Yoga Philosophy

Four Paths Of Higher Yoga

Experience the practice of Ishwara samāpatti from sage Patanjali's Yogasutra with this 41 minute guided meditation. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda offers sublime chanting of several sutra, during the guided practice, that are relevant to the theme of Ishwara samāpatti. Ishwara is described in the Yogasutra as that being who is free from all afflictions, karma and its results, and any subliminal impression other than tranquility. The best English translation of Ishwara, who is omniscient and omnipotent due to immense mental prowess, is God. This meditation is geared towards beginners, but is suitable for all levels.

The audio recording was made during our annual Guru Purnima retreat on 17th July 2016 in Camarillo, CA.

Guided Meditation with Engrossment in Godliness (Ishwara Samāpatti) 41 minutes

Experience the practice of ananta samāpatti from sage Patanjali's Yogasutra with this 41 minute guided meditation. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda offers opening Sanskrit chanting before guiding the practice. This meditation is geared towards beginners, but is suitable for all levels.

Recorded live on 17th December 2016 at a regular fellowship in Santa Barbara.

Guided Meditation with Engrossment in Emptiness 41 minute by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

Experience the practice of ananta samāpatti from sage Patanjali's Yogasutra with this 40 minute guided meditation. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda opens with an Om chant before guiding the practice. This meditation is geared towards beginners, but is suitable for all levels.

Guided Meditation with Engrossment in Emptiness 40 Minute by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda expounds on the practical aspects that distinguish the four Himalayan Siddha Kriya meditation practices with regards to taking initiation into one of these paths. During this discourse, he draws from his meditation lineage that is based on the combined heritage of nātha adepts and r̥ṣi sages (rishi). His Holiness delineates the four meditation paths that he teaches as per the guidance of great Himalayan nātha adept, Tryambaknath (also popularly known as Mahavatar Babaji). His Holiness offers initiation into these four distinct paths of the Kriya meditation system named as KriyaYoga, KriyaLaya, KriyaVinyasa and KriyaMantra. Servers, seekers and devotees wishing to learn an authentic Kriya meditation practice can choose from one of these four paths based on their inclination, temperament and time commitment. This introductory summary was shared during the birthday celebration of Adisankara, the monk who revived Vedic philosophical thought in and around 500 BCE.
 
Recorded live from a discourse at the birth anniversary celebration of Ādiśankarācharya on 30th April 2017 at a memorial fellowship in Santa Barbara, California.

Paths of Initiated Kriya Meditation by by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

Experience the impact of 432Hz Oṃ sound, each one led by a tuned meditation bowl strike. The very first and thereafter every seventh Oṃ is led by a low followed by a high tone. This repetitive drone can be listened to or ruminated upon as a beginner’s introduction to meditation. One can hold attention in the mid-point of the two eyebrows to effortlessly repose in calmness. When synchronized with correct breathing techniques the Oṃ frequencies in the key of A at 432Hz have been known to increase oxygenation. Please use good speakers or high quality headphones when listening and meditating. 

Excerpt was selected from Himalayan chanting by His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, recorded live on the final livestream of 2016, 31st December.

OM Chanting at 432hz by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

Experience the calming effect of 528Hz Oṃ sound. The soothing effect of this chant is the hallmark of the more meditative chanting and sublime recitation of Sanskrit mantra. With eyes closed, subtly feel and trace the sound vibration into the heart, through the centre of the chest behind the sternum. Ruminate on the sound-repetitions in the void of the heart-space. Please use good speakers or high quality headphones when listening and meditating.  

Excerpt was selected from Himalayan chanting by His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, recorded live on the final livestream of 2016, 31st December.

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Oṃ Chanting at 528Hz by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

This is a deep roaring heartbeat rhythm Oṃ based on traditional Himalayan cave chanting. This powerful chant should not be listened to while walking, running or driving. Experience the impact of 108 + 20 Hz Oṃ in a quiet place with a steady and comfortable pose. This frequency chant should be chosen if found easier to resonate with than the 108Hz or the 108 + 10 Hz chants. This recording is from a live breathless chanting session with His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, who introduced this 20Hz shift with his voice. There is no digital manipulation for pitch or frequency adjustment. Play the recording only once per sitting. There is no need to replay beyond this length of chanting. You can repeat listening to this recording separately at another time. 
 
Practice Guidance:

Quietening the mind and subtle energization can be effected by focusing the attention in three points on the front surface of the body: the mid-point in between the eyebrows (knot of time), the heart area point in the centre of the chest (knot of space), and in front of the bladder, five fingers below the belly button point (knot of energy). During your concentration on each point, you are welcome to synchronize the beating sound with your own heartbeat. Think of this sound as the amplified sound of your own heartbeat and merge. Breathwork is not used in this listening, and no attention on the breath is needed.

1. Begin by focusing your attention on the mid-point of the eyebrows (knot of time). Stay focused for about three minutes in this point.
 
