Course Details

Online Course
On-Demand. All lessons available permanently and indefinitely.

Level
Meditation Level 1 Course

Total Hours
~14 Hours
~14 Lesson Course

Course Overview

This is our foundational meditation course, consisting of 14 lessons with each lesson approximately 60 minutes long. During the LIVE version, questions can be asked. The recorded version is available immediately after each LIVE session is completed. All other meditation courses are built on this course and participation in our Level 2 and 3 courses is dependent on either completing this online course or one of our in-person teacher trainings events.

Yogic Meditation

Different to Vedantic or Buddhist meditation, yogic meditation contains the same structural elements as yogic postures and breathing and was designed to form together with those an integrated whole. Meditation is the method of bringing your mind into a receptive state
 so that you can receive higher knowledge that is already there. Yogic meditation is a collection of scientific methods to bring about such awareness. To accelerate spiritual evolution yogic meditation employs many means amongst which the prime ones are mantra, mudra, bandha, chakra-visualization and Kundalini-raising techniques. The yogic chakras are representations of evolutionary brain circuitry with the lower three chakras representing our reptilian, mammalian and primate ancestry respectively. By understanding the chakras and skillfully meditating on them yoga offers the opportunity to activate higher brain centres and propel the evolution not only of the individual but of society as a whole. Kundalini-raising techniques consist of a combination of all other yogic means to raise the life force (prana) to a level where meditation is easy and spiritual insight becomes spontaneous.

Prerequisites

• Capacity to sit comfortably in a meditation posture
• Preferably empty stomach, i.e. practice before food and not after food

Contraindications

• None

Course Syllabus

1. Yogic Meditation and Kundalini

2. Right Posture and Purification of Central Channel

3.Importance of Chosing Sattvic Meditation Objects

4. Necessity to Turn Apana Around

5. Converting Pitta into Agni

6. Pratyahara as Arresting Luner Prana in Cranium

7. Thought and Breath Move Together

8. Chakras as Evolutionary Brain Circuitry

9. Svadhishthana Chakra

10. Manipura Chakra

11. Anahata Chakra

12. Vishuddha Chakra

13. Ajna Chakra

14. Why not meditate only on one chakra at a time?

Technology Notes

• Please set your playback resolution to 540 or lower during the live session. Do not keep it on the “auto” playback, which can be inconsistent. To change the resolution, hover over the player bar, click on the settings cog, and select 540 or 240. If in doubt whether your connection is fast enough initially select 240.
• If the video does not start, try refreshing your browser and/or your computer/device. Vimeo works best with Google Chrome.
• Please check your audio output before class starts. This can be done via the sound settings in your system preferences.

Event Information

ON-DEMAND

Upon Purchase:

*The videos are available indefinitely. All lessons are permanently available without expiry.

Upon Purchase:
You will receive a purchase receipt and shortly after an email titled “Important information for the event…”. This email will include all information regarding access to the On-Demand event. The videos are available indefinitely and permanently without expiry. All video-footage copyright 8 Limbs Ashtanga Yoga Pty Ltd 2020.