Sat Kriya

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I just tried Sat Kriya for the first time last night. I was reading

in Guidelines to Sadhana about how to do it. But I'm not positive I'm

doing the breathing correctly. As I understand and did it last night,

you inhale, pump the naval on Sat, relax the naval on Nam, pump the

naval on Sat, relax on Nam and continue at a rate of about 8 times

per 10 seconds. The way I read this however, is that I do it all in

one inhale. And I can chant Sat Nam in that manner about about 8

times in one breath. Then I inhale and start again. I continue this

for 3 minutes. But I'm not sure that is correct. Part of me thinks it

may be similar to breath of fire, but it didn't explain it that way.

Could anyone elaborate on the breathing for this for me? Thanks!

 

Christa

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Oooh, good question! I struggled with Sat Kriya in Kundalini classes for a

long time before someone finally told me how to do the breath correctly!

 

What I learned was, you take a quick little inhale between the Sat and the

Nam to keep it going. Is that right?!

 

SAT * NAM!

 

elle

 

 

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Sat Kriya

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I just tried Sat Kriya for the first time last night. I was reading

in Guidelines to Sadhana about how to do it. But I'm not positive I'm

doing the breathing correctly. As I understand and did it last night,

you inhale, pump the naval on Sat, relax the naval on Nam, pump the

naval on Sat, relax on Nam and continue at a rate of about 8 times

per 10 seconds. The way I read this however, is that I do it all in

one inhale. And I can chant Sat Nam in that manner about about 8

times in one breath. Then I inhale and start again. I continue this

for 3 minutes. But I'm not sure that is correct. Part of me thinks it

may be similar to breath of fire, but it didn't explain it that way.

Could anyone elaborate on the breathing for this for me? Thanks!

 

Christa

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the response Elle!

So that method sounds more like BOF to me. Is that correct? But

aren't you really pumping on both sat and nam in that method, as

opposed to just on Sat as it says in the book?

 

Not trying to be too detail oriented (I know that is a fault of mine)

but I also understand the importance of propor breathing procedures

for kriyas. Which is why I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly.

Thanks!

 

Christa

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Sat Nam Christa,

 

I've been doing Sat Kriya as my meditation lately, I just started

resting yesterday, probably for a couple of weeks before I continue.

I have worked up to 15 minutes (a big deal for me, shoulder pain).

 

I don't have a set breathing pattern. The breathing is really

automatic, but you have to concentrate on your third eye. when you

do that your "automatic" will take over. I keep trying to be aware

while I'm doing Sat Kriya, how I'm breathing, and what I find is I

sometimes there is a subtle inhale on Sat and a subtle exhale as I'm

chanting Nam. But as I've progressed in time, I've noticed a light-

headedness, from not enough oxygen. So then I'll occasionally take

a deep breath, so mine is not really a pattern.

 

One thing it is not, is BOF. The effect on Sat Kriya is from a

gentle pulling of the rool lock as you pump the navel. Try gentely

pulling root lock on Sat Kriya for 3 minutes then rest 3 minutes,

and do it again for 3 more (or 2) but pull the lock a little firmer,

you should notice the effect and that its coming from the lock not

the breath.

 

If you are looking at what I was, starting out with 5x3 mins. Sat

Kriya with 2 minutes rest after each, is a great way to work up.

I graduated to 11 minutes in about 2 weeks.

 

Blessings

 

Brad

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Hi, Christa and Elle,

 

When I asked the same question more than a year ago, the response from those

learned in these matters was that Yogiji explicitly recommends that

there is no prescribed way to breath when doing Sat Kriya and each person should

work out his or her own breath rhythm as best suits that person.

I have been doing Sat Kriya for eleven minutes every day for over a year now,

yet I don't believe I could describe exactly how my breath works

with it. It seems to find its own way. It is probably best described as more

of a long breath with some intermittent "sips" so that the rhythm

of the navel contractions and the chanting of "Sat Nam" is not interrupted. I

definitely do not use a breath-of-fire.

 

Sat Nam

 

Steve Porter

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Thanks Brad and Steve-

 

I didn't think it was BOF, but wasn't sure. It just didn't feel like

I was doing it correctly last night.

 

> with it. It seems to find its own way. It is probably best

>described as more of a long breath with some intermittent "sips" so

>that the rhythm

> of the navel contractions and the chanting of "Sat Nam" is not

>interrupted. I definitely do not use a breath-of-fire.

 

Steve, this sounds very similar to what I was doing; except I was

taking 'long' sips and then chanting straight through for awhile. But

the long sips seemed to me to be too much of a break. So I'll try the

same thing, but with 'shorter' sips, for a few days and see if a

pattern doesn't kick in. I think I was so concerned about the

breathing, that I wasn't really focusing much.

 

Brad, I did the three minutes and didn't 'feel' anything afterwards.

I was going to do more (rest two then start again), but the book

specifically said not to push it and to work up gradually. Since I

wasnt' really sure I was doing it correctly, I opted not to go longer

until checking on the board. However, if I start feeling

more 'settled' or 'in tune' with my breathing, I will begin to expand

the time.

 

Thanks for the help everyone!

 

Christa

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Sat Nam,

 

>But aren't you really pumping on both sat and nam in that method, as

opposed to just on Sat as it says in the book?

 

 

Sat the energy goes up the spine. Nam, the energy release down the spine.

You miss the wave of energy and the integration if you just raise the

energy. Glad you asked to clarify this.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur