Sahaja Yoga

A Unique Discovery
The peace has to be first found inside and then it manifests
outside
- H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Table of Contents
I. Introduction
What Does Sahaja Yoga Mean? .....................................................................................................3
The Kundalini Energy & Our Subtle System ..............................................................................4
The channels of Attention .............................................................................................................5

II. Shrimataji Nirmala Devi - The founder of Sahaja Yoga................................................................6

III. Sahaja Yoga & Medical Science

Few Recent Medical Investigations..............................................................................................8
Therapeutic Applications.................................................................................................................8

IV. Meditation
Introduction to meditation ...........................................................................................................10
Experience it Now.............................................................................................................................11
Daily meditation................................................................................................................................14
Raising Kundalini................................................................................................................................16
Putting Yourself in Bandhan..........................................................................................................18
Cleansing Technique - Foot Soaking ...........................................................................................19

V. Learnin more about our Subtle System

The Seven Chakras ......................................................................................................................... 20
Tracking Our Growth ..................................................................................................................... 20
Self Help Questionnaire ............................................................................................................... 27

Introduction
Human beings today, seek joy in money & possessions, in power & unlimited love, and
ultimately in religion. All these elements are external factors. The challenge is to turn ones
attention inward. In our search of joy and happiness we are running away from our Self,
which is the real source of joy. We find ourselves very ugly and boring because we dont know
our Internal Self.
The inner being, which is our awareness, is an energy. Let us call it the energy of Divine Love.
All evolution and the manifestation of material energy is guided by the supreme energy of
Divine Love. We do not know how powerful and thoughtful this unknown energy is. The silent
working of awareness is so automatic, minute, dynamic, and precious that we take it for
granted.
After Self-realization, this energy appears to us as silent throbbing vibrations flowing through
our being. But we have been unable to achieve Self-realization because we cannot fix our
attention on something that lacks form (Abstract or Nirakar). Instead, our attention wanders
outside on forms (Sakar).
A simple and scientific method to attain Self Realization and thus, tap the Divine power is
through Sahaja Yoga Meditation.

What does Sahaja Yoga mean?

The word Sahaja (Saha + ja) means born with you or inborn. Whatever is inborn, manifests
without any effort. Hence Sahaja Yoga is the name given to the technique of meditation which
is effortless, easy, and spontaneous.
To understand spontaneity of life, let us consider the case of something that is living - a seed.
The seed germinates on its own when given an appropriate environment, grows by itself into a
tree, blooms into flowers, and then the flowers become fruit. Any human effort cannot change
the process of growth of a seed into a tree. We can only look after the growth of the tree. In
the same way, the process of the growth of our consciousness takes place spontaneously.

The Kundalini Energy & Our Subtle System

When a foetus is about two to three months old, in the mothers womb, columns of rays of
consciousness, pass through the developing brain to enlighten it. The shape of the human
brain being prism like the column of rays falling on it gets refracted into four diverse channels
corresponding to the following aspects of our nervous system.
These are:

Parasympathetic nervous system (Sushumna Nadi)

Left Sympathetic nervous system (Ida Nadi)

Right Sympathetic nervous system (Pingala Nadi)

Central nervous System

The set of rays that fall on the fontanelle bone (apex of the head known as Taloo) pierce in the
center and pass straight into the medulla oblongata through a channel (called Sushumna Nadi
in Sanskrit). The residual energy then settles down in three and a half coils in the triangular
bone at the base of the spinal cord (Sacrum bone). This coiled energy is known as Kundalini.
The Kundalini energy is a living force which is unique to each individual.

When this subtle energy enters through the center of the brain (Called Sahasrar /
Brahmarandhra in Sanskrit), it precipitates through six more centers on its way down to the
Sacrum Bone. These centers (also called Chakras) are called plexuses in Medical Science.
These three channels, the center of the brain, and the six plexuses form our Subtle System. In
Medical science this subtle system is called the autonomous nervous system, meaning the
system that works spontaneously-on its own.
When the child is born and the umbilical cord breaks, a gap is created in the Sushumna (the
central channel). On the gross level, one can see that there is a gap between the solar plexus
and the vagus nerve of the parasympathetic nervous system. This gap is known as the void in
the Zen system of religion and Maya (or Bhav Sagar) in Indian thought.
Further as the child grows, the ego and the superego bloat up like balloons and cover our
brain at the apex of the left and right sympathetic nervous systems and the fontanelle bone
calcifies. At this point, the all-pervading vital force of Divine Love gets cut off completely. The
human being identifies himself as a separate entity and the consciousness of I (Aham)
presides.

