Have had these experiences later on my spiritual journey. At around that time, I started to feel a calling to share my ‘knowing’ with the world as a spiritual teacher. Your way of explaining it is marvelously simple yet poignantly illuminating. I applaud you! May the blessings keep showering upon you. 🙇🏼♀️🙏🏻
Dear Forrest Knutson , You have helped me so much!! I could never find a person who could understand my experience, and here you are, expressing it with words. You are beautiful!
I am so happy to have found you here on youtube! I read Hacking the Universe years ago and have followed your instruction ever since. Thank you for being such an incredible teacher, for keeping the science of yoga simple and approachable. Thank you for coming back to the world through youtube to continue your mission!!
Thank you so much, Forrest! You just explained what I ran across one day while meditating. Yes, a fantastic pull on the soul that connects at once with the divine. I had no words for this experience, but now I do! It's great when the intellect can also share in the knowing with my feeling! Pointers are powerful.
Just came out of my meditation and had to come here because that's exactly what I have been experiencing this whole week my eyes get pulled so hard and uncontrollably to that position that I was worried, I will remember to focus on the medulla next time. Thanks I acquired your 4th breath phase course last weekend and this week I've had crazy intensives experiences during my meditation sessions. Blessing my teacher.
I experienced that mudra regularly without having heard of it, as a result of exploring the visual field behind closed eyes while relaxing the eyes. My experience was that the eyebulbs were pressed back into their sockets, so at the time I concluded that all the talk about looking through the third eye was an unneccesarily complicated detour. For me it was easier to just relax and let the eyes be naturally pushed back on their own. This is something that happens in phases nowadays, not always. It has presented beautiful images of sacred geometry, mainly flat ones but also a version of the flower of life that was like a 3D donut warping around itself. The imagery only happens in a deeply equanimous and at the same time chrystal clear and extremely fine-tuned mind state, and that grace is bestowed on me on rare occasions only. I had the spontaneous Kundalini awakening without doing any practice and suffered from chronic fatigue and chronic pain and brain fog. I still have very extensive and unexplained food intolerances with severely disabling symptoms if I digress from a very strict diet that I had to find on my own. Yoga and meditation eventually helped me to get out of bed, though. I had never heard about Kundalini until I googled my symptoms and found a website that warned about yoga and meditation because of the risks of premature Kundalini awakening. Kind of ironic. Yoga and meditation saved my life. I’d say that Kundalini is an excellent teacher now that I listen. When I fail to listen, it shouts.
Still walking the path, and the pitfalls remain. Listening to your videos helped me get back on track. I just had some nice visuals - not the chrystal clear ones, but getting there - and had a sore hip heal itself and open up. I still need to learn what makes the peak experiences possible and how to apply it more systematically as well as integrate it in daily life. I struggle a lot with stuff that is easy for most people. Our society doesn’t really cater to the way my brain is wired, so to speak.
@ForrestKnutson I am experiencing shambhabi mudra from month one I started practicing meditation. Freaked me out in a good sense but had no idea what it is. Called my home base, but unfortunately they have no idea what it is, then I found Forrest and all my questions are answered.
Omg I call this falling into synchronicities 🙏🏽🔱 Har Har Mahadev guiding me in this journey to learn more about the Shambavi Mudra that I started doing today as I want to go further deep into my meditation. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing knowledge 🙏🏽
Thank you! What a wonderful compliment, "intense simplicity." I'm a huge lover of simplicity, so that is music to my ears that I'm coming across as intended.
Hello! I started practicing this a few days ago and I was wondering if it was normal for it to hurt when you try to look up, is it ok to close your eyes to make it more comfortable, is it possible to see though your eyes, can you astral project while doing his meditation practice, do you have to keep your tongue all the way on the top roof of your mouth as far as you can go or only to were it feels ok, and are you supposed to roll your eyes as far as you can go or is it to the point only were it is comfortable? I ask this because while doing this I closed my eyes and did it and I was able to see thee environment around me but I couldn’t see the people that were there and I was wondering if that was because I broke away from the physical realm into the spiritual realm. Also when I do this practice my eyes twitch and force my gaze to come back down. If you could help me I would appreciate it very much thank you and have a nice day/night! P.S Best of blessings on your journey everyone!
