Summary of Traditional Antar (Inner) Yoga Practices

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Comprehensive review of Self-awareness, Meditation, and Contemplation

Created byAbhyasa Ashram, Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati

Last updated 12/2020

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What you'll learn

A greater understanding of the subtler, inner/antar traditional goals of Yoga.
Have a solid foundation in traditional antar/inner yoga practices, not just modern exercise postures.
May your meditations today bring you peace, happiness, and bliss.
Historical Yoga is a systematic process of Inner (Antar) practices.
Over 100 individual presentations thoroughly review the process of Inner Yoga.

Course content

17 sections • 103 lectures • 10h 24m total length

Introduction3:29
This is a basic overview of the Summary of Practices and the layout of this course.
Q&A Button0:09
0.1a) About the One-Page Summary of Practices4:09
This video lecture is a description of the one-page summary of practices. While watching the video please click on the Resources link at the top right to download the PDF file. Please print out the file so that you can have it in your hand to follow along during the course.
0.1b) Resource: The 1-page summary0:06
This is a download of the 1-page Summary of Practices. It is put here again, just in case you missed it in the Resources of the previous lecture. Please have fun with this course.
0.1c) Checking off your boxes2:05
This lecture talks about the boxes/bullets that are on the 1-page summary.
0.1d) The Four Parts of the Summary of Practices11:01
Discussion of the four major parts of the Summary of Practices:

Self-observation

Internal Dialogue

Systematic Meditation

Complementary and Evolving Practices
0.2) 87-Page Summary of Practices Book5:54
This video lecture introduces you to the 87-Page summary of practices, which can be downloaded by clicking on Resources when watching the video. This article is a thorough expansion on the 1-page summary. You will NOT need to have this printed and in your hand during the course; the 1-page summary will be quite sufficient. However, you may want to go ahead and download it so that you have it whenever you want to refer to it.
0.3) The 'Circle Chart'9:40
Throughout this and other courses, articles, and videos, you will see this ‘circle chart’ symbol used in a variety of ways, a few of which are described here.
What is Yoga? by Swami Rama12:30
This is a reading of a text by Swami Rama. The readings are from a chapter entitled "What is Yoga?" from the book "Lectures on Yoga."
Feeling Overwhelmed3:20
Naming the Goal3:28
0.4) Resources: Overview of resources0:16
A small collection of important supplemental PDF articles.
Discussion group for Summary of Yoga Meditation Practices0:27
We have created a discussion group to complement this Summary of Practices course. However, please don't be tempted to replace the course with the discussion group. We have worked very hard to make the principles and practices clear to you in the lectures of this Udemy course. We truly are happy to be of service to you in helping to further clarify these principles and practices.

1.0) Self-Observation in Daily Life3:13
The Self-Assessment is truly intended to be an assessment by yourself of yourself. It is your personal exploration of your own current state of life and being. This is a brief video introducing the various articles linked in the next lecture, which is a text article.
1.1) Observing the Mind through Actions and Speech10:18
No actions or words happen with instructions from the mind. By observing our own movements and comments, including our gestures and body language, we can see more clearly what our own mind is doing to cause these outward movements. We all observe the gestures an body language of others, and draw some inferences of what is going on inside. If it is someone we know well, such as a family member, we can easily see 'when something is going on.' We may not know quite what it is, and may misread it, but we can see it. If we can see it in others, we can definitely practice seeing it in ourselves. As we learn the functioning of our own mind in terms of actions and speech, we can gradually reduce the coloring (klishta) of our deep habit patterns, helping to clear the way to deeper meditation.
1.2) Observing the Thinking Process within (Part 1)12:34
Explanations of the process of observing the thinking process within.
1.2) Observing the Thinking Process within (Part 2)8:54
Explanations of the process of observing the thinking process within.
Self-awareness Assessment17:24
This talk describes the outline of the Self-awareness assessment, which is in the attached Resources.

