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The Seeker Archetype: The Path of the Brave Wanderer

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The Seeker Archetype: The Path of the Brave Wanderer

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~ Lao Tzu

seeker-archetypeThough the Seeker is invariably one who geographically covers a fair few kilometers, they are defined by their thirst for knowledge and smashing the mold that has been set for them by their parents and peers.

Held up at libraries, much like the Academic, Scribe or Writer Archetype who pours over ancient texts in the hope they might come across some transformative treasure or alchemic recipe to bring them closer to God. The Seeker is unstoppable in their desire to grow.

“Not all those who wander are lost.” ~ J.R. Tolkien

Through their childhood and teenage years, much like the Magical Child, the Seeker is forever looking for the doorway to another world; the bramble bush to the river that leads to a mermaid’s cove, the back of the wardrobe in the hope for the opening to Narnia… the Seeker is unsatisfied by his siblings interests and his teacher’s words.

The Seeker is always looking for the gap; the place where reality splits open and illusion is turned on its head. She has a broad imagination and drinks hungrily from many sources; from the wisdom of her unique or worldly wise teachers, to her access to the written word.

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” ~ Anita Desai

Once the Seeker has finally been released from their shackles of the home turf, they are unstoppable. Flowing out into the waters of life, they don’t know what hit them and may spend many years simply immersed in the wonderful colours of travel and experience.

The shadow Seeker or the inverted Seeker will be too timid to let themselves flow forward, instead staying in the library and vicariously dreaming their travels through the words of someone else’s adventure.

But the brave ones; the ones who are serious about transforming their desires into meaty experiences that will be remembered fondly for lifetimes to come will flourish as the backpacker, the hitchhiker and the hermit. They collect people and memories like candies and in their naivety are like drug addicts, guzzling experiences like gannets drunk on hunger fuzz.
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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Lao Tzu

Slowing down a little, the Seeker begins to reflect. As they move into their late twenties they have now obtained enough wisdom to realize that the expanses of land and sea on this planet, though resplendent and benevolent (or harsh and transformative), can never entirely satisfy their thirst and love of adrenalin and knowledge.

And so the Seeker returns to the library, figuratively or otherwise, they begin to search within. Yoga and meditation or the performances and rituals of certain cultures may bring them closer to the Divine and the ancient wisdom and inner knowing they so long to indulge in, and so they become disciplined. They begin to travel in towards the light.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust

To keep up being a Nomadic Wanderer – travel-based or otherwise – takes great courage, for the voice of reason of our peers; the norm of conformity may eventually catch up with the Seeker and cause them to suppress the final chapter of the Archetype.
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Children, marriage… all natural urges as our lives evolve, the Seeker either chooses to go against his nature and settle down, becoming bitter about it, or fly in the face of rationality and continue to soar. Diving further into the unknown, the Seeker travels through her darkness. She confronts that which she most fears and continues through it, adding to a whole new perspective to compliment the one they witnessed in others. The Seeker confronts its self.

In doing this the Seeker may become entangled in following as a Disciple; revering a Guru or thinker (trustworthy or otherwise). As they study a particular path, they can either come up short against compromise (another way of diverting the Seeker’s true path), or stay true to their warrior-like nature and not Seek another’s path but continue to pave their own.

The ‘lost’ either becomes truly lost in compromise, or trust themselves and the Universe to let them float on some more as they gradually gather strength and the fuel of all they have learnt to focus in with intensity towards their final destination.

In staying unattached to earthly desires, they will inevitably be rewarded. Though this doesn’t mean that if they settle down they are somehow letting down the side of them that revels in being a Seeker Archetype – no, they need only hold off long enough to find their true place or tribe and settle successfully in a place where they might carry out their best work. They need to build a community that authentically reflects their true selves.

“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” ~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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Unless they become a Buddha or disciple elated at the moment of death, having been the Seeker for most of their lives, they now recognize that the journey never ends, it just transforms or rights itself and continues on. The people met and shared with, the times of terror and those of pure bliss, they all unite and become the good times that the Seeker had along the way.

Ideologies and ways of being have long since faded away to be replaced with a well-rounded individual; the Seeker becomes the sum of all their parts, a regular encyclopedia of experiences and knowledge.

The hunger has perhaps transformed into helping others in a charitable way, but the Seeker still stays unattached, letting life flow through her as a story she is writing for herself, a moment-to-moment expression he is enjoying as it comes.

