Thank You Kris

[Guest guest]

Hi Kris, I too am new to all this...Yoga, spirituality and the egroup...May

I tell you something? You apologize for your email being so long, please,

never apologize for opening your heart and soul to people...even people that

are strangers...we have a choice of whether or not we want to read your

email, and for those of us that chose to read the 'whole' thing, we are

better people for knowing you...thank you!

Love and Light to you Kris

Klassy

 

 

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"Kris Roth" <dexi39

Kundaliniyoga

Kundaliniyoga

introduction

Sun, 21 May 2000 16:53:49 GMT

 

Hi, I just joined this list, hoping to broaden my knowledge of yoga in

general, and kundalini specifically. I live in Phoenix, and I attend

classes at the Sikh Ashram from time to time. I would love to find one

person that would teach me, though I have some ambivalence towards the

traditional yogic Master/Student relationship. I've read so many warnings

against learning on one's own, that it can be dangerous, and I take these

seriously. But, with so much information available on the Internet, it

seems that many teachers of yoga don't feel this way anymore. Is this

belief passé?

 

I am also longing to learn more about the chakras and energy. I've never

heard of anyone at the Ashram mention arousing one's kundalini energy; does

kundalini yoga automatically do this? I've also heard such different

information about that particular subject that I've become totally confused.

Any first-hand info would certainly be appreciated.

 

One more question. I was told by a person at the ashram, a few years ago,

that the Sikhs don't use the Aum because they believe it is too strong.

That they are all people with families, jobs, obligations, and that Aum is

more for those who have renounced all of those things. Is this true?

 

To briefly introduce myself, I'd like to say that yoga has become such a

part of me that I don't believe I will ever live without it. A few years

back, I was an addict of just about anything I could over-use, and an

ex-Jehovah's Witness with much anger towards the god I was raised to fear.

I had a huge spiritual void which refused to be filled by anything I tried

to use.

I finally put myself in a counseling program. It was that or lose my

marriage. During counseling, one of the subjects that we spent some time

on was spirituality. Until that time, I hadn't consciously realized that

spirituality and religion were two separate things, and that you could have

one without the other. Well, I certainly realized you could have religion

without spirituality, but I didn't know it could go the other way, too.

That night, during the discussion, I started crying, and I ended up yelling

at my god. All of the emotions I'd supressed over the years came tumbling

out. After that night, a series of "chance" happenings occured, that

finally led me to yoga. Yoga became a part of my newly formed spirituality.

This was the most wonderful time of my life. I was like a child since

I'd

never seen the world from this perspective! The things I learned and began

to believe in! Yoga has given me a deep, deep love of the Universe and the

Being that created it. It's a feeling I lived without for so long that

each day I can't believe I have it. I'm sorry this is so long, but I've

wanted to be part of a community that feels like I do for so long that I am

going on and on. Thanks for being here! Kris

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Klassy, thank you for those kind words. I am a woman of many words. I

love to listen to others weave magical stories. I become the speaker, I

feel everything they feel (I imagine) and see the world from their

perspective for t hat small slice of time. I cannot seem to sum even the

smallest of my own experiences up into one sentence; I feel that it loses so

much. But, just from reading most of the posts on all lists I've ever been

on, it seems that many people are not only able to do this, they prefer it.

In any case, I will not apologize for myself again. I kind of like me.

THanks for the gentle reminder. Kris

 

You apologize for your email being so long, please,

>never apologize for opening your heart and soul to people...even people

>that

>are strangers...we have a choice of whether or not we want to read your

>email, and for those of us that chose to read the 'whole' thing, we are

>better people for knowing you...thank you!

 

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