Great questions! It might feel awkward or a little uncomfortable at first, however it should never hurt. Yes, close your eyes to make it comfortable, for sure. You're actually seeing with something which is not your physical eyes, but an inner intuitive eye that witnesses directly. I made a video on this subject: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jUb1s-v_QpM.html&t As far as you are comfortable, and over time you will progress in the stretch. Only roll the eyes to the point where it is comfortable. Wow, interesting experience! You had a flash from the Right Hippocampus, which is spacial and pictorial. Give your body time to adjust to the new posture. Soon the twitching will reduce and disappear, and the eyes will become established in a comfortable habit.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. This is the first video i see of you, but is great. When you explained to look at the 3rd eye and than draw or sink back in to the medula oblongata, i tryed it and immediatly, i went into Ketchari mudra (the tongue went back to the medula aswell), my back curled hollow and went into trance. This is really beautifull, and much diffrent from only looking with the gaze projected only to the forehead, 3rd eye area. I must say, my body reacting strong, is known for me, were i have had a strong kundalini awakening since 2006 and even stronger openings since 2014. Have spontanuos mudra's, asana's, chantings, pranayamas, i sometimes see past lifes, symbols, write spontanous old scripture like teksts etc. And go through i humbling process, bowing for Grace, Source, God. Bowing many many times a day, spontanous in namasté, sinking in grace. Also go through personal proces, humbling in experiansing from the heart more and more how life happens in people in relation etc. It is a continual unfolding and opening. And in this, the last years, also recovering from Lyme disease, wich brings it's own humbling proces in finding naturopath ways of healing and totaly accepting wat is at the same time (for long time, i wasn't able to do anything - too sick - to much pains, tiredness etc). In this process the kundalini was times more silent, just to be able to heal, and other times back, in all it's beautifull expressions. Must say i rarely sit to meditatie, so much already happens spontanous, that it is sometimes better to not seek for new, for the kundalini rush can give energie, but can still cost me energy aswell. It can sometimes take hours, before the trance is over. I wanted to thank you. Looking forward to watch more video's of you.
What an amazing experience Erica. I'm so glad you've been working with a Naturopath for the Lyme. I wish you every success in the unfolding. God bless!
@@ForrestKnutson Thank, you so much. Yes, God bless you to! Your video's are really helpfull. Could i ask maybe, if the khechari mudra is indeed, connected to the practice you explained with the eye's to the third eye and than sinking back to the medula. For me this is at least what happened, with the tongue in responce going in kechari. Thank you.
@@ericagreefhorst1193 it's absolutely possible, as you well experienced, but depends on the automatic activation of that portion of the vagus that travels through the tongue. So not everyone will have the same experience, even going deep. It's a beautiful thing when it all comes together as you described, which is why these practices are often taught together. Though, each is also a great stand alone practice, as well.
@@ForrestKnutson thank you, this is really interesting. I'll watch more of your video's, to understand more. I experiance a lot, but still in a learning proces whats all happening really. The Kriya teachings resonate beautifully. Love the teachings, love your work. Erica
Hello Forrest, I notice some of the commentators are concerned that these "techniques" should only be taught by gurus on a one-to-one basis. May i add my tuppence-worth? I think a simple warning that no one who is using mind-altering substances (including alcohol) should try these techniques without direct personal guidance from an experienced practitioner such as yourself. In addition I would not recommend folk who are not making any effort whatsoever to practice the niyamas and yamas are also at risk of becoming confused by some of the outcomes of these practices. Finally anyone who has been diagnosed with a mental illness by a psychiatrist or psychologist should also avoid practicing these techniques, unless under very direct one-to-one personal supervision by an experienced practitioner. These are standard warnings given by good Buddhist meditation "teachers". Be well, friend!
FK I'm glad you mentioned the medulla. I've been meditating for years. Shambavi Mudra has always been difficult for me. Recently, while meditating, I was yearning to find silence and dwell on inner peace. Suddenly I felt a tingling in my medulla (at the exact place of the Aha Moment that you mentioned). It was quite pleasant. While dwelling on it, I felt my eyes gently pulled to the Kutastha. So, the way I practice Shambavi Mudra now is by way of the medulla! First, I let my attention focus on the medulla. This brings me peace and ever so gently pulls my eyes towards the Kutastha. (I must admit, that I still don't know how to do Shambavi Mudra. When I will my eyes to look up, it feels very unnatural and I never know exactly where to look... that's why I rely on the medulla to "pull" my eyes up). Does this make sense?