The intensity of the hunger may have subsided somewhat, but only as the ego becomes tamed and no longer taken so seriously. In this life or the next, the Seeker hasn’t ‘discovered’, only realized there isn’t one goal, but many; a plethora of possibilities and adventures never-ending.

A horizon never to be reached only enjoyed and toasted… a vista to be soaked up and traveled towards. The Seeker is inevitably seeking, not experiences or lands as such, but the ‘goal’ of enlightenment… stepping off the spiral and becoming one with the light. But what’s the rush? The journey is what counts, and this is what the Seeker will look back on and find themselves smiling.

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Duality vs. Unity: Where’s the Evolution of Consciousness Taking Us?

Nikki Sapp
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Duality vs. Unity: Where’s the Evolution of Consciousness Taking Us?

“Realize that everything connects to everything else.” ~ Leonardo Da Vinci

The evolution of consciousness is being felt all over the planet. As it does, the third dimensional belief systems or “truths” are dropping away to make room for a whole new crop of “truths” that resonate with the fifth dimension consciousness.

In third dimension we experience what is known as “duality consciousness.” The mind, which is what we are identified with in third dimension, is divisive in nature. It is in this realm of consciousness that we find “me vs. them” scenarios, “right vs. wrong”, “good vs. bad”, etc… The mind lives in judgments and comparisons, therefore it must label each thing, person, situation as one or the other.

As we evolve into fifth dimension, or unity consciousness, we find that the “me vs. them” scenarios drop away to make way for a realm of consciousness that sees all as one. Unity consciousness is more inclusive in nature.

No longer are we seeing ourselves as separate from the whole, but rather we realize that we are part of the whole, and it is a part of us. Below is a list of third dimensional belief systems that are fading away and the fifth dimensional “truth” that is taking its place:

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1) “My race, religion, nationality makes me different than others” vs. “The whole world is family. We are more alike than we are different.”

“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

In third dimension we have seen entire wars being fought based on things like religious preference, the country you were born in or the color of your skin. People have been severely abused, enslaved and been stereotyped by things that they either have no control over such as their nationality or race, or things that were most likely chosen because of a cultural “norm”, such as religious preference.

unityimage1In fifth dimension we see that things like nationality and race are nothing more than a word. When we drop the “labels” we have for ourselves, we see that at our core we are more alike than we are different.

Each human being is born into this world experiencing fear, love and the whole range of emotions. Yes, the details are different but as we rise above the details and focus on the overall picture, we see that things like the color of our skin, or the name we affix to our “God”, don’t really make us that different from the rest of the human race.

2) “The way I treat others has little to no effect on me” vs. “What I do to others, I also do to myself.”

“People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.” ~ Dan Pearce

Because in third dimension we had become so accustomed to “me vs. them” attitudes, we find that the natural state of mind for man was one where we felt we needed to defend ourselves against others.

Since we viewed ourselves as separate from the rest of the world, we failed to realize that the things that we did to others was also having repercussions on us.

In fifth dimension we see that the energy we put out into the world attracts back like energy. We are never free from the consequences of our choices, and all causes have an effect.

3) “Life is happening TO me” vs. “Life is happening THROUGH me”

In third dimension we were victims of our circumstances. We were either dealt a great hand or a bad hand in life and whatever the case was, we were stuck dealing with life as it happened to us. As our consciousness rises, we find that life does not happen to us, but rather through us.

We are made of the same consciousness that makes everything in the entire world, and as we form our perspective of the world we also shape our experiences. The world we see is reflecting back to us what we believe about the world. We don’t see things how they are, we see them how WE are.

4) “My relationship with myself makes no difference in the world” vs. “As I heal myself I heal the world”

“Each time you raise the vibration of one of your emotions, you will no longer unconsciously take on the lower vibration of that emotion from another person. There will be no place in you that will attract that emotion from another. For instance, as you master your fear, you may recognize fear in others, but you won’t feel their fear as it it were your own.” ~ Sanaya Roman

As we heal unresolved emotions, and make our shadow “conscious”, we quite literally change the world we see. Instead of being victims of other people’s behavior, which is what we believed in third dimension, we become the change we wish to see in the world and as a consequence the world we see changes.

As our own consciousness level rises and we rise to higher states of love and maturity, we find that the relationships we have with others begin to heal themselves, and ones that no longer resonate with our new state of being are dropped from our lives, naturally.

