Guest guest Posted December 7, 1999 Report Share Posted December 7, 1999 can't wait to read that! i wonder if there are any asanas or kriyas that help stimulate appetite... i am trying to gain weight... i know it sounds silly!... but some people actually have a hard time maintaining and gaining weight just as some have a hard time losing... Sat Nam Akire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 1999 Report Share Posted December 7, 1999 Sat Nam, Thank you...this is has been such a crippling area of my life that has effected EVERY part of my life... I will check out your book. I am looking to apply spiritual practice to this issue...as I have done everything else with no answers or reprieve in the western sense. Kimberly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 1999 Report Share Posted December 7, 1999 Dear Kimberly, You have intuited a very important aspect of your challenge with food. The ability to make and break habits is associated with the navel center or third chakra. When our navel center is strong we have the will to make decisions and to keep them. There are many navel exercises and sets. Many of these can be found in my manual Transitions to a Heart-Centered World. Breath of fire is a great navel breath as is 4 part energizing breath found on our website www.kundlinliyoga.org. A strong navel center is a requirement for being able to commit and keep your commitments to yourself. In this case what you eat and do not eat. Daily practice and navel strengthening is the first commitment we need to make to ourselves. You have inspired me to write more about how to deal with eating disorders and weight. I wrote 5 pages this morning and when I am ready I will send it out. Please let us know what works for you in meeting this challenge. Sat Nam, RAttana > I am in currently studying at Golden Bridge to become a Kundalini yoga > instructor. I am in my third month and yesterday we started an indepth > conversation on chakras. > > I have been battling with an eating disorder for the last 15 years and > actually got in to this practice in hopes of finding a reprieve. > > >From what I learned (though very limited) yesterday, I believe that I am > stuck in my 3rd chakra. > > I would like some feedback as to mantras, kriyas, etc. that could help me in > this area. > > Thank you. > > Kimberly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 1999 Report Share Posted December 8, 1999 Sat Nam, I have to think about that. I know doing things like swimming that make you hungry are good. Trying to gain weight is not silly. There are so many different challenges in the human body. Eating something soothing before going to bed could help. Myself I love a banana mashed with a fork with tahini and cardomon powder. This is so rich and nutitious. It calms me down because I am getting nutients I need from it. I suggest Sahadi tahini in a can. It is the best tasting. This is my favorite "dessert" although because of food combining I do not eat it with meals. Only for breakfast and before going to bed. Sat Nam, RAttana > i wonder if there are any asanas or kriyas that help stimulate appetite... > i am trying to gain weight... > > i know it sounds silly!... but some people actually have a hard time > maintaining > and gaining weight just as some have a hard time losing... > > Sat Nam > Akire > > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > Check out our website: > kundalini yoga > > Sponsored by Yoga Technology Press > Popular publishers of books on Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. > > > To from this list, go to > ONElist Member Center, or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga- > No requests to the list please! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 The most important dietary rule for longevity is systematic undereating -Dan Millman. I am 5' 11' and 140 lbs. On most charts given by the AMA and Nutritionists, I am underweight. However, this is also the weight that I can most easily maintain. Working hard to gain weight can be a drain on the body and the mind. It can also become an obcession to gain and become the 'ideal' weight. I used to eat nearly continuously and lift weights 5 times a week, and I reached my all time highest weight of my life of 150 lbs. In other words, I was spending more time on my physical body, than on any form of spiritual pursuit. If your weight is TOO low and is an actual health risk, this is another matter completely. But if you are in fine health, thank the Gods, for there are many who are not. Love yourself, it begins there. If you have not realized your body's potential, you have not missed much. If you have not realized your mind's potential, you have missed a little. If you have not realized your heart's potential, you have missed much. If you have not realized your soul's potential, you have missed all. I am sorry if I sound preachy, but everyone is beautiful, and not everyone fits into the established 'range' of perfect height and weight. Brightest Blessings, Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 Love your poem. How true. I still as many would love to weigh less it is just as you get older it gets harder or mabe the body is not that important to you anymore. I have not figured that one out. Most of the time lately I feel very undisaplined esp. compared to how I use to be. Do not know what has happened. Could it be being 50? Sandy P.S. Yes we need to love and accept or bodies but how much is true acceptance and how much is giving up. Adam Hoyt <walkwiththought Kundaliniyoga <Kundaliniyoga > Thursday, December 09, 1999 5:27 AM Re: Eating Disorders >"Adam Hoyt" <walkwiththought > >The most important dietary rule for longevity is systematic undereating -Dan >Millman. > >I am 5' 11' and 140 lbs. On most charts given by the AMA and Nutritionists, >I am underweight. However, this is also the weight that I can most easily >maintain. Working hard to gain weight can be a drain on the body and the >mind. It can also become an obcession to gain