The Channels of Attention

Both, the sympathetic system and parasympathetic system, act on the plexuses, but in
opposition to each other. The parasympathetic relaxes the plexuses while the sympathetic
squeezes the energy by constricting them. One fills in the vitality and the other consumes it.
Further as we know, there is a gap in the parasympathetic nervous system (Sushumna nadi)
but no gap in the sympathetic nervous system (at the navel). It is like three ladders, two of
them touching the ground while the central one is hanging in the air. So whenever we try to
rise in our consciousness, we move on to the sympathetic system.
If we pass toward the right side we enter onto the activity that goes on bloating in the balloon
of ego. Thus we feel responsible and active. When this activity increases beyond limits, it
causes tension, sleeplessness, high blood pressure and in extreme cases deadly diseases
like cancer. These diseases are caused by the constricted plexuses that have been drained of
their energy. If you can make the parasympathetic dominate the right side, then we can
antidote the effects of over activity. Then all the diseases and the effects caused by the overactive right side get cured automatically.
The left side sympathetic nervous system (libido) has the power to store all that is dead in us.
It connects us with the subconscious mind and with the collective subconscious. At the
backside of the brain, at the apex of this channel, the super ego exists like a balloon. If our
mind is extremely conditioned by events of the past or if we dwell too much in our past life, the
Superego becomes very heavy and breaks into many fragments. So in our pursuit of truth, if
we take to further efforts and indulge in extreme concentration, forced abstinence, forced
meditation, or complete slavery to the emotional attachment of the mind, our left side becomes
extremely weak. Just like the Right Channel, this can also be corrected with the help of the
parasympathetic Nervous system.

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

The founder of the Technique of Sahaja Yoga Meditation
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi was born on the day of equinox, the 21st of March, at noon in the
town of Chindwara, MP, India. She came into the world with none of the stains of birth on her
skin. For this reason she was named Nirmala, which means pure.
Her family of Christian denomination descends from the famous Shalivahana dynasty which
governed India aeons ago.
From early childhood the young Nirmala showed an unusual nature. Her charisma not only
won over her relatives and playmates but also the most feared animals such as reptiles. The
cries of the housemaids did not dissuade her from catching snakes (symbol of the Kundalini
coiled up three and a half times in the sacrum bone). She also spent a part of her childhood
life during the school holidays at Mahatma Gandhis ashram. Gandhiji immediately noticed the
exceptional nature of the child placed in his care. Her counsels were a source of inspiration for
his philosophy.
Her father Sri P.K.Salve, spoke fourteen languages and was the author of the Hindi translation
of the Koran. Her mother, Sri Cornelia Salve, a mathematician, stood by her husband in the
fight against colonialism.
Having reached the age for university studies, Nirmala studied medicine at the Christian
Medical College in Lahore in order to find out for herself the extent of the knowledge reached
by human discoveries. Her choice had a purpose to it since the science of the Kundalini rests
on the subtle potential of the nervous system.
In 1947, Shri Mataji married Sir. C.P. Srivastava, one of Indias most dedicated a civil service
officer, who was knighted by the Queen of England. He held the post of the Joint Secretary to
the Prime Ministers office of the late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri in the years 1964-66. Later on
he was elected to be the Secretary General of the United Nations International Maritime
Organization, for 16 consecutive years.
Shri Mataji, devoted herself to the duties of a diplomats wife and mother upto the time of
marriage of their two daughters. From the beginning of their life together, it had been agreed
that the girls departure from the family house would mark for Shri Mataji the turning point of a
new phase to be started for the future of the world.
This is how, on the 5th of May 1970, at Nargol, on a beach near Bombay, while in meditation,
Shri Mataji inaugurated the technique of awakening the Kundalini, thanks to the opening of the
Sahasrara, the last chakra in our subtle system. Thus Sahaja Yoga was born. Mr. Srivastavas
professional destiny, brought the couple to London in 1974. In London at that time, one could
see Shri Mataji on an average twice a week at public conferences between 1979 and 1981.
From 1981 to 1989, She continued to receive large number of people in Her home. Her
activities were to speed up in the years to follow and soon Shri Matajis time was spent
between airports, and public programmes where seekers from all over the world were eager to
welcome her. Today Sahaja Yoga has spread to over eighty-five countries across the globe.
Shri Mataji has been recognized and honored worldwide by several prestigious institutions for
Her selfless work and for the powerful results of Her spiritual teachings.
To name a few:
Shri Mataji was declared Personality of the Year in 1986 by the Italian Government.

