Connecting With the Breath, Meditation and Truth

Here is a good simple meditation to help you tune in with your infinite self and reduce stress.

SAT NAM is the most basic mantra in kundalini yoga, and it means "truth is God's identity, truth is (your) identity." SAT means truth and NAM means to "call upon, or identify with." SAT is tied to the inhale, and NAM to the exhale. Simply by slowing your breathing you can help reduce stress. Slowing the breath to 10 times or less per minute will help you relax, and slowing the breath to no more than four breaths per minute will lead to deep meditation. It is important for the breath to be full and to exhale through the nose. Awareness of your breath, particularly when tied to a mantra such as SAT NAM is a great tool for calming and energizing oneself. You may even start to here the truth in your breath, SAT on your inhale, NAM on the exhale.

Here is Kundalini yoga's most simple and basic meditation:

Sit in easy pose, or sukhasana. The spine is straight and your weight is on your sit bones.
Rest your hands on your heart, palms facing you, left hand over right, with the right thumb in the center of the right palm. Fingers are straight, and the arms are relaxed.

Inhale deeply, and as you exhale chant a long SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT, at the end of the breath say NAM. Your breath will grow longer longer and deeper. Feel the AAA vibration in your heart and throat. Sing to your soul as you chant, allow yourself to experience whatever emotions may arise.

When you are ready to end your meditation, inhale deeply and hold the breath for as long as you want. Do 3 breaths this way. Listen to yourself inside, you may either lie down or sit as you let yourself completely relax.

The benefits of this meditation are great, it will bring you to a peaceful state and nuetralize your tensions. It is a good meditation to do at the end of a long day to help you relax, or before you go to bed to help you sleep. If you do this meditation continuously for 40 days it will revitalize your glandular system and reestablish equilibirum.

You can find more on this meditation at www.kundaliniyoga.org

In other types of yoga the mantra is said/heard as SoHum

Here is a video with a very similar meditation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKNzaWGm0o8

Remember, the breath is the bridge between body and mind.
Returning to the breath is always a good way to calm one's mind and return to the truth.


May the long time sun shine upon you,
all love surround you,
and the pure light within you guide your way on.