NadaBrahma Technique
Back in the 80’s I had the good fortune to discover and practice a powerful healing exercise technique developed by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Here is the research on its overall healing effects on body, mind and emotions,
What is Nadabrahma? it is humming meditation – through humming and hand movements
BENEFITS:
Humming is a technique designed to open us to trust, to bring us into our inner sanctuary of peace and
serenity.
NadaBrahma has ancient roots in Tibetan Buddhist techniques. As we hum we generate our own energy to
heal and center ourselves. Humming brings us straight down from the head and into the body, keeping us alert yet relaxed.
The sounds resonating throughout the body/mind have a soothing, calming effect. It is
particularly good for healing the heart on both the emotional and physical levels, for releasing emotional distress, and for bringing us to a balanced state of deeply centered well-being. It is also helpful for anyone
who suffers from throat, bronchial, lung, or chest problems or who has communication difficulties, and it is ideal for singers or speakers or anyone who wants to become a singer or speaker.
Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD, one of New York’s most prominent oncologists and director of Medical Oncology
and Integrative Medicine at the Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center, has used the incredibly healing power of sound in his clinic and shown how it can dramatically improve health, reduce pain and stress, and
awaken creativity.
He has had patients go into remission after using healing sounds. In his book “The Sounds of Healing”, Gaynor cites Dr. David Simon, medical director of Neurological Services at Sharp Cabrillo Hospital in San Diego California, and medical director of the Chopra Center for Well-Being, who has seen that healing chants and music have “measurable physiologic effects.” Simon points out that chants are actually metabolized into natural painkillers, releasing healing agents into the body.
The humming technique I like to use is called Osho Nadabrahma. Nadabrahma is an old Tibetan technique, updated by Osho. I recommend this expressive technique for anyone whose health makes her not suitable
for the more energetic and cathartic methods. It is also great for recharging your batteries when you’re running on empty.
You can do Osho Nadabrahma at any time of day, either alone or with others. You will need about an hour and a quarter for it: approximately an hour for the meditation and, very important, fifteen minutes afterward
for remaining at rest.
Conflicting parts of you start falling in tune, and you bring harmony to your whole being. Then, with body and mind totally together, you “slip out of their hold” and become a witness to both. This watching from
the outside is what brings peace, silence and bliss.
“So in Nadabrahma, remember this: let the body and mind be totally together, but remember that you have to become a witness. Get out of them, easily, slowly, from the back door, with no fight, with no struggle.” Osho
Nadabrahma is based on an old Tibetan technique. We start with humming, creating a gentle vibration throughout the body, followed by gentle hand movements, to give out and then receive energy from the universe, before moving into Stillness and Silence. The whole meditation is in a sitting position. This is an old Tibetan meditation technique of humming (which creates a healing vibration throughout the body), and a hand movement (which centers the energy at the navel) The entire meditation is done in a sitting position or if you like lying down for the last segment.
Nadabrahma is appropriate for both those who are new to meditation and those who are experienced. For those who are new to meditation it is a beautiful introduction and the technique helps bring the body and mind into harmony and opens the heart thus creating the space in which “meditation happens.” Those already familiar with meditation will find that Nadabrahma presents an opportunity to step out of doing and be the witness.
Nadabrahma Meditation lasts for one hour and has three stages. It is a sitting meditation, in which humming and hand movements create an inner balance, a harmony between mind and body.
Here is the technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVGhzBVT64A&list=RDyVGhzBVT64A&start_radio=1
Instructions: The meditation lasts one hour and has three stages. The meditation is over when you hear three gong beats. Your eyes remain closed throughout. First Stage: 30 minutes Sit in a relaxed position with eyes closed and lips together. Start humming, loud enough to be heard by others – and create a vibration throughout your body. You can visualize a hollow tube or an empty vessel, filled only with the vibrations of the humming. A point will come when the humming continues by itself and you become the listener. There is no special breathing and you can alter the pitch or move your body smoothly and slowly if you feel it. Second Stage: 15 minutes The second stage is divided into two 7½-minute sections. For the first half move the hands, palms up, in an outward circular motion. Starting at the navel, both hands move forward and then divide to make two large circles mirroring each other left and right. The movement should be so slow that at times there will appear to be no movement at all. Feel that you are giving energy outward to the universe. When the music changes after 7½ minutes, turn the hands palms down and start moving them in the opposite direction. Now the hands will come together toward the navel and divide outward to the sides of the body. Feel that you are taking energy in. As in the first stage, don’t inhibit any soft, slow movements of the rest of your body. Third Stage: 15 minutes Now stop the hand movements and just sit relaxed. A reminder by Osho for this meditation: “So in Nadabrahma, remember this: let the body and mind be totally together, but remember that you have to become a witness. Get out of them, easily, slowly, from the back door, with no fight, with no struggle.” Note: Nadabrahma is the humming meditation – through humming and hand movements, conflicting parts of you start falling in tune, and you bring harmony to your whole being. Then, with body and mind totally together, you “slip out of their hold” and become a witness to both. This watching from the outside is what brings peace, silence and bliss.