All relationships are attracted by us to further our evolution in consciousness. In fifth dimension we find that we learn more about ourselves than we do from others – tumultuous friendships and relationships – which allows us to learn and grow into higher states of awareness.

5) “The Earth and I are separate entities. The Earth’s resources are for my use and consumption” vs. “The Earth and I are one. By taking care of the earth I also take care of myself”

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“When the blood in your veins returns to the sea, and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you, it is you who belongs to the land.” ~ Native American quote

The belief of the past was that we were just on earth. As we evolve, the new belief becomes that not only are we on earth, but we are from the earth. The food that we eat becomes the cells of our body. Before we believed that we were the greatest species, and the earth and it’s other inhabitants were here for us to use and consume.

Unity consciousness shows us that all species have their place in the grand scheme of things. We all need each other. The love that we show towards our land makes for a better place for us and our future generations to live.

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Eye Contact as a Way to Look into One Another

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Eye Contact as a Way to Look into One Another

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ~ Aristotle

As obvious as it may sound, eye contact – as the primary way living beings communicate, alongside body language and the spoken word – is more important than you might think. The difference is, unlike body language and the spoken word, that eye contact can be something we forget to do.

Let’s go one step further and hold the lack of eye contact (amongst a group of city commuters for example) as one of the biggest missing links when it comes to making a heart and soul connection… this one simple change in our habits may be the key to rediscovering our dialogue with the whole, and revisiting the days of unlimited energy and positive vibes we had as children.

So let’s start at the beginning. Before I had children I completely took it for granted the importance of eye contact. But knowing what I know now, I can see how the lack of eye contact we got, as babies especially, may be accountable for a huge amount of depression, misinterpretation of the other and general disconnect in our adult lives. In short, eye contact is how we see into each other’s hearts.

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Take the newly born child. Say, for example the mother experienced a particularly traumatic birth, or that she wasn’t being supported fully or was living in a threatening or stressful environment, she would most likely fall prey to Post Natal Depression and the amount of eye contact she treated her new baby to would understandably plummet.

In sensing his mother’s distraction, the baby would crave this soul connection and find other ways of getting her attention, feeling ignored and starved of something perhaps more important than milk, it would cry more, become fussy… it could entirely effect its subsequent connection with his mother for the rest of his childhood.

When we look into a baby’s, animals or other person’s eyes, and ‘lock on’, we tap in to an inevitable and sacred connection with each other. This connection then triggers a surge of love from the heart, or perhaps we might look deep into another’s eyes and truly understand them for the first time where once we detested them and interpreted all of their actions as coming from a place of hate or jealousy.

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, but how long has it been since you last remembered this truism and practiced such a powerful soul-to-soul connection? As is the greeting Namaste; looking into one another’s eyes in soulful eye contact we recognize and respect the light in another as it is in us. It’s an incredibly healing and enlightening thing to do.

So what happens to derail us from this practice? When our trust is broken or we are deeply hurt, avoiding one another’s gaze can be a natural but damaging habit to cling to. Looking at the space above other’s heads, at the floor, over their shoulder, even slightly to the right of their pupils or at their mouth can be handy ways to rob yourself of that heart connection.

It makes people distrust you. If they can’t see who you really are, and that you’re guarding something, they will take that as a sign you’re not to be trusted.

Perhaps you are introverted and find eye-contact draining. Or perhaps you’re ashamed of who you really are and don’t want others to see into your soul – do you feel like you’re inferior or secretly ‘bad’ from past mistakes or even past life mistakes that are still swimming around in your subconscious and lowering your self worth.

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Perhaps you are resisting life and are afraid that if you make soul connections then that’ll invite a whole flood of challenges. Perhaps you are even a little on the lazy side and are allowing a partner or friend to make all your soul connections for you… but still, it comes from a place of fear.

Projecting a false self forward only hardens our hearts. Like the baby who wants more than milk our hearts need to be fed and avoiding eye contact can be one of the most damaging and cruel ways to punish yourself.

Perhaps, even if you are unaware of it, your mother through no fault of her own didn’t feed you enough of this soul connection when you were an infant. Was she ill or unhappy or working and distracted… is it simply a habit to override?

Others may interpret this ‘selfish’ guarding of your light in any number of different ways, but however they do so you can guarantee that most will punish you for it. We are inter-dependent and eye contact is the easiest way that we ‘share’ our energy and good vibes. A person could spend their whole lifetimes making this one simple mistake in their interactions – do you want to be that person?

