Wisdom of Meditation
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Pranic Awareness:
This Pranic Awareness practice explores Kumbhak as more than just a breathing technique. Shikhaa reveals how the suspension of the breath trains the mind to rest in pure space, free from reaction, comparison, and the constant need to consume experience. Using the elements of earth, water, fire, and air, she describes how Self-awareness transforms the impressions carried in body, emotion, and mind, leading to the conscious rest of one's original, pure Being. 05.06.2026
Mantra Meditation:
This mantra meditation explores how regular practice creates a natural channel back to one’s true nature. Using the image of water finding its way through a groove to the ocean, Shikhaa reveals how meditation dissolves the deeply ingrained tendency to seek wholeness through action. The mantra is introduced as the “North Star,” a counterforce to the mind’s constant making of meaning, gently grooving the channel back to the vast, ever-free Self. 10.05.2026
Guided Meditation:
A 6.5 minute guided meditation in the practice to recognise and be with the awareness that is the formless ‘You’ - is pure awareness, pure Knower - and that ‘You’ is never disturbed by the thoughts that come and go. 11.06.26
This guided meditation begins by exploring why we practice meditation. Reflecting on the changing nature of body, mind, and identity, Shikhaa reveals the importance of discovering that which is beyond form and time. Through conscious breathing, meditation turns the mind’s attention away from the constant involvement with thinking, toward the ever-present Knower, Pure Being itself. Rather than following the thinking mind, the breath becomes a bridge to recognising the timeless, unchanging Self. 25.05.2026
This guided meditation explores the three familiar conscious states of waking, dreaming, and sleeping, revealing them all as altered states arising from the original pure Being. Using the image of a single drop of water flowing from a pure mountain source into rivers, oceans, and countless influences, Shikhaa describes how the pure sense “I am” becomes mixed with identity, experience, memory, and individuality. Through contemplation of Amaram Hum Madhuram Hum, meditation turns attention away from the current of thinking and back toward what Shikhaa describes as “Pure Conscious Existence,” the ever-present source that has never moved into limitation, fear, or separation. 27.04.2026
Satsang:
The Deep Dive! One of those satsangs that ignites a profound inquiry into the existential nature of the Self.
For those drawn to a deeper examination of desire, this 35-minute satsang offers a rich and penetrating exploration. Sparked by a question on desire, Shikhaa brings the enquiry of desire as the underlying movement of the waking dream, the force that sustains the sense of an individual "me."
As this mechanism is brought into the light of awareness, the possibility emerges of awakening to one's true nature as pure awareness, free from the grip of identification with the individual self.
This satsang leads the mind into the vastness of meditation, which may seem unfamiliar to the waking self, yet is profoundly familiar to the true Self. 18.06.2026
This satsang is part 1 of 2 recorded during Shikhaa's Light of Knowledge Satsang. Exploring the relationship between satsang and meditation, Shikhaa introduces the meaning of Sat as both existence and the unchanging, revealing how the human search for lasting fulfillment naturally leads to the enquiry, "Who am I?" Rather than seeking satisfaction through changing experiences, she points to meditation as the necessary companion to Self-enquiry, maturing the recognition of oneself as Pure Awareness. 11.06.2026
This satsang is part 2 of 2 recorded during Shikhaa’s Light of Knowledge satsang. Continuing the enquiry into meditation, Shikhaa dispels two common misconceptions: that meditation is about controlling the thinking mind, and that it is a search for extraordinary experiences. Using the image of the spinning wheel, she reveals that meditation is not about stopping thought, but cultivating the discernment to observe it. Rather than trying to shape a better personality, the satsang points to recognising the awareness prior to the personality, thoughts, and experiences that have taken shape. 11.06.2026
Scriptures:
Inspired by an aphorism from the scripture Patanjali Yog Darshan, Shikhaa explores the inherent unease of the human condition, revealing how this sense of incompleteness can appear dormant, mild, intermittent, or overwhelming. Rather than searching for the cause in past experiences, relationships, or external circumstances, the satsang brings attention to the nature of identification with body, mind, and individuality, as the root of suffering. 16.04.2026
This satsang was recorded during Shikhaa’s session with the NZ Yoga Collective 200-hour yoga teacher trainees, May 2026. Drawing on the four foundational questions of Patanjali Yog Darshan, Shikhaa explores the nature of human pain, its true cause, the possibility of liberation, and the means by which that freedom is realised. Rather than attributing suffering to the body, mind, or circumstances, she reveals ignorance of one’s true nature as the root of suffering, saying meditation is the direct means of recognising oneself as ever-present, pure, and free. 16.05.2026
Interactions:
Beginning with the paradox of the thinking mind, always seeking to become more, or fearing becoming less, Shikhaa reveals why meditation cannot solve the mind through more thinking. Instead, meditation begins with the knowledge, "I am whole and complete." Nothing can be added to the Self to make it greater, and nothing can be taken away to diminish it. Through sustained contemplation, this understanding matures into the direct recognition of oneself as the ever-present being, untouched by the changing experiences of life. 11.05.2026
This satsang was recorded during Shikhaa’s session with the NZ Yoga Collective 200-hour yoga teacher trainees, May 2026. A trainee asks what it really means to “get out of your head.” Shikhaa responds by revealing that meditation is not about escaping or controlling the thinking mind, but about recognising that thoughts do not define who we are. Through the simple practice of turning attention inward, meditation becomes the means by which the knowledge of one’s true nature begins to mature. 16.05.2026
Responding to Chrissy’s reflection on applying the teachings in everyday life, Shikhaa explores what it means to “apply the knowledge.” Using the story of the thirsty crow patiently raising the water level stone by stone, she reveals how Self-knowledge matures through repeated application rather than sudden transformation. Distinguishing temporary joy from true bliss, the satsang points to Madhuram not as a heightened experience, but as the sweetness of liberation that comes from recognising the mind cannot provide the lasting freedom it seeks. 25.05.2026
Responding to Susan's observation, Shikhaa reveals that the struggle between joy and disappointment is not personal, but part of the shared human condition. Recognising this becomes profoundly freeing. The sense of "this is happening only to me" dissolves, along with the isolation, shame, and separation it creates. Through applying this knowledge, one no longer fears the changing nature of experience, but becomes at peace knowing it always has a beginning and its ending. 25.05.2026
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