Is My OM Japa In the Chakras Working?

[@Mr123slayer123]

Good afternoon Forrest. I have heard about this technique from you a while ago. I do it daily and it is really extraordinary! Its amazing that something that seems so "simple" can be so life changing. I got the inspiration from within to do it every night when I wake up for no reason and rather than just lying there with some monkey mind I do the Om Japa 7 times in every chakra. it is extraordinary! Thank you my brother.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Amazing! I love it! Well done!! 🙏🌹

[@kimulm0619]

Mr 123slayer,thanks for sharing that.Its actually a good idea.💛

[@akc1739]

Thanks for this idea! I am rereading AOY when I wake in the night, but this is an excellent idea as starting my days at 2-3 a.m. can be a bit much no matter how inspiring the reading material!

[@boardsandstuff5008]

I have been reaching heart rate resonance from time to time for years and the following effects. But never knew how to effectively repeat the process. But thanks to you i inderstand and all makes sense. I have reached inner silence, tranquil breath, and expansion. It has depended my devotion and made some drastic changes in my life. Thank you Namaste!

[@lestafrank4109]

Thank you SO much!!

[@FrankDeLalla]

Om Japa (and similar things I learned from you) transformed my life. Saved me and my family from so many traps we were stuck in! I was overcome by negative emotional and intellectual patterns. In slow. Out slower. Om japa. Very powerful tools! 🙏👊🔥♥️🙏🌮🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@ForrestKnutson]

So beautiful Frank! 🤗🤗🥰🥰🤩🤩🙏🙏🔥🔥🌹🌹

[@gladysquinones4220]

Thank you for sharing your experience and thanks to Forest for teaching in to the world

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@gladysquinones4220 thank you so much 🤩 🙏

[@FrankDeLalla]

@@gladysquinones4220 😁🙏👋

[@boardsandstuff5008]

Ma dude well put. Namaste and blessings to you and your loved ones.

[@hermanmoreno6278]

Thank You Forestji ❤ I was applying this to my heart chakra while you were demonstrating how to do it and I got such a wonderful feeling of bliss Thank You My whole body is tingling

[@peterhook2258]

Nice immediately usable and practical technique. Yep, paying attention.

[@yanbutarello]

Thank you as always my friend, you truly are a lifechanging person! ♥️🙏🇧🇷

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you 😊 🤩🙏

[@fhoniemcphonsen8987]

great info as always. really looking forward to your interview with Tim of OS. you both deserve much greater exposure.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Oh awesome, thank you! 🤩🙏

[@goldenbreathwork]

Saying “sense it mentally + in the body” is the perfect way to make it a somatic experience, not just a mental one. I like to say “bring your feeling awareness in your body to a specific area”. Thanks Forrest!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Perfect Aaron! 🤩🙏

[@mikemorrison270]

I love you brother!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Awe! 🤗🤗🙏🙏

[@gladysquinones4220]

Thank you Forrest! For teaching this to the world, but just the ones who are ready for it will benefit from it.

[@janabateman8470]

I’d say those around the ones practicing it also can benefit. Kinda like when one person in the relationship starts working on themselves, the other benefits by association:) ..it’s a ripple effect

[@kimulm0619]

Fantastic Forrest,,thank you💙

[@HMALDANA]

Awesome, Forrest! I've been trying different angles when doing the Om Japa. It's been great so far, but you're right, you should be willing to let go for it to work all the way through. Blessings and blissings!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Perfect Mauricio, so great! 🤩🤩🙏🙏

[@SB-iz8sz]

Excellent description…just what I needed to hear.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Perfect! 🤩🙏

[@Triplekev]

Hello Forrest! 🙏🏻 Thanks for your clips and the many useful and insightful information. What do you think about using the chakra - specific seed-mantras „LAM“, „VAM“ etc. at each chakra instead of „just“ using OM at each one?

[@ForrestKnutson]

That also works very well. Those are all derivatives of OM. 🤩🙏

[@poppy7241]

Thank you brother..for the reminder and your luminous energy 🙏💐

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Poppy! 🌹🙏

[@greendog105]

when you say "mentally om" but actually "om" with your voice I get confused, should I chant it or just imagine that I'm chanting it, mentally?

