Deep Concentration Meditation (Nose Tip) or the Agochari Mudra is a practice of focusing your eyes on the tip of your nose, which helps develop concentration power(1).

Introduction

The key purpose of Deep Concentration Meditation (Nose Tip) is to improve the practitioner’s ability to focus. Regularly meditating this way with awareness can also awaken your Mooldhara (Root) Chakra(1). But it can take anywhere from days, to an entire lifetime or beyond to attain the result. It solely depends on the spiritual evolution of the practitioner’s soul.

Even though your eyes stay open during Deep Concentration Meditation (Nose Tip), it helps you become unaware of the outside world as your attention is focused on a single point(2). This method is often used in many other meditation techniques as it helps you reach a meditative state(1)(2).  

History/Origins

The literal meaning of Agochari Mudra is “the unknown attitude.” Apart from Nose Tip Gazing, the technique is also known as the Nasikagra Drishti(1). Nasika means “nose,” agra means “tip,” and drishti means “gaze,” which is why this meditation is called ‘Nose Tip Gazing’(2). 

The mention of this meditation can be found in the Bhagavad Gita(3). As per the holy scripture, focusing on the tip of one’s nose without looking around is a must for performing this practice correctly. Only by practicing the proper way can the meditator completely purify his or her self(3).  

Benefits

A research article published in 2019(5) informs that Deep Concentration Meditation (Nose Tip) can improve selective attention, especially in young adults. Therefore, practicing this method regularly can help them improve their academic performance. 

Another study by Satish Kumar Gupta and S Aparna(6) shows that meditation techniques that involve any eye exercise have the ability to significantly reduce eye fatigue and associated symptoms. Deep Concentration Meditation (Nose Tip) is also good for improving heart health, as proven by a research paper written by Karunaratne, H.K.B.M.S.(7). So, meditating every day, along with healthy eating and exercise, can successfully reduce the possibilities of heart attack, heart failure, aneurysm, stroke, sudden cardiac arrest and peripheral artery disease.

 

References

  1. Prakash Pubns & Export | Meditations from the Tantras by Swami Satyananda Saraswati 
  2. Blue Rose Publishers | Yoga The Way Of Life by Naorem Arjun Singh
  3. SkyLight Paths Pub | Meditation and its Practices: A Definitive Guide to Techniques and Traditions of Meditation in Yoga and Vedanta by Swami Adiswarananda
  4. SF Nonfiction Books | The Meditation Workbook: 160+ Meditation Techniques to Reduce Stress and Expand Your Mind by Aventuras De Viaje
  5. Saudi Journal of Sports Medicine | Volume 19, Issue 1 | Nasikagra Drishti to enhance the selective attention on performance of six-letter cancelation task by young adults by S Madankumar and M Kalpanadevi
  6. International Journal of Yoga | Volume 13, Issue 1 | 2020 | Effect of Yoga Ocular Exercises on Eye Fatigue by Satish Kumar Gupta and S Aparna
  7. University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka | 2016 | Practices of Yoga in cardiovascular health by Karunaratne, H.K.B.M.S.