6 consecutive weekly zoom online classes 60-90 minutes duration each
Time: Sundays, 11 a.m.-12:30 noon Indian Standard Time
Dates: June 23, 20, July 7, 14, 28, & August 4, 2024
*Please note that we skip Sunday July 21, as that day is guru purnima.
“Meditation annihilates time and then you are free, and you can be here and now.”
Swami Rama
This online meditation program is designed for those aspirants who sincerely want to train themselves in the method of meditation. It is based on Swami Rama’s book, Meditation and Its Practice, a practical guide to inner life.
The emphasis will be on developing a regular personal practice, systematically building your meditation practice step by step.
Assignments will be given to the participants to explore a number of multi-media online resources, on their own time between classes, so they are prepared to discuss the material when the classes meet together online. The success of the course depends upon the willingness of the participant to commit to practicing the assignments between classes.
In this program you will learn:
- How to relax the body
- How to sit in a comfortable, steady position for meditation
- How to make your breathing process serene
- How to calmly witness the objects traveling in the train of your mind
- How to introspect
- How to remain centered and undisturbed
Practices include systematic relaxation, breath awareness, alternate nostril breathing, the spinal breath, application of sushumna, 2:1 breathing, and witnessing and inspecting the mental train of thoughts arising from the conscious mind.
No previous experience is required.
Facilitator: Kamal Didi
Duration: 6 online classes
Program fee: Rs.3,000 (three thousand rupees)
Enrollment: Minimum 5 participants required
Registration: Please fill out the online application form on the Registration page. You will be contacted by email after your form is submitted.
Optional reference materials:
Meditation and Its Practice, by Swami Rama, paperback
Exercises for Joints and Glands, by Himalayan Institute, paperback
Science of Breath, by Swami Rama et al, paperback
“This program for progress in meditation is the result of thorough examination and experimentation by the tradition of the sages. Many sincere students of meditation have experienced its benefits. If you really want to attain the highest state of meditation, you should commit yourself to following this system, which is simple.”
Swami Rama, from Meditation and Its Practice