{"id":470,"date":"2007-09-01T08:16:49","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T21:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/09\/01\/ten-reasons-why-i-practise-sahaja-yoga\/"},"modified":"2007-09-01T08:16:49","modified_gmt":"2007-08-31T21:16:49","slug":"ten-reasons-why-i-practise-sahaja-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/09\/01\/ten-reasons-why-i-practise-sahaja-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Reasons Why I Practise Sahaja Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cannas<\/a>1.\u00a0It\u2019s easy.
\nI don\u2019t have to spend years living in the mountains to achieve enlightenment. I don\u2019t have to give up anything or spend weeks in silence. I don\u2019t have to learn mantras or wear special clothes or even try to clear my mind. The meditation simply happens spontaneously. The classes are easy and fun, and\u00a0as long as I keep up my daily\u00a0ten minutes of meditation I find I am able to achieve a deep and peaceful meditation on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0It\u2019s free.
\nI don\u2019t pay for my meditation. Even my introductory 8-week course was free. There are no catches, and there are no hidden expenses. If I missed attending classes one week, it didn\u2019t matter. I just picked up the classes again when I could manage it. It is simply the generosity of spirit of other Sahaja Yoga practitioners that allows Sahaja Yoga to be taught to whomever desires it, at no cost.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0I can see results.
\nI felt the benefits from the first time I meditated. I felt relaxed and I felt a deep sense of calm. Now I can also feel my chakras (energy centres) and through the techniques learnt along the way I can understand the vibrations of my own energy centres. If I feel unwell I meditate and use the techniques I\u2019ve learnt to clear my chakras, and I can then feel the centres clearing, and as a consequence my health improves.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0It\u2019s all-inclusive.
\nAll the major religions and their core teachings are acknowledged and respected in Sahaja Yoga. No one spiritual journey is right or wrong. And through meditation the wisdom of all the great gurus and saints is easily revealed and understood. In fact, I\u2019ve found that since I\u2019ve been meditating I\u2019ve come to understand and appreciate the teachings of great teachers such as Lao Tse, Buddha and Mohammed.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0I\u2019m my own boss.
\nI meditate and introspect at my own pace. I don\u2019t have to keep up with others, or feel pressured into doing things I\u2019m not comfortable with. I am my own teacher, my own guru, my own master. This technique of meditation empowers me and enables me to help myself. I don\u2019t have to rely on anybody else. Of course, there are many people in Sahaja Yoga who can teach me a great deal about the meditation and its various techniques. However, all that I need is ultimately within me.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0It\u2019s everywhere.
\nSahaja Yoga is practised in almost every country in the world. So, no matter where I travel (whether it\u2019s within Australia or internationally) I can always locate a local Sahaja Yoga program that I can attend. Whenever I get the chance, and no matter where I am, I try to link up with other Sahaja Yogis and enjoy a collective meditation. (Meditating with others is a much\u00a0deeper and more powerful experience than meditating alone.)<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0It\u2019s portable.
\nI don\u2019t need to take anything with me to meditate: no mats, no potions, no special clothing or books. I can meditate anywhere \u2013 in a quiet room or on a noisy bus; at the beach or watching a movie. Thoughtless awareness (the state of meditation) is easy to achieve if you keep meditating daily, and it can be achieved in almost any situation. (I was pleasantly surprised to learn this as I was under the misunderstanding that you had to have complete silence before you could meditate. And with two children, I can rarely find “complete silence” in our house!)<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0It makes sense.
\nEverything I\u2019ve learnt makes sense. There is a lot of common sense in this meditation, and even though not everything was known to me (for example, the chakras and their respective qualities), once I had a chance to learn more about the meditation, it felt very natural and comfortable.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Everybody does it.
\nWhen you begin a hobby or join a new group, you often find that there are particular types of people who are in the group with you. For example, some groups attract younger people, others older folk; some groups have a lot of people who are wealthy, or people who live in a certain part of town. In Sahaja Yoga you will find people from every walk of life, from every demographic –\u00a0male and female, young and old, rich and poor, every shape, size and colour, with varying interests, languages and beliefs. You don\u2019t have to be a certain type of person to do this meditation. It is one of those rarities: something for everybody.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0I feel good.
\nWithout fail, every time I sit down to meditate I feel better. Whether I manage to have a deep meditation or not makes no difference. There is more laughter, joy and contentment in my life since I\u2019ve started meditating, and as a consequence my family and friends are reaping the benefits.<\/p>\n

Anna Penton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0It\u2019s easy. I don\u2019t have to spend years living in the mountains to achieve enlightenment. I don\u2019t have to give up anything or spend weeks in silence. I don\u2019t have to learn mantras or wear special clothes or even try to clear my mind. The meditation simply happens spontaneously. The classes are easy and fun, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,10,12],"tags":[164,222,224,267,652,394,432,433,448,499,547],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-29","category-meditation","category-personal-experiences","tag-chakras","tag-energy-centres","tag-enlightenment","tag-guru","tag-meditation","tag-peace","tag-relaxation","tag-religion","tag-sahaja-yoga","tag-spirituality","tag-vibrations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4h1Q1-7A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}