2. Move your attention to the heart point (knot of space) - feel the centre of the chest that is the most sentient point (most sensitive point below the third rib on the sternum). Hold your focus for about three minutes.
 
3. Finally bring your attention to the front of the bladder (knot of energy). Hold your focus here for the remainder of the recording.

No physical or muscular pressure should be applied during this mental repose. Do not manifest tension in the body with forceful mental concentration. Simply focusing in these points will guide the subtle energy deeper into the three knots: time, space and energy. Please use good speakers or high quality headphones when listening and meditating.
 
Recorded live in Santa Barbara at a retreat on 13th May 2017

Heartbeat Om 128hz by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

This is a deep roaring heartbeat rhythm Oṃ based on traditional Himalayan cave chanting. This powerful chant should not be listened to while walking, running or driving. Experience the impact of 108 + 10 Hz Oṃ in a quiet place with a steady and comfortable pose. This frequency chant should be chosen if found easier to resonate with than the 108Hz chant. This recording is from a live breathless chanting session with His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, who introduced this 10Hz shift with his voice. There is no digital manipulation for pitch or frequency adjustment. Play the recording only once per sitting. There is no need to replay beyond this length of chanting. You can repeat listening to this recording separately at another time. 
 
Practice Guidance:

Quietening the mind and subtle energization can be effected by focusing the attention in three points on the front surface of the body: the mid-point in between the eyebrows (knot of time), the heart area point in the centre of the chest (knot of space), and in front of the bladder, five fingers below the belly button point (knot of energy). During your concentration on each point, you are welcome to synchronize the beating sound with your own heartbeat. Think of this sound as the amplified sound of your own heartbeat and merge. Breathwork is not used in this listening, and no attention on the breath is needed.

1. Begin by focusing your attention on the mid-point of the eyebrows (knot of time). Stay focused for about three minutes on this point.
 
2. Move your attention to the heart point (knot of space) - feel the centre of the chest that is the most sentient point (most sensitive point below the third rib on the sternum). Hold your focus for about three minutes.
 
3. Finally bring your attention to the front of the bladder (knot of energy). Hold your focus here for the remainder of the recording.

No physical or muscular pressure should be applied during this mental repose. Do not manifest tension in the body with forceful mental concentration. Simply focusing in these points will guide the subtle energy deeper into the three knots: time, space and energy. Please use good speakers or high quality headphones when listening and meditating.
 
Recorded live in Santa Barbara at a retreat on 12th May 2017

Heartbeat Om 118hz by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

This is a deep roaring heartbeat rhythm Oṃ based on traditional Himalayan cave chanting. This powerful chant should not be listened to while walking, running or driving. Experience the impact of 108Hz Oṃ in a quiet place with a steady and comfortable pose. This recording is from a live breathless chanting session with His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda. There is no digital manipulation for pitch or frequency adjustment. Play the recording only once per sitting. There is no need to replay beyond this length of chanting. You can repeat listening to this recording separately at another time. 
 
Practice Guidance:

Quietening the mind and subtle energization can be effected by focusing the attention in three points on the front surface of the body: the mid-point in between the eyebrows (knot of time), the heart area point in the centre of the chest (knot of space), and in front of the bladder, five fingers below the belly button point (knot of energy). During your concentration on each point, you are welcome to synchronize the beating sound with your own heartbeat. Think of this sound as the amplified sound of your own heartbeat and merge. Breathwork is not used in this listening, and no attention on the breath is needed.

1. Begin by focusing your attention on the mid-point of the eyebrows (knot of time). Stay focused for about three minutes on this point.
 
2. Move your attention to the heart point (knot of space) - feel the centre of the chest that is the most sentient point (most sensitive point below the third rib on the sternum). Hold your focus for about three minutes.
 
3. Finally bring your attention to the front of the bladder (knot of energy). Hold your focus here for the remainder of the recording.

No physical or muscular pressure should be applied during this mental repose. Do not manifest tension in the body with forceful mental concentration. Simply focusing in these points will guide the subtle energy deeper into the three knots: time, space and energy. Please use good speakers or high quality headphones when listening and meditating.
 
Recorded live in Santa Barbara at a retreat on 11th May 2017

Heartbeat Om 108hz by HH Swami Vidyadhishananda

Experience this meditation that is free from preconditioning ideology, guided by His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda. This bona-fide approach has been historically deemed very suitable to establish a daily meditation practice. This particular 12 step meditation is based on the first aspect of mindful breath felt by awareness of external and internal space. 

The 12 steps of this practice are outlined below with a time counter. One should add the steps in the proper sequence shown, to one’s capacity. For example, practicing the first two steps for a month is a valid approach. The recommendation is to add the next step only when ready and then keep repeating as required. Thereafter add the following step, one at a time, and keep repeating until achieving distraction-free fluency. Those who have graduated from the beginner level may try the entire hour and let magic happen. Even the whole hour should be repeated daily to experience how mindfulness grips and meditation happens. The audio guidance is self-explanatory.

