Wednesday, April 29, 2015

[Kundalini Yoga] Re: Beginner of sorts

 

Doing practice on ones own does take commitment.  What works for me is finding videos that I like.  Some places to look - Guru Rattana's web page has a ton that include meditations.  If you have Amazon Prime, the Maya Finnees videos are there, both the journey through the chakras and the mantra series (which has a physical / pranayama section)  I like the video approach vs doing a set from memory because you can't rush through it.  Commit to a video and you will get an hour practice in.  You just have to start.

Find a daily commitment you can live with, for example 31 minutes of kirtan kriya, and then give yourself bonus points when you can do more.  The way I do it is I try to do the meditation in the dark of morning, but if the day gets away from me, I am not allowed to go to bed at night 'till I do my 31 minutes.  Find what works for you.

Going to Hatha classes can be good in addition (not instead)  of your meditation practice because you have group motivation plus you will find it easier to sit in mediation practice if you do hatha.   So maybe a hatha class once a week, a meditation when you get up in the morning and a DVD or online video if you can fit it in to the day..  As you get motivated you can get up a little earlier and fit in the meditation and KY video back to back every morning.

Be easy with yourself, but remember you feel better if you practice.  

-tom


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[Kundalini Yoga] Re: Beginner of sorts

 

Sat Nam, don't know where you are right now so I can't recommend any KY teachers here in the Midwest.  Here is a link for you:

info@jaidevsingh.com

He is an excellent yogi and teacher and sincerely believes in Sadhana. He also runs a website which you can subscribe to for about $25 a month. The aim is to help people establish and maintain their own spiritual practice. I think the first month is free. Good luck and Blessings!

 
KartaPurkh S Khalsa

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,  And eternity in an hour.
-William Blake


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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Re: [Kundalini Yoga] Beginner of sorts

 

Sat Nam, Seva Simran Singh,

Thank you so much for your letter.
I loved reading your sincere words and hear that you are back on your mat. :+)

Fortunately you can take lessons with me on-line. :+)

go to www.yogatech.com  and see the link for Guru Rattana On-Line

For you and others like you we have created Guru Rattana On-Line Streaming video classes. Of course it is wonderful to be in the physical presence of a teacher who holds the sacred space of love in his or her consciousness. Many great souls are, however, now being called on to do the work without this luxury. What is required now is that we wake up and stay awake to Divine Love. Whether we practice alone or in a group, raising our vibration is helping to shift the morphogenetic field of the planet to the vibration of love.


You will get back to where you were much faster than you think!!

Blessings on your path,

Guru Rattana :+)


On 4/27/2015 5:18 AM, sevasimransingh@yahoo.com [Kundaliniyoga] wrote:
 

I was introduced to Kundalini Yogin 2008 while working in Sacramento, CA. I was gone from home for 4 months, all the while, doing KY. When I got back home my wife and children all marveled at how much I'd changed. Living in the Midwest (South Dakota) trying to find just any yoga studio is a stretch; let alone  KY studio. As a result my practice faltered and then died. In a way so did I. It is very, very dificult to keep up a practice on your own.

A Hatha yoga studio finally opened in the town near where I live but it isn't the same. I went for awhile and it seems to be geared more towards physical fitness than anything. To me, that is not yoga; it is just exercise. So here I am. I just rolled a mat out on the floor; it is 7 AM in the morning. I am going to try to scrape together what is left of a practice that has gone by the way side.

I'm not real sure how I ended up at this group. Maybe I just needed some encouragement. Maybe I need someone to talk to about yoga and how it relates to my life and how it helps me relate to the world around me. There is one thing I know for sure. I need to get back to where I was so long ago when I was doing Sadhana everyday. Starting over is very, very hard.



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RE: [Kundalini Yoga] Beginner of sorts

 

Sat Nam. When I first started practicing I too practiced on my own – from books – then got some videos (now DVDs) from Ravi Singh, which I still love. I started teaching Hatha, since I also practiced Hatha for many years and got certified, had a Kyoga workshop with Mehtab and Guru Karam from YogaYoga Austin, and he said "teach" so I did, a few years later my husband and I went to level 1 teacher training and are certified. Taught regular classes at our studio, but classes dwindled, so now we only offer occasional workshops.