and become the 'ideal' >weight. I used to eat nearly continuously and lift weights 5 times a week, >and I reached my all time highest weight of my life of 150 lbs. In other >words, I was spending more time on my physical body, than on any form of >spiritual pursuit. > >If your weight is TOO low and is an actual health risk, this is another >matter completely. But if you are in fine health, thank the Gods, for there >are many who are not. Love yourself, it begins there. > >If you have not realized your body's potential, you have not missed much. >If you have not realized your mind's potential, you have missed a little. >If you have not realized your heart's potential, you have missed much. >If you have not realized your soul's potential, you have missed all. > >I am sorry if I sound preachy, but everyone is beautiful, and not everyone >fits into the established 'range' of perfect height and weight. > >Brightest Blessings, > >Adam > >>"OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > >Check out our website: >kundalini yoga > >Sponsored by Yoga Technology Press >Popular publishers of books on Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. > > >To from this list, go to >ONElist Member Center, or send mail to >Kundaliniyoga- >No requests to the list please! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 Dear Sandy, Things certainly change after the age of 50. There is a fine line between true acceptance and surrender and giving up. I think after we are 50 we start being wise enough to know the difference. This gives a peace we didn't know before. SAt Nam, RAttana I still as many would love to weigh less it is > just as you get older it gets harder or mabe the body is not that important > to you anymore. I have not figured that one out. Most of the time lately I > feel very undisaplined esp. compared to how I use to be. Do not know what > has happened. Could it be being 50? Sandy P.S. Yes we need to > love and accept or bodies but how much is true acceptance and how much is > giving up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Sat Nam.. Thanks for encouragement...I will grow and glow!! Hari Kaur (Kimberly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Sudarshan Kriya is a good technique. It's taught as part of "Healing Breath Workshop" There is a website which will give information on courses,and background etc. It's http://www.artofliving.org Loulou >"Rattana Khalsa" <rattanak >Kundaliniyoga ><Kundaliniyoga > >Re: Eating Disorders >Tue, 7 Dec 1999 14:05:17 -0800 > >"Rattana Khalsa" <rattanak > >Dear Kimberly, > >You have intuited a very important aspect of your challenge with food. The >ability to make and break habits is associated with the navel center or >third chakra. When our navel center is strong we have the will to make >decisions and to keep them. There are many navel exercises and sets. Many >of these can be found in my manual Transitions to a Heart-Centered World. >Breath of fire is a great navel breath as is 4 part energizing breath found >on our website www.kundlinliyoga.org. > >A strong navel center is a requirement for being able to commit and keep >your commitments to yourself. In this case what you eat and do not eat. >Daily practice and navel strengthening is the first commitment we need to >make to ourselves. > >You have inspired me to write more about how to deal with eating disorders >and weight. I wrote 5 pages this morning and when I am ready I will send >it >out. > >Please let us know what works for you in meeting this challenge. > >Sat Nam, > >RAttana > > > I am in currently studying at Golden Bridge to become a Kundalini yoga > > instructor. I am in my third month and yesterday we started an indepth > > conversation on chakras. > > > > I have been battling with an eating disorder for the last 15 years and > > actually got in to this practice in hopes of finding a reprieve. > > > > >From what I learned (though very limited) yesterday, I believe that I >am > > stuck in my 3rd chakra. > > > > I would like some feedback as to mantras, kriyas, etc. that could help >me >in > > this area. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Kimberly > >>"OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > >Check out our website: >kundalini yoga > >Sponsored by Yoga Technology Press >Popular publishers of books on Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. > > >To from this list, go to >ONElist Member Center, or send mail to >Kundaliniyoga- >No requests to the list please! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 1999 Report Share Posted December 10, 1999 Kimberly, I want to encourage you to follow through on Kundalini Yoga for the eating disorder. I don't know a lot about eating disorders but k.y. is the only thing that works for me re drinking too excess which perhaps is similar in that they are addictive behaviors, anyway they both are unwanted behavior. I hope you have good results. Best, Kartar kaur On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 Leavesseur wrote: > Leavesseur > > Sat Nam, > > Thank you...this is has been such a crippling area of my life that has > effected EVERY part of my life... > > I will check out your book. I am looking to apply spiritual practice to this > issue...as I have done everything else with no answers or reprieve in the > western sense. > > Kimberly > > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > Check out our website: > kundalini yoga > > Sponsored by Yoga Technology Press > Popular publishers of books on Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. > > > To from this list, go to > ONElist Member Center, or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga- > No requests to the list please! