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Comment on SAT KRIYA: How To, Tips, Tricks and Finer Points by Ram Ravi Kaur

Ram Ravi Kaur — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:06:02 +0000

Went to a workshop last sunday and we did Sat Kriya for 31 minutes. Since then I have committed to 11min every day for 40 days.Tonight I’m doing a teacher training Sat Kriya for 62 min. OH BoY!!!! Feeling some fear about it. Im struggling with food issues and feel this Kriya is going to finally put to rest my food compulsion. I will record my progress with you all. SAT NAM

Comment on SAT KRIYA: How To, Tips, Tricks and Finer Points by Neha

Neha — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:18:24 +0000

Many thanks for the explanation and for sharing this with us

God bless and have a great day ahead!

Comment on Being Who You Are by Jai Dev Singh

Jai Dev Singh — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:54:05 +0000

Nice one Patrick. I stumbled upon this searching ‘Joseph Campbell’. Ironic huh? I think his work was my first exposure to the concept of Kundalini when I was a teenager.

Comment on SAT KRIYA: How To, Tips, Tricks and Finer Points by Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:42:06 +0000

Hi Manju,

Thanks for your sincere questions.
1. You do not have to be celibate to practice this or any other kundalini kriya. Yogi Bhajan, the master has stated that kundalini is a practice for the householder. This means that it’s a practice which allows everyone who has a family, job and responsibilities to practice deep and powerful yoga and meditation and still maintain a practical, worldly life.
2. Kundalini yoga and meditation, especially Sat Kriya works heavily on the hidden or sub-conscious mind. We’re only conscious of a small portion of the workings of our mind, which is why we have to meditate, to relieve the build-up from all of the various input we get as we go though life. When you practice deep meditation, you are cleaning the garbage from your sub-conscious mind. The sub-conscious mind is also the landscape we travel in dreams at night, full of symbolism. What my teacher has taught me is that these dreams, or any visions you have during practice are simply interesting events to experience but ultimately they have no real importance. All great masters which I have read or studied basically say to keep going in meditation. All sorts of things happen along the way. If you’re going on a nature hike and your goal is to get to the top of the mountain, you might see a lot of things along the way. They’re interesting, like the hawk flying above, or the deer in the woods, but ultimately the summit is the destination and you stay on the trail.
3. The mantra is to be said aloud. The focus is on pulling the navel in on “sat” and releasing on “naam.” (see my reply to neha’s comment re: breath) Basically a natural breath will develop if your focus is on pulling the navel with sat and releasing on naam. Focusing on the breath can be distracting and put you off track.

Comment on SAT KRIYA: How To, Tips, Tricks and Finer Points by Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:17:11 +0000

@Neha, The breath should happen naturally. As you pull and release the navel (or the mulbandh) the breath will just happen. Oftentimes, and I've experienced this myself, you'll start thinking about the breath and it becomes distracting. Just pulling the navel and chanting will cause a natural breath rhythm to develop. Now to clarify on the navel vs. the mulbandh: the instruction from the kundalini yoga training manual states that you simply pull the navel point in on "sat" and release on "naam." What often happens is that the mulbandh or root lock occurs naturally, as a result of pulling the navel in. I wrote initially above that you just pull the root lock because that is how I do it. There was a discussion between my wife and I some time back though (she does Sat Kriya also) whether it was correct just pulling the navel or the entire root lock. We asked our teacher Harijiwan, a master and long time practitioner of Sat Kriya told us that both ways are technically correct. I corrected the instructions above, however, because I wanted it to reflect exactly what was written in the manual.

Comment on Next 40-Day Session Begins Mar 1st by Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000

Thank you, Menina. Your encouragement means the world. I’m actually in talks with some really talented people about putting some good stuff on video, so stay tuned!

Comment on Next 40-Day Session Begins Mar 1st by Menina

Menina — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:30:02 +0000

Am in London, UK, and this boot camp is JUST what I absolutely need/ have been needing for @ least 6 months…

I wish you’d make a video of at least one or two classes… If it were available for downloading, I’d by it, and am certain so would tenths, if not hundreds, more…

You’re in for a great experience, enjoy!

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Comment on SAT KRIYA: How To, Tips, Tricks and Finer Points by Neha

Neha — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:49:07 +0000

Thank you for sharing this incredible exercise here. I have a question: How should breath be co-ordinated with the kriya? Do I inhale and then contract the muscles (this seems contradictory as most yogasanas involve stretching ‘out’ with inhalation) or do I exhale and then hold the mulabandha (which sounds tougher)

Thank you once again have a happy day