This is a Japa style meditation,
So if you have a mala you would like to use,
Make sure you have it on hand before you get comfortable.
We begin by coming to a comfortable seated position to signify the start of our meditation practice,
Taking a moment to settle in and make any small movements brought on by the mind.
Straighten up through the spine,
Finding length,
Yet relaxation.
Ground down through your sit bones and feel your connection to whatever surface supports you.
Rest your hands gently wherever feels most natural to you,
Palms facing up and open.
Here we begin to find stillness.
Awareness now to the breath,
The system through which we feel a constant and direct connection to life.
Here we begin to cultivate a full embodied breath by breathing through the nose down deep into the abdomen,
Allowing it to gently expand outward,
Continuing into the ribs and then into the chest and collarbones,
Feeling them lift.
You pause at the top,
Then reverse this pattern,
Chest falls,
Ribs dry in and the navel pulls towards the spine,
Pausing at the bottom.
Repeating this breath pattern for the next few moments.
Today we are working with the mantra Om Tat Sat for our japa meditation practice.
Om Tat Sat is a Sanskrit mantra found in the Bhagavad Gita.
Each of the three sounds is a symbolic representation of God.
Om is the sound of Brahman or the ultimate reality.
Tat is the mantra of Shiva.
Sat is the mantra of Vishnu,
Which can also be interpreted as truth.
In particular,
The Bhagavad Gita highlights the importance of Om Tat Sat in chapter 17,
From verse 23 to 28.
In this section,
Lord Krishna declares that the mantra represents a threefold name for the Supreme Soul from which Brahman,
The Vedas and Yajnas originated.
The repetition of this mantra encourages the mind to enter into a meditative state so that the practitioner may begin to connect with the higher self or the divine within.
Follow along with me either verbally or internally as we repeat this mantra 108 times together.
Exhale completely,
Inhale to begin.
Om Tat Sat.
Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tatsaat om tatsaat om tatsaat om tatsaat om tatsaat om tatsaat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat Om Tat Sat ye environment om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om Tat Sat om Tat Sat om Tat Sat om Tat Sat om Tat Sat om Tat Sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat om tat sat Om Tat Sat.
Om Tat Sat.
Om Tat Sat.
Om Tat Sat.
Let the repetition slowly fade from your mind,
Becoming only memory.
Maintain your posture.
Maintain your inward focus.
This mantra is also used by some yogis as a greeting,
With Hari as a prefix.
This greeting helps awaken us to our true nature.
We remind ourselves and others that we are much more than just a body and mind.
We hold in our awareness the truth that we are both an individual being and also a higher consciousness.
That there is a vast absolute consciousness that is both invisible and at the heart of all manifested forms.
To close the practice,
We bring the hands together at the heart and then raise them up,
Bringing the backs of the thumbs to the area of the third eye.
I thank you for this time together and I hope to share a practice with you again soon.
Om Tat Sat.
Namaste.
