We have already discussed in relation to nirodha-yoga that the initial impression is that samadhi is about liberation in Absorbed Meditation . Now the YS has provided a more detailed analysis of this event. We are now more inclined to see the processing of samadhi as related to a Gnostic liberation model, as so much cognition and realisation is involved in samadhi. The samadhi process of YS does not seem to end in an ontological transformation as it did for the Brahmin adept. Instead it seems to be an epistemological event as the meditator gains control of the tattvas constituting the mental and cognitive apparatus. Even at the final phase of this process we can see that some sort of cognition and realisation happens as the meditator progresses through the deepest layers of samadhi. Cognition and distinctions here seem to become more and more subtle. But do they ever stop? Is there ever, we wonder, in this process a moment of absolute still mind? Definitely not before the ultimate release of dharmamega samadhi, we gather. But we cannot be sure: what happens to cognition as purusha becomes isolated’ from prakriti? Is this a moment of turya where the mind is eliminated: where the mind is so to speak momentarily electro-shocked? In other words, is the final release a moment where the mind actually is best described as dead?
This line of argument, of reaching still mind turns dharmamega samadhi into a mystical event for a modern reader. It cannot be explained how purusha can emerge in an extinguished and mortified consciousness. Who/what is there to register the event? It would be like trying to project a movie without having a screen to project on.
While it’s hard to know if this particular exercise really helps Great yoga poses for weight loss to rebalance the nervous system, there have been studies that have found that Nadi Shodhana lowers Great yoga poses for weight loss blood pressure and improves mental focus. This is a good exercise to try before you meditate. It can help prepare the mind as well as potentially unblock the nasal passages. Get yourself comfortable while seated, close your hand in a fist, then extending you thumb and pointer finger you will gentle close your right nostril with one finger. Inhale through the left nostril, then taking the other, finger close the left nostril before opening the right nostril and exhaling. Keep the right nostril open, inhale, close it before opening the left and exhaling. This is one cycle and you should repeat anywhere from 3-5 times. Breath Retention: Kumbhaka Pranayama, or breath retention, is performed by inhaling completely and then holding your breath for 10 seconds.
