Kirtan Kriya Meditation

Kirtan Kriya is one of the most extensively and successfully scientifically researched meditation exercises. It is based on the synchronising rhythm of the mantra “Sa Ta Na Ma” accompanied by a dynamic mudra and a projecting visualisation. The three aspects of the meditation flow together easily: The first focus is the chanting of the mantra, the second focus is a successive pressing of fingertips between thumb and index, thumb and middle finger, thumb and ring finger, and thumb and pinkie with each syllable, respectively (see picture below), and a third focus is a visualisation of the energy of the syllables received in through the crown and projected out through the third eye following the shape of the letter “L.”

The sequence of the mantra voices – loud, whisper, silent : silent, whisper, loud – exemplifies a journey from the surface into the depth of being and back to the surface. The repetitive succession of mantra syllables accompanied by the fingertip pressures balances the energies of the five elements and the coordination of corresponding brain regions and functions. The visualisation keeps mental focus and optical nerves engaged in a rhythmic pulse synchronising all physical, energetic and mental movements into oneness.

This meditation brings a total mental balance to the individual psyche. Vibrating the sound on each fingertip alternates the electrical polarities. Index and ring fingers are considered negative, middle finger and pinky positive. This causes a balance in the electromagnetic projection of the aura. Practised after Sat Kriya and Sodarshan Chakra Kriya, Kirtan Kriya stabilises and harmonises the effects of the slightly stronger first two exercises. Altogether, we release habitual pathways of our mind-emotion-body system and open up for the natural, easy flow of the cycles of existence. Kirtan Kriya cleanses the arcline and stimulates the glands of the upper triangle of chakras by the L projection visualisation.