[@freds4814]

Life is getting easier! Thank you Forrest! 🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Woo hooo! 🤩🙏🌹

[@freds4814]

Yes!!! 😊😊

[@ozarkraga1710]

Just dropping spiritual hand grenades left and right 🤣🤣🤣🙏. THIS!!! And you give the whole secret …. In between the lines…in the video. It’s all in this one Forrest. Do they know??? …Do they know the entire essence of Kriya is contained within this video. Bravo Forrestji! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤩

[@ForrestKnutson]

Hahaha! That's a Holy Hand Grenade!! 😅😅🙏🙏🌹🌹 That's what they tell me when they come for initiation. One very bright student told me, oh my goodness you've given it all away! 🙏🙏🌹🌹

[@ozarkraga1710]

@@ForrestKnutson holy hand grenade Batman!🤣🤣.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@ozarkraga1710 🤣🤣🤣

[@kahyoke68]

Thank you teacher Forrest , may I know why Om Japa has to be done mentally . What if someone enjoy vocal om more than mental om, what different effect it could be ? Thank you

[@RahulDas-nz6iy]

Most wonderful, insightful, enlightening and yet simply put by you Guruji. This is the essence of kriya meditation. Thanks a lot Guruji

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you so much Rahul! 🤩🤩🙏🙏🌹🌹

[@josephmitchell6796]

I get bliss just by watching your videos Forrest! Would you say even, that by doing om japa the extended exhale can help put you into HRV as an extra benefit with the extended ommm exhale?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Beautiful Joseph! 🤩🙏🤩 yes, absolutely! Combining them is very powerful! 🥳🙏

[@SandipanRoy-wh5bh]

When i om into heart i feel blockage behind the spine in back side but front side is free. How to remove the back side???

[@annoelzinga791]

What does Japa mean? For a while I did ooohm jaaaapaaaa mentally, until I had this sense that only ohm is supposed to be chanted. 😂 serious though.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Oh my goodness! 😅 Japa means repetition. So, over and over again. 🤩🙏

[@edfadde9230]

"the homeless are the lotus feet of Krishna".... (thought just came to me from somehere)

[@robinriches7798]

Clean. That’s the expression. Yes! 🏄‍♂️🆙

[@ForrestKnutson]

Robin! So true! 🌹 🙏

[@MillicentStClaire]

Much love and appreciation to you for bringing such clarity to these sacred practices. You are a master teacher indeed.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you so much 🤩 🙏 I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@robinriches7798]

You’re the man! Brill. Best robin.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Robin you're Brill! 🤩🤩🙏

[@dakotahsimonson631]

This was informative and detailed with om japa thank you and blissings 🕉😇

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Dakotah! 😊 🙏

[@dakotahsimonson631]

@@ForrestKnutson no forrest 😆... Thank you!🤣🕉

[@azu811]

HIII I wanted too ask if you could make a video on how too enter the void state luv your teachings ★

[@1rsalc]

Forrest, lately I have been reviewing again some of your videos. This one is very interesting. I'm curious. On psycho-physiological level, what is happening when we Om into a chakra?

[@saiswarupmishra5707]

Thank you Sir for the beautiful teaching.....💐🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Sai! 🤗🙏

[@colleencarone8650]

Forrest, Your demonstration of moving through it with your hand is very helpful. Do we have to imagine moving the om into it, through it, or if you don’t use a sense of movement will it not change the energy and emotion? Thanks! 🙏🏼💗

[@janabateman8470]

Such a powerful video! ..already watched it twice.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Perfect Jana!

[@pavneetkaur4545]

Wow! Wow! Wow! It's absolutely beautiful! I love the comment- 'More soup sir' and yes, once the loving giggle keeps coming, one cannot stop! Thank you for helping me! Super! 🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ForrestKnutson]

So perfect! 🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏

[@jonny3003]

Thanks for the nice video. What do you do though when the source of ones anger isn't in the past but in the present? For example like a constantly noisy neighbor raising ones anger again and again. Same procedure?

