Yogic Levitation

Ever since the appearance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his TM system in the 1960's selling of the mantras has become a very lucrative business for him and many Hindu gurus in the West. The mantra meditation allegedly provides the practitioner with siddhis viz. magical or miraculous powers, among them even the power of levitation. The same abilities claims a contemporary and much younger yogic guru called Nithyananda Paramashivam (born 1978) who initiates his followers into numerous siddhis, including yogic levitation. There is a number of video footages by Nithyananda posted on youtube featuring so-called yogic levitation, actually the same as with Maharishi.