Hi Amor it is wonderful to have you and your inputs. Yes there were also variations that Paramahansa Yogananda (and other great Master's) gave to us. Another one is to say just om at every center; the coccyx being at the base of the spine, the sacral about two inches up, the lumbar behind the naval, the dorsal at the heart the cervical between the upper shoulder blades, the medulla where the neck curves inward near the base of the skull, in the back of the neck and the third eye just above the tip of the top of the nose.
These are chakra clearing as well. The point is to get beyond outer sensations and experience inner perceptions. We must also consider the higher techniques of meditation which take us into the astral spine and out of the outer temporal world into the dimensions of the souls perceptions.
Jitendra
What's interesting here is the variation of the chakras. Meaning one talks about the front chakras, and then moves toward the rear chakras. Each of the main chakras have two locations. One in the front, and one in the rear.
These also sound like sound clearing, or using sound to clear the chakra. The theory behind it being that the sound that is chanting vibrates at a certain rate that can stimulate the chakra, and energy of an individual. These vibrations are also being used with altering the waves of the brain to help one sleep, or to go deeper into meditation.
