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Start Here For Deep Meditation

Summary

, 13 min

A starting route for newcomers to deep meditation: five-minute sessions with the Resonant Breathing app, the Seven Steps to Deep Meditation playlist on why resonant breathing calms the mind, Hakalau peripheral-vision practice, then the Tranquil Breath and Big Bliss trainings, Patreon satsangs, and in-person Kriya Yoga initiation. Success is framed as skill, not long hours.

In this video

Discusses
DikshaKriya YogaKriya numbers
Mentions
Watching the breathSmall winsExpansionLeft and right brainTranquil BreathOM Japa in the ChakrasSamadhiLahiri MahasayaPanchanon BhattacharyaSitting Very Still (SVS)Parasympathetic nervous systemFour Proofs of MeditationLow-Idle-State

Key moments

00:00Where to start: an introductory video for newcomers00:32First step: download the Resonant Breathing app01:23Watching the breath takes decades; resonant breathing works at once02:12Five minutes a day, and where the four proofs come in02:42Seven Steps to Deep Meditation playlist: why the breathing works04:15Next: try Hakalau and dilate the eyes into peripheral vision05:38Three trainings on meditativemellows.com: Tranquil Breath, Big Bliss07:01Join Patreon for satsang-style questions and answers08:16In-person Kriya Yoga initiation after the first two trainings09:33App, sitting very still and hands hot and heavy: you're a yogi10:49Skill and success, not hours or numbers of kriyas11:49Recap: try the app for five minutes