[@ForrestKnutson]

When the source is continuous it's much more of a sticky situation. In that case we might not be able to resolve the negative emotion completely. However there is always a chance of transcendence which is what we're trying to accomplish. But in an ongoing practical situation it's always great to start with things which are very practical. So for example you could tape up or staple up blankets on that wall the whole wall which is being a bother. That will dampen some of the sound and give you a little more peace. You could also make a plan how you're going to move and find a better place a more suitable place for yourself and just having that plan in place will help to calm the mind and the emotions. And of course you can practice OM Japa in the chakras. Just know that you probably won't be able to fully resolve it until there is freedom from the experience. ...Sometimes time is the ultimate teacher. When I was a monk in the postulate ashram all the young monks were given rooms right next to the train tracks. I'll never forget the first time it woke me up at 4:30 in the morning, I thought the train was actually going to come through my room. But after living a year in the same room the train could come rumbling by and I barely noticed. There was nothing I could do about it at the time so I just accepted it eventually.

[@jonny3003]

@@ForrestKnutson Thank you very much for that extensive answer. Guess besides earplugs thinking of your train experience might help 🙂

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@jonny3003 haha! Awesome! Yes every time noise bothers you just remember poor Forrest dealing with a rushing train coming by his room so fast and noisily he thought it was going to come through the center of the room! LOL! 🤣🤣

[@crisstone2000]

I was thinking if thoughts, if emotions contribute to physical symptoms, when why wouldn't this work for pain anywhere not just the chakras. I was having nerve pain in my shoulder and now its just so much better. Was that placebo?

[@zdenkkk]

I can't understand. In surat shabd yoga we focus on thrd eye. And moment comes when breath almost stop. And the light is coming from sahasrar, or third eye or medulla. It's confusing me now to focusing on breath cos it's almost gone into merging with light. But as I told you on previous comments. Lots of sexuality and fears became much bigger after meditation. But the peace while be one with light is so natural. How to cooperate with breath and this om...

[@Jakbyniebylo1990]

During kriya pranayama and jyoti mudra I chant Aum at each chakra and its working great, when I didn't do it I felt pressure on my head and a feeling of heat And anger or sadeness after finishing the practice now im light and soft.

[@nine5co.948]

The “om” is aloud but mentally we’re holding the chakra correct?

[@samhez33]

❤❤❤

[@krishnahare3638]

Perfectone dr ' Italia! Tunnel Ravne under the Bosnian pyramid of the Sun, last november they were measuring 91000 negative ions per cubic centimeter. I hope you understand pranayam from that angle of looking...I was there several weeks ago, it is place of healing and hope , gazillion on their yt channel healing videos...so I was practicing some breathing Technics and I can assure you it is worthy of coming and doing right there. You were mentioning some rounds which one you would do first or something; is there some order to do it?

[@varenyaaum]

Namaste Forrest ji, when i don't practise mahamudra i feel that the energies get disturbed as soon as i get up from my meditation posture. The mahamudra helped me with this. But i feel the same disturbance of the energies when i eat something(especially when i am meditating a bit more) and i feel a kind of pressure in the chest/ribs. Can you please guide Forrest ji? It kind of feels like a polarity problem but why does it happens when i eat anything, even when I drink water?

[@ForrestKnutson]

As we reenter our life, we want to get out of the Deep Freeze response that we've been in, and we want the energies to read and live in the front Channel and digestive channel of the body. Otherwise if we stay in the freeze as we are eating and drinking then the digestion will be interrupted which is what I think you are describing a little bit. So one thing that you can do which is very helpful is to rub very quickly the front of the body and the face quite a bit. This will reawaken the ventral vagal, and create balance. Also, mahamudra will do this beautifully at the end of your meditation, as well.

