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Laya Yoga belongs to the Tantric school of yoga. In Laya Yoga the energies associated with the various centres of force (chakras) are gradually dissolved or assimilated through the ascent of the Kundalini Shakti.
Laya means “absorbing and dissolving” or “melting”. Thus, this is often referred to as the yoga of absorption or absorbing of the lower nature by higher divine spiritual forces.
Philosophically the spiritual aim of Laya Yoga begins with the recognition of the unity or oneness of everything. Thus, the state of Laya represents the melting or dissolving of the sense of separate self (ego) into the truth of the unity and oneness of all. The state of absorption (Laya) thus allows one to achieve ananda (bliss) and the experience of transcendental consciousness. The Laya state of yoga is described as the merging of one single soul (atman) into the Absolute or Universality — the re-unification of the self with God (or Universal Consciousness).
Laya Yoga is often viewed as a mystic tradition, which involves the use of mantras, mudras, yantras, and intensive meditations to dissolve the mind in transcendental Bliss.
Source: International Yogalayam, http://www.intl-yoga.com
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