Quarantine the brain with Kirtan Kriya meditation

For more than 10 years neuroscience has been studying the effects that kirtan kriya meditation has on the nervous system. Yogi Bhajan took it from Kundalini yoga and passed it on to Dr. Dharma Singh, medical-scientific director of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation, in Tucson (United States). Conclusions have already been drawn from these investigations.

In diagnostic imaging, we have seen how this meditation increases cerebral blood flow in certain areas, and how the area of ​​hormonal regulation, the hypothalamus-pituitary gland, is more irrigated, something very positive for cognitive improvement and stress.

Improves cognitive decline and memory

Kirtan Kriya meditation is demonstrated good for improving verbal memory and long-term memory. Also to mitigate the risk of developing memory loss or dementia, something that can lead to developing Alzheimer’s. This is worth taking into account as a preventive tool when we are heading towards greater longevity.

Besides, reduces depression, anxiety and stressand improves the mood and recovery capacity of patients who must face cognitive impairments.

12 minutes for 40 days

The american universities from Harvard, UCLA and Virginia corroborate all these benefits. Also in Spain, the group of AVAN (Associació Vallès Amics de la Neurologia), in Barcelona, ​​studied the effects of Kirtan Kriya meditation in the population group diagnosed with “Mild Cognitive Deficit” and in their caregivers, and achieved the same benefits by practicing it for only 12 minutes a day for 40 days.

Those who practiced meditation demonstrated greater sociability, personal acceptance, security and serenity, and less irritability in the face of the personal changes they were undergoing. The psycho-emotional state of people was transformed and stabilized by considering it a useful tool.

Saa-Taa-Naa-Maa

The Kirtan Kriya mantra is Sa-Ta-Na-Ma but it is pronounced lengthening the vowel to. Its meaning encompasses everything the circle of life. Its power lies in the invocation by repetition of these sounds while the thumb runs through each of the tips of the others, from the index to the little finger, associating them with a syllable. The gaze is directed towards the eyebrows.

sa: Associated with the index finger, it means the birth of life, the beginning of the life cycle.

Ta: Associated with the middle finger, it means the development of life.

Na: Associated with the ring finger, it is the conclusion of a life cycle.

Mom: Associated with the little finger, it is rebirth or regeneration.

Practice Kirtan Kriya meditation

Each repetition of Sa-Ta-Na-Ma has a different duration and intensity. If we are going to do a 12-minute meditation, to liven it up we will sing a first round of 2 minutes out loud. Then we will continue with another round of 2 minutes in whisper. Then a round of 4 minutes in silence repeating the mantra mentally. We will continue with a round of 2 minutes in whisper to end with another 2 minutes out loud and vigorous.

Do not forget to pronounce each syllable of the mantra associating it with his mudra (the gesture of the hands). We can lengthen the meditation while always keeping the proportions. For example: 5-5-10-5-5 minutes. It is not convenient, however, to reduce it below 12 minutes since its beneficial effects have not been proven.

It is preferable to practice this meditation first thing in the morning or in the afternoon, although it can be done at any time of the day.

The key is that several senses interact

Dr. Borrás-Boneu, a member of the Scientific Committee of Dr. Dharma Singh’s Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation, believes that part of the success of Kirtan Kriya lies in the interaction of listening, seeing, moving, and hearing. emotion. This conjunction gives rise to a cascade of neurotransmitters.

neural modification that is achieved also achieves other modifications in our body. For example, in the intestine and the sexual organs, or in traumas and emotional addictions, explains the doctor, who received the Scientific Award from the Naturopathic Medicine Association for her study of the effects of meditation on health.

This is how the chemistry of the mantra works

Each syllable that we articulate and intone aloud, in a whisper or mentally to repeat the Sa-Ta-Na-Ma mantra produces a different vibe at the back of the nasal area. This resonance zone corresponds to glandular regulation and the emotional brain. With the mantra we stimulate the ear and verbality by activating the meridians from different points of the palate.

But we are also influenced by tactile pressures in the nerve endings of the fingertips when repeating the mudras, that impact the associated brain region.

And the view is stimulated by focusing the entire concentration between the eyebrowsthe so-called “third eye”, at the root of the nose.

Ultimately, this technique relieve tension in the brain from the unconscious and from within the glandular structure.