<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0033cc" vlink="#0033cc" alink="#cc3300"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td rowspan="3" width="25"><br></td> <td colspan="4" width="522"> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"> <img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/SSM.gif"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"> &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25"><br></td> <td width="25"><br></td> <td width="245" valign="top" class="text"> <br>If you want to live a more fulfilled life, first you will want to know your potential, who you really are. <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=120&Arg=Meditation" target="_parent">Meditation</a> is the route to that knowing. It is the methodology of the science of awareness.<br><br> The beauty of the inner science is that it enables whoever wants to explore and to experiment within, to do so <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=120&Arg=Alone" target="_parent">alone</a>. This eliminates dependence on an outer authority, the need to be affiliated with any organization and the obligation to accept a certain ideology. Once you understand the steps, you walk the walk in your own, individual way. </td> <td width="22"><br></td> <td width="260" valign="top" class="text"> Many meditative techniques require one to sit still and silent. But for most of us accumulated stress in our bodymind makes that difficult. Before we can hope to access our inner powerhouse of consciousness, we need to let go of our tensions.<br> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=120&Arg=Active" target="_parent">Osho Active Meditations</a> have been scientifically designed by Osho over a period of time to enable us to consciously express and experience repressed feelings and emotions, and learn the knack of watching our habitual patterns in a new way.<br><br> But <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=120&Arg=WhatIs" target="_parent">what <i>is</i> meditation</a> exactly?<br> And how to <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=120&Arg=Started" target="_parent">get started</a>?<br> <br> Some of the meditations have streaming audio and video demonstrations. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" width="552" nowrap><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/one.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="20" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td> <table width="97%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=105" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/dyna.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Dynamic Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=105" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> DYNAMIC MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> <div> This 1-hour meditation is a fast, intense and thorough way to break old, ingrained patterns in the bodymind that keep one imprisoned in the past, and to experience the freedom, the witnessing, silence and peace that are hidden behind these prison walls.</div> <div> The meditation is meant to be done in the early morning, when “the whole of nature becomes alive, the night has gone, the sun is coming up and everything becomes conscious and alert.”</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=106" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/kun.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Kundalini Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=106" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> KUNDALINI MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> This 1-hour “sister meditation” to the OSHO Dynamic is best done at sunset or in the late afternoon. Being fully immersed in the shaking and dancing of the first two stages helps to “melt” the rock-like being, wherever the energy flow has been repressed and blocked. Then that energy can flow, dance and be transformed into bliss and joy. The last two stages enable all this energy to flow vertically, to move upwards into silence. It is a highly effective way of unwinding and letting go at the end of the day. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=107" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/nata.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Nataraj Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=107" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> NATARAJ MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> Nataraj is the energy of dance. This is dance as a total meditation, where all inner division disappears and a subtle, relaxed awareness remains. There are three stages, lasting a total of 65 minutes. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=108" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/nada.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Nadabrahma Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=108" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> NADABRAHMA MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> Nadabrahma is the humming meditation – through humming and hand movements conflicting parts of you start falling in tune, and you bring harmony to your whole being. Then, with body and mind totally together, you “slip out of their hold” and become a witness to both. This watching from the outside is what brings peace, silence and bliss. The meditations lasts 1 hour. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=269" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/deva.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Devavani Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=269" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> DEVAVANI MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> In this 1-hour meditation a gentle, unfamiliar language moves and speaks through the meditator, who becomes an empty vessel. It deeply relaxes the mind and creates inner peace. If done last thing at night, it also creates a profound sleep. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=109" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/gouri.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Gourishankar Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=109" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> GOURISHANKAR MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> Osho says that if the breathing is done correctly in the first stage of this 1-hour meditation, the carbon dioxide formed in the bloodstream will make you feel as high as Gourishankar (Mt. Everest).This “high” is carried into the subsequent stages of soft gazing, soft and spontaneous movement, and silent stillness. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=174" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/mandala.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Mandala Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=174" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> MANDALA MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> Every circle contains a center. In the first three stages of this 1-hour energetic and powerful technique “centering” is the aim, through the creation of a circle of energy. Then, in the fourth stage, the relaxation. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=205" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/whirl.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho Whirling Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=205" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> WHIRLING MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> Whirling is an ancient Sufi technique. While your whole body is moving you become aware of your very being, the watcher at the center, which is unmoving. You learn to be an unidentified witness at the center of the cyclone.<br /> This 1-hour meditation is best done on an empty stomach, on bare feet and wearing loose clothing.&nbsp;<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="15" colspan="4" nowrap><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="24" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=222" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com:80/meditation/pic/nodimen.jpg" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Osho No Dimensions Meditation"></a> </td> <td width="18" nowrap><br></td> <td valign="top" class="text"> <span class="headline"> <a href="http://www.osho.com/LinkTo.cfm?LinkId=222" target="_parent"><img src="http://www.osho.com/GeneralPicture/osho.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> NO DIMENSIONS MEDITATION™</a> </span><br> This 1-hour active centering meditation is based on Sufi techniques, further developed and expanded by Osho. 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Your own home may be the best place to practice particular techniques. A visit to the Osho Meditation Resort can also provide an invaluable and in-depth experience, while another option is