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Parvathi Padma Dhyana
The Feminine Complement to Chakra Dhyana
That Grounds & Integrates the Kundalini
Energy with the Body
Parvathi
is the wife of Shiva, a benevolent form
of the Supreme Goddess, the Divine
Feminine.
Padma is Sanskrit for Lotus.
Dhyana is Sanskrit for Meditation.
Hence we could call this the "Divine
Feminine Lotus Meditation". Just as
Parvati is the feminine counterpart to
Shiva, Parvathi Padma Dhyana completes
and provides the Divine Feminine balance
to Chakra Dhyana.
This important complement to Chakra
Dhyana grounds the Kundalini energy down
through the body, healing, energizing
and transforming the body. In addition
to lying in Shavasana (that is on our
backs with our eyes
closed, arms at our sides, palms facing
upward) regular practice of
Parvathi Padma Dhyana can help us keep
the Kundalini energies grounded,
balanced and integrated with the
physical, emotional and psychological
levels of our being.
If people encounter difficulties after
the Kundalini energies rise into the
upper chakras, it may be because they
have not grounded and integrated those
energies with their bodies, emotions and
deeper psychological levels of their
being. In this case, Parvathi Padma
Dhyana would be very beneficial!
For detailed instructions on the
practice of Chakra Dhyana
(Click here).
In my groups I often use this variation:
The energy can be exhaled all the way
down down through the feet into the
earth, down into the core of the planet
and out to all the sentient beings
living on the earth, turning the entire
world golden. Then one would inhale from
the earth up through the soles of the
feet to the crown (and through the crown
into the heavens) and exhale down from
the crown through the feet into the
earth. This is very powerful, uniting
heaven and earth and bringing healing
and transformation to the planet and to
all living creatures on the earth.
Variants of this "grounding principle"
can also be found in Taoist breathing
exercises like the Microcosmic Orbit.
This is accomplished through
simultaneously cultivating and carefully
balancing both the rising (yang) and
descending (yin) energies, moving the kundalini energy up the back and down
the front of the body in a complete
circle, like the snake swallowing its
tail, the “ouroboros” of Western
alchemy. In Taoist culture, this is
known as the “microcosmic orbit”, and
among many other benefits, it is an
instant solution to almost all the
negative side-effects related to raising
kundalini without sufficient grounding
and balance.
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