 In 1993, She was appointed as Honorary Member of the Presidium of Petrovskaya

Academy of Art and Science. In the history of the academy only twelve people have been
granted this honour.
Shri Mataji chaired a scientific conference in Russia on the state of spirituality in the
modern world. The scientists in the conference all agreed that Sahaja Yoga is a new break
through and offers almost unbelievable possibilities for the development of mans highest
faculties.
She has also received the United Nations Peace prize. Shri Mataji had been invited to the
United Nations several times to lecture on universal peace and give self-realization to U.N
diplomats from all over the world. She has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace prize.
In 2001, She became the only recipient of the Manav Ratna the highest award for
Humanitarian works from the Government of India.
Shri Mataji remains particularly discreet as to the mystery of her personality. For more than thirty
years she has been spreading the science of Kundalini, and no one throughout her conferences
has obtained much information about Shri Mataji herself. Her nature can be discovered only
through ones inner being, like the private talk of a child questioning his mother about the mystery
of life. She says over and over again that one must not take her word for it but must test for
oneself the truth of her message. And when most of the people in the audience put their hands
up to acknowledge that they have felt the cool breeze of the Primordial Energy on their palms, on
the top of their heads or in their bodies, and a voice from amongst them asks, But who are you to
have achieved this mass phenomenon?, she looks down with a modest smile and gives an
answer which could be summed up as follows: Yes, indeed, there must be something special
about me, but there would be no point in me telling you anything about it yet in the present
circumstances because you have not yet tried out the Reality of your Kundalinis. Whatever I
might say would be of no use to you and would only irritate you. I do not want to be crucified as
Christ was for having revealed his identity. Then, still smiling and calm, She adds But, thank
Heavens, today this cannot happen either to me or to the realized people. The time for martyrdom
is over! She adds, There is no reason for you to be jealous of me. There are so many things that
you can do and that I cannot. I do not know how to drive a car or how to type and so many other
things. I am a traditional house wife. But I am a good cook and whether I like it or not or whether
you like it or not, I have perfectly mastered the art of the Kundalini. It is my nature and there is
nothing I can do to change this. If someone could take my place in this task of mass Kundalini
awakening, I would gladly make way for him.
Well! She is what She is. In fact, She IS!!

Few Recent Medical Investigations

Recent medical research conducted on varied groups of individual Sahaja Yoga practitioners
has revealed that the practice of Sahaja Yoga is accompanied by a decrease in tension,
anxiety, depression, neuroticism and hypertension. With the meditation there is an experience
of inner peace and harmony and one moves in the direction of great self control, self
awareness, actualizing ones potential and thus moving towards great happiness.
Electrical Brain Activity
Electroencephalograph (EEG) reports indicate the following changes in the brain activity during
Sahaja Yoga Meditation sessions.
1. At the initial stage, on commencing meditation, the alpha brain wave pattern increases
which create a sense of relaxed awareness.
2. As the meditation progresses, the brain activity shifts to a long chain of low voltage
Theta activity, signifying deep physiological relaxation as it is attained during deep
sleep stages and during a very deep meditation state
3. Further, the EEG pattern again changes. This time bursts of high frequency Beta peaks
occur.
It appears from all the studies conducted that the human nervous system begins to function in
an entirely different way after Sahaja Yoga practice. Some other dramatic changes clearly
reported are:
1. Oxygen consumption decreases within five minutes after the start of meditation.
2. Heart rate and respiration rate also decreases.
3. Blood lactate concentration which is associated with high states of anxiety also
reduces.
4. Adrenaline, which correlates with high Blood pressure drops.
5. The galvanic skin response (GSR) is a measure of the activity of the sweat glands.
This is related to the Sympathetic nervous system that regulates the level of tension or
relaxation. The Sahaja Yoga practice increases skin resistance thereby significantly
reducing tension. All these experimental studies have been conducted by Dr. D. Chugh at
the Lady Hardinge Hospital, New Delhi.
Therapeutic Applications
Sahaja Yoga has achieved tremendous success in treatment of innumerable chronic and fatal
deceases.
Several research centers have been set up all over the world and highly qualified doctors run a
Sahaja hospital in Vashi (Mumbai) where no medicines are administered. Curing is done only
by correcting imbalances of the energy centers & channels. Two of the doctors have also got
their MD from Delhi University for advanced research in Sahaja Yoga.
Recent medical investigations reveal that individual suffering from hypertension, cancer,
chronic, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes; arthritis and heart ailments have recovered completely
after practicing Sahaja Yoga meditation. Another astounding medical breakthrough
documented from Australia is the cure and treatment of AIDS cases by using Sahaja Yoga
techniques.

The healing effects of Sahaja Yoga have encouraged doctors and others in the caring
professions to develop centers where Sahaja Yoga techniques would be applied to patients
suffering from a variety of ailments.
In a specific case, one child, with an 11 inch liver was treated by Dr. Valentina Gostera, who
works as a pediatrician in a General Hospital in the Soviet Union. All diagnostic and surgical
recommendations made by a team of doctors had failed to yield any results in this case. Dr.
Valentina treated the child on the principles of Sahaja Yoga and the liver started to heal
gradually. After a few weeks, the liver shrunk back to its normal size.
Dr.Chughs pioneering work presents experimental evidence to show the beneficial effects of
Sahaja Yoga on hypertension and bronchitis asthma. Using his work as significant reference,
several strategies are underway in western countries to gain credibility for Sahaja Yoga within
the scientific community.
Further studies are being conducted on diabetes, cancer of the blood, kidney troubles and
heart attacks.

