New to Kundalini and have a few questions

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone. I am completely new to yoga. So I'm going to have a

LOT of questions for you all. I hope you don't mind. I will try not

to inundate you with all of them at once. I came across Kundalini

yoga about a month ago, while reading various books and articles on

spirituality, energy, and healing. I have since then bought "The 8

Human Talents" by Gurmukh. I read through it and began doing the

complete set at the end of the book, while occasionally adding some

of the individual 'pieces' focusing on specific chakras. When I did

the complete set, I felt exhausted, but great. I was full of energy.

I was also hooked on the concept.

 

I then found and read/downloaded many of the lessons on the

kundaliniyoga website (the one by Gururattan). About a week ago I

began doing the Spinal Stretch exercises in the evenings. (mainly

because I don't do a lot of exercise and felt very stiff in my back)

I felt absolutely wonderful and relaxed afterwards, but completely

tired. I normally go to bed around 11pm, but since I've been doing

those exercises I've been in bed by 9-9:30. And I am out cold. Am I

doing these REALLY wrong? Or is this 'normal'?

 

Thank you your help!

 

Christa

[Guest guest]

Christa,

 

As Yogi Bhajan would say, keep up! Follow your intuition, it

seems to be working.

My sadhana presently consists of navel and spinal work, and

I feel its really paid off. I start with stretch pose, then 108

spinal flexes, frog squats, 3 mins Sat Kriya, its not much maybe 10-12

minutes but really engergizes in the morning, and I don't have time

right now for much else.

I do just enough yoga during the week to do meditation which I

really like, usually pranayam like Sodarshun, but right now I'm doin

Kirtan before bed. I just follow my feeling and adjust here and there.

I did Sodarshun for about 6 mos. I'm kind of giving my body a rest

right now, and that maybe what you are experiencing. You must let

your body adjust. Doing Savasana last after a trying kriya, really

helps (corpse pose).

Let your body adjust, I had a tendency to push real hard before

I realized my ego likes to run the show and now rest when I need it,

and push when I feel like it.

Gurumukh's book is excellent, a good book to start with and fun

to read. Stick with it! I think you're right on track, and what you

are experiencing is normal. Sat Nam...

 

Brad