2.0) Overview of Internal Dialogue3:15
This is an introductory presentation on the process of internal dialogue, and how it relates to prayer, contemplation, self-counseling, and making a friend of the mind.
2.1a) Prayer5:39
This talk is about the use of internal dialogue in the process of prayer.
2.1b) Contemplation6:22
This talk is about the use of internal dialogue in the process of contemplation.
2.1c) Self-Counseling6:36
This talk is about the use of internal dialogue in the process of self-counseling.
2.1d) Friendship2:32
This talk is about the use of internal dialogue in the process of making a friend of your mind, so that mind can be a useful tool on the inner journey, and not merely an obstacle.
2.1e) Who is Speaking?6:53
A common question when starting to use internal dialogue is "Who is talking?"
2.1f) Allowing the Wisdom of Buddhi to Come Forward4:42
There is an inner wisdom called buddhi, which knows, decides, and discerns or discriminates. This is about utilizing this wise tool.
2.1g) The Job of Manas5:45
2.1h) Training Ahamkara, the Ego2:52
Ahamkara is ego, meaning the 'I-maker,' which allows us to take on individual identities, which is positive and useful, but which often causes trouble by separating us from the true Self.
2.1i) Creating an Identity as a Yogi5:29
We want to cultivate a new false identity which can be called the yogi identity, so that this identity can explore the other identities, and be willing to transcend them all.
2.1j) Finding a Keyword9:27
"What do I want?" is an important question to explore. Finding our own 'keyword' answer is very useful as a focal point for all practices of meditation and contemplation.
2.2) Dialogue Before Meditation12:24
If you don't want to meditate, then don't meditate. Instead, one can practice one or more of the faces of internal dialogue: prayer, contemplation, self-counseling, or befriending your mind.

Requirements

Have a sincere yearning for the subtler, finer meanings and practices of traditional yoga.
No specific actions are necessary to prepare for this course.

Description

*******Over 10,000 students are enrolled in this course*******

This course is a Summary of traditional Yoga Meditation Practices, which explores a 1-page outline of the practices of our Abhyasa Ashram and Himalayan meditation tradition. Your guide in the course is Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati (Swami J or Babafor short).

Throughout this course we emphasize the Antar (Inner) Yoga principles and practices of the ancient sages of meditation and contemplation, particularly as transmitted to us through Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and the long lineage of predecessors. We use the word Yoga in its traditional meaning as a path of liberation or freedom from the bondage of attractions, aversions, and false identities, systematically revealing the eternal, unblemished Center of Consciousness and its Union with the One absolute, Nondual Reality.

This one page Summary is a brief, yet thorough outline of the central themes of the practices of our ashram and tradition; practices which lead you in the direction of Self-realization or Enlightenment. The course is a practical expansion of that one-page Summary that we have widely used in online meetings, at our ashram in the US, as well as in meditation retreats and classes around the world.

Our immediate goal is to lead you to directly intuiting your true nature, as a center of pure consciousness, and then allowing the depth and breadth of meditation to naturally come over time.

Most of the course is video lectures, complemented by several extensive PDF files and audio Resources. The course has four major sections: Self-Observation, Internal Dialogue, Systematic Meditation, and a fourth section on Complementary and Evolving Practices.

Please approach the course with the view of it being a practical tool for deepening your Meditations, and that this is not a mere intellectual study. We encourage you to expeditiously, yet comfortably move through the course, watch the video portions, and then, once familiar with the principles, come back and reflect on the many attached Resources more deeply. In other words, please remember that while there is a lot of depth here, which can make the process seem to be not easy, there is always an underlying simplicity.

Who this course is for:

This course is for those who have a sincere yearning for the subtler, finer meanings and practices of traditional yoga.
People who have an exclusive connection to some other particular tradition, lineage, religion, or institution may find this course to be of little interest.

Summary of Traditional Antar (Inner) Yoga Practices

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Course content

Overview of the Summary of Practices13 lectures • 57min

PART 1 of 4: Practice Self-Observation in Daily Life5 lectures • 52min

Practice Activities on Self-Awareness-Assessment5 lectures • 37min

Brief Practice Activities on Self-observation4 lectures • 38min

PART 2 of 4: Internal Dialogue12 lectures • 1hr 12min

Practice Activities on Internal Dialogue11 lectures • 34min

PART 3 of 4: Systematic Meditation in Silence3 lectures • 19min

3.1) Preparation for Meditation1 lecture • 10min

3.2) Stretches1 lecture • 3min

3.3) Relaxation1 lecture • 2min

Requirements

Description

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