Sodarshan Chakra Kriya and 31 minutes of peace .....

Mama?

I tried to explain to my kids that doing my set means: don't disturb me!
This goes really well. As soon as I am up and ready to start I can set the timer and about 30 minutes later I have at least one boy sitting on my lap. This is not dependent on time. I tried 4 am and variations up to 8 am.

If they are up already they might watch something and I think YES! but again the demand for breakfast or a fight and it is really important that I react and now.



In the beginning I was very upset, taking it personally. But it does not really make sense to be upset with a crying 3 year old that begs for breakfast at 5:30 am. I still try to make them understand that this is my private time, as they request it for themselves and my oldest gets it already a bit...

So I have started Sodarshan Chakra Kriya and I am at day 20 or so of my 40 days and I discovered something. 

In this meditation the breath is hold in for about 25 seconds while the Navel Point is pumped and a mantra is chanted mentally. And then it is really essential to time the exhale and inhale right afterwards to make it to the next exhale and be able to pump 48 times before that. 

It is not a hard meditation but I really have to concentrate a lot - on the timing of the breath, that the pumping is at the Navel Point and not anywhere else and that the chanting happens there as well and to keep the eye focus on the tip of the nose and what to do with my hand before and after breathing - and it might happen that I lose one or the other focus. But still, because it is already very dear to me this meditation, I insisted while inhaling that I can do things after my set or I just signed a no. But only a few days.

As soon as I got used to all the elements and focusing seemed easier, I was not really here anymore, I was within and there was no reason to react on anything anymore. 

I might get one or another attempt but my eyes are almost closed, so no eye contact and the breathing must look like I really cannot talk because it became quieter around me.

And you might think that is what meditation is but believe me I never focused that fast within and could keep it for the entire 31 minutes. The mind can still run but everything else is perfect to stay focused within, I guess that is why it is an easier meditation

If I would have more experience with meditation I would commit to 120 days or maybe longer, but there are so many interesting meditations already waiting, that I might have to come back to it, as Bound Lotus has already part of my daily routine since last October and that for at least 1000 days .......