How I Came to KY

[Guest guest]

Sat nam!

 

I discovered Kundalini Yoga and Meditation through two sources. I had

a dream about a year ago that I was being helped across a river by

some people dressed in white with turbans--really beautiful souls.

About a week later, I found the book "Eight Human Talents" by Gurmukh

Kaur Khalsa and quickly sought out a teacher in my area. I found my

beloved teacher Krishan Shiva Kaur, studied with her in Indianapolis,

then moved to Chicago where I practice with SS Shiva Singh Khalsa and

others. It truly has been a remarkable journey, and each day it is

better. Kundalini Yoga and Meditation has helped me deal with

addiction, loss, depression, you name it. I have never felt this good

before.

 

Blessings,

 

Siri Deva Singh

Chicago, IL

[Guest guest]

Can you say in what ways it has helped you deal with addiction and

depression, as those are two things I am currently struggling with? sam

[Guest guest]

Sat nam Sam.

 

I was addicted to cigarettes and caffeine, and tended to drink

heaviliy on the weekends until I started doing Kundalini Yoga and

Meditation. Simply put, as far as the cigarettes went, there was no

way I could hold a moving asana and do breath of fire for any length

of time. KY made me feel so good so fast that I felt it was more

important to push myself, and that meant quitting cigarettes. For a

long time I did a kriya for lung expansion capacity. I'd be glad to

share that with you if this is your addiction. Caffeine tended to

interfere with my morning practice and make me shaky, so I stopped

that too.

 

Drinking is what brought depression to me, or amplified it within me.

There is simply nothing good that comes from alcohol, and although I

still drink wine occasionally, there is no way I would return to the

days of hangover Saturdays and Sundays when I was literally too

nauseous and depressed to do Kundalini. In other words, like

cigarettes and caffeine, alcohol interfered with Kundalini, and

Kundalini was what made me happy.

 

My depression was the result of a lack of self-esteem, which we all

struggle with. I began to do kriyas to strengthen my inner light, as

it were, and kriyas for each chakra each morning before work. Before

long, I had plenty of self-esteem and more than anything, didn't let

other people's negativity affect me. This resulted in the loss of

friends, though. But those were not good friends for me.

 

My advice is to throw yourself into your practice. Read as much as

you can on KY and Meditation. Books by Dharma Singh Khalsa, Gurmukh,

Shakta Kaur Khalsa, etc. are all recommended, among others. Replace

your addiction with discipline devoted to self-improvement through

the technology of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation.

 

Many blessings

 

Siri Deva Singh