Focus on the Divine Presence within the mantra fires through our yoga
• Open eyes to look and focus at the Lamp to do postures requiring balance
• Expand in the Core Light within through the postures.

1. Through meditation

• Utilize the mantra to invoke Divine Presence
• Let the mind rest in the Divine Presence to purify and incubate
• Go within to experience the joy & bliss of the Dance within & be the stillness
• Transcend mind to be like an eagle beyond emotions, memories and mind clutter
• In the inner focus through third eye, sustain the gaze within
• Like the Lamp lit, experience the mind alight.

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