Introduction to Meditation
Meditation is best understood as a state which you can achieve and not an activity to be
performed. It is a state of consciousness into which we spontaneously enter as the Kundalini
pierces through the Sahasrara.
It is the yoga - the union with the Divine and the beginning of an altogether new awareness. It
is this awareness that we must now sustain. However, in our busy distracting environment, this
is not always easy. Our attention ("chitta") is easily distracted and tends to return to its old,
familiar habits. Our attention needs to be strengthened and settled into its new seat at
Sahasrara or Brahmanandra.
To practice Sahaja Yoga all we have to do is to take our self realization and meditate regularly
ten minutes in the morning and ten minutes in the evening. There are no dos or donts we
dont have to give up anything, it does not cost any money and can be practiced as we carry on
with our daily life chores.
With a little practice of Meditation for a few minutes, once or twice each day, it is not difficult to
derive benefits in many areas of your life, particularly health. These come naturally as your
nervous system develops more of its own inner qualities. After starting on our free course you
should notice something within hours or days and not just after some weeks.
Just like watching television is very simple, but the engineering within the machine (TV) is
extremely complex and a qualified engineer is needed to explain the technology behind its
working, the working of Sahaja Yoga is very simple while the operation within is quite
complex. Thus one needs appropriate guidance to attain Self Realization.
Let us now, try to understand Sahaja Yoga as a means to attain Self Realization. Let us begin
with experiencing and enjoying the energy within us. Once we can feel this energy, it will
become easier for us to understand the mechanism behind it.

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Experience it Now!
"It is everyone's right to achieve this state of ones evolution and everything necessary is
already inbuilt. But as I respect your freedom, you have to have the desire to achieve this state;
it cannot be forced upon you!"
-- Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Sit with your back straight but comfortably. Taking off your shoes might also help since the
Mother Earth sucks all negativity through our feet.
Place both your hands with palms upwards on your lap, look at Shri Mataji's picture and relax.
Say in your heart, with all your pure desire, "Mother, please give me my SelfRealization". Say this three times.

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Read through the following steps once and then repeat them with your eyes closed and deep,
sincere desire in your heart.
1. Now put your left hand towards Shri Matajis
picture and right hand on your heart. With
complete conviction and love, say, Mother, I
am neither this body, nor the mind; I am just a
pure spirit.

2. Now put the right hand on the left side of your

neck and say Mother, Im not guilty. A spirit can
never do anything wrong and I am the spirit, so how
can I be guilty!

3. Next, put your hand on your forehead and

press the both the temples (as we do when
we have a headache) and say, Mother I
forgive everyone completely. But first and
foremost I forgive myself! You do not need
to remember any particular person or
incident just forgive everyone completely,
including yourself.

4. Now put your hand at the back of your head

and raise the head towards the sky. For your
own satisfaction say, Mother if knowingly or
unknowingly, I have committed any mistake
against the almighty, please forgive me.
5. Now, stretch out your right palm and put your
put your hand on the center of your head (The
fontanelle bone area or the Taloo). Rotate your
hand in a clockwise direction 7 times, pressing
hard enough to rotate the skin on your scalp.
Repeat in all sincerity, with each rotation, Mother,
please give me my Self Realization

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After the end of the meditation, see if you are feeling relaxed and if your thoughts have slowed
down or gradually disappeared. This is the first stage of meditation - thoughtless awareness where you are fully alert but without any thoughts, in a state of pure and peaceful consciousness.
Now see if you can feel a sensation of a gentle cool breeze in your palms and above your head. It
might be warm in the beginning which is a sign that your Kundalini energy is purifying your
chakras, but it will eventually cool down. You can verify it by placing your left palm 6-12 inches
above your head, then trying with the right palm.
If you are unable to feel it, you have probably not forgiven everyone. Say again from your heart,
"Mother, I forgive everyone" a few times and check again if you feel the cool breeze above your
head.
This is the beginning of a fantastic journey into your own spiritual existence. It is a door opened to
a new dimension of your awareness, which you can open and explore. I f sustained through
regular meditation, you will be able to feel your subtle centers (chakras) as well as the chakras of
others on your fingertips, and correct them using your spiritual energy (Kundalini).

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Daily Meditation
In a clean, quiet place, set Shri Matajis picture with a candle before it.

Sitting directly on the Mother Earth is ideal.

Sit comfortably with hands open relaxed on your lap, palms upward. Keep your attention loose;
see what sensations (i.e. tingling, numbness, slight heat) you may feel in your fingers or in the
location of your body at the location of the Chakras. These sensations tell you where the
blockages are in your Chakras. After some time these sensations will disappear, and you will
start to feel coolness in your hands. This means that the Chakras have cleared and that some
strands of Kundalini have risen unimpeded.
Sometimes you may feel Cool Breeze at first, and then heat in the hands and the body. This
happens as the Kundalini starts to burn away the impurities that are clogging the Chakras, and
is a good sign.

Balancing :
1. If the heat is more in the left hand and also you do not feel vibrations on the left hand,
put that hand towards Shri Matajis photograph and the right hand palm down on the
Mother Earth.
2. Also you can hold the left hand towards a flame of a candle, palm upwards and very
near the flame (not so near that the finger gets burnt) and the right hand on the Mother
Earth.

Balancing Right

Balancing Left

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3. If the right hand is hot / warm or no vibrations are coming, put that hand towards Shri
Matajis picture and left hand palm facing upwards towards the sky.
4. Finally if you are disturbed by thought or mental activity, do not fight them. Just witness
your thoughts and let them go. Gradually you will find yourself in thoughtless
awareness, without any effort.
Breathing in/out will be equal, quiet and slow. Keep the attention on the top of your head.
Slowly close the eyes. Enjoy the bliss of meditation.

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Raising Kundalini
"Now raise your Kundalini slowly, very slowly, raise it the first time, you have to do it very
slowly. Now push back your head and give it a knot, one knot. Second one, let's do it very
slowly and knowing what you are, you are a Saint. Do it properly, not in a haste. Push back
your
head
and
give
it
two
knots
there,
one
and
two.
Now let's do the other one. Again the third one you have to give three knots. Very slowly do it.
Very slowly. Now do it properly. Now push back your head. Now give it third knot. Three times.
Now see your vibrations..."
- H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Place the left hand in front of your lower abdomen,

palm facing the body
.

Raise the left hand up slowly, moving from the

base of your torso to the top of your head. While
the left hand is rising, the right hand rotates around
it clockwise, (up from within, and then down)until
both hands are above the head.

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Then use both hands to tie a knot

Repeat this three times, once for each channel.

The second time, tie the knot two times. The third
time, tie the knot three times

"Kundalini cures you, she improves you, she bestows all the blissful things upon you. She takes
you away from the worries of the grosser level."
- H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Self Realization is the awakening of the Kundalini through the central channel, piercing through
the six chakras above the sacrum bone and emerging at the top of the head (fontanelle bone
area) as a gentle "fountain" of coolness. The word fontanelle itself means "little fountain" which
shows again the ancient knowledge about this phenomenon of Self Realization.

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Putting Yourself In Bandhan

A bandhan protects us and balances the energy in the left and right channels. It is helpful to put
yourself in bandhan before and after meditation.

Hold the left hand out on your lap, palm upwards.

Place your right hand over your left hip (A)

And slowly raise your right hand over your head and
down the right side of your body. (B)

Then raise the right hand up the right channel, over

your head where the kundalini is flowing, and down the
left side.(C)

This is one bandhan. Repeat this seven times, once for each chakra. It is helpful to put yourself
in bandhan before and after meditation. Give yourself a bandhan before and after getting in a
car, playing sport, going to sleep, shopping, or anytime. It is very strong and comforting.
"So now let give ourselves a nice bandhan. In the Bandhan of Mother let us move our left to
right. One. Nicely. Understand what you are. What are your auras. Now again second. Now the
third one. Now the fourth one. Now the fifth. Now the sixth one. And now the seventh."
--H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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Cleansing Technique: Foot-Soaking

When the day is over (also anytime), relax by soaking your feet in salt water while meditating.
This technique relieves the body of stress and allows for a peaceful and relaxed night's rest.

Light a candle in front of Shri Mataji's photograph. In addition you can also burn some
incense.
Sit comfortably, on a chair, facing Shri Matajis photograph.
Keep a basin / tub of water near your feet add a handful of salt to it.
Raise your Kundalini, and put your self in bandhan.
The water should reach your ankles. Place your feet in the salt water.
Meditate for 10 to 15 minutes.
Rinse and dry your feet.
Flush the water down the toilet. Try not to look directly in the bucket before flushing.
Dont use the foot-soak bucket for any other purpose.
Foot Soaking is best done in the evening. In this technique we use all the elements --- fire (with
the candle), air, water and earth (with the salt). The element of water rinses away, and salt
(earth element) sucks or absorbs away negativity. Vibrations are the key to helping these
processes work.
If you have a hot right channel or have heat in your right hand (right-sided), you can experiment
with using cool, cold or even ice water.
if you have a cold left channel or tingles and blockages indicated in the left hand(left-sided), you
can use warm or hot water.
For the center channel, use ordinary water.
One needs to experiment to find the most suitable for oneself. Amounts of physical, mental,
and emotional energy used during the day and also the environment or Seasons may affect
this.
Foot Soaking in a river, lake or sea is be very beneficial. Walking barefoot on Mother Earth and
pouring water over your feet will also help to clear your subtle system. In addition walking
barefoot in the morning dew is of great help. Sometimes having a full salt bath followed by a
short shower, can be just the right thing.

