Full Moon Meditations
Swami Veda invites you to sit with him in meditation for an hour where ever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. See below for a sample meditation technique.
Full Moon Meditation Dates
| 2011 | JAN 9 | FEB 18 | MAR 19 | APR 17 | MAY 17 | JUNE 15 | |
| JUL 15 | AUG 13 | SEPT 12 | OCT 11 | NOV 10 | DEC 10 | ||
| 2012 | JAN 9 | FEB 7 | MAR 8 | APR 6 | MAY 6 | JUNE 4 | |
| JUL 3 | AUG 2 | AUG 31 | SEPT 29 | OCT 29 | NOV 28 | DEC 28 | |
| 2013 | JAN 27 | FEB 25 | MAR 27 | APR 25 | MAY 25 | JUNE 23 | |
| JUL 22 | AUG 20 | SEPT 19 | OCT 18 | NOV 17 | DEC 17 | ||
For more details please visit : globalmeditationsite.org , www.swamiveda.org , www.bindu.org , www.yogaineurope.eu , www.themeditationcenter.org etc.
TIMINGS: | 7 AM | in India (IST), surrounding countries adjust the time accordingly, for example Iran is 5 AM. |
| 8 PM | in East Asia, 8 PM Singapore time. Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand etc. adjust their times to coincide with Singapore time 8 PM. |
| 8 PM | in U.K. (Greenwich Mean Time).Those in all European, and all African time zones, please adjust your sitting time to coincide with 8 PM United Kingdom (GMT). |
| 10 PM | in New York. Surrounding countries and regions of South, Central and North America and the Caribbean to match their time to 10 PM New York time. |
How is the full moon calculated?
The dates of the Full Moon Meditations are announced after our Ashram Pandits have worked out the exact hours and minutes of the full moon each month. The hours of the full moon span two calendar days in western time. By Swami Veda’s request, the date with the most full moon hours is chosen for the Full Moon Meditation.
Sample Meditation
Those who have not learned to meditate before, but would like to join Swami Veda in his Worldwide Meditations may ask for his booklet title "Beginning Meditation" (Please see http://www.ahymsin.org/main/index.php/Swami-Veda-Bharati/beginning-meditation.html) and a CD of Guided Meditation. Until then, and until you have had the opportunity to take some training in correct ways of sitting and breathing, the simple procedure to follow is:
1. Sit as straight as you can on an even, firm, but cushioned surface.
1. Relax your forehead.
3. Relax your facial and physical musculature.
4. Bring awareness to your breathing.
5. Breathe slowly, gently, smoothly, evenly; without jerk or sound in the breathing.
6. Now feel the touch and flow of the breath in the nostrils.
7. Let there be no pause between the breaths; as one breath is completed, begin to feel the next breath flowing and touching the nostrils.
8. After a few breaths, choose:
a. whichever name of God is your favorite according to your tradition or religion;
b. or a sacred but short phrase or prayer word from your scripture or tradition
c. If you do not believe in a form of divinity, or spiritual incarnation and so forth, exhaling, think Oooonnne (One in a long and drawn out way), inhaling think Twwwoooo (Two) without a break in this count with the breath.
9. Exhaling, think that phrase; inhaling think that phrase. The phrase is not to come in the mouth nor on the tongue; it must only be a mentation.
10. Let there be no break between the breaths, nor between the incessant flow of the thoughts of the same phrase.
11. As soon as you become aware that you have lost the flow and other thoughts have begun to arise, re-start the same procedure from the beginning with number 1.
12. Sit for as long as you wish.
13. Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise.
14. If you practice this even for 2-3 minutes at a time many times a day, you will notice subtle changes in yourself for the better.
15. Whatever you do repeatedly with the mind, that will become the mind's habit; calming the mind repeatedly will return your mind to its calm nature.