THE THREE TYPES OF PRACTICE DHARANA, DHYANA AND SAMADHI DHARANA DHARANA IS HOLDING THE MIND ON TO SOME PARTICULAR OBJECT. DHARANA (CONCENTRATION) IS WHEN THE MIND HOLDS ON TO SOME OBJECT, EITHER IN THE BODY, OR OUTSDE THE BODY, AND KEEPS ITSELF IN THAT STATE . DHYANAM AN UNBROKEN FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE TO THAT OBJECT IS DHYANA. THE MIND TRIES TO THINK TO ONE OBJECT, TO HOLD ITSELF TO ONE PARTICULAR SPOT, AS THE TOP OF THE HEAD, THE HEART, ETC, AND IF THE MIND SUCCEEDS IN RECEIVING THE SENSATIONS ONLY THROUGH THAT PART OF THE BODY, AND THROUGH NO OTHER PART, THAT WOULD BE DHARANA, AND WHEN THE MIND SUCCEEDS IN KEEPING ITSELF IN THAT STATE FOR SOME TIME IT IS CALLED DHYANA (MEDITATION). SAMADHI WHEN THAT, GIVING UP ALL FORMS, REFLECTS ONLY THE MEANING, IT IS SAMADHI. THAT IS, WHEN IN MEDITATION ALL FORMS ARE GIVEN UP. SUPPOSE I WERE MEDITATION ON A BOOK, AND THAT I HAVE GRADUALLY SUCCEEDED IN CONCENTRATING THE MIND ON IT, AND PERCEIVING ONLY THE INTERNAL SENSATIONS, THE MEANING, UNEXPRE...
THE CONNECTION OF BREATH TO BRAIN THE BRAIN IS THE PHYSICAL MEDIATOR OF CONSCIOUSNESS, LINKING MIND, BODY AND EMOTIONS INTO ONE HARMONIOUS UNIT, THE NEUROSURGEON AFFECTS THE BODY BY STIMULATING THE BRAIN. THE PRACTIONER OF YOGA NIDRA BEGINS AT THE OTHER END OF THE NERVE PATHWAY BY HEIGHTENING THE AWARENESS OF THE BODY IN NERVE PATHWAY BY HEIGHTENING THE AWARENESS OF THE BODY IN ORDER TO STIMULATE THE BRAIN. THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF AWARENESS THROUGH THE PARTS OF THE BODY NOT ONLY INDUCES PHYSICAL RELAXATION, BUT CLEARS ALL THE NERVE PATHWAYS TO THE BRAIN, BOTH THOSE GOVERNING THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THOSE CONCERNED WITH INCOMING INFORMATION. AT THE SAME TIME WE MAKE A TOTAL RUN THROUGH THE BRAIN SURFACE, FROM INSIDE OUT. IN THIS WAY, YOGA NIDRA RELAXES THE MIND BY RELAXING THE BODY. THE AUM WHICH IS THE SYLLABLE OF BRAHMAN, THE ULTIMATE REALITY, STANDS FOR THE MANIFESTED WORLD, THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, AND ALSOTHE UNMANIFESTED ABSOLUTE. ONE NEEDS TO ONLY REP...