Getting to the root of the cause can be frightening, but it’s time to rectify it and start enjoying your life again. Walking around in a bubble does no-one any favours and especially not YOU.

Melt the ice around yourself and rise above the ego’s niggling acid drops of doubt. Let down the draw-bridge and begin to find joy again. What’s the worst that could happen?

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Conscious Parenting: Accepting Our Children As They Are

Nikki Sapp
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Conscious Parenting: Accepting Our Children As They Are

“In seeking to restore an experience of oneness between your children and yourself, the path leads by way of the discovery of communion with your own forgotten self. This is the case because establishing a meaningful partnership with your children will inevitably cause you to attend to the development of your own authentic being.

As your growing awareness disintegrates the parent-child hierarchy, it will spontaneously equalize the playing field in your family. Moving away from egoic behavior- surrendering your opinions of how situations ‘ought’ to be, and how people ‘should’ act- will allow you to step off your pedestal of dominance.” ~ Shefali Tsabary, Phd, author “The Conscious Parent”

Often we get so stuck in our roles as “mom” or “dad”, that we forget what it truly means to be a parent. We create an image in our minds of what it means to play the roles of mother or father, and consequently we take the authenticity out of the moments we spend with our children.

We are so busy playing the part, that we forget to savor the beauty of the time we spend with them.

Since our children are younger, and know less about the world than we do, it’s easy for us to buy into the illusion that it is only us that is teaching them, rather than realizing that they are teaching us as much as we are teaching them. A hierarchy gets established.

An underlying feeling of, “I am the parent, they are MY child. I tell them what to do, how to live, how to be, and ultimately mold them into what I want them to be or what I believe will make them happiest, most successful and well-rounded” begins to be the motivating force behind our actions as a parent.

However, what many parents fail to realize, or often forget over time, is that our children are not our possessions. They are not our little living dolls to make become whatever we think they should be.

Our children are called forth from us to teach us about ourselves.And it is only in our truest and most authentic relationship with our own selves, and our own inner child, are we able to establish a conscious relationship with our children.

concparentimage1If we only focus on molding our children into what we want them to be by using forms of control, power, manipulation and discipline we run the risk of denying our children the right to be who they truly are.

The child who is denied the ability to be able to be his own self, and accept his own self for what he truly is, becomes the adult who often is disconnected from their own hearts and starts to try and live the life everyone else wants them to live. Then this child has children and you can see how the cycle begins.

It seems the biggest challenge we have as parents is defining the boundaries between being a good role model, a person who embodies all the qualities we wish for our children to emulate.

While at the same time not denying our children’s own personal spirit to the point that they abandon themselves to become the person we want them to be, or worse, they rebel against everything we say and play out the role of the “troubled child” in order to teach us the meaning of unconditional love.

In order to establish the most effective and authentic relationship with our children, one that allows us to be able to be our best self and for them to be able to be their own best and authentic selves, we must first and foremost tend to the relationship with ourselves and our own heart.

“You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

The more rooted in our own awareness we become and the more we challenge our own limited beliefs about society and life, the better our relationship with our children becomes.

Instead of operating off of the belief that our child must be this or that, or play this sport, or get these grades, or look this way in order to be “worthy” or “valuable”, we begin to accept our children exactly as they are.

Because we begin practicing unconditional love to our own hearts, we consequently create the space for our children to celebrate their own unique traits and attributes which allows them to flourish into their own best version of themselves.

Point blank, a happy and well rounded child, young adult and adult is the child who is taught to love himself.

child--parents-relationshipA child that is taught to adore and be proud of the strange little quirks that make them who they are is the recipe for the adult who is confident and independent.

The child that feels free to be himself without fear of disappointing the parent or angering them for simply being who they are becomes the adult who openly accepts not only himself and his path, but more readily accepts others for who they are.

Now of course, parenting won’t always be easy. There will be times when our children challenge us, and go against our rules, or maybe even get in trouble.

Instead of disciplining from the standpoint of control and exerting power, the conscious parent sees these behaviors as a cry for help. The troubled child isn’t getting in trouble because he is a “bad” kid, he is only showing us that there is something they are not loving about themselves.

Because the child doesn’t know how to go about getting our attention or how to love and nurture themselves, they often unconsciously act out “bad” behavior in order to bring attention to this.

