Tantric, Vedic and Mantra Meditation

Meditation is a state of absorption. There are different concentration ’techniques’ that prime you to experience meditative states.

Tantra means to weave, or woven together. Tantric meditation practices therefore employ a variety of ‘objects’ of meditation.

It may be the breath, an energy pathway, an energetic centre, a visualised object or symbol. Often a tantric meditation practice may weave various objects of concentration together.

For example you may focus on a chakra, visualise a symbol, while concentrating on the breath or repeating a mantra.

Tantric practices deal with ‘weaving’ the physical with the spiritual. Tantra is the warp and weft of the tapestry of life.

Vedic meditative practices come from the Vedas, the most ancient wisdom texts to come out of India. Vedic meditation techniques use Sanskrit mantras as the object of meditation to focus the mind and activate the parasympathetic nervous system.

Mantra meditation is much like Vedic meditation in that it employs a ‘mantra’ as the object of meditation but not necessarily in Sanskrit.

Students will cover:

• Theory

• What is Meditation

• Importance of Concentration

• Unpacking the obstacles to Dharana (concentration)

• The Subconscious

• Reprogram your mind

• Methodology of guiding meditative practices

• Ethics

• Latest research into the power of meditation

Syllabus + Practices

• Kaya Sthairyam - Developing Body Steadiness

• Swara Yoga the Science of the Breath

• Developing awareness of psychic pathways

• Japa Mediation

• Bahyakasha Dharana Outer Space Visualization

• Antarakasha Dharana inner Space Visualization

• Chidakash Dharana Witnessing the Consciousness

• Hridayakasha Dharana Healing the Heart space

• Chakra Shuddhi Purification of the Psychic Centers

• Ajapa Japa Dharana Continous rotation of the

• Consciousness

• Meditative practices working with the Quantum field

Module 1

• What is Meditation ?

• Layers of the mind

• Health Benefits of Meditation

• The importance of meditation in the wider yoga context

• Meditation poses - How to sit for meditation

• Mudras

• Kaya Sthairyam

• Develop body steadiness and breath awareness

Module 2

• The importance of concentration

• The System of raja Yoga

• Working with energy maps

• Chakras, Nidras, Koshas

• Bija Mantras

• Balancing the elements through Mantra

• Japa dharana

• Chakra Shuddhi

• Purify and unlock the psychic centres of the chakras

• Explore chakra meditations through breath, visualisation and mantra

• ‘I am’ dharana and the tattwas

Module 3

• Psychic pathways

• Tantra, Tattwas and meditation

• Ajapa dharana

• Opening to the magnetic field of the heart. Inner resonance and mantra repetition using breath, mantra, psychic pathways

• Unlocking energy, opening the granthis

Module 4

• The Quantum field and meditation

• Yoga Nidra as an integration tool

• Antar Mouna

• Cutting through the noise and discovering inner silence

• Chidakasha dharana

• Opening up to the space of consciousness

Module 5

• The Microcosm and the Macrocosm

• Trataka and Drishti

• Developing a steady gaze

• Antar and Bahir dharana

• Expanding awareness through the lens of the microcosm and macrocosm

Module 6

• The future is bright

• Consciousness

• The Universal heart beat

• Exploring shoonya and the universal womb

• The void, the cosmic womb is space. Explore this creative space and expansive space within yourself.

• Nada and transcendence

• Harnessing your innate power

Module 7

• Methodology of teaching meditation

• Methodology of leading meditation

• Latest research