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Kirtan Kriya is one of the most important meditations in Kundalini Yoga. Yogi Bhajan taught that if you could only do one meditation, you should do Kirtan Kriya. He said that if all other teachings were lost, we would be able to live with grace and strength by practicing Kirtan Kriya. This is the best meditation to start with. Kirtan Kriya has changed my life, and is the foundation of my practice. It is a meditation I will always continue.

Kirtan Kriya will clear you out and bring you into balance. If practiced consistently, this meditation is said to awaken the mind to “the infinite capacity of the soul for sacrifice, service, and creation.”

Recently, this meditation even made the ! Listed below are a few of the benefits of this meditation to body, mind, and spirit:

• Improved Memory
• Reduced Stress
• Enhanced Brain Blood Flow
• Increased Healthy Brain Size
• Improved Brain Chemistry
• Increased Telomerase (leads to better health, decreased risk for Alzheimer’s)
• Decrease in Inflammatory Genes (which lead to illness)
• Increase in Good Genes (improved immune system)
• Improved Sleep
• Less Depression
• Clarity of Purpose
• Spiritual Well-Being

The mantra for this meditation is ‘sa ta na ma’, to the tune of the first four notes of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” These sounds represent the cycle of creation: birth, life, death, and rebirth. The mudra positions change with each sound, beginning with the thumb lightly pressing the pointer finger and moving to the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

This meditation can be done in just 7 minutes! After , sit in easy pose (criss cross applesauce), with the elbows straight, hands on the knees, and palms facing up. Close your eyes and focus between the eyebrows. A meditation timer app set to one minute intervals is very helpful.

As you chant, imagine white light coming down through the crown of your head and out through the forehead with each sound. When completing this meditation, the voice goes from normal volume to silent, and back to normal again in intervals as follows:

• 1 minute: chant aloud
• 1 minute: whisper
• 2 minutes: silent – mentally chant
• 1 minute: whisper
• 1 minute: chant aloud
• 1 minute: meditate in silence

I like to imagine this meditation as a circle:Rebirth has become one of my favorite concepts to ponder. Christ taught Nicodemus, marvel not: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” King Benjamin reminded his people that through their covenants they become children of Christ. “Your hearts are changed through faith on His name. He hath spiritually begotten you.” Alma asked, “Have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts? Can ye feel so now?”

“The idea of birth and rebirth is the presupposition of every ordinance.” – Truman G. Madsen

The Savior led the way. How could the Father tell the world of birth, life, death, and rebirth? He sent His son. To be born in humble circumstances. To live and breathe for each of us. To suffer, atone, and die as a sacrifice. And, ultimately, to rise again. He has shown us the way to follow.

In the fourth Article of Faith, we learn that the “first principles and ordinances of the gospel are first, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, second, repentance, third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, and fourth, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.” This is the same pattern.

As we exercise faith, we take our towards God. Faith is a principle of action and power. Faith initiates. Faith is by choice, and faith precedes the miracle. Sustained faith moves us to repentance, which represents our life: our continued efforts and also our failings.

Repentance is turning to Him as we find the “courage to be imperfect while striving for perfection.” Through repentance we are enabled to keep up and continue on through the vicissitudes of life. Repentance is vulnerable, humble, ongoing, and joyful. A repentant heart is willing to change. Repentance is reaching for His hand when we fall, embracing His atonement. Repentance carries us through to death and renewal, as we let go of our weaknesses and ultimately find fresh courage, a change of mind, and renewed breath.

In baptism, we symbolically die and are cleansed from sin. Through the sacrament we partake of the emblems of Christ’s death. As we prepare for these ordinances through prayer and bring a repentant heart, we are able to offer our sins, doubts, fears, and shortcomings on the altar. We let them go and let them die. We leave our pride, and we leave our ego.

After leaving our sins behind, we are blessed to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. Our repentance is ratified and sealed through this power – the purifying agent of rebirth and renewal. The communicator of peace, love, and truth. Our guide and helper as we seek new life through spiritual gifts. Through the promises of the sacrament and our active seeking, we are able to more fully receive the miracle of this gift every week, every day, and every moment.

And so the cycle continues. Each cycle of rebirth is but a part of a bigger cycle: a spiral circling upward in our reach for God.

Sa Ta Na Ma.

Birth Life Death Rebirth.

Christ’s Birth, Life, Sacrifice & Death, Resurrection.

Faith, Repentance, Baptism & the Sacrament, the Gift of the Holy Ghost.