Blessings, dears.
Today, we begin to explore the visual component of meditation. Ultimately, our visual practice will lead to the use of Yantra in meditation. Today we begin simply. I thank you so much for joining me.
Yantra
A yantra is a work of sacred geometry. Oftentimes, a yantra corresponds to a diety, planet, or chakra. Meditating on a yantra is a way to bring the attributes of that particular diety, planet or chakra into the forefront of your consciousness.
I have seen yantras for years and never really understood how to incorporate them into my own practice. I mean I understood the instructions for bringing yantra into meditation, but I did not appreciate why one would bring in another variable to meditation and how one could do this without increasing the chances of distraction.
In the latest YOGA+ Joyful Living, an article about Yantra sparked my interest. The article explained that yantra meditation was a way for visual-minded people could incorporate visualization into their practice. And that yantra was the visual counterpart to using mantra in meditation. (Although I am a visual-thinker, I have often shied away from visualizations in meditation because it seemed so expansive… so unruly… so un-one-pointed-focus.) I immediately began incorporating a yantra practice into my own meditation and soon after modified the practice presented in YOGA+ Joyful Living for my beginning meditation students with grand results. I hope to add more nuance, little-by-little for them… and for you! I hope you enjoy.
Listen
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Please accept my sincerest thanks.
ALL LOVE. Always. Kelly
Notes & Credits: Sounds– PacDV Free Sound Effects & Future Wave Shaper. Image– Crimson & Sky
