Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

symbol at the crown of the head. Now visualize all these symbols in the reverse order:
sahasrara, bindu, ajna, vishuddhi, anahata, manipura, swadhisthana and mooladhara. This
is the end of one round. Spend a few seconds visualizing each center. Do a few more
rounds according to the amount of time available.
Stage 8: Eyebrow center awareness
Fix your attention at the eyebrow center. Feel your pulse at this point. Become aware
of its continuous rhythmical beat. Mentally synchronize repetition of the mantra Оm with
this pulse. Continue for a few minutes.
Stage 9: Sankalpa and close
Repeat your sankalpa 3 times with full emphasis and feeling. Become aware of your
natural breath. Become aware of your whole physical body. Become aware of the outer
sense perceptions. Slowly begin to move your body. When you are fully retuned to the
external world, slowly sit up and open your eyes.
Practice 5 : Unmani mudra
The word unmani means, 'no mind' or 'thoughtlessness', and refers to the state which
arises during meditation. Therefore, unmani mudra means, 'the gesture of
thoughtlessness'.
Unmani mudra is an excellent practice for developing awareness of the chakras in the
spine, from bindu down to mooladhara. lt is also an integral part of many of the kriya
yoga practices (nada, pawan and shabda sanchalana, maha mudra and maha bheda
mudra), and therefore it should be mastered before attempting to learn and practise these
techniques.
Unmani mudra is easy to learn, but not so easy to perfect. The technique is as follows:
Sit in any comfortable pose, with the back straight.Open the eyes wide, without
focusing on anything external. First of all, fix your awareness at bindu. Breathe in
deeply. Then as you breathe out, imagine your breath going down the
spine. Simultaneously, let your awareness descend the spine, passing through all the
chakras : ajna, vishuddhi, atiahata, manipura, swadhisthana, mooladhara, one after the
other. At the same time, the eyes should close slowly synchronized with the breath and
the descent of awareness. Though your eyes are open during the practice, your attention
should be internalized on the chakras and breath; that is, the eyes are open, but you are
looking inside. The eyes should have closed at the end of exhalation and by the time your
awareness reaches mooladhara chakra. This is one round. Breathe in and start the second
round. Do 11 rounds.
Note: While practising, you should not try too hard. Let it happen spontaneously. The
practice is more mental than physical. Though the eyelids are slowly closed, the