Dark Room Meditation- Stress Reducing way

                         Silent Meditation

Darkroom meditation is a unique way to reduce to stress of our daily life. I have done it and got good result. Some of my friends told me that the name is something confusing. I replied them that the name may be confusing, but result is very splendid.

How to practice this darkroom meditation? Before explain this type of meditation, I would like to that stress is common to our life and such stress is different of meaning for different of people.

Some pranayama is necessary before starting this darkroom meditation. Sab-asana is very common practice of pranayama. Firstly, sit on long mats and then slowly lay down on the mat. Put your hands at the both sides of the body. Take long breath 1,2,3..10. Then fold your rights leg by your two hands and try to bring your leg near up to your chest 1,2,3…10; this way left leg as vice versa.

Secondly, sit on the mat like Buddha-asana. Take breath 1,2,3…10 . Now fold your rights leg by your rights hand at right sides and try to turn your body towards opposite direction1,2,3…10 and this way your left leg vice versa.

Thirdly, stand on the mat. Hold your waist by your two hands strongly and slowly turn your upper portion of the body of the back 1,2,3…10 . This way up your hands like namaskar poses and thus  tried slowly to fold your upper body of the front and try to touch toes of your legs.

Fourthly, stand a straight. Hold your waist at right sides and try to turn your upper body at right side1,2,3…10 ; thus left side vice versa.

Fifthly, rotate your body of right to leave 1,2,3…10 and thus left to right vice versa .

Sixthly , rotate your solder from right to leave as circle rounded 1,2,3…10 and thus left to right vice versa; in such case, chin should touch the collar-bone.

Here I would like to say that, if anyone has physical disability, please does not practice these pranayama without the advice and guidance of the doctor and trained yoga practitioner. This is kind of pranayama poses is requiring to make body flexible before starting darkroom meditation.

Now the same question is arising, how to practice darkroom meditation ? This is very simple process of meditation. The time of practice of such meditation is starting night; after coming back from office, when body of us full of stress of the whole day.

The room may be medium size and preferably vacant or very few furniture. It means most of the place of the room will be free and airy. One little , soft blue colour light is allowable in the room which will create light and dark atmosphere of the room.

Some people like to take a bath before practicing yoga and meditation . Ok , no problem , you can do it . After starting meditation , above mentioned pranayama poses will be done to make the body flexible.

Thereafter, start practicing darkroom meditation . Sit like Buddha Sana. Put your hands on your knees facing palms open. Look straight at the soft light and take long breath 1,2,3…10 ; thus slowly try to collect your mind which is shattered into various pieces and make the same is one mind. Thus concentrate your mind up to your forehead with the "OM" mantra; stretches this two words, o…m…., this way. Try to forget your surroundings, try to forget your present , forget your past, future…..; only put your mind at the space where is having nothing but dark…dark and dark. Try to put yourself at this condition a long time and try slowly to increase the time of staying in such condition by day to day practice of such yoga and meditation ; but one thing remember, always take normal breath during such position.

This kind of yoga and meditation will help you to reduce stress of the daily life.