How I came to KY

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

 

I had been doing yoga for a number of years before I came to KY. I had

always taken Hatha and Iyengar classes, with a few lapses do to the

unavailability of classes where I was living at the time. The one thing

that always bothered me about those classes was that it was all about what

they called "postures". Every so often we were told to breathe, but no one

ever explained "breathe". I knew that something was missing but I kept

going. It was like a very easy exercise class to me.

 

About 6 years ago, a woman in the apartment building I was living in handed

me a book! I barely knew this woman and we had never talked about yoga so I

was surprised to see she had given me Shakt Parwa Kaur Khalsa's book - "Flow

of Eternal Power". I read that book and I'm embarassed to say that I kept

it until the day I heard that she was going to move. I did asanas, I

breathed, I took the advice about personal care of the body, diet (I was

already a vegan, by then, 28 years). I discovered the missing pieces of the

yoga puzzle I had been looking for all those years.

 

My last step into KY was finding the KY site with the on-line classes and

the on-line store, and here I am.....

 

 

 

Sat Nam,

 

Mary P.

 

PS: I'm suppose to recite the JapJi poem for 1000 days, is that the

whoooolllllleeee 38 stanzas or the first part? Does anybody know?

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

In 1991 I went to New Mexico to take a six month massage therapy course. I

don't know why but I went to maybe two K-yoga classes offered in town. All

I remember from the class is breath of fire and talking to the instructor

afterward and him telling me that if I chanted the words Guru Guru Wahe

Guru Guru Ram Dass Guru with what I wanted in mind, I would get it.

 

I wanted the Veterans Affairs to pay for my school (which had a side

challenge of forcing them to VA approve the school for future vets) under

the vocational rehabilitation program. On the drive from Santa Fe to

Albuquerque I fell into a rhythm with this chant and seeing in my minds eye

the guys being nice to me, smiling shaking my hand, signing off on the

approval papers and me driving back to Santa Fe a Very happy camper. And it

happened just like that.

 

I never did go back to the KY class, I didn't do anything more with the

massage after the school finished, but over the years, I'd get in the mood

to chant this again on long drives. Not with anything particular in mind,

just to feel good and pass the miles.

 

I find it interesting that "out of the blue" I get an urge to look into KY

again, I went ahead and ordered the beginner course on video and just

glanced through at random the lessons on the website. What jumped out at me

was this Ram Dass chant and I started doing that for 11 minutes everyday. I

hadn't thought much about this chant in some time. Now I find myself once

again dealing with the veterans medical center and the regional offices of

the veterans affairs. I want what it's possible I could get, but, I just

wish they'd give me it and not make me fight for it. That's why I haven't

bothered up to this point, but everyone else sure is trying to push me to

do it.

 

So anyway, I did this chant again mixed off and on with a little song I

made up and sang to the different people that crossed my mind as I drove

the interstate this past Monday to my medical appointment. I felt really

good when I arrived. It was weird in a way. I felt like I attracted

everybody's attention. People starred at me, almost everyone who caught my

eye smiled and said hello. Walking through the hallways at one point I felt

like there was a large number of non-physicals following me around and we

were blessing and giving healing energy to everyone whose paths we crossed.

 

It was a most different experience for me going to that VA medical center.

The feeling I had faded as time passed but still I felt pretty good about

everything. By the end of the visit when I actually signed the papers to

"officially" re-open my claim there was some dread in me. But, perhaps the

time has come. I don't know. I feel better though somehow that this Ram Das

chant got brought to my attention again during this time.

 

I am also now watching and following along with the video lessons.

 

love to you and yours,

 

Jena

 

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[Guest guest]

That would be the whole of Japji. The Mul Mantra, which is the first part, would

certainly give you a feel for it however. Did somebody tell you

do that specifically, or was it releated to advice in respect to your

numerology. In the case of the latter (a number one), you could do Mul

Mantra rather than read all of Japji. You can also get recordings of Japji in

both english and gurumukhi which you listen to.

 

Seva Simran

 

 

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> PS: I'm suppose to recite the JapJi poem for 1000 days, is that the

> whoooolllllleeee 38 stanzas or the first part? Does anybody know?

>

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[Guest guest]

Thirty years ago I was sitting in my $10 a month shack on the Big Island

of Hawaii meditating and I had a spontaneous rising of Kundalini that

was one of the most powerful experiences in my life. I didn't know what

had happened at the time and it was only through reading about KY years

later that I realized what that experience actually was. 28 years passed

and though I had often thought I would like to do KY there were no

teachers in my area. Then one day while I was at a dinner party with

friends I saw a flyer on her coffee table for KY class's right here in

Placerville. I attended that very 1st class, went to Summer Solstice 6

weeks later and over the course of the next year my weekly practice grew

to a daily practice. My friend and teacher decided to move back to the

east coast about 6 weeks ago, and though it was sad to see him go, he

left me with a priceless legacy. I promised his regular students that I

would lead classes one night a week in his absence, so now I'm teaching

in his place. I feel truly blessed that Arjan Singh chose to teach here

and I've recently decided that barring any change in my attitude or

circumstances, I'll be attending the Masters Touch course next Sept.

 

Many Blessings,

 

Bob

 

 

 

"It's all good."

 

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[Guest guest]

Sat Nam All!

 

I just love reading these stories...it really warms my heart.

 

I had gone through a horrible break up a couple of years ago

(actually the entire relationship was destructive), I was very

scattered and continued to do destructive things to my mind and body

without even realizing it! Came across an ad for Netflix and

decided to give it a try and started renting their fitness and yoga

videos. I had never heard of KY and decided to rent Carol Carson's

video and give it a whirl. The feelings of change were immediate! I

KNEW that this was it. This never came to me while practicing Hatha

Yoga for five years. Since then, I've started attending a KY class

here in San Diego and have purchased books to develop my own

practice. I have been working through my past karma and have had

some rude awakenings, but discovering myself and God have been the

most awesome achievements of my entire life. I KNOW that I can do

anything if I "keep up".

 

Thanks for "listening" and thanks for this group.

 

Jeffrey

P.S.

Gururattan, I had a dream last night that you were on David

Letterman. He can really make fun of people on his show sometimes,

but he absolutely loved you.

[Guest guest]

Dear Jeffery and All,

 

> I just love reading these stories...it really warms my heart.

 

Me too!!

 

BTW, Jeffery comes to my class in San Diego. It is great having him as part

of our group.

 

> Gururattan, I had a dream last night that you were on David Letterman.

 

Interesting the night after our class.

 

He can really make fun of people on his show sometimes, > but he absolutely

loved you.

 

I am up to it. :+) Anyone have contacts with David? Maybe this is a message

that it is time.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur