How to Relax With the Sun Meditation

Lay or sit down comfortably. This is a good meditation after doing yoga exercises. You can do it easily by following the steps given below.

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→ Tense the muscles of the legs and feet. Keep the tension, stop all thoughts and breathe into the legs. Then we relax. Stretch the muscles of the arms and hands. Breathe into the arms and hands and relax. Tense the muscles of the head and face. Breathe into the face and relax. Tense the muscles of the whole body. Breathe into the whole body and relax.

2

→ Count several times the numbers from 1 to 20 in the head, focusing on the head and breathe into the head. Our mind calms. Focus on the chest, breathe into the chest and count the numbers 1 to 20 in the chest. Breathe in the belly, and count there the numbers 1 to 20. Focus on the legs and feet, and count there the numbers 1 to 20. Visualize under the soles a large ball and count the numbers from 1 to 20 in the ball.

3

→ See in the sky a beautiful sun. She sends her rays down on us. We feel her light and warmth on our skin. It is as if we are on holiday in the sun. We enjoy the sunlight. We wrap our whole body with light. We take a golden ray of sun and let the sunlight everywhere circle around us. Think the mantra "Light." Let the sunlight flow into us and fill us with light. We think the mantra "Light."

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→ Move a hand and send another person light. Envelop him with light and let the light flow into him. Think many times the word "Light". After that we send light all over the world. We wrap the whole world with light, fill it with light and think often "Light."

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→ Think inhaling "Om" and exhaling "Shanti". Stop all other thoughts. Feel calmness, serenity and peace in us. Stop a minute every thought and move gently our feet. We focus on our feet and move on, until our mind comes completely to rest. We relax. We lie a few minutes relaxed just there. We are in harmony with ourselves, our life and our world.

TIPS

→ Once there was a frog who lived with many other frogs in a small well. Once at midday the sun shone briefly in the well. Apart from that it was in the lives of the frogs rather dark and sad. Our frog wanted to live always in the light. He wanted always to feel love and happiness within. One day at lunch time, the frog jumped out of the well and followed the sun. He followed the light in his heart. After some time he came to a great sea. He jumped in and was transformed. The frog had realized his spiritual self. He had jumped in the great nothingness of egolessness. He had let go of all attachment to all external things. He had given up his search for his dream girl. He had gone through the feeling of loneliness and boredom. Through his spiritual practices, his mental tension structure had disintegrated, and the light within was awakened. From his chakras bubbled the life force energy. The frog had found the sun in himself. He lived now permanently in happiness. It did not matter if it was raining outside or not. The frog was so happy with his new state of bliss, that he told it to all the other frogs. Most frogs did not believe him. They believed more in the great luck in the little frog pond. They believed that they would be happier if they would catch more flies. But some frogs trusted him and followed him on the way of light.

Warnings

→ Cover you for lying, so you do not get cold.