That is fantastically beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us!! The medulla is the Breath Center, so it makes sense it would give us so much peace.
This is what has been happening to me for about 13 or more years - a magnetic pull or feeling in the 3rd eye, or Ajna. I did not know what it was until now. I still have it in the company of one other person. I thought it might be a weird anomaly, however, now I know it is real. I use to think that my body is a rotating magnetic field. That was the best way to describe what has been happening to me. Thank you for putting this video out. I am really starting to understand a lot more of what has been happening to me. There is no one in my area to personally talk to though. I do not like that. I would rather have a guru helping me. This has been going on for years and years, and its all making sence now, from me watching your videos. THank you Forrest!
Once you can control the intense feeling in forehead from shambavi, by being able to induce it and magnifying it - how do you work on the next knots, the heart and coccyx knots?
Sometimes I have a lot of pressure in my forehead, the pain is so intense that I have to stop meditating, it feels like there is a little egg that wants to open, first time that I see someone talking about this, thanks for sharing, I will put your teachings on practice, God bless you
Norman! That's great, that you will. If you draw the sensation backwards to the medulla, it is much more enjoyable. You can also do expansion exercises, and grounding exercises.
wow - thankyou for this information! i was reading another's comment about the eye position hurting , i noticed that too - if i 'thought about it' - If i don't think about looking up, it doesn't hurt and actually feels comforting. I wanted to add too, that i have done EMDR therapy and another one called Brain Spotting and what i noticed it that the "positive healing thought' always came for me with that eye position - - - i wonder about that and the "ah ha' moment. Every single healing mantra that i came up with in therapy - was at that eye position.
This reminds me of taking mdma when I was younger. Your eyes roll upwards when the brain is releasing a lot of serotonin. Babies do it a bit too when they're very comfortable. I wonder if it's connected?
Sir your video content is very good and I appreciate all your help. I recently started practicing Shambhavi. How much time do you recommend for the practice for a beginner?
Thanks so much brother... from the heart chakra sendin loads of love for u an all. I've noticed that only wen i maintain kechari mudra (half kechari for me) i feel this pull to the centre of my kutastha .... the sensation is very subtle yet profound... but i really like the way u explained it especially the bit wer u said wen the pull of the magnet is strong direct it towards the real inner eye. I shall practice that. Thnk u once again
Awesome Pravin! Thank you! That's great. There's a part of the vagus which enters the tongue, so putting it up stimulates the vagus in a special way, and you feel that magnet, that prana rising into the brain. Well done!
Your videos resonate with me and my way of learning, I need to know these details :-) Thank you so much for sharing with us. Did you tell the Italian what it was? Namaste 🙏
Wonderful! I'm so glad it's resonating so well with you.... I brought it up to him, however I was never sure that he heard me. He was a character and a great soul.
Is this answer to the question I’ve had for several years now? That the pressure in my forehead during meditation is shambhavi mudra? If this is the case, then shambhavi mudra has a very pleasant quality to it, and the sensations of it lends itself to concentration very well. There is a vastness to it, and an emptiness. I’ve had times when I was really focused in on these sensations and the pressure began to include upper portions of my head, kind of like singing a high note with my brain. It is similar to what I feel when I clench my ear muscles, but much deeper. I realize this is probably due to blood flow activation in the area of the ajna, but it has an otherworldly quality to it. At other times, it has been so strong that it gives me a head ache. I learned about it because I have another sensation that I can activate in my body-the feeling of clenching the muscles of “another body”. So one day I decided to produce that clenching sensation in my forehead to see what would happen. That’s when I discovered the “third eye pressure”. I have no idea what I’m doing here. I’m just meditating and trying to go deep. I know these sensations have physical correlates, but it feels deeper than anything physical. And relaxing muscles doesn’t remove these sensations. Actually, once the pressure has built up, the pressure kind of has a mind of its own and can be difficult to shut down. I wonder what kind of mudra the whole sensation would be called. Soma Mudra?