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Learning More about our Subtle System The 7 Chakras

1. The Mooladhara Chakra

The first chakra is situated below the sacrum bone in which resides the
Kundalini. Its main aspect is the innocence. Innocence is the quality by
which we experience pure, childlike joy, without the limitations of
prejudice or conditionings. Innocence gives us dignity, balance, and a
tremendous sense of direction and purpose in life. It is nothing but
simplicity, purity and joy.
It is the inner wisdom that is ever present in the little children, and gets
sometimes clouded by our modern lifestyles. But it is a quality, which exists eternally within us
and cannot be destroyed, waiting to be manifested as pure joy when the Kundalini rises.
Affirmations:
Center Mooladhar: O Divine Mother, please make me innocent. Please give me
wisdom and discrimination.
Left Mooladhar: O Divine Mother, by Your Grace, I am the powerful innocence of a
child.
Right Mooladhar: O Divine Mother, truly, You are the destroyer of all false knowledge.

2. Swadishthan Chakra
The second chakra is the chakra of creativity, pure attention and pure
knowledge. It is the one which connects us to the inner source of
inspiration, and enables us to experience the beauty around us.
The pure knowledge given by this chakra is not mental, but it is direct
perception of the Reality, that can be felt in our palms and indicates our
subtle blockages. Also this is the center of pure, steady attention and
power of concentration.
On the physical level it looks after our liver, kidneys, and the lower abdomen. When we think
too much, this center gets drained of energy and diseases like diabetes or blood cancer can
occur when this chakra goes completely out of balance.

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Affirmations:
Center Swadishthan: O Divine Mother, please give me the pure knowledge
Left Swadishthan: O Divine Mother, by Your grace, I am the pure knowledge of the
Divine that acts
Right Swadishthan: Divine Mother, please take away all my thoughts and worries and
give me the inner peace. Mother I do nothing. Verily You are the doer and You are the
enjoyer.

3. Nabhi Chakra
The third chakra is the one that gives us the sense of generosity,
complete satisfaction and contentment.
On the left side, the main quality of this center is peace - clearing this
chakra can relieve stress and tensions.
On the right side, it looks after our liver which is the organ of our
attention and power of concentration.
When enlightened by the Kundalini, the Nabhi chakra gives us our spiritual ascent,
righteousness and inner sense of morality, and complete balance at all levels in our life.
Affirmations:
Center Nabhi: O Divine Mother, please make me satisfied
Left Nabhi: O Divine Mother, by Your grace, I am satisfied and peaceful. O Divine
Mother ,by Your grace, I am a generous person.
Right Nabhi: O Divine Mother, Verily You are the royal dignity within me. You are the
peace and contentment within me. Verily You solve my money/family worries and take
care of my well-being.
The Void
Surrounding the second and the third chakra is the Void which
stands for the principle of mastery (guru principle) within us.
In many spiritual traditions, this area is the "ocean of illusions"
that needs to be crossed with the help of a spiritual guide. When
the Kundalini is awakened and passes through the Void, this
principle of mastery is established within us.
Thus, as Shri Mataji says, in Sahaja Yoga you become your own
guru, your own spiritual guide since you can feel on your
fingertips all your subtle problems and have the power to cure
them using your own Kundalini.
Moreover, establishing this center helps us get rid of all our habits, laziness, gross attachments,
and everything that enslaves us in a way or another: we become our own master.
Following false "gurus" who are more interested in power tricks or your purse can damage very
much the Void area. But after Self Realization, everything can be cured through the purifying
power of the Kundalini in meditation.
Affirmations:
Center: O Divine Mother, Please make me my own master.

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 Left: O Divine Mother, am I my own guru/master? O Divine Mother, by Your grace, I am

