KY Book / Archer Pose /Meditation/Vegetarian

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Sat Nam All,

 

I think one of the best over-all books on Kundalini Yoga is Shakta Kaur

Khalsa's Kundalini Yoga:Unlock Your Inner Potential Through Life-Changing

Exercise. When completing the final exam for the IKYTA teacher training exam

given by Gurucharan Singh and Hari Kaur in Boston, EVERY exam question was

covered in this book!

 

I've read in many sources that archer pose strengthens the nervous system.

 

Thank you all for sharing so much in this group. I particularly have related

to and gained a feeling of oneness from the descriptions of meditations.

 

Recently the idea of the "watcher" in meditation has been very important to

me. JapJi (Sikh morning prayer/poem/chant) talks about the "watcher and the

actor" being One. Also of great relevance lately to me in meditations is

"sunia," --listening. We studied JapJi last summer in NM at Yogi Bhajan's

insistance in teacher training 2, the communication module. A student

translated sunia as being quiet so as to listen to God in meditation, and

Gurucharan Singh said, "It just says listening. Just listening." Mostly

(like others have mentioned) I'm throwing up so much garbage in morning

sadhana, that the quietness to be able to listen is very difficult for me.

The times when I have achieved the state that I think Gurucharan was

referring to have been supremely blissful and insightful! Mostly it's seemed

like the God in me, deep inside me, was actually talking to me. The

insights/solutions to problems that come this way are amazingly clear and

quite simple (like I have owned these insights all along and just never

realized them) and usually provoke the physical responses of both smiling and

tearing. Anyone else have similar experiences?

 

I am convinced a strong morning sadhana is the key to a productive and happy

life for me. The times when I've let this practice wane, becoming too busy

with other aspects of life, are the times that have been the worst

emotionally for me. A renewed sadhana then brings back the stability and

mental clarity in my life.

 

As a vegetarian, I find super blue green algae indespensible and a great

source of energy. Also fresh carrot juice. One may consider one's blood

type (Eat Right 4 Your Type) in determining what foods are particularily

strengthening for you. Also low (or no) sugar power bars II like Luna bars)

stored iat the workplace give a great lift during the day. Since KY Yoga

encompasses all eight limbs of yoga, lifestyle and food do seem appropriate

topics.

 

Thanks for the opportunity to share,

Angad Kaur