How to increase your intuition along with well being|Vipasana |Anna Panna

Breath creates a flow of energy in the body to vitalize; whereas, composed breathe draws the more cosmic energy upon the crown chakras/head and keeps the flow of prana energy to the lower chakras (glands) during meditation.  Breathe becomes composed and calm during meditation session. Meditation increases tissue mass in the area of the brain of controlling impulses and maintaining attention swiftly, increased thickness in the state of the brain is accountable for body awareness, enhanced focus and stress management and keeps the amygdala in balance.

The amygdala is an almond-shaped section of nervous tissue located in the temporal lobe of the brain that is responsible for detecting fear, negative emotion, anxiety and preparing for emergency events and plays a role in the conscious processing of emotions particularly for the emotion of fear. The amygdala plays a part in sexual activity and libido; with pituitary and pineal glands also giving support to it. The amygdala provides the information of previous bad experiences which is stored in the brain promptly, so that the brain can be more alert if such types of incidences should occur again, then the amygdala can take precautionary action. Over exhaustion of the amygdala is not beneficial to human and if fear is continually increasing then one cannot live a normal life. Meditation provides the way to get rid of fear and any bad emotion; in deep concertation the amygdala comes back to its natural existence, because master gland enhances during and controls the amygdala.

There is a direct relationships between the breath and senses. These five senses are hear, smell, taste, sight and touch.  Prana energy is entirely dependent upon the breathing frequency.  All of us are aware of the fact that breathe has to do with subtle senses changes as emotions change and during violent mood one becomes furious, while in the blissful stage breathe becomes calm, composed and slow that keep the mind composed.

Precise breathing establishes consistency in the breath manifesting introversion, awareness and transcendence. Controlled and synchronized breathe can stimulate intense awareness within aspirant easily that causes them to stay in deep conscious state of the mind for a longer time and expand sufficient prana-energy around the crown chakras for exploring the higher existence of the mind, a remarkable change of awareness takes place during this intense awareness. The longer you stay in the higher state of existence of the mind, the closer you are to enlightenment. Meditators achieved their deepest relaxation promptly. Ten minutes of keeping in deep meditation is equal to six hours of sound sleep and where oxygen consumption falls to its lower level in meditation proved good results. Meditators gain sufficient prana energy within chakras that result in transcending outer limitation and gaining inner freedom and tranquillity.

The more in peace you are, the more you explore the higher consciousness; and during in deep meditation peace remains active and increases, while all others factors of suffering begin to be wiped out. Peace enhances one being opened to a new conscious level of the mind and that awareness enters in the theta level or the higher awareness that all depends upon further awareness of aspirant.

Shifting to the higher existence of awareness will stop earlier suffering of the lower conscious plane easily whether it is sorts of emotional or physical illness. The fact is that illness that remains in the lower consciousness would not enter into the higher conscious of existence and will disappear easily but if the meditator regularly increases their awareness. Meditation provides not only physical benefits but also spiritual too.

One technique that can help you connect with your breathe and calm the mind is the Anna Panna from Vipassana. This is a technique taught by Buddha.

Meditation:

Firstly sit with legs crossed in a quiet comfortable place. (Shawl or blanket is advisable as you may get cold after some time).

Close your eyes.

Bring your attention to your breath, breathing in and then out naturally, do not force the breath. Just observe how your breath enters the body and leave the body through the nostrils

Do this for a few breaths.

Then bring your attention to the area just between the Nose and the upper lip. Feel how the breath flows past this area, how does the area itself feel. Are then any sensations or tingling. Again do not force any feeling or sensations ONLY observe.

To begin with you may not feel anything, do not worry keep focused and continue to just observe. Focus on the whole area between the nose and the upper lip.

Continue this for 5 minutes, each increasing the time to an hour if possible. If limited time is available please ensure 15 minutes are done at least.

If at the beginning you feel nothing, after doing this practice for some days you will start to feel and observe things. The reason some people can feel and some can’t, all depends on how calm their mind is or how much awareness they have to begin with. The calmer the mind or more aware the person is the quicker they will be able to sense what is going on. All goes back to sensitivity. However, with practice and time the sensitivity can be increased.

Do this for 30 days and see how much more calm and aware you become in your surroundings.

After 30 days there is an advancement to this meditation

Then repeat for each chakra, Third Eye, Throat Chakras, Heart Chakra, Solar plexus, Naval Plexus and finally the Root Chakra.

 Feel this for a few minutes. You may have many sensations in your body, do not judge them just Observe and note them. 

To end bring you focus back to the area between the nostril and upper lip and then to your breath.

Breathe in and out naturally, again do not force it.

Then slowly open your eyes and sit for a few minutes to adjust yourself back to reality.

Tip: It is always good to keep a diary of what you felt during this mediation and see how it impacts you.