Often parents will start labeling the child the “bad” one, the “troublemaker”, or the “delinquent”, but what they are not realizing is that the child will live up to our expectations of them. If our expectation bar has been set low, they will only go as far as the bar has been set.

Instead of focusing on the details of the “bad” behavior, focus on the child’s relationship with his own self, mainly the good things about the child rather than what the child has done “wrong”, we give the child the tools to be able to love his own self through adversity.

When the child can love and nurture themselves, and forgive themselves for making mistakes and learn from the mistakes they make, they begin to establish a trust within themselves that is invaluable.

The unconditional love we show for ourselves, spills over to our children which allows them to feel free.

“Love your children, but never hope through them.” ~ Osho

The beauty of conscious parenting is that it happens naturally as a result of getting in touch with our own awareness, and loving and healing our own inner child.

The more rooted in love and acceptance of our own selves we become, we automatically begin to heal the relationship with our children. Parenting and being a good parent isn’t about being perfect.

The most important thing we can show our children is that we are authentic. It’s not about having all the right answers, or being a “super-hero” mom or dad that does no wrong, it’s more about teaching our children that we are all, imperfectly perfect.

By looking at our children as our little spiritual gurus that have been called forth from us to teach us about life or to remind us of the magic in our own selves that we may have left in childhood, an amazing spiritual partnership gets established. They teach us and we teach them.

Conscious Parenting: Shefali Tsabary at TEDxSF (7 Billion Well)

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4 Yoga Poses to Open the Crown Chakra

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4 Yoga Poses to Open the Crown Chakra
  • “Wisdom begins at the end.” ~ Daniel Webster
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As Kundalini energy rises up from the lower chakras, we enter into the realm of pure consciousness. The seventh and final chakra: Sahasrara, the Crown Chakra is the center for deeper connection with ourselves and with a force of life that is greater than ourselves.

Resonating a pure light, the energy of Crown Chakra is where Ida and Pingala Nadis unite and rise through the Sushumnā Nādī.

The Sahasrara chakra is symbolized by a lotus with a thousand different colored petals, arranged in twenty layers of 50 petals. It encompasses the crown of the head, where all chakras are integrated, while it passes into infinity from the top of the head.

An active Sahasrara Chakra unifies the human mind with the higher self and takes us beyond the existence of space and time. This chakra is associated with wisdom, enlightenment and transcendence. Practicing awakening the Crown chakra will lead to dismissal of confusion, self doubt, depression, hesitation and alienation.

Here is a quick guide:
Colour: Voilet
Element: Thought/Will
Glands/Organs: Upper part of the brain: Cerebrum
Gems/Minerals affecting it: Amethyst, Diamond, Purple Fluorite, Selentine, Quartz Crystal, Sugilite, Alexandrite
Foods: Associated with fasting or violet fruits & vegetables

As we move up the ladder, the higher chakras are more affected by meditation and inner work rather than physical work. Here is a list of some yoga poses to open the crown chakra, along with an advanced pose, Sirsasana (Headstand), which is the most effective pose to stimulate the Crown Area.

Ardha Padmasana or Half Lotus Pose

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How to: Start by sitting in an easy pose (sukhasana) on the mat. For further support, beginners can sit on a cushion to stay longer in the pose. Lift the left foot and gently place it on the right thigh, while the other foot stays underneath the left thigh.

Place the hands on the knees. Stay here and mediate if you can hold for long enough or practice daily to achieve the long duration required for mediation.

Why to: Lotus pose or Padamasana is one of the most opted poses for meditation as it neutralises blood pressure, balances the body and calms the mind. Directly tapping into the higher consciousness, half lotus pose extend the same benefits as a full lotus pose and is a great practice for beginners.

Vriksasana or Tree Pose

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How to: Start with Mountain pose, keep the feet hip width apart. Extend your spine tall and fix your gaze forward at a focal point. Breathe in and lift the right leg and place the sole of your right foot on the left leg, inner thigh. The heel of the right leg should touch the perineum otherwise, can rest on the thigh, or even on the calf initially.

Lifting the torso upwards, take a deep breath & raise the arms up, joining the hands in Namaste mudra. If you can, take your gaze upwards towards the ceiling. Stay here for 5 to 7 breaths and repeat on the other side.

