Anahata To Ajna Chakra Meditation

In this 20-minute chakra visualization meditation, we first identify our energetic heart center, Anahata. From there we move our awareness up the shushmna to our Ajna Chakra right in the mid-brain. We then continue to work with moving our awareness up and down the central channel from the Anahata chakra to the Ajna chakra with the breath and the so-hum mantra.

This will build up the sensitivity of our energetic centers and central channel, while improving our concentration and connection to the lightness of the upper chakras.

Transcript

Okay,

So as you find yourself in your seat rise and Draw your attention down towards your heart center,

Which is in the center of your chest And the first thing to do is to investigate where that is for you Sometimes You might get some sort of imagery that helps you find that space Maybe a ball of light in the center of your chest or an orb Sometimes that helps us hone in on that And then move from there.

Don't do anything else.

Just move from there straight up move up Through your upper palate right to the midbrain That's your Ajna chakra and same thing there.

You might find a smaller kind of orb That makes it easier for you to locate that space So help yourself find that And then Float the attention up from there right out the top of your head So now you've traced that path for yourself and then bring the attention back down But this time find a space in front of your heart center So maybe six inches in front,

But if it's easier to do 12 inches,

You know a foot in front of you,

That's fine Do that with your mind's eye And we're going to begin breathing and moving our attention so As we breathe in I'm gonna move from the space in front of the heart center and follow that Right into the heart center and Then as we breathe out,

We're gonna trace our attention up through that Ajna chakra and then right out the top of that And then the attention moves back in front of the heart center and we inhale right into the heart and center And as I exhale our attention naturally moves up and out the top of our head Now do you work with this?

You're gonna work for a steady rhythm of the breath and the movement of your attention it's important to Be very comfortable in your breath cycles So that there's no stress or strain on the system and To help with that kind of uplifting feeling We might cultivate We're gonna smile a little bit with the corners of our mouth So you can imagine that inhale into the heart even helps you smile and then there's a smile of Release as the attention moves up and out the top of the head so much so that The body begins to feel lighter as we breathe in and breathe out Smile helps us stay upright Without any effort at all And as we continue to investigate and participate in this breathing in and out through our heart and head if our mind Is not occupied enough and needs more input so that we can stay with our practice We will add the mantra so hum to it.

So we will breathe in with a so And breathe out with a hum Only use the mantra if it's beneficial to you if you find it helpful to staying with the practice so in out If you find the mantra distracting just let it go and breathe into the heart breathe out through the top of the head And if any time while you're doing this you start to feel heavy or lethargic Remind yourself that the inhale breeds a smile on your face I'll sit for a little while with this breath pattern And now let any purposeful breathing go simply follow The breath into the heart and out the top of your head as your breath becomes natural and relaxed Your breath becomes natural and relaxed As you follow the breath towards the heart on the inhale and up on the exhale Shanti Shanti Shanti Let's bring our palms together in front of our hearts bowing to your own heart namaste