What Is Sahaja Yoga Meditation

According to the practitioners and leaders of Sahaja Yoga it is a powerful method of meditation that can bring about a revolution in human awareness. The discipline was construed and propagated by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. Since it’s inception in 1970 the discipline has grown in popularity and spread rapidly in various parts of the world. While its reputation has been tainted by skeptics and disgruntled ex-practitioners it can not be dismissed off hand. Sahaja Yoga does offer plenty of benefits for a serious practitioner.

While the term ‘Sahaja’, means ‘spontaneity or to be born with’, ‘yoga’ itself refers to the union with the supreme and all enveloping power of the divine. Through the process of Sahaja Yoga, the practitioner can achieve a personal inner transformation. Through this transformation the individual can reach a higher state of morality, unity or harmony, balance and integration.

Sahaja Yoga enables the practitioner to reach a state of consciousness free and above all thought or emotion. This spiritual or mental state that is free of thought and emotion is reached by practicing the discipline and enables the individual to find his true inner self. Sahaja Yoga strives to enable as many people as possible to experience this heightened state of consciousness and spiritualism through yoga, irrespective of their social or economic standing and religion. It not only encourages and emphasizes the need to give up self destructive addictions like drinking, smoking or over eating, but also better enables and prepares the individual to do so.

There are several reasons why this discipline of yoga is beneficial and popular among so many:

• This form of yoga is extremely easy.

• It is beneficial for all aspects of health as it significantly reduces the risk of heart diseases, digestive disorders and stomach disease, diabetes, and a host of mental illnesses that are brought on by worrying, stress, sleep disorders, depression and anxiety.

• It also offers a natural cure for a number of addictions.

• Its philosophy and teachings also help bring about a harmonious relationship in society and at home.

• Practitioners of the discipline have also benefited with marked improvements in memory and the mental faculty.

• Artistic talent and abilities can be realized to their fullest potential.

• It is based firmly in the science of yoga and does not call for blind faith.

• Self realization becomes a completely achievable goal through yoga.

• Sahaja Yoga also offers a number of physical benefits and as it promotes and improves fitness levels.