Silence-why Kundalini Yoga scares people!
In my many years of teaching I have come to the conclusion that the exercise that scares people the most is sitting still in silence. Why? In our culture we are programmed early on that resting, doing nothing for a short period of time, is a result of being lazy.
Regarding health issues many of my students suffer from chronic problems due to their inability to relax. A nervous system that has to work overtime creates a person who ages faster and heals slower. Kundalini Yoga teaches you methods to use to calm the brain down from thinking, and allowing the nervous system to shut down so that the person can sleep better.
Silence requires a person to be within their own thoughts, and if not prepared may be shocked at what the mind thinks and feels at that moment in time. In my teaching experience I have heard endless stories regarding how student’s discover a deep secret or painful tragedy that was buried inside them. The first question I ask the student is what happened in your life to allow this information to present itself? It never fails that each student will discuss how life slowed down for them-work was slow-more time on their hands and this opened a door for them to remember or visualize a past experience that was blocked within their soul.
In a yoga practice it is the physical exercises that open us up to be able to sit still and meditate. Then the challenge is getting rid of all the random and endless noise in our heads so that the brain can actually hear it’s own thoughts and reflect on them.
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Sat Nam!
For me it is difficult to do sat kriyas or “frogs” it is difficult for me to stand seated with the arms up for a long period of time doing fire breath and at the same time shouting sat nam, but I keep trying, keep trying…
I find difficult also to wake up early in the morning to do sadhana, but still doing ! Because I find it is good for me to do this kind of things,
difficult but I feel very good doing !!!
wahe guru !
Hi- I commend you for the effort in doing Sadhana-I do mine at 6am and have found it works best with my sleep cycle/blood disorder. I also focus on a 40 day kriya-everyday
I expereince something new-sometimes it is easy-sometimes I hate it- I think that is the journey in the work. Yogi Bhajan always said, “Showing up is half the work.” I would
maybe try a meditation like sa ta na ma- something that works the subconscious brain during the morning-this will give you energy-maybe explore what chakra’s need energy-and find a specific
kriya to enhance that chakra and your energy level? Just ideas. Sat Nam, Sangeeta
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I find difficult also to wake up early in the morning to do sadhana, but still doing ! Because I find it is good for me to do this kind of things,
difficult but I feel very good doing !!!
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