[@varenyaaum]

@@ForrestKnutson Will the microcosmic orbit meditation help with it? Because i think in this we move our attention to front part of the body as well

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@varenyaaum not in this case because you are trying to come back to normal so you're not trying to go inside in meditation but come back outside and reactivate your digestive system. 😉🙏

[@sureshbabu1137]

Guruji, very useful information, one doubt can we do this japa to our beloved ones

[@exclusivelyforyou]

I'm from India, why no one taught me this before. :') Thank you ❤️ I'll watch all your video's.

[@paulmorin1286]

can you do this practice if you are non vegetarian,,,,,

[@aloksahu7208]

Yes this is soul of yoga thank you sir🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Alok! 🙏

[@vijayakumarp7593]

Loved the practice. Thank you 🙏🌷

[@ForrestKnutson]

Fantastic! 🌹🙏🤩

[@violinwithRosemary]

You are a lifesaver Forrest 😍 Much gratitude 🙏🦋

[@ForrestKnutson]

Fantastic! I love to hear that! I'm so glad it was helpful. 🤩🙏

[@violinwithRosemary]

@@ForrestKnutson you are amazing, so grateful 🙂🤍 been feeling extra contracted, reactive and annoyed lately. Time to clean off those dusty kitchen counters🌷 Thank you for your joyful, gentle reminders 💙🦋🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@violinwithRosemary perfect 🤩🙏🌹🌹

[@jacekjakubek]

Is practicing hong-sau the equivalent of doing om-japa in the forehead chakra? Can you do hong-sau in the chakras (by focusing on each chakra when doing hong sau) instead of om-japa in the chakras? it seems like the same thing except instead of OM, you're mentally chanting hong and sau. I like hong sau.

[@MysticalTaurus]

Hong sau technique doesn't involve chakras ... It is observing the breath mentally chanting while keeping concentration in kutasta.. but here Forrest is referring to mentally accessing the chakras and mentally chanting om in each chakra for brief time. You can find this in srf lessons.

[@rkatz0]

Yes. It's working. Not going to watch this video!

[@markluma98]

Greatest video ever of yours guruji, for finding chakras ! Drop those Om bombs into those chakras...

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's so perfect Mark! 🤩🙏

[@movvasrinivas1]

this was given in ENNIO NIMIS book: stay in 3 eye inhale - place OM in Muladhara exhale - place OM in 3 eye so you go up inhaling go down exhaling what is your take on this ?

[@ForrestKnutson]

I think it is dangerous. Lahiri Baba had an instruction to not breathe through the brain. I have a video that mentions about this called the Brain Orbit Kriya.

[@arsotheepillay6604]

I love this. Thank you so much. Your energy is really good

[@1rsalc]

Forrest, lately I've been reviewing some of your videos. Thank you for all the insightful information! I have a question: When you do Om Japa, do you coordinate it with your breathing?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, absolutely, though you can do it with or without.

[@tumareyoga9041]

Thank you for the wonderful video😊🙏It was hard to believe at first, but with some experience it’s indeed getting easier to recognize if a bad feeling got stuck in a heart or throat. Also, I think these two chakras are especially connected, aren’t they? If something got stuck in the heart - probably in the throat as well. What do you think Guruji?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Absolutely! You are feeling it! And you are getting an intuitive grasp which is perfect! 🤩🙏

[@idontknowyetwhoiam]

Do you have a method for how to let go? If om japa doesn't help with letting go completely then what does?

[@jamessinclair1486]

Well the idea I had was why not ome into the attachment itself and see if that ohm can dissolve even the attachment which is the root of the issue. Just an idea

[@jannareindel6263]

🙏🙏❤🧙‍♂️

[@bricktea3645]

Hey do u remember anything about ur past life or from ur ancestor's memories,yogis talk a lot about reincarnation so what r ur thoughts?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes I saw so many I got over it LOL!

[@prashantajadenavara5021]

Great sir.. Thank you so much

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

Outstanding instruction!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you! 🌹🙏🤩

[@vimaladominic]

Atma namaste sir heartfelt gratitude God bless much love🙏🙏🙏❤

[@ForrestKnutson]

Atma namaste Vimala! 🙏 🌹🙏🌹

[@zen5760]

Hey Forrest I want to clean out my gut area it makes hrv much easier for me, do you know of any supplements or herbs that can help with this? So far I’ve found Harataki. Thanks ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@ForrestKnutson]

I have found a good probiotic at your local health food store works very well. Of course getting enough fiber. A little bit of psyllium husk for a few days is so beneficial and cleansing for the gut.

