Color Meditation

1. Posture
   Take note of your posture. Wear comfortable clothes and sit in the lotus or half-lotus position. Make sure your spine is straight and your head is balanced on top of your spine. Cup your right hand in your left palm with thumbs lightly touching. (Those with weak backs may sit in a comfortable armchair.) Make sure you can maintain your position for the entire Meditation session. Shift if necessary before going on. When you are comfortable, listen for the high ‘eee’ sound all around you to become more in tune with the Divine.


2. Breath Control
   Breathe from your diaphragm, drawing your stomach in and out. Do not lift the shoulders during breathing. Draw a breath inward (nine counts) and out (nine counts). Continue doing this for at least one full minute until Siva starts breathing for you.


3. Heat of the Body
   Feel the heat of the body from inside out. Feel the heat of your blood running through your veins and notice that your heat projects from your body at about one foot. Meditate on your vitality, your life.


4. Energy of the Body
   Feel the energy of the body running through your miles and miles of nerve endings. Feel it running up and down your fingers, toes, tongue, arms, neck, and spine.


5. Power of the Spine
   Feel the power running through the spine, from the base to the skull. This should make you feel very firm.


6. Withdraw Energy to the Spine
   On each in-breath, withdraw the energy of the nerve currents inward to the spine. On the out-breath, hold the energy in the spine. Focus on each of the five senses in turn. If there is a certain spot with excess energy, withdraw it inward with a breath until all is quiet and you are less aware of the outside world. In a few minutes, you should feel very calm and be looking inward.


7. Color Meditation
   Fill your entire body with the colors below, one at a time. Let them seep into your body and permeate your aura around your body, above, below, and all around.
   
   Blue: Peace, silence, comfort, stillness
   Red: Vitality, life, warmth, strength, courage
   Yellow: Knowledge, wisdom, understanding
   Green: Health, freshness, cool breeze, and beautiful forests


8. Energizing the Body
   Reverse the taking in of energy. On the in-breath, relax. On the out-breath, release all of the energy back into your nerves. Unleash your new, more balanced energy into your body. You should become more aware of your body and the things around you but remain still. Bask in this energy. You should feel refreshed and alive. You should have the confidence to maintain this balance throughout the rest of the day.


9. Feel the Heat of the Body
   Once again, feel the heat of the body permeating out into your aura. Feel the blood running through your tissues. Be aware of your beating heart.


10. Breath Control
    Focus once again on breathing patterns. Breathe in and out for a few minutes but do not change your breathing pattern. Just be aware of it.


11. Sitting Position
    Notice your sitting position. When the time is right, slowly stretch and open your eyes. Sit quietly until everyone has come out of Meditation. As a group, say the mantra “AUM” three times and then prostrate to God. Do not begin talking until you have all made eye contact with one another, signaling the end of the Meditation session.