Summary Of Traditional Antar (Inner) Yoga Practices

What you'll learn
A greater understanding of the subtler, inner/antar traditional goals of Yoga.
Have a solid foundation in traditional antar/inner yoga practices, not just modern exercise postures.
May your meditations today bring you peace, happiness, and bliss.
Historical Yoga is a systematic process of Inner (Antar) practices.
Over 100 individual presentations thoroughly review the process of Inner Yoga.
Requirements
Have a sincere yearning for the subtler, finer meanings and practices of traditional yoga.
No specific actions are necessary to prepare for this course.
Description
*******Over 10,000 students are enrolled in this course*******This course is a Summary of traditional Yoga Meditation Practices, which explores a 1-page outline of the practices of our Abhyasa Ashram and Himalayan meditation tradition. Your guide in the course is Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati (Swami J or Babafor short).Throughout this course we emphasize the Antar (Inner) Yoga principles and practices of the ancient sages of meditation and contemplation, particularly as transmitted to us through Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and the long lineage of predecessors. We use the word Yoga in its traditional meaning as a path of liberation or freedom from the bondage of attractions, aversions, and false identities, systematically revealing the eternal, unblemished Center of Consciousness and its Union with the One absolute, Nondual Reality. This one page Summary is a brief, yet thorough outline of the central themes of the practices of our ashram and tradition; practices which lead you in the direction of Self-realization or Enlightenment. The course is a practical expansion of that one-page Summary that we have widely used in online meetings, at our ashram in the US, as well as in meditation retreats and classes around the world.Our immediate goal is to lead you to directly intuiting your true nature, as a center of pure consciousness, and then allowing the depth and breadth of meditation to naturally come over time.Most of the course is video lectures, complemented by several extensive PDF files and audio Resources. The course has four major sections: Self-Observation, Internal Dialogue, Systematic Meditation, and a fourth section on Complementary and Evolving Practices.Please approach the course with the view of it being a practical tool for deepening your Meditations, and that this is not a mere intellectual study. We encourage you to expeditiously, yet comfortably move through the course, watch the video portions, and then, once familiar with the principles, come back and reflect on the many attached Resources more deeply. In other words, please remember that while there is a lot of depth here, which can make the process seem to be not easy, there is always an underlying simplicity.
Overview
Section 1: Overview of the Summary of Practices
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Q&A Button
Lecture 3 0.1a) About the One-Page Summary of Practices
Lecture 4 0.1b) Resource: The 1-page summary
Lecture 5 0.1c) Checking off your boxes
Lecture 6 0.1d) The Four Parts of the Summary of Practices
Lecture 7 0.2) 87-Page Summary of Practices Book
Lecture 8 0.3) The 'Circle Chart'
Lecture 9 What is Yoga? by Swami Rama
Lecture 10 Feeling Overwhelmed
Lecture 11 Naming the Goal
Lecture 12 0.4) Resources: Overview of resources
Lecture 13 Discussion group for Summary of Yoga Meditation Practices
Section 2: PART 1 of 4: Practice Self-Observation in Daily Life
Lecture 14 1.0) Self-Observation in Daily Life
Lecture 15 1.1) Observing the Mind through Actions and Speech
Lecture 16 1.2) Observing the Thinking Process within (Part 1)
Lecture 17 1.2) Observing the Thinking Process within (Part 2)
Lecture 18 Self-awareness Assessment
Section 3: Practice Activities on Self-Awareness-Assessment
Lecture 19 Introduction to Practice Activity
Lecture 20 Demonstration of Practice Activity
Lecture 21 What was this like for you?
Lecture 22 Brief Student Practice Activity
Lecture 23 Longer Student Practice Activity
Section 4: Brief Practice Activities on Self-observation
Lecture 24 Observing Gestures & Body Language
Lecture 25 Observing the Five Cognitive Senses
Lecture 26 Breath-awareness in Daily Life
Lecture 27 Self-observation Daily Goals
Section 5: PART 2 of 4: Internal Dialogue
Lecture 28 2.0) Overview of Internal Dialogue
Lecture 29 2.1a) Prayer
Lecture 30 2.1b) Contemplation
Lecture 31 2.1c) Self-Counseling
Lecture 32 2.1d) Friendship
Lecture 33 2.1e) Who is Speaking?
