Pavan Guru Meditation

Stephanie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:45:16 +0000

I am doing a 40-day kundalini yoga meditation for a fantastic teleclass I am taking on “The Art of Soul Listening.” It’s a meditation using the Pran Bandha Mantra, sometimes referred to as “Pavan Guru” or “Pavan Pavan.” This is the first time I’ve done a kundalini yoga meditation daily and the experience has been very interesting to say the least. I feel like I am purging a lot of emotional crap (and that is good, but a little overwhelming at times!).

The funny thing about doing the meditation daily is that it is making me want to do yoga more. For whatever the reason, the brief meditation practice makes it easier to get motivated to do my home yoga. I don’t necessarily do the yoga right before or after the meditation either.

To make it easier to perform the meditation (since you have to switch from chanting to deep breathing to breath of fire), I made an audio that chimes at the appropriate times. It includes a live loop of mantra chanting, and you can download it free here.

Annoying Meditation…But it Worked!

Stephanie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:12:43 +0000

I went to one of those kundalini yoga classes where you have to meditate for an hour. An hour! I was so annoyed. I was in a bad mood and had gone to the class for a healing. We sat there for an hour chanting something long and nonsensical. This was supposed to make us more “radiant.” I thought I had just wasted one of my class passes. When I left the class I was still annoyed. Yet, somehow, the next day, I felt terrific. I guess it worked!

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Pavan Guru Meditation

Annoying Meditation…But it Worked!