Getting started in KY, regardless of where you are right now

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Sadhant Singh wrote:

 

> Sat Nam Julia:

>

> YB always says it isn't very hard to raise the kundalini energy -

> what is harder is keeping it up. Julia, the easy answer to your

> question is the same answer to almost everybody's question: "sadhana".

>

>

>

> Beginning and maintaining a daily practice is the key to

> incorporating your new-found energies into life. This doesn't mean

> you have to start with the full-blown, ideal sadhana. It is

> important not to make a commitment beyond your current capability.

>

> Going to a weekly yoga class, if one is available in your area, is

> very helpful and supportive for learning basic techniques and

> connecting with other practitioners. Making this commitment is a

> great way to get started, and I still attend a class once a week when

> possible.

>

> When I started doing sadhana, I simply started doing a yoga set once

> a day, around the same time I was attending class, as that was easy

> and comfortable.

>

> After a few months, I started getting up early in the morning to do

> my yoga, and a few months after that I took my first cold shower

> (Aaaaaaaauuuuuuggggghhhhhhhh!!!!

>

> Then I began to do morning meditations, although not the whole hour

> at first. And so on - one step at a time.

>

> It is very important to be sensitive to yourself and not push too

> fast. The goal is to establish a daily routine that you can follow

> for life, and if you overdo one day, it will be too hard the next

> day, and this makes it too easy to fall out of the practice.

>

> Doing sadhana is about expressing self-love, so be loving and kind to

> yourself, and appreciative of the efforts you are making each day.

> If some days the best you can do is crawl into your yoga area and

> just lie there, that is fine too (may as well turn on the sadhana

> music and listen to it while you lie there :-)

>

> Never feel guilty about not living up to your expectations! Instead,

> let go of the expectations and know that you do the best you can do

> each day.

>

> Love & blessings to each and every one of us,

> Sadhant

 

Thank you so much for this bit of encouragement. because it confirms the

feelings I have inside that it's not the point to get mad at ones self

for having problem once in a while, but to find in your heart how to

bridge your day to at least make it woke for you. when I started KY a

few months ago, I would do a few days and quite. I would feel bad and

stop for a week, not to long ago I started just working on a set each

morning or day and I am finding the strength to keep interested.

especially mornings my energy is down, I pull my self out of bed and

just do some thing I feel good about. I have not started a 40 day set, I

am not sure where I would find one to start. but all I know is when I am

ready for a 40 day set then I will be able to find the information. So

when I was reading some of the notes lately I felt bad that I must be

doing something wrong. reading your note today helped me feel lots

better. thank you love Nancy Buxton

 

Sat Nam