Osho Mandala Meditation

Active Meditations

This is another powerful technique that creates a circle of energy, resulting in a natural centring. There are four stages of 15 minutes each.

First Stage – 15 minutes: With open eyes run on the spot, starting slowly and gradually, getting faster and faster. Bring your knees up as high as possible. Breathing deeply and evenly will move the energy within. Forget the mind and forget the body. Keep going.

Second Stage – 15 minutes: Sit with your eyes closed and mouth open and loose. Gently rotate your body from the belly, like a reed blowing in the wind. Feel the wind blowing you from side to side, back and forth, around and around. This will bring your awakened energies to the navel centre.

Third Stage – 15 minutes: Lie on your back, open your eyes and with the head still, rotate them in a clockwise direction. Sweep them fully around in the sockets as if you are following the second hand of a vast clock, but as fast as possible. It is important that the mouth remains open and the jaw relaxed, with the breath soft and even.

Fourth Stage – 15 minutes: Close your eyes and be still.

Note: In the first stage there is an alternative for those who find excessive difficulty in jogging. That alternative is cycling. Lie on your back, with hips on the floor, and rotate your legs as if you are cycling.

The descriptions of the meditations are from Meditation – the First and Last Freedom by Osho, copyright by Osho International Foundation.

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