12-step meditation – may skip to or repeat step as you like:
00:00 - Ease into steady posture and centering
05:00 - Neuro-muscular relaxation and let go
14:00 - Breathing to remove emotional disturbance
18:30 - Feel breath on hands and then attenuate breath
21:30 - Watch breath in nostrils and repose in the midpoint of eyebrows
25:00 - Feel occiput between medulla and posterior fontanel
30:00 - Feel bregma and top of the head
34:00 - Feel movement sensation in the sternum
38:30 - Feel centre of the heart space
42:30 - Inhale and radiate from the heart, exhale and withdraw to heart
50:00 - Attenuate breath while in the heart and repose
55:30 - Back to the midpoint of eyebrows, feel breath and open eyes
60:00 - Retain composure

Meditation using Mindfulness Breathing with Space - 1

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VīnāSāman features the renowned vīnā maestro Jayanthi Kumaresh. Starting as a child prodigy, Jayanthi has been enthralling music connoisseurs on the world stage for the last 25 years with her soulful expressions through the national instrument of India. This meditative music composition was inspired by the SāmaVeda mantra repertoire and its hidden melodies. The album was completed after a three year comparative study between vocal chanting intonations and instrumental melody inflections, and several academic discussions with the founding monk of Self Enquiry Life Fellowship, His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda.

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GhataKalpanam features the legendary percussion maestro T. H. Vinayakram. The composition presents rare meditative rhythmic cycles on the ghata, a baked clay pot. Vikku Vinayakram, as is he is popularly known, is a disciple of the wondrous monk of India, His Holiness Swami Chandrashkharendra Saraswati. The founding monk of Self Enquiry Life Fellowship, His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda requested Sri Vikku to recreate the Vedic rhythmic mystique aligned with the Chidambaram tradition attributed to Lord Natarāja Shiva on the ghata-vādya-yantra. This album is special for its vocal expressions introducing the rhythmic beats.

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MardalaSwanam features percussion maestro Mannargudi R. Vasudevan who is known to be one of the fastest drummers. The composition presents rare meditative rhythmic cycles using a type of mardala, a barrel-shaped drum. The instrument used by maestro Vasudevan is also called tavil, or thavil, which is the Tamil word denoting the brilliant sound that emanates from this drum. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, the founding monk of Self Enquiry Life Fellowship, requested maestro Vasudevan to recreate the Vedic rhythmic mystique using the tavil, borrowing his inspiration from the hallowed past of mardala drums. This specially composed meditative music was inspired by the traditional repertoire of Vedic rhythms attributed to Lord Natarāja Shiva.

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This classical music features percussion virtuoso Anantha R. Krishnan who is a rising star in the world of drumming. The composition presents a unique meditative soundscape using the mridanga, a cylindrical drum that is often preferred during festivals. This drum is of Vedic origin and is known as daiva-vādya or a celestial music instrument, due to the heavenly quality of its sound that is tinged with a metallic timbre. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda, the founding monk of Self Enquiry Life Fellowship, requested Anantha to recreate the Vedic rhythmic mystique of mridanga. This meditative music was inspired by the traditional repertoire of rhythms attributed to Lord Natarāja Shiva.

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This classical music features renowned sitar maestro Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee who is known to be an astounding genius among string instrumentalists. The artist’s mesmerizing composition is intended to present a more meditative style of music, yet suitable for all listeners of music due to his profound music conception and particular rendition. Pandit Budhaditya plays both the surbahar and sitar in the North Indian classical style.

Preview of ŚrutiMaṇdanaṃ

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This classical music features renowned sitar maestro Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee who is known to be an astounding genius among string instrumentalists. The artist’s mesmerizing composition is intended to present a more meditative style of music, yet suitable for all listeners of music due to his profound music conception and particular rendition. Pandit Budhaditya plays both the surbahar and sitar in the North Indian classical style.

Preview of ŚrutiMaṅgalaṃ

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This classical music features renowned sitar maestro Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee who is known to be an astounding genius among string instrumentalists. The artist’s mesmerizing composition is intended to present a more meditative style of music, yet suitable for all listeners of music due to his profound music conception and particular rendition. Pandit Budhaditya plays both the surbahar and sitar in the North Indian classical style. The more difficult to play instrument, surbahar, is a much larger bass version of the sitar, using much thicker strings. For ease of understanding, surbahar's size difference with the sitar may be compared with the size differences between the double-bass and the cello respectively.

Preview of SuraVandanaṃ

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This classical music features renowned sitar maestro Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee who is known to be an astounding genius among string instrumentalists. The artist’s mesmerizing composition is intended to present a more meditative style of music, yet suitable for all listeners of music due to his profound music conception and particular rendition. Pandit Budhaditya plays both the surbahar and sitar in the North Indian classical style. The more difficult to play instrument, surbahar, is a much larger bass version of the sitar, using much thicker strings. For ease of understanding, surbahar's size difference with the sitar may be compared with the size differences between the double-bass and the cello respectively.

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