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A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च |
मूध्न्यार्धायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ||८-१२||
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca .
mūdhnyā^^rdhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ||8-12||
Krishna describes the technique: "Close all the doors of the senses. Draw the mind into the heart. Fix the life-breath at the top of the head. Settle into deep concentration."
Listen
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च |
मूध्न्यार्धायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ||८-१२||
sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca .
mūdhnyā^^rdhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ||8-12||
BG 8.12
Settle
Close all the gates of the senses. Gather the mind into the heart. Draw your whole self into one still point.
The essence
Close the gates; gather into the heart.
Breathe
You gather everything inward You rest it all in the heart
Contemplate
What would it feel like to gather all your scattered energy home?
Take with you
Write from the gathered stillness at the center of your chest.