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Crown Chakra Meditation Technique
Free Guided Meditation Techniques E-book - Ch 12
Crown Chakra Meditation Technique will be the 12th entry in our ongoing and popular Free Online Guided Meditation Techniques E-book. As it is also considered a Kundalini Yoga Kriya, I will include it in the Free Illustrated Kundalini Yoga Poses E-Book as well.
In the article Kundalini Seven Chakra System I gave an overview of the Kundalini Seven Chakra Model and indicated that in general Kundalini Yoga does not look to directly open or activate a particular chakra. Kundalini Yoga is designed to prepare the body for the greater flow of energy and focuses on clearing away blockages in the pathways instead. As these blockages are cleared, energy flow increases and the chakras are subsequentially balanced and healed in the process.
The meditation I am about to present here though does not follow this approach. Not only does it directly activate the Crown Chakra (Seventh Chakra), but it is even more unusual, as the Crown Chakra (Sahasrara Chakra) is one which Kundalini Yoga seldom targets directly at all. So, what does this all mean? It means please don’t overdo this potent chakra meditation. Start off slow and build up from there.
The Crown Chakra represents the spiritual dimension of life. In that if it’s unbalanced you may not have any spiritual practice, or it could be such that you are a total fanatic. A balanced Crown Chakra would mean frequent dips in Infinite Consciousness, as well as awareness and expression of the Unified Nature of Reality. So if you feel you need to give this Chakra some love and attention, then this meditation is perfect for you.
Benefits of Crown Chakra Meditation Technique:
- Experience of Bliss.
- Detachment from the mundane and material world.
- Experience of Oneness and Divine Consciousness.
- Connection and guidance from within.
- Access to the energy of beyond.
Cautions for Practicing Crown Chakra Meditation Technique:
- Do not overdo this meditation. If you start to feel too spaced out or really out of touch with reality, back off this meditation and spend some time in nature.
- Do not hold the eye position for longer than it is comfortable. If the eyes tire, just release them and reapply the position when ready.
Crown Chakra Meditation - Illustration #1
Crown Chakra Meditation - Illustration #2
Final Pose for Crown Chakra Meditation - Illustration #3
How to Do Crown Chakra Meditation:
- Sit in any cross legged posture. You can also do this meditation sitting on a chair.
- Interlace your hands is shown in the illustrations above and place them above your head. Elbows should out to the sides.
- Turn your eyes upwards such that you are trying to see the ceiling or sky right through the top of your head (Illustration #1).
- Do long deep slow breathing and feel every inhalation saturating the top of the head with energy and light.
- Hold this hand and eye position and close your eyes (Illustration #3). Remember if the eyes tire to release them and re-establish the eyes looking upwards when you are ready again.
- To end, rub your palms together vigorously and gently place them over your eyes, allowing the warmth to sooth and comfort them.
- Start with 15 seconds and build up slowly to 11 minutes max.
on September 7th, 2008 at 12:21 am
You have a great site here. I’m going to try the first Zen meditation. I’ve been having some difficulty with my focus for meditation lately. I’m hoping this will help. I’ve bookmarked your site and plan to come back. The video example of the posture is quite helpful too.
on September 8th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Zen meditation is a perfect place to start and for the issues you have indicated it would have been my recommendation as well. Let me know how it goes.
Best,
Anmol
on September 27th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Dear Anmol,
I have e-mailed you a couple of times during the past few weeks, but no answer. I wasn’t sure if you didn’t get them or didn’t like my questions. Could yyyyou let me know somehow?
Hope you are well,
And thank you
on September 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Thank you for making these important techniques available for free. Doing such speaks well as to the content of your character. I too offer free essays and downloads. You can find them at http://www.LamaJigme.com Let me know how you enjoyed them.
on September 30th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Sorry sorry sorry, I am very behind on emails and have been having trouble keeping up. I do remember seeing the emails from you and will surely get to them this week. Thanks for understanding.
Best,
Anmol
on October 3rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Best,
Anmol