my own guru/master. O Divine Mother, by Your grace, as I am the pure knowledge, I
am my own guru.
Right: O Divine Mother, verily You are my Guru/Master.
4. The Heart Chakra or Anahat Chakra
The fourth chakra, the chakra of the heart, is the place where resides our
Spirit, our true Self, which is eternally pure and unaffected by anything,
like a shining diamond hidden within us which witnesses all our actions.
After Self Realization, our attention becomes for the first time connected
to our Spirit and we gradually become aware of it. Our misidentifications
with our ego or conditionings drop and we start becoming identified with
our Spirit, which is our true nature.
On the physical level, this chakra looks after our heart and lungs - if affected it can cause
asthma or various heart conditions.
It is from our heart that the compassion and love manifests, and also the heart chakra is the
one that gives us the sense of responsibility and pure behaviour towards others. The heart
chakra manifests in the center (at the level of the sternum bone) as complete security and
confidence.
All our worries, doubts and fears are destroyed when the heart chakra is fully enlightened by
the Kundalini.
Affirmations:
Center: O Divine Mother, please fill my heart with pure love and compassion. Please
make me fearless and confident.
Left: O Divine Mother, By Your Grace, I am just a pure Spirit. I am not this body, I am
not this mind, I am not this intellect, I am not this ego or super-ego, but By Your Grace,
O Mother, I am the Spirit. Please forgive me for any mistake if I have committed against
the Spirit.
Right: O Divine Mother, Verily You are the sense of responsibility within me. You are
the boundaries of good conduct and the benevolence of a loving father.
5. Vishuddhi Chakra
The fifth chakra is the chakra of diplomacy, of pure relationships with
others, and of playful detachment.
It removes all our guilts and remorses when it is opened by the
Kundalini, and gives us a kind and compassionate voice. The tendencies
to dominate others or to feel dominated by others, the feelings of
superiority or inferiority and all jealousies are removed when this chakra
is nourished by the Kundalini.
Also, the Vishuddhi is the chakra which gives us the connection with the whole, enabling us to
feel our oneness and the fact that we are all part and parcel of the whole.
Affirmations:

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 Center: O Divine Mother, please make me a detached witness. Please make me a part
and parcel of the whole.
Left: O Divine Mother, I am not guilty at all. Since I am just a pure Spirit, how can I be
guilty?
Right: O Divine Mother, please take away my aggression and dominance. Please give
me a sweet voice. Please make me collective. O Divine Mother, verily You are the
sweet countenance of my words and deeds.
6. The Agnya Chakra
The sixth chakra is the chakra of forgiveness and compassion.
Forgiveness is the power to let go of anger, hatred and resentment and
to discover, in humility, the nobility and generosity of the Spirit.
It is the one that dissolves all our ego, conditionings, habits, false ideas
of racialism, and all our misidentifications. It is the narrow gate which
opens the way for our consciousness to ascend to its final destination,
which is the seventh center.
Roving eyes, watching impure things, or self-centeredness damage this chakra. Watching the
sky, earth or nature can help cleanse it.
Affirmations:
Center: O Divine Mother, please make me forgiving and sacrificing.
Left: O Divine Mother, By Your Grace, I forgive myself. Please forgive me for any mistake if I
have committed against the Divine, knowingly or unknowingly.
Right: O Divine Mother, I forgive everyone and I forgive myself. O Divine Mother, Please keep
me in Your attention.
7. The Sahasrara Chakra
The seventh center integrates all the chakras with their respective
qualities. It is the last milestone of the evolution of human awareness.
Nowadays, we are at a level which corresponds to this chakra, and our
consciousness is able to easily enter into this new realm of perception,
which is beyond our limited mind and concepts, and which becomes
absolute at the level of the Sahasrara.
This chakra gives us the direct, absolute perception of Reality on our central nervous system.
This is precisely what is achieved by Self Realization, through the spontaneous awakening of
the Kundalini given by Sahaja Yoga.
Affirmations:
Center: O Divine Mother, please establish my Self-Realization.
Left: O Divine Mother, By Your Grace, I am protected from all the challenges to my
ascent and I will be victorious over all the challenges to my ascent.
Right: O Divine Mother, Verily You are the victory over all the challenges to ascent.

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Checking & Giving Vibrations

Subtle System

Chakra

Body Location

7. Sahasrara

Top of the Head

6. Agnya

Forehead

5. Vishuddhi

Collarbone

4. Anahata

Sternum Bone

3. Nabhi

Belly Button

2.Swadisthana

Belt Buckle

1. Mooladhara

Tail Bone

Physically, you may at first feel some heat or tingling in your fingers or in your body. This
indicates in a very precise way which chakras are blocked. This can be cleared in various ways:
With a bandhan to the finger that is tingling
By taking the affirmation of the specific chakra
By placing the right hand on the corresponding place in the body (for example, on the
forehead for right Agnya chakra).
The Subtle System has three channels and seven chakras that are located along the spine. We
can learn how to discover imbalances and 'catches' in our subtle system and cure them through
giving vibrations.

Check your fingers by seeing if one is tingling, hot, or heavy. Find the number on the hand, and
match the number with the body area above. Now put your left hand open. Now put your right
hand to the area of your body that you have discovered. Move your hand in a clockwise circle,
always down to your left. Move your hand for one minute and stop. See now if that heavy, hot,
or tingling feeling is gone and has been replaced with a cool sensation.

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Tracking your Growth

Name: ____________
Date: ____________
Decode these sensations
by using the subtle system
chart.
Raise your Kundalini and
give yourself a bandhan.

Check off which chakras,

areas, and channels that
are indicated on your left
and right hands.

Sit comfortably with your

palms upward toward Shri
Matajis photograph.

