I give up?

[Guest guest]

I have been trying kundalini yoga for at least 18 months, and I was not

doing well with it. I asked a lot of questions, read a lot, but I think

I must admit that working without a teacher was not doing me much good.

 

One of my difficulties was doing the sets, they were all so strange and

difficult!! I mainly did the spinal flexes, which was great, but I

seemed to be getting less and less comfortable in my body. I felt that I

was losing what I had gained in several years of hatha yoga lessons.

 

My first need at this time is body strength. I have been diagnosed with

MS, and after a lot of research and talk, I have decided that the best

way to cope with this is to get strong. really strong. So I know now out

in the gym 3 times a week, and take hatha yoga classes another 3 times

a week. (I can only find Hatha yoga teachers). For me, it has been a

huge difference working with a teacher once again. Sometimes all I need

is a look, and I understand the pose, sometimes I need the teacher's

touch, sometimes I need the energy of the group. But the main difference

is that I feel I am once again pushing myself, just a bit every time,

and every time I practice I am getting a bit better. working alone I

seemed to be too easy on myself. It's not a question of discipline,

because I really worked at it, I rarely missed a day. It's something

else. Difficult to explain, but while I was alone, my body seemed to

fall much too easily into weakness.

 

I hope some day to find a teacher, because I have a gut feeling that

kundalini yoga can be very right for me, if only I get the help I need.

 

shoshana

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam...Shoshana,

Yes... there is something to be said for "group" energy in the beginning of a

practice, I believe. When I think back to when I first began KY and how

"attached" I was to my teacher...I have to laugh! I needed that constant

"input" to keep me focused. It was a very exciting time for me...as a student,

learning and having this feeling like I was coming alive, in a way I hadn't been

before. And I was attached to my teacher because when I was around him, is the

only time I experienced those feelings.

I'm happy to report as time flows, my capacity to experience, that "energy" or

feeling of aliveness/connection with all, on my own increases....although....I

still absolutely "love" practicing and meditating within a group....it soothes

my Soul.

All blessings on whatever path you may chose to follow...

Sat Sangeet Kaur

 

"s.cohen" <show wrote:I have been trying kundalini yoga for at

least 18 months, and I was not

doing well with it. I asked a lot of questions, read a lot, but I think

I must admit that working without a teacher was not doing me much good.

 

One of my difficulties was doing the sets, they were all so strange and

difficult!! I mainly did the spinal flexes, which was great, but I

seemed to be getting less and less comfortable in my body. I felt that I

was losing what I had gained in several years of hatha yoga lessons.

 

My first need at this time is body strength. I have been diagnosed with

MS, and after a lot of research and talk, I have decided that the best

way to cope with this is to get strong. really strong. So I know now out

in the gym 3 times a week, and take hatha yoga classes another 3 times

a week. (I can only find Hatha yoga teachers). For me, it has been a

huge difference working with a teacher once again. Sometimes all I need

is a look, and I understand the pose, sometimes I need the teacher's

touch, sometimes I need the energy of the group. But the main difference

is that I feel I am once again pushing myself, just a bit every time,

and every time I practice I am getting a bit better. working alone I

seemed to be too easy on myself. It's not a question of discipline,

because I really worked at it, I rarely missed a day. It's something

else. Difficult to explain, but while I was alone, my body seemed to

fall much too easily into weakness.

 

I hope some day to find a teacher, because I have a gut feeling that

kundalini yoga can be very right for me, if only I get the help I need.

 

shoshana

 

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