[@zen5760]

@@ForrestKnutson I appreciate you FK❣️, I will do dry fast for a week and will try out Husk with Harataki!

[@fhoniemcphonsen8987]

sorry to be a pest but I'd like to hear your thoughts on how om jappa in the chakras compares to the inner smile practice advocated by mantak chia

[@ForrestKnutson]

The inner smile is really magical because it is teaching self love and forgiveness in a very deep way straight through the very grounded body. This can give some similar results. But the OM Japa is more of a dissolving element and will cause the Consciousness to roll up the spine towards the brain in a much more Dynamic way. That being said a combination of these two techniques would not be a waste at all in fact it would be beautiful.

[@fhoniemcphonsen8987]

@@ForrestKnutson 👍😁

[@TheTirailleur]

So it's om in the medulla and not third eye ?

[@taijilou]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Mmm. 🎉

[@24lemi]

Forrest Is the Om sound loud or mentally with lip closed?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Mentally, just as you would say it🤩🙏

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

Do you sync your breath with the Om even though its mental? I find myself exhaling slowly as I om.

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's perfect. It works both ways but the breath makes it more powerful🪷🙏

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

@ForrestKnutson thank you Forrest. I appreciate you. 🙏 🙂

[@abhi1779]

You are amazing

[@carpenterfamily6198]

Hi Forrest, A bit off topic but I’m curious if you’ve heard of Win Hof and what you might think of his method ? Tx

[@ForrestKnutson]

I really love the amount of exposure he's given to yogic practices. However I've had a number of students tell me that they were practicing it and the hyperventilation at the beginning and the amount of stress it was putting on their body was a little too much a few times and those times it made them feel very sick. So because of this it's really not one of my favorite practices. However the breath holds are a wonderful thing so long as you are working into them in a very relaxed, slow, easy progression. I don't much care for the way that he just jumps into a minute. I think it's a bit Reckless to give to everybody. I would much rather see people slowly stretching themselves and to holding the breath for a minute. This would be much less dangerous and people would get much more balanced results. It's just like stretching the body. You want to stretch it in such a way that you are making gains every time you stretch but not so far that you injure yourself.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

@@ForrestKnutson Thank you Forrest ~ I really appreciate your comment. I do like Wim’s ‘ mind body connection ‘, Though it’s not unique to his program.

[@bricktea3645]

What advice would u give to a person who doesn't feel energy or chi in his or her body,I heard I am supposed to feel some sort of energy doing the ham sau breath but I feel nothing .

[@ForrestKnutson]

Some of these meditation instructions are very well-meaning, but very misguided. Because they are asking you to reproduce the results that somebody else had. That's why I stick with very grounded and very practical results, which is what I would recommend instead. As you are practicing your meditation look to see if you can notice the four proofs that I talk about so much on this channel. Those will teach you that you are on the right track and they are grounded in the body itself.

[@Donnamg100]

Do we skip the 7th chakra?

[@rkatz0]

I lied! Watching the video now.

[@ForrestKnutson]

🤣🤣 perfect 🙏🌹

[@JudyC1111]

Grateful ❤

[@lrodriguez5545]

Thank you Forrest ji🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you! 🙏

[@dakotahsimonson631]

Oooo 😮🕉

[@williamcranstoun9566]

More soup please!!!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Hahaha! I love this William! 🤩🙏🐉🙏

[@goldenbreathwork]

wonderful

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Aaron!

[@roseblanc4291]

Mille merci 🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Merci Rose! 🌹🙏

[@raamkumar1979]

🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️

[@kumargovin3314]

Tq

[@mail2mani21]

Your videos are like More Soup Sir!! ❤️😅 😇🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Haha! That's awesome! 🤩🤩🙏🙏🌹