Isha Bhava Spandana Program Experiences
Isha Bhava Spandana Program Experiences
This post is about my Isha Bhava Spandana Program Experiences. I do not intend to share all the details about the structure of this experiential program. I am not allowed to do that. I have shared how I felt throughout this program and the transformation I feel now. I am sharing a few tips so that after reading this post, the participant can correctly prepare herself for this intense experiential program.
What Is the Bhava Spandana Program
Isha Foundation offers an advanced meditation Program called Bhava Spadana. This program is provided to those who have completed the Isha Inner Engineering Program and have been initiated into Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya. In Sadguruji’s words, “Bhava Spandana offers the necessary fundamentals to transform the very way you exist, perceive life and experience yourself and everything around you.”
Bhava Spandana is the next step you can take, moving from intellectual understanding into the experiential realm. This program is designed by Sadguru. It is conducted by an Isha Instructor. Bhava Spandana Program is conducted as a 4-day, 3-night residential program at the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, India.
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My Isha Bhava Spandana Program Expereinces
I completed my Isha Inner Engineering Course online and got initiated into Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya in February 2022. Bhava Spandana is an in-person program that is conducted at the Isha Yoga Center Coimbatore in a controlled environment. So I visited Isha Yoga Center in the month of May 2023 for the second time. During my stay, I used the Sadguru App and registered for this program. I paid online Rs.5000- as a program registration fee. I used the Google Pay app to make an online payment.
The Isha Foundation confirmed my registration for this program through an email. This email also had all the information regarding the check-in, check-out timings, venue entry e-pass and program guidelines. I completed my Bhava Spandana (English) Ladies program from the 11th of July to the 14th of July 2023. The venue for my Bhava Spandana program was the Chamundi Prashala. I was provided with accommodation during the program at this venue. We had a common luggage room. We were provided with a mattress, a pillow and a bed cover. We had to sleep in the Chamundi Program hall during the night. Morning wake-up time was 5:00 a.m. every day. The program sessions started at 6:00 a.m. and used to end by practising guided Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya by 9.00 p.m. followed by dinner. During this program food was served exactly like the Biksha Hall. The yogic food was easy to digest, tasty and healthy.
Chamundi Prashala is a divine space, it is a big hall with 3 entrances. This Chamundi Prashala is a space consecrated by Sadguru for conducting Isha Yoga Programs. The Bhava Spandana program was conducted by an Ishanga Teacher. The biggest surprise was that, for our Bhava Spandana program, Radhe Jaggi Akka was a volunteer, since she was undergoing Ishanga training. All the participants were so happy to see her around offering seva. We were so blessed to be in her company. Her presence was so special and inspiring too. Her presence made our Bhava Spandana program experience special.
Our Bhava Spandana program was well-planned and executed in a controlled environment. The devoted team of volunteers made it all happen. Our meal timings, washroom timings, type of meal, break everything was controlled and well organised. The program volunteers used to get up before the participants and used to go to sleep after us. They served us food with love and took care of our medicines and other support needed during the program. They served us with a sense of devotion as they had placed participant’s well-being over theirs. We all were so touched and inspired by their selfless service and devotion. Isha program volunteers were the divine force that made the Bhava Spandana happen to us in an absolutely intense way. In the last session, we thanked Shri Sadguruji, all the volunteers, organising Ishangas, Ishanga Teacher and all the other people who made this happen.
Bhava Spandana was a real experiential program. I had intense experiences on the physical, emotional, psychological and energy levels. I became more sensitive towards the environment around me. I became more intense when it came to my energy levels. Physically the program was too tiring. My body was in pain. emotionally I was happy, in the present moment and joyful. I became more conscious about the food I was having. I learnt to connect with the food that was served to me and was very grateful while having it. I was more sensitive to the emotions of the participants which were around me. I realised each and every human being is going through a lot of suffering. Everyone needs respect, emotional support, love and understanding of human beings around them. Bhava means emotion and I learnt to connect emotionally with the participants around me, with the food I was having and with the life that I am. It helped me to experience life more intensely. I am conscious that Bhava Spandana happened to me only because of Shri Sadguruji’s grace. I am grateful to him and bow down to him in love and devotion.