Why to: A restorative and a balancing pose, the position of the arms and gaze taps into the energies of the crown chakra. The position of the body, works from root to the tip of the head, by aligning the chakras in a string. Also, rejuvenating the mind, it strengths the whole body.

Savasana or Corpse Pose

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How to: Lie gently on your back, lift your pelvis and slide your tailbone away to comfortably spread your lower back. Keep just a light, natural arch to your lower back. Rest your pelvis on the ground. Place both the feet and the arms 3 to 4 feet apart with palms facing the ceiling. Support the back of the head and neck on a folded blanket, if you like.

Now close your eyes and take a slow deep breath. As you exhale, let your body relax and sink into the floor. Maintain stillness as you relax and quiet the mind. Loosen your whole body completely, like its sinking in the floor. Stay here for as long as you like.

Why to: This pose gets its name from the posture of a dead body. It requires the stillness of a corpse, which makes it a challenging one. It helps in the repair of tissues and cells and in releasing stress. Savasana helps to calm and balance the crown chakra.

Salamba Sirsasana or Supported Headstand

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How to: An advance pose, Supported Headstand can be performed by following a series of preparatory postures. An expert’s guiding presence is recommended initially.

Come in Dolphin pose and place the head in between your elbows, like your hands are cupping the tip of the head. Inhale and reach up through the balls of your feet until your body form a V, thereby raising the hips to the ceiling. The majority of the weight would have shifted to your forearms and shoulders by now. Start by lifting one leg, feet pointing upwards.

Keep the abdomen tight. Stay here for a couple of breaths and try the other leg. Keep practicing this position for a couple of days till you get a hang of the weight on the shoulders and head.

Use the abdominal muscles to raise both feet up together and draw the thighs in the abdomen. The torso should remain perpendicular to the floor. Exhale and lift the legs gently towards the ceiling.

Keep the weight evenly balanced on the two forearms. The whole procedure can be first practiced against the wall, in order to avoid any injury and gradually once you build strength you can move away from the wall.

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Why to: This pose inverts the flow of the blood completely towards the head, giving rest to all the organs in the body. In Headstand, the crown of your head is on the floor, which means it is grounded and connected to the earth. An effective and a sure shot way to create awareness and balance in the crown area, this pose will restore the flow of energy in your body.

Nadi Shodhan Pranayama or Alternate Nostril Breathing

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How to: Connected to the two hemispheres of the brain, our nostrils are gateways to reservoir of charged energies. This breathing practice or Pranayama balances and activates the Ida and Pingala Nadis. Sit in an easy pose and start by forming a Nasika Mudra, i.e. First two fingers folded and last two fingers and thumb stretched out.

Place the thumb on the right nostril, and inhale from the left nostril, hold your breath for 2-3 seconds. Now close the left nostril with the last two fingers and exhale from the right nostril. Again, inhale from the right, close the right nostril with the thumb and then exhale from the left. Repeat the procedure for 5 to 7 times on each side.

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Why to: Nadi Shodhana pranayama helps to bring the mind back to the present moment and is an excellent breathing technique to calm and center the mind. It regulates the breath, increases the psychic abilities of the practitioner, and also balances both the hemispheres of the brain.

Other advance poses that activates and stimulate the crown chakra are Wheel Pose or Chakra Asana, Hand Stand, Crane Pose or Bakasana, Lotus Pose or Padamasana; King Pigeon Pose.

Seed Mantra Meditation

How to: OM is the seed or the beej mantra of the Crown Chakra. Sit comfortably in an easy pose, preferably away from any support. Start by taking deep breaths and bring all the attention to the mid of the fontanelle area of the head. Chant ‘OM’ loudly, and feel the chakra opening and the energy flowing in a horizontal direction, merging with infinity.

Then Chant ‘OM’ again loudly, with the energy vibrating vertically from head to toe and into the earth. Repeat the verbal chant two times more. Now, repeat the set of alternate chant of OM (horizontal movement) and OM (Vertical movement) mentally three times. Continue the chant first out loud, then mentally as long as you wish.

Why to: The seed invocation is a form of a charged mantra. The sound when chanted resonates and reaches directly to the centre of the crown chakra and immediately activates it. The beej meditation will increase the circumference of the chakra and balance it.

Removing the obstructions in the flow of energy, this pure form of meditation will integrate the whole body in one loop. The Shiva (Masculine) and Shakti (Feminine) energy, finds equilibrium here and meets the divine light.

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