not mixing other things with Kundalini

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And now, for my second post...

I remember someone on this list saying that Yogi Bhajan warned against

mixing Kundalini yoga with other things, only i'm confused as to how

to tell what is specific to Kundalini that you shouldn't do with other

things.

 

Yoga poses - I think I've seen all the poses that I've learned in

Kundalini yoga in hatha or other types of yoga before so that doesn't

seem to be the difference.

 

Meditation - I've also done meditation with other types of yoga and

outside of any class.

 

Mantra - I've never done this before but I have heard other people

talking about doing this from certain martial arts.

 

Breathing - I've not seen breath of fire very often either, however

not all Kundalini kriyas require this.

 

Focus on the third eye - I've done this during visualization and while

calling on my intuition for special things.

 

Tuning in - In my understanding, this opens you up to hear and

understand the teacher inside you and all around you. That sounds like

it would be a good thing to do even if you didn't follow it with a

workout.

 

Is it the combination of all of these things together, because I've

seen kriyas that don't include all of these? Maybe because i've not

been to a class before I'm missing something. If anyone can shed some

light on this for me, it would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead of time,

 

Rebecca

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Dear Rebecca,

 

> I remember someone on this list saying that Yogi Bhajan warned against

> mixing Kundalini yoga with other things,

 

This means to not do other practices like pilates or kung fu or another type

of yoga while you are doing at Ky set. Pick a KY meditation or silent

meditation and not one from another discipline to do after the KY set.

 

The other practices are fine, just do them before, after or at another time.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

[Guest guest]

Rebecca,

I think a good reply to your questions is found in an earlier post

which is message #19845. I am going to try to copy it here, but if

this doesn't work, you can look it up.

 

Sat nam

Kartar Kaur

 

[i don't think Ardash will mind being quoted!]

 

One point which I came across while studying yoga: A lot of people think,

that it is important to do weird or complicated asanas in order to master

yoga. This is also what you can see in a lot of yoga-schools, esp. where

formerly ballet dancers or other more-than-normal-flexible people are

showing their skills in twisting, bending or stretching their limbs. The

real thing behind is: you do an asana to achieve a certain reaction in the

body - for the energy level, for the cardiovascular system, for the

glands,

for the nerves, etc.

 

Shaping the body and increasing flexibility is just a side-effect of the

main purpose of yoga - coming into balance of body, mind and soul. But

having a 'perfectly' shaped body (to whatever definition this might be :-)

and the skills to do all hundreds of variations of asanas correctly does

not necessarily mean, that you are happy, healthy and holy ;-)

 

Therefore every exercise or kriya in KY consists of 3 parts - posture

(asana), breathing (pranayama) and mental focus (dhyana) and is -

finally a

meditation :-) My teacher once told me: every exercise is just an

excuse to

breath properly and then having the chance to tune into a mantra.

 

Sending blessings and light from Shanghai,

 

Adarsh S.