today after final relaxation we went direct into a short guided seated "meditation".
just trying to keep that inner calmness and the relaxed physical body to go further into a seated meditation can feel very nice.

usually I dont do this since:
1. there is no time after class,
2. the final relaxation is already kind of deep, almost like a yoga nidra.
3 and peole are tired and drouse away
4. some get restless when thinking class was over after final relaxation, so they snap out of focus.

..so when got them seated with errect spine and hands in chin mudra, I asked them to remember the relaxed state they were just in, and that they should imagine the spine being able to slowly grow in length since less resitance of their physical body.
then they got to focus on their calm slightly active breath in the lower stomach regions, and follow each and every breath and let themselves come further & further inside themselves.
then a shorter collection of the mind on ajna chakra/"third eye".

I remember that during my stay at the yoga ashram this winter suddenly during meditation at one of our satsangs the former swamiji telling us to feel & focus the empty space within our body, the quiet dark space within. and when finding it trying to be one with the inner darkness or inner empty space.
I realy like it and it helps me to sometimes get a rest form the energietic surface, and you get that lovely feeling when loosing reality and not being to aware really of time & space.
to be in this deeper state is wonders for our mental stress in our minds..

so I asked them to do this and then let them sit there for a short while, then I told them to take a slow full inhale, and on the exhale I started the final mantra with 3 AUM..
  

for me it was a really focused and energetic feeling when all this was joint together from final relaxation to seated meditation without opening their eyes trying to maintain their inner calmness, and then go on to a deeper inner state, bringing back their awarness to reality with a big slow inhale to then enjoy the sound vibrations of the final mantra..

then we ended class with a namasté

it might sound a bit tamasic & negative to focus on the inner empty darkness, but for me it has never felt like that.
just felt like a great place to get away from the allways buzzing world around us, and to have that calm & quiet place within yourself is perfect, you can go there whenever you like ha ha..

lovely!!

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