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Zen Brain:Exploring Mindfulness, Technology, and Authentic Living

Get High Naturally with Candle Meditation

18 Oct 2021

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 Candle gazing meditation is also known as trataka, or yogic gazing. Early mentions of trataka in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a 15th-century Sanskrit manual on yoga. The authors of the text instruct practitioners to be calm and “gaze steadily at a small mark, till eyes are filled with tears”.  In Ayurveda, traditional Indian Medicine incorporates five elements, known as doshas. The dosha describes three fundamental combinations of the five elements. Candle meditation involves invoking the fire element through meditation. Candle gazing can also be used to train and improve focus, experts say. A 2021 narrative review of 37 articles indicated that trataka boosted cognition.  Trataka gives the eyes and mind a job to do, Couvillion says. Candle gazing meditation takes us beyond the material world by utilizing the third eye chakra, also known as the internal or intuitive eye, which can be calming. Candlelight meditation also invokes tears, a potentially purifying experience. Join the Newsletter www.ZenBrainPodcast.com

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