FULLY RECORDED ONLINE PERSONALIZED MEDITATION TRAINING :

From April 11 till June 27 2020, a total of 12 training sessions was recorded. Together they now offer a complete teaching, through which you can really learn how to meditate in your own way. It will bring you a vast body of knowledge on the process of meditation and the individual choices we can and have to make to optimize this process. It also offers new daily exercises with every session & various online tools along with it. The possibility of asking questions about the program and your progress on the path towards deep meditation at the weekly Sunday Online Leela Satsang (see above) means that all aspects of a truly productive training can be met. It just needs you to take up this challenge and enjoy the ride. It is advisable to watch 1 training session per week and follow it up with the related daily exercises that allow you to develop your own meditation sequence. You are free of course to first bingewatch the entire series (over 16 hours) and then go to session 1 again and actually start practicing for real. Without regular practice, watching this series is actually not advisable.

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SESSION 1 - INTENTION

- The basic process of learning how to meditate : intention-relaxation-concentration-meditation-absorption.
- Why different kinds of people need different kinds of techniques to get through these phases.
- The importance of your meditation intention and how to develop it based on a series of example intention phrases.

Home Resources : Session 1 Exercises - Ganesh mantra - Gayatri mantra - Kali mantra - Bhairav mantra - Shiva mantra

SESSION 2 - SITTING

- Relaxation within the process of meditation and its relation to tension.
- Methods of relaxation through and off the body in corpse pose or in sitting posture, including the aid of breath.
- How to sit in meditation in relation to how flexible you are, including various sitting postures, exercises and optional props.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 2 - Asanas & Doshas Checklist - Mantra Meditation with Synchronized Breathing - Extended Corpse Pose Exercise - Sitting Statue Pose Meditation

SESSION 3 - BREATH

- Introduction to the various breathing exercises and their purpose.
- Methods of relaxation of the mind and the emotions through breathing exercises including breath visualisation techniques.
- How to find your optimal breathing pattern in meditation.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 3 - Breath Retention with Mantra Synchronization Prana Visualization Exercise

SESSION 4 - SENSES

- Sense relaxation and sense withdrawal within the process of meditation and in relation to the modifications of the mind.
- Methods of sense relaxation and withdrawal, including also visualisation techniques, the conversion of pain and the use of sacred ash.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 4 - Shiva Sunyata Exercise

SESSION 5 - CONCENTRATION

- Concentration within the process of meditation, moving from hard to soft concentration.
- The relationship between body types and preferred methods of concentration.
- Analysis of various objects of concentration, such as awareness, third eye, heart centre and other means.
- How to gradually make your concentration power grow stronger through the development of self-awareness.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 5 - Dharana & the Yogic Paths - Sarve Bhavantu texts - Sarve Bhavantu Sanskrit - Sarve Bhavantu Sanskrit & English (Leela Bhajan Jan Band)

SESSION 6 - LIFE

- Introduction to a lifestyle that supports meditation rather than having to be compensated by it.
- The impact of our daily rhythm on the process of meditation and how to create time for meditation.
- What are the best times to meditate, depending also on your duties.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 6 - The ideal daily rhythm - Singalong Bhajans

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SESSION 7 - DO'S & DON'TS

- Things that are better avoided in life to make real meditation possible.
- Things to do in life during the day in support of real meditation.
- How to apply ancient living principles to modern life & choices.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 7

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SESSION 8 - SELF

- Self-inquiry and contemplation exercises leading to real meditation on the self and from the self.
- Self-awareness as the ultimate start of any concentration effort.
- Self-awareness as the ultimate end of any meditation practice.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 8 - Purnamada - Asatoma - Bina Dhyanam

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SESSION 9 - MANTRA

- The power and process of mantra meditation, including the sound effect of Sanskrit syllables.
- How to gradually go inside using mantra and how to use mantra japa in daily life.
- How to chose the mantra that suits you best.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 9 - New mantras - 4 modes of speech - Saraswati Mantra - Vishnu Mantra - Lakshmi Mantra - Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

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SESSION 10 - SAMADHI

- The process towards deep meditation (Samadhi) and what it may bring once you are truly inside.
- How to recognize deep meditation and what to avoid when deep meditation becomes a reality.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 10

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SESSION 11 - RITUAL

- Introduction to the spiritual world and how it affects our lives and meditation.
- The power of ritual to support your meditation practice.
- How to develop ritual actions that relate to your personal intention and beliefs, while still respecting universal spiritual laws and ritual language.

Home Resources (click the icons) : Home exercises week 11 - Mantras for Rituals - Morning Chants by Harish Johari

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SESSION 12 - SADHANA

- The place and nature of spiritual exercise (Sadhana) within spiritual growth and meditation.
- How to decide upon your personal Sadhana and how to avoid losing it.