Diabetics and Kundalini Yoga

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Sat Nam,

dear Siri Ram Kaur,

 

tell the lady, that Yoga is no competition sports, its a tool to develop

more (body) awareness.

I would first adress the dizzyness. To my understanding this comes from the

inability to breath properly. I see this very often with my students at the

beginning. Deep breathing, esp if done with spinal flex or spinal twist

makes most of them dizzy. The only way is - work through. Teach the long

deep breathing - breathing from the belly and then allow her to rest in

baby pose after this exercises. Let her walk every day 3 - 5 km. Give her a

mild set e.g. with squats, live nerve stretch, etc. Nothing too hard or

difficult, but still challenging. She must get a connection to her body.

 

For the overweight - diet is one thing, strengthening the will power to

resist cravings is another thing. Here I would ask the lady if she really

wants to become healthy or if she wants to do yoga just for the peace of

mind. If she wants to achieve something, set her goals, e.g. drink no more

soft drinks, replace one junk food meal per day with a salad, skip the

sugar in the coffee, make the coffee light with lots of milk, walk stairs

instead using the escalator, ride a bicycle instead using the car for short

distances, etc. You can be very creative.

I found, if a student feels being important and if you continuosly

encourage, check the progress and lovingly support, they can do miracles to

themselves. Grab them at their ego - this is always the weak point: 'Come

on, you can live for one day without Coca Cola ?! And if you can do one

day, then you can also do 2 days, etc.'

 

Sending blessings and light,

 

Adarsh S.

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Sat Nam,

 

I'm a hatha yoga instrucor from Malaysia. With regards to your enquiry, I would

advise you to start the diabetic student with the asanas as below:

 

1) Surya namaskar 10 min daily followed by proper breathing which should be done

very slow. This daily exercise will ensure proper blood circulation and it will

revive all the organs and chakra's

 

2) Savasana(corpse pose) 20 min after surya namaskar with deep breathing-(inhale

1, 2, 3, 4 hold 1, 2, 3, 4, exhale 1, 2, 3, 4 hold 1, 2, 3, 4) as our organs

need blood and oxygen too. By doing this asana all the dead cells will revive

back and you will see a positive result within couple of weeks.

 

Wish you good luck!

 

Sat Nam

 

Surjit Singh

 

 

 

drkundalini <drkundalini wrote: Sat Nam Divine Souls,

 

Can anyone tell me what diabetics can and can't do regarding Kundalini

Yoga. I have a ladythat has diabetics that whats to try Kundalini

Yoga, she is very unfit, overweight and suffers from dizzyness.

 

Any info would be much appreciated.

 

Much love and Light

 

Siri Ram x

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Siri Ram,

 

The millet weight loss diet helps balance blood sugar. It is

described in on-line yoga training Lesson 23.

<kundalini yogakyt23.html>

 

I am not a teacher but as a student who wrestles with weight issues I

urge you to give this student some poses that are easy enough to THEM

to feel some success with. I dropped out of a yoga class once that

was suppose to be a "gentle" class. The teacher asked us to draw our

knees into our chest and relax between almost every pose. This was

great for most students but if a person has excess fat around the

abdomen drawing the knees into the chest is not relaxing and can be

very uncomfortable! This is just one example. Your student may need

to learn some adapted or supported poses.

 

Good Luck!

Peggy Sue