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2000 Report Share Posted May 25, 2000 There is a meditation in Yogi Bhajan's yoga for health and healing. It is as follows; sit in easy pose with a straight spine, makig sure that the lowest six vertabrae are pushed foward. Make fists of the hands. Extend the thumbs straight and place them on the temples in the niche where they fit. Lock the back molars and keep the lips closed. Vibrate the jaw muscles by alternating the pressure on the molars. A muscle will move in rhythm under the thumbs. Feel it massage the thumbs as you apply a firm pressure with the thumbs. Kee the eyes closed. Look to the third eye point. Mentally vibrate the mantra SAA TAA NAA MAA (aa's as in far) at the third eye point. Continue for 5 to 7 minutes. "This Medical meditation for habituation" is effective in overcoming such physical addictions as smoking, overeating, alcohol, and drugs. It also works on subconscious addictions which lead us to insecure and neurotic behavior patterns, and on phobic conditions. I find this meditation helpful in helping to change thought patterns, perhaps getting to the root of the issue. May you be successful in dealing with any issues. sat naam, suki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2000 Report Share Posted May 29, 2000 In a message dated 5/26/00 5:55:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Kundaliniyoga writes: << I am a round Kapha body type and though not anorexic or bulimic have dealt with the food/body issues all my life. We live in a culture that actively promotes anorexia. It's hard to avoid the brainwashing. >> Merry Meet! Right on Peggy Sue ) I have trouble avoiding the brainwashing, and I am 5' 3" and weigh just under 110. I have a sort of "string bean" body type. Funny that we live in a society that promotes anorexia in conjunction with silicone! One of the most beautiful women I know of models at the Torpedo Factory--an arts center where I take my figure drawing classes. She has a round body type--but she's almost 300 pounds. Figure models model in the nude--she comes up with "muscle man" and other proud poses. Everyone there agrees that she IS beautiful. It doesn't matter what you look like--ALL women are beautiful. American culture's promotion of anorexia and bulimia is just a symptom of the bigger problem of misogyny. The menstrual period is considered taboo and disgusting. The idea of a woman engaging in sexual intercourse is "dirty" and "unholy" or "sinful". It's interesting that women take drugs that prevent pregnancy and some have the side effect of suppressing the menstrual period entirely. Pregnancy, especially outside of a marriage, is especially feared and shunned. If you are Christian (which most of the country is), you are made to worship a male god. If you aren't Christian, you're weird or bad or wrong. The decision to terminate a pregnancy probably takes the cake in controversial issues. There are lots more, such as homosexuals: lesbians are considered "bad", but are not as "bad" as gay men (who are like women because they are attracted to men, and are probably the most hated group in the USA right now) because they are "fun to watch". Then there's the issue of elaborate contraptions to put on your chest to make your breasts more desirable, high heels to make your legs look longer (which are terrible for your feet, by the way), surgery, liposuction, hair dyes, creams, razors and waxes, make-ups and perfumes to make yourself more desirable to men. Anyway, what I'm getting at is this: no one looks like the Victoria's Secret models, not even the Victoria's Secret models (they are made up and plucked and shaved and waxed and sewn and stuffed and sucked and dyed, then their images are airbrushed and enhanced on PhotoShop Pro 5.0). Everyone is beautiful from the second they come out of the womb. Everyone is a perfect reflection of the Divine Source. Diversity is beautiful and necessary for life. Feel beautiful, because you are. If you are still struggling, and you want to do something for yourself, make a ritual of doing something special like meditating everyday for 33 minutes. Wear special clothes for it (or go skyclad!). Use your favorite color of candles with a favorite incense or oil in an oil diffuser. Play special music. Eat your favorite kind of fruit afterwards. Or, once a week you can make a ritual of taking a bubble bath with all the trimmings, such as bath salts or herbs or aromatherapy oils. Turn off the lights, play your favorite soothing music, use plenty of candles and incense, etc. I'm an artist, and I like to decorate things, so I "decorate my face" with makeup (when I have time). (I'm a student, so I don't have to be "professional") Sometimes I dye my hair purple or blue or green or just leave it blonde. You could take the more conservative route, though, and change your lipstick or eyeshadow to suit your mood for the day. If you're trying to lose weight for the health benefits, though, you really only need to walk for about 30 minutes a day, try something I like to call "jaywalking"--start thinking about something positive when you start walking (no headphones). You'll get into a meditative state (stay on the sidewalk) -- keep thinking it through until you get home and you feel totally refreshed. Eat lots o' veggies (raw--cooked ones are dead), wear comfortable shoes, buy fresh flowers (or cut them from your garden) all the time, drink lots of water (distilled if you can) or juice, and keep doing yoga and meditation. I have one of Jay Kordich's Juiceman thingies and I love it. You can down a glass of 12 carrots much easier than you could ever sit and eat *12* carrots. Fortunately, I had an epiphany. My body type is my body type, and generally no amount of manipulation (short of surgery and stuffing my bra with waterballoons filled with Jello) is going to change my body type. I am loved anyway. Most people don't meet me and say "Gee, she has no shape. I'm not going to be her friend!" And if people do, then I'll make an irreverent hand gesture in their general direction. My family loves me and my friends love me anyway. (Now if only nude yoga in your backyard was legal!) Sunraes, Moonbeams, and Bright Blessings, Aurora Silvermane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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