Jon! Those are great experiences. That magnetic sensation is the 1st Knot of Lahiri Mahasaya. I have a couple videos on this. As the energy of the body returns to the brain, in the projections of the brain that we call chakras, is they also returned to the brain oh, there is this archetypal experience of those projections being unraveled. That's what these three Sensations are. The whole body Sensation that you're experiencing may be akin to the heart knot.
Forrest, such a gift you share all this experience and wisdom. Many people give up on the path from questions not answered, or things cloaked in secrecy. You mentioned farther down in this thread, "There's one more old video on the Learning State. This will teach you to expand your peripheral vision, and get you out of a pinched focus" Can you provide a link to that video? Thank again so much for these videos, what a gift!
Thank you Mendez! Here's the one I mentioned: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h-e9MvPlYAk.html Here's another where I talk about Hakaula: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2TRBvHeXYqE.html And this recent one as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d7gLaAiGR-o.html
Beautiful video, chock-full of incredible content. I’ve recently had the most interesting insight and realization. Even though I was having these incredible experiences, there was still doubt. Really, can this really be happening to me? That doubt has been cleared. I am stunned but absorbing the realization:) Thank you.
Beautiful Diane. Overtime I've come to be at home with stages of doubt. Because almost every step of the way Divine Mother has had a joke on me with doubt. First I had doubt about seeing the spiritual eye, then I had doubt about hearing the OM, then I had doubt about going beyond the body, doubt about going into the Tranquil breath, doubt about absorption, and even out about samadhi. So that doubt is very much a natural part of our growth into understanding.
Sir I have been struggling with Kundalini syndrome for 3 years after a spontaneous awakening during seated meditation. My main symptoms are disrupted sleep and extreme pressures and vibrations in the head and sinus area and sometimes in the back of the neck below the skull and in the mid- upper spine area. I have had some anxiety fits as well. Also lots of muscle jerks and humming noises in the right ear. Any recommendation as to what I might do to fix this? In the past I have eliminated it through absolute surrender, self enquiry, and feeling gently into the blockage and through stillness guiding it downward, and then like a snake the energy moves down to the lower chakras. What makes it worse is Bij mantra, focusing on it, most pranayama. I have seen many healers with no success The magnetic feeling in the forehead that you mention is largely what I have experienced in regards to the pressure. I will be sure to try bringing gentle attention to the medulla. Please respond if you have any other tips as this has made my it very hard to function at work and in many areas of life. Thankyou
Hi Cole! That's my first and foremost recommendation, to make the medulla your very best friend. Let the magnetic sensation sink into its "home" by going in that direction. ...Definitely do not do anything that makes it worse. I recommend a LOT of vitamin D and B12 as these get used up in an awakening. You might want to get those levels tested, as they will assuredly be low. .... I have a video on Grounding Breath. You want to make that exercise your Bread and Butter. ... Also, the Left and Right Equalization Meditation video, and the Modeling the Heart of Qigong video. Those 2 work with the Caudate Nucleus in the brain, which will help you to balance the experience of these energies. .... Also, the Magnesium Foot soak video, as this will help the whole system to relax and find balance. We think that balance is a simple thing, yet this idea, this current runs so deep. This will also help you to surrender and let go into the process. ... The humming you just need to live with. If you listen to it attentively, it will deepen and transform into the sound of OM. That's where it's going. ... There's one more old video on the Learning State. This will teach you to expand your peripheral vision, and get you out of a pinched focus, and expand that magnetic sensation. ...Okay, try ALL of that and get back to me. Let me know which part helped you the most. God bless, and I wish you deep success!
@@ForrestKnutson Thank you so much for your quick reply! I am checking out those exercises now. I will definitely let you know how it goes. Your channel is amazing Thanks a million!
Hi Forrest , thanks for sharing detailed yes cautious information , really appreciate it . I do not practice shambhavi , but do parctice vipassna for several years . Over a period of time the 3rd eye has become tender , and automatically very sensitive , no effort at all just the body scan and breath scan . also invariably when I do the annual 10 day silence retreat the entire forehead feels super cold ( like a nice cooling fan is constantly blowing over wet skin on a hot day ) Any thoughts?/ advice ?