After regular practice with Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya, I am experiencing a distance between me and my body. I also experience a distance between me and my mind, my thoughts and my emotions. I wished to experience myself as a vibrant life. I wished to experience my energies. I wished to experience my intense connection with Shri Sadguru more intensely. The Bhava Spandana program made all this possible for me. The highlight of this Bhava Spandan program for me was when I experienced life throbbing inside me near my heart chakra. It was like a cold flame, gently vibrating, energy was moving near my heart chakra. I experienced myself as a life, tiny, peaceful, cold flame. I experienced I am not this body and mind. I am this life energy who is in this body, giving life to this body. I experienced that this, as a life energy, is also vibrating outside this body, in each and every being and in the environment around me. It was an intense and profound experience of vibrant life. I am thankful to this program which provided me with that controlled environment that was needed to have this experience. I am glad I did this Bhava Spandana program which changed my experience of life within me and for the life around me.
Life After Bhava Spandana Program
In Bhava Spandana after experiencing life within me and around me with more enhanced sensitivity and intense involvement. I feel the pain of another person, I feel the emotions of another woman more intensely. I feel responsible and I offer whatever support or help I can offer to the other person. I am more sensitive towards each and every grain on my plate. I feel a connection with the food that is served on my plate. I am conscious that this food will build my body, mind and my energies. I am living this life as a mother to the world who is now more willing to understand, more devoted to love and more willing to offer this life for other’s well-being. Most importantly the life experience that I had during Bhava Spandana in the Sadguru’s grace, I want to have that intense experience on my own, during meditation. I want to enhance my spiritual practices to that level. As a next step, I have participated in the Shoonya Intensive Program and learnt Shakti Chalana Kriya, Surya Shakti Yoga and Shoonya Meditation. After Bhava Spandana, this life wants to make its presence more intense, and experiences on energy levels more intense and I am willing to offer the rest of my life to Sadguru’s vision. I had come to Isha Yoga Center with the same intention and now I have the willingness and clarity to achieve it and make it happen. I want to be available to Sadgurji’s grace by making Bhava Spandana happen for me every day.
Bhava Spandana Homework
Writing Bhava Spandana homework is very important. I wrote all the past happy and sad moments of my life. It was very painful to pen down bad experiences. After writing Bhava Spandana’s homework, my mind became empty, my heart was relaxed. It gave me an opportunity to look back on my life consciously. It made me more aware of what I want in my future. I took 200 page long notebook and wrote around 50 pages of homework and that was enough. I started writing 10 days before the program. I started writing with my childhood memories and ended with my stay and volunteering experience at the Isha Yoga Center. In between I covered all my life as per the incidents which had impacted me very intensely. I even wrote in detail about the people who hurt me and the people who inspired me. I wrote about my regrets, traumas, fears, and unfulfilled desires. I wrote about the people I love and the people I hate. This helped me to realise that I need to forgive people and get rid of the hatred. I need to forgive people and love unconditionally. Writing Bhava Spandana’s homework looked easy initially but it turned into an intense experience by the time I finished writing it. During the actual Bhava Spandana program, I experienced that this Homework plays an important role in making the Bhava Spandana happen to me with maximum intensity.
Tips For Writing Bhava Spandana Homework
Give importance to writing Bhava Spandana’s homework. Keep free time for this work. So that you are relaxed and can write comfortably. Cover each and every phase of your life. Cover each and every person or animal who has made your life beautiful. Write about your traumas, fears, desires and ambitions. Give your 100% and write homework with a sense of devotion towards Shri Sadguruji. He knows what he is doing. You will leave Bhava Spandana program hall as a happy and grateful human being who is sensitive towards everything around her. Write 50 pages and count 1 as the front and 2 as the back page. Do not leave empty lines in between. Use each and every line and fill the book. If you have good writing skills and extra time you can fill the entire notebook. If you cannot write do not stress yourself. Trust Shri Sadguruji and just start writing. you will be happy you did it. Everything will happen in his grace. Just trust him, offer yourself and be devoted to the process. You will realise the importance of this homework throughout the Bhava Spandana program. Writing Bhava Spandana homework is like offering your past karma freely to Shri Sadguruji, who knows what to do with it and knows how to free you from your past karma and make you empty. Empty to start a new life with enhanced sensitivity towards the life within and outside. So all the best for your Bhava spandana program and best wishes so that you write your homework sincerely.
