Nāda Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Pranayam workshop

the instructor Mr. Pathak Gharana

Today I had my third Nada/Nidra yoga and Pranayam breathing workshop. This time for the whole part of Nāda yoga I didn't move a muscle on my feet. That is one hour of absolute body discipline in lotus posture. Frequent yoga practice pays off :)


Timetable
start until 0:01:19 silence interval before the introduction
0:01:30  introduction to the importance of the Pranayam breathing technique
0:12:45 (repeating the introduction for one attendant that came late)
0:16:00 Pranayam breathing technique
0:24:00 Pranayam breathing technique (repetition)
0:27:45 Nāda yoga (Aum)
0:31:20 Nāda yoga (Om Shiva Om)
0:43:34 Nāda yoga (Swarananda)
0:55:45 Nāda yoga (Om Shanti Om)
1:05:15 silence interval
1:07:00 Yoga Nidra
1:23:19 Sitar rāga
1:44:13 slowly coming out of the yoga Nidra state

instructor: Pathak Gharana. Mr. Gharana is about to receive an award the next weeks in Brussels, for his contribution on the traditional Indian music.

Note: even after applying +30 db audio amplification, the audio level is still low due to manual sound recording.

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Nāda yoga is an ancient Indian metaphysical system. It is both a philosophical system, a medicine, and- as the name suggests- a form of yoga. The system's theoretical and practical aspects are based on the premise that the entire cosmos and all that exists in the cosmos, including human beings, consists of sound vibrations, called nāda. This concept holds that it is the sound energy in motion rather than of matter and particles which form the building blocks of the cosmos.

Nāda yoga is also a way to approach with reverence and respond to sound. Sound and music is in this context, something more than just the sensory properties and sources of sensuous pleasure, sound and music is considered also to play the role as a potential medium to achieve a deeper unity with both the outer and the inner cosmos.

Nāda yoga's use of sound vibrations and resonances are also used to pursue palliative effects on various problematic psychological and spiritual conditions. It is also employed to raise the level of awareness of the postulated energy centers called chakra.

Music has been used by most Indian saints, prophets as an important and powerful tool in the quest for the achievement of nirvana.

Yoga Nidra or "yogi sleep" is a sleep-like state which yogis report to experience during their meditations. Yoga nidra, lucid sleeping is among the deepest possible states of relaxation while still maintaining full consciousness. Lucid dreaming is the Western term used to denote a practice similar to yoga nidra. The distinguishing difference is the degree to which one remains cognizant of the actual physical environment as opposed to a dream environment. In lucid dreaming, one is only (or mainly) cognizant of the dream environment, and have little or no awareness of our actual environment.

Pranayam or Pranayama (prāṇāyāma) is a Sanskrit word meaning "extension of the prāṇa or breath" or, "extension of the life force". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words, Prana, life force, or vital energy, particularly, the breath, and "ayāma", to extend or draw out. The origin of this yogic discipline lies in ancient Bharat (India) and what is known as present day Hinduism.