Balance and/or give

vibrations to these chakras,
areas, and channels
through some of the
suggested treatments
below.

See if you begin to feel

tingling, coolness, heat,
heaviness, lightness,
pleasant or painful
sensations, or a wind within
or around your fingers and
hands.

Then check the vibrations

on your hands again.
Record your signal
sensations on the After
pair of hands below.

It is also helpful to check for

cool or hot vibrations above
your head with your hands
as well.

Note the changes in your

vibrations, and emotional,
mental, and spiritual state.

Record and mark these

signal sensations on the
Before pair of hands
below.

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Before

Left

After

Right

Left

Description:

Chakra
? Sahasrara
? Agnya
? Vishuddhi
? Anahata

Right

Description:

Hand
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right

Chakra
? Void (Area)
? Nabhi
? Swadisthan
? Mooladhara

Hand
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right

Chakra
? Sahasrara
? Agnya
? Vishuddhi
? Anahata

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Hand
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right
O LeftSO Right

Chakra
? Void (Area)
? Nabhi
? Swadisthan
? Mooladhara

Hand
O Left.O Right
O Left.O Right
O Left.O Right
O Left.O Right

Self Help Questionnaire

1. Please mark the fingers on which you have any sensations during meditation and/or any
other time, such as tingling, cool, hot, warm feeling, prickling etc.

Left Hand

Right Hand

2. Please describe any sensations anywhere else in the body (head, legs, arms, feet, etc.)

_____________________________________________________________________________
3. You meditate?
Every Day

2-3 Times a week

Once a week

Few times a month

4. You use balancing technique?

Every Day

2-3 Times a week

Once a week

Few times a month

5. You use foot soak treatment?

Every Day

2-3 Times a week

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Once a week

Few times a month

Comments:
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

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Appendix
Sahaja Yoga Centre Addresses, Hyderabad & Secunderabad

Sahaja Yoga Centre address

Day & Time
Parsi High School, Near Chenoy, Trade
Sunday - 11 AM
Centre, Park Lane, Secunderabad.
Annapurna Human Resource Association
Hall, Behind Over Head waterTank, Andhra Sunday - 5PM
Bank Lane. Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar.
Secretariat Campus, 2nd floor,
K.Block, Saifabad,
Monday - 1 PM
Hyderabad
Adarsh Convent School, Opp. Linga Plaza,
Monday - 6.30 PM
Karkhana, Vasavi Nagar, Secunderabad.
DAE Sports Club, DAE Colony, ECIL X
Tuesday - 6.30 PM
Roads, Hyderabad.
Saradhi School, beside Suprabath hotel,
Wednesday - 6.30PM
Habsiguda
Amaravathi High School, Sri Krishna
Thursday - 6.30P M
Nagar, Yousufguda, Hyderabad.
National High School, R K Nagar,
Friday - 6.30PM
Malkajgiri, Secunderabad.
Meditation Hall, Vivekananda Nagar
Friday - 6.30PM
colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad.
Siddhartha Model School, Vanastalipuram,
Friday - 6.30PM
Hyderabad.
Hindi Maha Vidyalaya, O.U. Road,
Saturday- 6.30 PM
Vidyanagar, Hyderabad.
Ganesh Mandapam, Jagat Giri Gutta,
Monday - 6.30 PM
Hyderabad.
Mahila Samajam Community Hall,
Opp. Chief Engineers Office, PR
Sunday - 6.30 PM
Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad.
A.P. Housing Board, Opp. Gandhi Bhavan,
Thursday - 1.00 PM
Nampally, Hyderabad.
Bharath Gunavrdhak Samstha, Opp.
Sudha Talkies, Sha Ali Banda,
Sunday - 11 AM
Hyderabad.
Shopping complex, beside BHEL POST
Office, Near Community Center, BHEL
Monday 6.30 PM
Township, Hyderabad.
Auditorium, State Arts Gallery, Hitech
Friday 7 PM
City, Near Police Station
Vinay Nagar Community Hall, Santosh
Sunday - 6.00 PM
Nagar X Rds, I.S. Sadan.
Behind Sai Baba Temple Road,
SainathaPuram, Sri Ramakrishna
Sunday 4.00 PM
Vidyaniketan School, A.S. Rao Nagar.
Community Hall, Central Government
Employees Colony, APSRTC, Opp. Bus
Sunday 6.30 PM
Depot Building Unit, Miyapur.
Oxford Grammar School, Sikh Village.
Sunday 6.30 PM
Shri Venus Public School, Nirmal Sadan,
Kothapeta Rhythu Bazar, R.K. Puram X
Sunday 5.30 PM
Roads, Saroornagar.
Padigayya High School, near Apna Bazar,
Sunday 6.30 PM
Sithaphalmandi
Nirmal Kutiramu, 7-70/48,
Thursday 7.00 PM
Maheshwarinagar, Road No.8, Habsiguda

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