 

Yogi Bhajan said, "learn a set (Kriya), teach a set" – if you can't find a class, start one – seriously, it is OK to do as long as you following the sets (lessening the amount of time for each movement).  There are probably others out there who are looking for "more" than Hatha – you are right, it seems "watered down" after K-Yoga. 

 

And if you feel you need a boost once in a while, go to a White Tantra event – they are in various cities across the US and Europe at different times of the year – and are amazing.

 

Good luck to you. Sat nam.

 

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I was introduced to Kundalini Yogin 2008 while working in Sacramento, CA. I was gone from home for 4 months, all the while, doing KY. When I got back home my wife and children all marveled at how much I'd changed. Living in the Midwest (South Dakota) trying to find just any yoga studio is a stretch; let alone  KY studio. As a result my practice faltered and then died. In a way so did I. It is very, very dificult to keep up a practice on your own.

A Hatha yoga studio finally opened in the town near where I live but it isn't the same. I went for awhile and it seems to be geared more towards physical fitness than anything. To me, that is not yoga; it is just exercise. So here I am. I just rolled a mat out on the floor; it is 7 AM in the morning. I am going to try to scrape together what is left of a practice that has gone by the way side.

I'm not real sure how I ended up at this group. Maybe I just needed some encouragement. Maybe I need someone to talk to about yoga and how it relates to my life and how it helps me relate to the world around me. There is one thing I know for sure. I need to get back to where I was so long ago when I was doing Sadhana everyday. Starting over is very, very hard.

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Re: [Kundalini Yoga] Re: Newbie question: Women, why clear your female arcline?

 

Dear Guru Rattana,


I will make sure to get your book. I will surely need it on my spiritual voyage, since I am trying to dive into what is beneath all these layers of consciousness. :) Also to get a grip over what womanhood is (for me). 

I will humbly post my experience every now and then, since I am imagining that there will (hopefully) be big emotional releases soon. As of now I have upped the ante even more, doing four kriyas a day for about an hour and fifteen minutes. I will see how much I can take, or if it is just enough for me to handle. We'll see! 

Wahe guru! 

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[Kundalini Yoga] Beginner of sorts

 

I was introduced to Kundalini Yogin 2008 while working in Sacramento, CA. I was gone from home for 4 months, all the while, doing KY. When I got back home my wife and children all marveled at how much I'd changed. Living in the Midwest (South Dakota) trying to find just any yoga studio is a stretch; let alone  KY studio. As a result my practice faltered and then died. In a way so did I. It is very, very dificult to keep up a practice on your own.

A Hatha yoga studio finally opened in the town near where I live but it isn't the same. I went for awhile and it seems to be geared more towards physical fitness than anything. To me, that is not yoga; it is just exercise. So here I am. I just rolled a mat out on the floor; it is 7 AM in the morning. I am going to try to scrape together what is left of a practice that has gone by the way side.

I'm not real sure how I ended up at this group. Maybe I just needed some encouragement. Maybe I need someone to talk to about yoga and how it relates to my life and how it helps me relate to the world around me. There is one thing I know for sure. I need to get back to where I was so long ago when I was doing Sadhana everyday. Starting over is very, very hard.

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

[Kundalini Yoga] Re: Kirtan Kriya resource

 

One thing I felt was very complimentary with Kirtan Kriya was also chanting the 18th pauri of Japji 11x/day. It "fights madness, deep feelings of inferiority, and self-destructive behavior", and isn't that a pretty good description of unwanted love attachments?
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[Kundalini Yoga] Re: Kirtan Kriya resource

 

Mirabai Ceiba has a beautiful, inspirational 31 minute version that even has time allotted to inhale at the end of every four SaTaNaMas. It's at a comfortable rhythm, too. Most recordings are to be too fast for me to relax and enjoy. It also has musical cues to let you know the segment is changing. It's on their "Cycle of Life" cd.

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