Very good Vasu, that sounds very enjoyable. If it becomes too much draw it back to the medulla, where it is more stable. That's the first knot of Lahiri Mahasaya. I have another video on this subject as well.
I’ve just started doing Shambhavi Mudra for a week now. I had a dream of the eye before bed for a few nights in a row before I started doing the practice. It was a calming experience, but my question is when I do this practice for a few minutes before meals my eyes stay dilated for a minute or two after the practice. Is this normal? Thanks just started looking and found your channel. Seems great.
Today I happened to press on either side of nose near the eyes. I happened to see bright light which turned into light yellow bright light in front of forehead for some time. When I opened and reclosed my eyes it turned gray. What could this be. I am not seriously into meditation. I can see mahaavatar Balaji,lahari baba and others not in physical form or in third eye .I feel I imagine them. When I try to meditate I see blinking eye or big tunnel in grey can you explain these please
I will feel an intense fluttering in the area of the third eye at times. Sometimes I even see pulsing light when my eyes are closed there. Sometimes when I focus on these feelings I'm not sure what to do about them and they lead to great confusion. I will feel life untouched by thought and I can feel overwhelmed and disturbed. Trying to find my way through it without forcing anything.
If you are entering into silence, where the words cease, then you are beginning to enter absorption, which is the right hippocampus. This can be accompanied by spaciousness as well. A sense of knowing is also found the the right hippocampus. Take your time, as you are already doing very well. Practicing OM japa in each of the 6 chakras in the spine will help to neutralize any unconscious lower projections.
Wonderful! What goes with all of this, is the Reduced Breathwork practices, so if you watch the video I put out that's titled, "Clinical Mindfulness," and put that information together with the information on the position of the eyes.
This video describes the position of the eyes, and the attitude of the eyes (dilation), only. I have another video called "OM (AUM) Meditation Technique" where I explain a position of the fingers to "squeeze" light out of the eyes.
Hello Forrest, thanks for all the wisdom that you are sharing and amazing work you are doing. May I request you to add some guided meditation videos on Shambhavi and other important Kriyas?
Hi Forrest, Can you please explain the relationship between the pineal gland and the Ajna chakra? I was originally taught that the pineal gland is the Ajna chakra and many advocate the need to decalcify the gland on order to facilitate the process of opening the chakra Thank you
Hello! The pineal is the melatonin maker. Which makes it the phase changer. Where it counts is when we meditate in pure dark, and there's some melatonin in the body, it is transferred into DMT, and makes the experience in meditation much easier to immerse into. The experience becomes much more profound and memorable. All very important. ... The Ajna is the right hippocampus primarily. We can know this because of the many descriptions of the Ajna that line up with the work the right hippocampus is doing. The most amazing part of our entire brain.
Hi Forrest, its an eye opening experience from what your sharing with us. I've been practising shambavi for more than 4 months already. Only just last couple of weeks, for once i felt there's a wonderful sensation like a flower blossoming with sweet sense of breath whenever i breath. But it last only for about couple of minutes. But until now i tried to practice and it seems like that sensation is not happening. Can u shed some light what shall i do to have that experience of the blissful sensation again?
You were entering into HRV-Resonance, and you felt wonderful. Check out my Playlists on HRV-Resonate Breathing. Try those videos, and see if it returns. I bet you it does, and quickly.
Thanks for the video...I have been meditating for the last couple of years without any guru and sometimes when I sense I do it successfully I feel a magnetic tension from the above in the upper part of the head and feel a sensation of upward pulling...Can you please explain this? Am I doing it right or anything else I need to change?
Wow! Great question! It's a little bit complicated to answer, especially since we're not in person. It would help me to know exactly what you're practicing. A magnet at the top of the spine is a very good thing. Most often we are drawn to the lower end of the spine, so getting drawn to the top is WONDERFUL. But this comes with some caveats - warnings. If the pull is at the spiritual eye at the front of the forehead it may overwhelm you. I know yogis who had this happen, and stopped their practice because of it. And if the pull is at the uppermost top of the head, this can also be overwhelming, and may lead to experiencing too much energy all at once, as Gopi Krishna did. SO! WHERE is it safe? It is safe at the Medulla Oblongata, and you can pull the energy down to this center, where it is not quite so overwhelming. So, this is my best advice. Remember the medulla at all times. I hope this was helpful!
