Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Hello everyone, How successful is Kundalini Yoga for overcoming issues like anxiety and depression? Thanks. Georges Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Sat Nam Georges, KY is very powerful, if addressed right. I had a student being on medication against anxiety. After about 6 month regular practice (and with the consent and help of a good medical doctor) we could drop all medications. Right now the lady has plans starting a family and is looking more confident into the future. Sending blessings and light from Hong Kong, Adarsh S. M G schrieb: >Hello everyone, > > How successful is Kundalini Yoga for overcoming issues like anxiety and depression? Thanks. > > Georges > > > > Photos > Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I have been practicing for nearly three years and in addition to good nutrition, adequate rest, mindfulness and a dose of day light every day regardless of the weather, I manage my lifelong chronic, low grade depression very well. It is still a struggle to stay on course when I have a more intense depressive episode as my mental and emotional low energy impacts all areas of my life and I find it very difficult to maintain a routine....but I trust, that with continued practice and mindfulness, these symptoms will lessen or disappear in time. Adding Kundalini to my life has really made a tremendous difference. I do not use pharmaceuticals or supplements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Dear Archer, Thank you so much for sharing with us your experience of how you use KY to manage depression. Yes, it is good to be reminded that it takes discipline, daily practice, other lifestyle changes and our own personal grit to get to the next level of our evolution. We have to consciously participate in our own growth. We have to identify and embrace our lessons. No one here on planet earth has earned a free lunch. No one is entitled to a joy ride without conscious participation in the process of our own growth. Of course our denial tendencies would like to buy into the myth of entitlement to paradise and the lottery mentality of a free ride that circulate in mass consciousness. But neither myths nor denial deliver us to inner peace, power and contentment. The basic answer to any question -- is KY good for XXX? Is almost always yes. But we have to do it consciously and use it as a tool to help ourselves release the past, honor our unique path and trust ourselves and the universe. I live in gratitude everyday that we have been given this fabulous technology. We are so blessed to have these tools available to us. Blessings, Gururattana :+) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 One way to get out of depression is to realize you can't rationalize your way out. There are yoga sets you can do to realign the hips. Yogi bhajan said that depression starts there. Check out the manual "Infinity and Me" complied and illustrated by Harijot Kaur. Also: I have helped friends get out of depression by getting them out in nature and asking them to remember what they always liked doing as kids. The point was to get them to stop thinking through the glass of depression. Depression seems to include an attachment to look at things negatively, not just seeing things negatively. So I wanted to help them break out of the attachment. I got them to sing or dance or climb a tree. At first they resist me of course. That's the attachment to seeing the negative. But I stick to it and they always come around. It is just about reminding them who they truly are. And it is how they would be if they let themselves be kids again in their approach to loving life. Best wishes, Awtar S. Rochester, NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Wonderful suggestions! Depression can also sometimes be a result of, or be compounded by, nutritional deficiencies. if you live in the northern hemisphere and get very little direct sun (being outside with the sun on your skin without sunscreen on) or are working in an office all day, you could very well be lacking in vitaminD. You can either take D3 supplements (D3 is easier for the body to absorb than D2)...though this would not be recommended if you live in a very sunny place and get a lot of sun exposure. The other thing that can help is Omega3 supplements or regularly eating wild salmon which is rich in omega3s. A good diet (avoiding sugars and processed white starches which will increase depression by making blood sugar yo-yo), daily exercise, doing something you enjoy every day, and taking care of yourself by going to see a therapist if you feel unable to cope are the ways to help manage or even break out of depressive states. Remember, it's a state not what or who you are Rather than saying to yourself "i am depressed" try rephrasing it to "i feel depressed". Depression is very often a result of having conflcting emotions and being "stuck" in the conflict, anything to get the body and emotions moving well help towards healing. blessings and courage ovasoul Kundaliniyoga, <kundalini_yoga@h...> wrote: > > One way to get out of depression is to realize you can't rationalize your > way out. > > There are yoga sets you can do to realign the hips. Yogi bhajan said that > depression starts there. Check out the manual "Infinity and Me" complied and > illustrated by Harijot Kaur. > > Also: > > I have helped friends get out of depression by getting them out in nature > and asking them to remember what they always liked doing as kids. The point > was to get them to stop thinking through the glass of depression. Depression > seems to include an attachment to look at things negatively, not just seeing > things negatively. So I wanted to help them break out of the attachment. I > got them to sing or dance or climb a tree. At first they resist me of > course. That's the attachment to seeing the negative. But I stick to it and > they always come around. It is just about reminding them who they truly are. > And it is how they would be if they let themselves be kids again in their > approach to loving life. > > Best wishes, > > Awtar S. > > Rochester, NY > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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