Semester 3

ADVANCED MEDITATION

PET – PRANIC ENERGIZATION

1 What is PET?  PET = Pranic Energization Technique
 Advanced Yogic meditation technique where we use our Prana Shakti
to energize the whole body
 It can strengthen the immune defense system of the body

2 What is Prana?  Prasnopanishad states that Prana is the basic fabric of the whole
creation
3 What are the  Prana operates in the Pranic body, called Pranamaya Kosa
different forms of  In the human system, Prana has 5 functional manifestation
Prana? Which is the 1. Prana (head region) – governs respiration
form that is used in 2. Apana (below navel) – governs excretion and reproduction
PET? 3. Samana (abdomen) – governs digestion
4. Udana (along spinal canal) – upward anti-peristalsis
5. Vyana (all around body) – sense of touch
 Vyana is mainly used for energization in PET
4 Name the steps  1-Prayer
 2-Breath awareness
 3-Recognition of Vyana
 4-Movement and Rotation
 5-Balancing and Energization
 6-Silence
 7-Resolve
 8-Closing Prayer
5 STEP #1
State the Opening
prayer and its
meaning

Meaning:
All that exists in all the three worlds is under the governance of Prana. O
Prana! Please protect us, your children, as a Mother, and grant us material
and spiritual wealth and wisdom
6 STEP #2  Breath awareness  Expanded awareness  Increased sensitivity
Why is breath
awareness critical?
7 STEP #2  1- Pointed awareness – watch breath at tip of nose
What are the stages  2- Linear awareness – trace the breath from nostrils  nasal track 
of breath awareness? throat  trachea  bronchii lungs, and then back from lungs
… to nostrils
 3- Surface awareness – feel the cool and warm air during inhalation
and exhalation (note - temperature aspects builds greater sensitivity
and depth of perception)
 4- 3D awareness – using bhramari to feel vibrations throughout body
and synchronization of heart beat and pulse

5-9 rounds for each stage

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 8 STEP#2  In PET we use Nadi Suddhi for balancing breath
How to bring  In case there is drowsiness or blockage of breath in nostrils, one can
equalization of perform alternate nostril Kapalabhati (however care to be taken: (1)
breath? Empty stomach else digestive disorders, (2) Don’t bend spine, may
result in catch or muscle sprain or even slip-disc, (3) Avoid contortions
of face, may result in muscle catch in face, (4) Women during
menstrual period and pregnancy to avoid, (5) Persons with high BP,
IHD, slip-disc, spondylosis, etc. to avoid
9 STEP#2  Nasika mudra  close right nostril
Explain nadi-shuddhi  Inhale left nostril  Kevala Kumbhaka  Open right close left nostril
in PET  Exhale slowly  Kevala Kumbhaka  Inhale slowly via right nostril
 Kevala Kumbhaka  Open left close right nostril and exhale slowly
 Kevala Kumbhaka
 Repeat 9 rounds
10 STEP#3  Mudras are used for gain further sensitization through recognizing
How does mudras nerve impulses
help?  Mudras evoke Prana and set it in different patterns; the physiology of
mudras is yet to be fully understood
11 STEP#3  Cin mudra  Join index finger and
Which mudras are tip of thumb
used in PET?

 Cinmaya mudra  Press tip of forefinger

on tip of thumb
 Fold middle, ring and
small fingers inwards
pressing the palms

 Adi mudra  Fold thumb inwards

and press middle
portion of palm
 Fold and press all the
four fingers on this
thumb
 Namaskara mudra  Join the 2 palms

12 STEP#3  Seated position and relax  Hands on thighs

How does one  Cin mudra  Observe pulse, heart beat and synchronization  Open
recognize nerve fingers and touch again recognizing nerve impulses going along hands
impulses in PET? to the brain  Relax  touch and release a few times tracing the
nerve impulses
 Cinmaya mudra  press and release (repeat)  feel the nerve
impulses thru the hand
 Face smiling and whole body relaxed
 Adi mudra  press and release (repeat)  feel nerve impulses
 Namaskara mudra  press & release (repeat)  feel the nerve
impulses

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 13 STEP#3  Nerve impulses have the following 2 limitations:
What is the difference o Spatial limitation – Unidirectional; flows only thru nerves
between nerve o Time limitation – fixed speed (per type of nerve)
impulse and Vyana?

 Vyana has no such limitations:

o Can flow in all directions, even beyond the skin
o Speed can be anywhere from 0 to infinity

14 STEP#4A  Move palms in & out (repeat), slowly to a distance of 2 cms and back
Explain how is Vyana to almost-touching (thin air gap)
recognized o Feel the space in between palms getting sensitized
 Rotate palms slowly – clockwise and anticlockwise
o Feel the churning of Vyana
 Repeat In & Out and Clockwise-Anti-clockwise

What is experienced?
 Somewhere in the body, Vyana shows up depending on which part of
the body is most sensitive
 Facilitate movement by moving the palm over the region where
Vyana showed up

15 STEP#4B  Place palm on knees

Explain rotation and  Move prana from right heel  right calf muscle  thigh muscles 
energization right buttock  right lowback  right canal of spine
 Move prana from right hand back-side similarly: arm  shoulder 
join the earlier flow at neck
 Move prana up the right back-side of head  top of head and come
down the right forehead  right eye  right nostril  right portion
of chin  down neck  right position of thorax muscles  down
abdomen to right thigh  knee cap and all the way to the right foot,
and similarly to right hand fingers
 REPEAT this rotation on the left side
 Now rotate the prana from both sides: Start from heels of both feet
and hands and all the way up from backside and sweeping down from
the head to the front side
 Each and every organ of body is getting vitalized by Prana

16 STEP#5  Recognize if there is any imbalance of Prana between left and right
How to balance sides; now balance it with your will power
vyana?  Move prana from high density to regions with low pranic density
 Feel the prana equally distributed to all parts of the body
17 What are the  Feel the prana around the body expanding and diffusing into the
instructions for infinite blue sky resulting in experiencing silence and associated bliss
Silence – step#6  Dwell in silence longer and longer
18 What is Resolution?  A clear positive thought, well formulated, using minimum words
 “I am very blissful” ; “I am full of energy”; “I am totally healthy”
 Repeat 9 times with full faith

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 19 What is the closing
prayer and its
meaning?

May everyone be happy; May everyone be disease-free; May all see what
is good; may all be free from suffering
Om! Peace! Peace! Peace!

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