Dharanas - Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Meditation in Movement and the Sudden Stop Dharana – Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Akshay Patel August 10, 2026

Two related dharanas in Vigyan Bhairav Tantra use movement and its abrupt cessation as the practice: one turns continuous motion into the object of awareness; the other uses a sudden stop to produce a moment of heightened clarity before the mind can catch up.

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Using Emotions as Meditation – The Emotion-as-Doorway Dharana (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)

Akshay Patel August 7, 2026

Several techniques in Vigyan Bhairav Tantra use the energy of strong emotion — anger, desire, even jealousy — as the direct object of meditation. Not suppression, not acting out: full presence in the feeling itself.

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Meditation While Falling Asleep – The Sleep Threshold Dharana (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)

Akshay Patel August 6, 2026

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra contains a dharana that uses the transitional zone between waking and sleep as its object — not falling asleep, but maintaining one thread of awareness at the exact edge where the body is letting go.

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Meditation on the Spine – Sushumna Energy Dharana (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)

Akshay Patel August 4, 2026

The dharana of placing awareness along the spine uses the body's central axis as an anchor for attention. Here is what the practice actually involves — and how to work with it without strain or over-interpretation.

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Open Sky Meditation Dharana – Gazing into Space (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)

Akshay Patel July 20, 2026

The open sky dharana from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra uses the simplest available object — the open sky — as a doorway into boundless awareness. Here is what the practice involves and how to approach it without forcing a feeling of expansion.

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Meditation on Darkness – The Inner Darkness Dharana from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Akshay Patel July 17, 2026

One of the most underrated dharanas in Vigyan Bhairav Tantra asks the practitioner to rest awareness in darkness itself — not as absence, but as a vast, unbounded ground of awareness.

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Sound and Vibration Dharana – Nada Meditation in Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Akshay Patel July 16, 2026

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra offers several dharanas that use sound as a doorway into stillness — from chanting AUM and following its vibration to listening to external sound until only awareness remains.

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Third Eye Meditation Technique – Ajna Dharana from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Akshay Patel July 14, 2026

The dharana of resting awareness at the point between the eyebrows is one of the most recognizable techniques in Vigyan Bhairav Tantra. Here is what the practice actually involves — and what it does not.

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Meditation on the Gap Between Thoughts – Vigyan Bhairav Tantra Awareness Technique

Akshay Patel June 29, 2026

The Vigyan Bhairav Tantra offers a dharana that turns attention toward the brief, natural gap that already exists between thoughts — not creating silence, but recognizing the silence that is already there.

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Navel Center Dharana – Manipura Meditation Technique (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra)

Akshay Patel June 26, 2026

One of the body-center techniques of Vigyan Bhairav Tantra directs awareness to the navel center — the tantric understanding of which goes deeper than popular chakra ideas. Here is what the practice actually involves.

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