Khechari Warnings and Tips for Yogic Meditation

Summary

February 8, 2019, 14 min

Warnings for Khechari Mudra against cutting under the tongue, over-stretching it to reach the forehead, or trying to break the skull, all traced to misread texts. Tips follow on cleaning the tongue and nasopharynx against the acid taste, then a theory that increased saliva in meditation is the physical side of amrita, tied to heart rate variability.

In this video

Teaches

Khechari mudra

Discusses

Pituitary glandAmrita

Mentions

Lahiri MahasayaLeft and right brainSpiritual eyeGarland of LettersSahajaNadi ShodhanaHRV ResonanceVedic mode of learning

Key moments

00:03Warnings for Khechari Mudra 00:31Warning one: don't cut under the tongue 01:06Why: bleeding, and nerves that carry the pituitary resonance 02:20Stretching instead: carotid sinuses and the left brain 03:02If determined to cut, let a doctor do it 03:36Warning two: don't stretch the tongue to touch the forehead 04:35What the text means: touching the sphenoid sinus 05:39How long the tongue really needs to be 06:49Warning three: 'breaking through the skull' is an inner breakthrough 07:42Lahiri's warning in the Garland of Letters; Sahaja Yoga 08:53Cleaning the tongue and nasopharynx against the acid taste 10:17Pushing the tongue up past the soft palate with the fingers 10:44A study of saliva increasing in meditation 11:53Saliva as the physical side of amrita, tied to HRV 12:59The Vedic process of discovery and yoga explained medically