Sat Nam Rasayan

What is Sat Nam Rasayan?

Originally from India, Sat Nam Rasayan® is an ancient healing system that uses a heightened, meditative state of consciousness to heal. The energy of the universe helps you relax, heal physically and emotionally during a private session.

Sickness, in SNR, is described as a tendency of the body to react. The reaction can be a pain, emotional problem or a serious illness. Through SNR sessions the healer finds and dissolves blockages, allowing the self-healing powers of the body to activate so that one lives in a more balanced and clear state.

During a session of SNR the client lies down comfortably and the healer gently rests his or her hands on the person's arm or head while entering into a deep meditative state and remains silent in this state for 20 minutes. The healer and the patient share a state of deep peace from which the healing source is tapped into.

Each SNR practitioner has his or her own personal way of worki ng. I tend to work through the heart chakra and generally use either the elements (water, earth, fire, air) or colors to heal with.

My first healing session with Guru Dev Singh

Besides the two level tests and teacher training for SNR, there is no "initiation." I had an unusual experience that confirmed my connection to SNR the first time I had a private session with Guru Dev Singh. Guru Dev was given the title of Master in SNR by Yogi Bhajan.

The session was at the annual International Kundalini Yoga Festival in the French countryside, which I've attended nearly every year since I moved back to Spain in 2001. My session with Guru Dev was on the second floor of a beautiful building on the grounds there. He asked me a few questions, then I laid down on (a/some?) sheep skins face up with my eyes closed. He was sitting beside me with a few fingers gently resting on my arm in a meditative state. I tried to relax but I was nervous, being with the Master for the first time. Then I felt something on my ankle. Next, I felt it wiggling up my leg and I wondered if I was imagining it. When the feeling got to my thigh, I opened my eyes and lifted my head--staring at me was a little lizard. I thought "I'm on the second floor of a building and there's a lizard on my leg--that's different." Moving my head brought Guru Dev out of his meditative state. He looked at me and followed my gaze to the little creature on my leg. He said something like, "Ah, my little friend has been here with me all week, but it has never gotten so close to anyone, let alone rested on them."

The lizard has been one of my totem animals since childhood. I had lizards for pets before I was interested in cats or dogs and I always felt an affinity with lizards. I often decorate my ceramics with lizard motifs. In native American cultures, the lizard is the keeper of ancient secrets and lives in "the dream time," a state of being similar to the meditative state I am in when giving a SNR session. Just like lizards, who are very sensitive to vibrations of the earth, have amazing hearing and sharp eyesight, practicing SNR utilizes aspects of what can be called enhanced perception.