Udgeeth Pranayam 

Udgeeth Pranayam - Omkar Japa Muttering the mantra "OM"

• Concentrate your mind on the respiration and meditate on the sacred mantra 'OM'.

• God has fashioned the shape of our brows like 'OM'.

• This body and the universal cosmic body are filled with this mantra.

• It is not the figure or expression of any individual thing, but it is divine energy, which regulates the entire functioning of the universe.

• With every act of breathing in and breathing out, mentally go on repeating the mantra 'OM'.

• The speed of respiration should be so slow and subtle that you yourself also may not be aware of its sound, even if a piece of cotton is placed in front of the nostril it should not move by the effect of the air exhaled out.

• Slowly practice and make the duration of one inhalation and exhalation to one minute.

• Likewise, try to visualize the breath inside the body.

• Initially the breath can be felt only in the nostrils but gradually it will be felt deep inside.

• In this way, visualizing the breath and continuous chanting of 'OM' will lead to Dhyana automatically.

• Your mind will develop a feeling of concentration and your body will be filled with the feeling of 'OM'.

• The Gayatri Mantra from the Vedas can also be chanted meaningfully along with Pranayama.

• This way the Sadhaka can attain the joyful stage of Samadhi by going through the various visualizations of god and supreme powers.

• Also if this is practiced at bedtime, one will get peaceful sleep without any perverted dreams etc.