I mainly center my focus on Ajna Chakra and Crown Chakra. If I meditate on my Ajna Chakra this pulling sensation takes a little longer to happen, but if I center my attention on Crown Chakra, it starts within 5-10 minutes. And one more thing, I feel formication or crawling sensation or tingling on my face mainly on the side of nose (alae nasi) that it becomes irresistible to rub that area and this sensation happens more frequently, almost on a daily basis.
In that case I recommend that you read Gopi Krishna and his autobiography. It's his first book, and he talks about using that meditation and what the Kundalini did to him. It was overwhelming, and he became stuck in bed. This is the genius of Lahiri Baba's kriya yoga, in that it balances all of the spine, and never stays in one place for a prolonged period. So a technique like that, would be advisable, to give you balance. Otherwise, it sounds like you're doing great. I hope you watch all the videos here, especially those on heart rate variability.
We are going through your videos again :-). We are a bit confused. How does always looking up in Shambavi (making it a habit) work with incorporating using peripheral vision to enhance possibility of seeing the Spiritual Eye (or whatever may appear)? Thanks for the clarification!
I may have mentioned that some early Tibetan systems started out without the 1st chakra in the coccyx, or in some cases, the 2nd chakra in the sacrum. So they would start from the gut, up.
3 years ago, after 6 months of meditation, I started to feel a heavy weight just above my palate. So to meditate now I was concentrating on the brain matter above my palate. This could be I realised done even when I'm awake, eyes open. Any day, any time, I could go to that state, don't know what to call it... One day I was traveling in a crowded train, standing I started doing this, think about above palate, base of neck, and gradually something happened behind my eyes nerves crossed and there was White very bright light everywhere , It was more frightening and seemed risky to continue, I thought I've broken myself. And I tried to come out if this and it was difficult as well, I had a blackout for 10-30 secs and my body swinged like I almost fainted, took support of bystanders who thought i was tripping, (well I was) and got back to reality... Please help me understand if you can...
That light is the spiritual eye, and that weight is the magnetic feeling of the 1st Knot. Both are very normal and natural experiences in meditation. If you are getting pulled into it strongly, then you may not want to do it in public. Which I think you know now. 😉 I have several videos on the 3 Knots you might like to watch.
@@kartikjiffy I believe it is the bridge into the Right Hippocampus, which is the center of meaning and all Knowledge in the body. That's a very different perspective than anyone else, and that's where experience and research takes me.
In Tibetan work my inclination was towards the heart but I think looking to the forehead, hermetic towards the marriage chamber, and the sufis and nath mystics teach placing the little man sitting in the third eye looking at the eyebrow; yogically I have been getting look to the eyebrow mostly.
I am finding it difficult to turn eyes up and look at point above eyebrows. I understand your video and it seems easy but I’m not sure why I’m not able to maintain it. Any other guidance or suggestion please. Thank you.
Im not a spiritual practioner , last year when i was working in my office ,i felt a strange energy upsurging from my chest to my head and since then i always feel intense pulsing on my forehead all the time and even now , sometimes the pulsing moves from forehead to top of the head. i eat meat , sexually active ,pretty lazy and not very flexible , how could this happen to me. And also i have searched for what actually causes these pulsing and i couldnt rly find any answers ,kindly shed some lights if you know what these sensations are without vaguely saying it as third eye opened or something.
This often happens to nurses who care for the dying, or to those of us who have hit rock bottom. It can also happen in combination with depression and its medication. On the lighter side, I heard how a lady had this internal awakening while spending every day in a field of endless flowers in the countryside. Any time we deeply introspect and place the mind continuously within we will become aware of internal subconscious processes. That's what you're feeling. The energy of the limbic system is returning to the brain, and you feel it's concentration in deep brain structures. I have quite a few videos that talk about this. The Big Bliss goes over this in detail: www.meditativemellows.com/
So there is a midline suture in the frontal bone but in most people it closes in early childhood. This doesn't mean that there isn't an energetic gap that persists.