Lecture 34 2.1f) Allowing the Wisdom of Buddhi to Come Forward
Lecture 35 2.1g) The Job of Manas
Lecture 36 2.1h) Training Ahamkara, the Ego
Lecture 37 2.1i) Creating an Identity as a Yogi
Lecture 38 2.1j) Finding a Keyword
Lecture 39 2.2) Dialogue Before Meditation
Section 6: Practice Activities on Internal Dialogue
Lecture 40 Ask Mind to Heal Parts
Lecture 41 Ask Mind to Focus on the Nose Bridge
Lecture 42 What do I Want?
Lecture 43 Do I Want to Meditate, to Explore
Lecture 44 Ask Mind to Open Blocked Nostrils
Lecture 45 Ask What are Some Solutions
Lecture 46 Mind, Please be My Friend
Lecture 47 Does My Ego Get in My Way?
Lecture 48 Why does My Mind Disturb My Meditation?
Lecture 49 Is my First, Second, or Third Thought Good or Bad?
Lecture 50 What are my Fears?
Section 7: PART 3 of 4: Systematic Meditation in Silence
Lecture 51 3.0a) Systematic Meditation in Silence
Lecture 52 3.0b) Yoga Meditation Visualized
Lecture 53 3.0c) Yoga Meditation, a Universal Process
Section 8: 3.1) Preparation for Meditation
Lecture 54 3.1) Preparation for Meditation
Section 9: 3.2) Stretches
Lecture 55 3.2) Stretches
Section 10: 3.3) Relaxation
Lecture 56 3.3) Relaxation
Section 11: 3.4) Breathing
Lecture 57 3.4) Breath and Pranayama
Lecture 58 3.4a) Diaphragmatic Breathing
Section 12: 3.5) Meditation
Lecture 59 3.5) Meditation
Lecture 60 3.5) Guided Meditation recordings
Lecture 61 3.5a) Sitting Posture
Lecture 62 3.5b) Meditation on Body
Lecture 63 3.5c) Sushumna Kriya: Breath along the Spine
Lecture 64 Sohum Mantra
Lecture 65 Mantra Use
Lecture 66 3.5d-h) Sushumna, Mantra, Space, Silence, Tripura
Section 13: Practice Activities for Systematic Meditation (which is Part 3 of 4)
Lecture 67 Sitting Still
Lecture 68 Meditation on Body
Lecture 69 Perfecting Posture
Lecture 70 Breath Along the Spine
Lecture 71 Attention Resting in Space
Lecture 72 Breath at the Nostrils
Lecture 73 Following Mantra Beyond
Lecture 74 Form no Words
Lecture 75 Synthesis of the Practice Activities
Section 14: PART 4 of 4: Complementary and Evolving Practices
Lecture 76 4.0) Complementary and Evolving Practices
Lecture 77 4a) Walking Meditation
Lecture 78 4b) Yoga Nidra Intro
Lecture 79 4b) Yoga Nidra Explanations
Lecture 80 Practice Activities: Yoga Nidra
Lecture 81 4c) Memory Exercise
Lecture 82 Practice Activity: Memory Exercise
Lecture 83 4d) Mantras
Lecture 84 4e) Bhuta Shuddhi
Lecture 85 Om Mantra and Mandukya Upanishad
Lecture 86 4f) Guru Chakra
Lecture 87 Practice Activity: Trataka on a Point
Lecture 88 Practice Activity: Trataka with Sohum
Section 15: Practice Activities with Mantras
Lecture 89 Dhyana, Japa, and Vichara
Lecture 90 Practice with Om and Breath
Lecture 91 Practice with Om Tat Sat
Lecture 92 Practice with Om Namah Shivaya
Lecture 93 Practice with Gayatri
Lecture 94 Practice with Mahamrityunjaya
Lecture 95 Practicing Purascharna - a One Week Experiment
Lecture 96 Mahavakyas, Great Contemplations
Section 16: 5.0) Other Resources
Lecture 97 Resources: 5.0) Other Resources from Swami Jnaneshvara
Lecture 98 5.0) Daily Mantras
Lecture 99 Swami Rama video lectures
Section 17: Afterthoughts
Lecture 100 Unity (Yoga) plays as Diversity - animation
Lecture 101 Avidya
Lecture 102 Nondual Consciousness
Lecture 103 BONUS: Resources
This course is for those who have a sincere yearning for the subtler, finer meanings and practices of traditional yoga.,People who have an exclusive connection to some other particular tradition, lineage, religion, or institution may find this course to be of little interest.


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