Tratak Dhyana is a method of doing meditation in which the practitioner concentrates on one fixed point for a prolonged period of time, looking at it with his eyes. Breathing and breath control are also important while performing Tratak Dhyana. Before you start Tratak, you must ensure that you take a few deep, long breaths. This breathing is called as Suksham Pranayama. Tratak thus makes a person gaze and look constantly at an object for a prolonged period of time and without even blinking. This creates tears to flow from the eyes of the practitioner and hence the eyes are washed and cleansed from the inside out while practicing the Tratak.
Technique for Tratak:
Place a candle nearly three feet in front of you. Gaze at it for 3 to 5 minutes without blinking. Initially you will not be able to continue even this long, but over a period of time you will get used to the exercise. This will help you exercise your Dharana – concentration or fixation of attention. One can use any object besides a candle, it can be any deity that you pray to, an AUM symbol, a photograph or just about anything sanguine that you wish to concentrate upon.
After concentrating on the object for sometime, move your focus to your inner self and concentrate on the object as if it is inside of you in the area between your two eyes. Close your eyes and try to focus on the object inside by trying to visualize the object between your two eyes. This method of concentration is called as Antaranga Tratak. When one fixes the gaze upon an external object, it is called as Bahiranga Tratak and when one concentrates inside the mind, it is termed as Antaranga Tratak.
After you have completed the process of Tratak, just spend a minute or two cupping your eyes with the palms of your hands. Make this a regular practice after Tratak is over.
Benefits:
Tratak cleanses the eyes inside out and helps remove the covering of the third eye.
Tratak also helps activate the Ajna Chakra.
Tratak aids concentration and helps calm the nervous system.
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