@@ForrestKnutson It's already a month or two that I am practicing Shambhavi Mahamudra. On average I practice it for 7-8 minutes. Sometimes after the practice I feel very awakened and maybe blissful, but most of the time I feel kind of stunned or indifferent (it's a little different to describe the feeling) which is kind of pleasant but on the other hand kind of mindless state. Is that how I am suppose to feel or I am not there yet. Frankly I expect awakening or boost of awareness
Thank you so much for putting up this video. I have been initiated into shambhavi Mahamudra around 20days back. I am experiencing a pull of my eyes, a tingling sensation in my forehead n slow deep breathing. Is this the same thing what you r talking about or I am doing something wrong with my practice.
@@meenasrusti4080oh ok thank you, I attended that day before yesterday but was not sure of my timings so didn't enrolled, Now I m thinking to do at home. Was it similar to what is taught in this video?
For few days , I meditated on the light of the sun ,reflecting on my 3rd eye ..I experienced a dent in my forehead after that ..is it normal ? Should I continue meditating on the light of the sun reflecting on my 3rd eye ? Or should I stop ? Is it dangerous to meditate on sun’s light ? I am just worried about the dent on my forehead ..thank you for these videos 🙂
I would relate this to the 3 knots of Lahiri Mahasaya. You might like the videos where I mention those. It sounds like you could be ready to transition to meditating on the actual interior light.
Forrest Knutson could you plz explain the dent on the place of 3rd eye ? Do yogis have dent on their forehead? I feel more focused when I meditate on the light of the sun reflecting on my 3rd eye .. Should I stop ? I love the sun,it is peace giving 🙂😇 thank you for your reply 🙂😇
@@KajalSisodia the feeling of a magnetic pull is happening internally. This is Lahiri Mahasaya's 1st Knot, and it's a combination of stimulation in the deep brain, and "energy" returning to the brain after it is untangled from engrossment in the body. ... I never had a yogi mention it to me in a physical way, though it is quite possible as the mind affects the physiology over time.
Forrest Knutson the other day I was watching Mooji’s video and I noticed a sharp dent on his forehead ..anyway thank you so much for your reply ! God bless you 🙏🙏😊🙏😃😄
Silence will always take you deeper but in the beginning if you're not used to that you can do music on and off until you get used to the silence and it starts to sing to you more than the music did.
Will you please elaborate stage after hau-saw, called vyan vikhyan - disciples of Sri Yukteshwerji says after only that one can achive asanasiddhi (steadiness in meditative posture
Hi Ashwin, when the breath rate drops, and we sit very still, the Meditative Mellows begin, followed by a Freeze Response. In that freeze the posture is no longer a concern for the yogi. You can sit for some time, never thinking of the body, because you have surpassed it.
I want dicuss my problem bcs its shamvi is happening itself but having cerical like problems.the pain increase when pranas moves upward strongly.it could be physiological problem or pls guide
Nostril flaring begins to approximate the feeling of that pressure I was writing about. One can flare the nostrils and become aware of one nostril being more closed than the other. By flaring the nostrils to attempt to achieve balance between the two, and by trying to experience the flaring deeper inside the sinus cavity, and through eventually relaxing the flaring sensations at the tip of the nose in favor of the building pressure inside the sinuses, one can begin to make advances toward that magnetic sensation. For a long time I didn’t think I had muscles inside my head, but the sinuses I think are lined with muscles; I think. Anyway, I’m pretty sure this will help a lot of people to be able to move beyond merely eye-crossing to be able to find the actual mudra-i.e. the pressure. Flaring the nostrils deep inside the sinus cavity will significantly increase blood flow in the area and can eventually lead to a head ache if trying to advance too quickly. I have also found that I have built a tolerance to the pressure during the several years this has been happening to me.
That's fantastic Jon. I have a video on the 5 Breath States which uses HRV to effect the ida and pingala. As these 2 balance the nose goes through changes. ...I like your flaring and the warning you included!
