Intermediate & Advanced Candle Meditation

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Start with our Beginner’s Guide to build your foundational skills first.

Ready to deepen your Tratak (त्राटक) practice? This section is for practitioners who have mastered the fundamentals and are ready to explore advanced techniques, extended sessions, and inner visualization methods. Here’s what awaits you:

What You’ll Master in This Section

Mastering Extended Candle Meditation - Advanced techniques for safely extending your Tratak sessions beyond 30 minutes, including progressive methods, refined posture techniques, traditional yogic wisdom, and scientific insights for achieving deeper states of Dharana (धारणा)

Exploring After-Image Meditation - Transition from external flame gazing (Bahya Trataka) to internal visualization (Antar Trataka), working with visual impressions and inner light to access deeper meditative states

“त्राटकं निर्निमेषेण यावत्स्रुजल आगमम्। गुरूपदेशतो युक्त्या स शम्भवी मुद्रा भवेत्॥” - Gazing steadily without blinking until tears come, when practiced as taught by the guru, becomes the Shambhavi mudra. - Hatha Yoga Pradipika