I know! Because I’ve watched those videos and they have helped me. I think one reason why I’ve been experiencing the breathless state more lately might be due to applying the heart rate variability techniques you’ve shared. I did some reading on the breathless state from Yogananda this morning. I wasn’t sure I was making any progress. Now I realize I’m at the threshold of the bliss states and even the various Samadhis. I’m totally excited about this! And everyone else probably should be too since they can do it too. I wondered when I started all this if I was playing with a “pie in the sky.” But the sign posts on the path tell me Kriya tech works. Oh man! Thanks Forest. Sometimes all we need is a few nuggets of truth to make the difference.
hello sir! i hv been practising a certain chakra meditation for few months now (not regularly though). i have the following questions : 1. i have heard that menstruating women are not allowed to practise shambhavi or any kind of chakra meditation. is it true? 2. my practice involves focussing at each chakra point. theoretically i hv been told how to locate the points on the spine. but how do i know for sure that i have done so correctly n am focussing and concentrating at the exact points? 3. sometimes while concentrating, i feel a certain heat at certain areas or points of my spine which i think are my chakras. is this feeling of heat real or simply psychosomatic just because i know in theory that thats where my chakras are supposed to be?
Wow! So many questions! Thank you! 1. When we are sick it is advised not to practice meditation. Especially when we have any kind of headache, which would usually include menstruation for women. Best to wait or use another technique, such as the techniques I teach of dilating the eyes. 2. The chakras cannot be simply pointed at. They must be found with the chitta - the heart mind. I've been planning to do a video on this subject, so I will move that up in my lineup. Be sure to hit the bell above so you can be sure not to miss it. :) 3. When we do certain techniques correctly, it activates the parasympathetic, which has the "feed reflex" and gets the body's internal heat system going. This can be felt, and may cause you to burp. I do a certain technique that I do each meditation which causes me to burp as soon as I even begin to think of it, lol. ....By the way, even if it was psychosomatic, it wouldn't matter, as you would still be accomplishing a result within your practice, which will have a lasting and ending result beyond those feelings. ... Also, doubt is a natural part of this process. Even in samadhi we doubt naturally: is this the samadhi I've been hearing about?
@@acharyapremshakti3415 gestation is a natural process, and when that process is out of balance and we begin to meditate and reactivate the parasympathetic, then the body once again comes into balance which includes the activation of that gestation response. Yeah I guess I'm one of very few that talks about this. I know of several Chi Kung Masters that do talk of it.
@@ForrestKnutson Menstruation is not an illness or sickness. That sounds like an old Indian proscription, similar to women not being allowed into the Temple if menstruating (which has been changed by Indian law). Can you say more to explain your position on this? I admit, I was surprised at your response. Thanks so much!
Hello i have been meditating from many years and I have reached to stage where I am feeling serpents inside of me and outside like a shadow figure like ghosts but nothing much clarity as I feel my spiritual eye is not open fully and I am not able to meditate now in much deeper and strucked at this stage please help me to move further.
@@ForrestKnutson Not yet can you help how can I move ahead in my spiritual journey.Will HRV breathing help me and also I am strucked into sub conscious fear stage
@@HariKrishna-gu3lj yes the HRV Breathing will help. Long breath, with the out breath longer. Let yourself sit with the experience as long as possible so you get used to it psychologically. If you rush faster than you are ready, you will make things worse and longer.
I have another problem I feel prickles inside of my body which is given by an entity ,I am clearly aware it is a serpent visible to two eyes not sure about third eye,only visible to me and not to others in my surroundings ,in figure it appears like a dirty ghost ,how can I get rid of it?Few months back I was doing mantra in sunlight in early morning hours ,saw a black figure towards my left talking to me ,not consciously aware what exactly it was may be some ghost.Then on one Sunday a dirty stinking entity appeared in my body in front of my family ,talking very different though I was consciously aware of it ,I feel that entity still strucked in one of my left body channel and when it moves like a serpent inside of me ,I feel dirty smell in my nose,apart from this I am finding few more channels being blocked same like this on my left body part.Its been last April I have been needing proper guidance to get rid of these entities and serpents I see in some brown color. Could you please tell me if my body left or right are balanced .I am not finding any bliss in meditation and not been able to meditate which I was doing for many hours.Needed your guidance to be back on spiritual pathway where I can meditate freely after eliminating these entities from my system.
