symptoms - (a blessing)

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Jacqui,

No apology is necessary, and no personal offense is taken.

Memories of my early experiences are still with me as I too, as I had

a rough time. That was furthered complicated as I stumbled onto the

writings fo Gopi Krishna. He would have people using the word

"symptom" to describe this. Stay away from him! Don't even Google him.

Completely useless and a major distraction. Luckily I had made the

link (Ong Namo.....) and was guided through it all to do the emotional

work (Bioenergetic Gestalt Therapy) to thoroughly process the

kundalini Shakti and round out my experience and make it real.

Needless to say *it* ceased to be something strange and dis-embodied.

It's still an adventure, though.

In retrospect, I am extremely thankful for these rough times as it

was a purification and allowed me to more deeply align myself with my

Soul. Had I not done that then, I dare say I wouldn't be here today.

Yeah, it was that serious.

 

Kundalini has been been called "the pressure of the Soul" by Yogi Bhajan.

 

Kundalini, in one of it's more poetic definitions is "coil of the hair

of the beloved".

 

Basically it's the energy of spirit and it's within you and all around

you.

 

You are in a process of blossoming. Sing/chant a mantra for a few

minutes at the end of your practice. This will help you connect and

open the more subtle channels. We can do massage, chiropractic,

acupuncture, yoga, etc, but the most profound and subtle adjustment

comes from you own voice. Sing from the Central Channel, breathing

from the navel.

 

To answer your question, you can squeeze in a quick meditation at work

but allow proper time to tune in and connect with your breath, first.

I always like to loosen the spine (

http://kundaliniyoga.org/kyt06.html ) and stretch the Life Nerve (leg

stretches) before I do anything. So you can see ten minutes is pushing

it, if you ask me, but do what you can and do it deeply.

 

Sat Nam,

Dharam

 

If it isn't devotional, it isn't yoga.

--Yogi Bhajan

 

 

Kundaliniyoga, "Jacqui" <minx wrote:

>

> Sat Dharam

> Many thanks for your words of guidance and wisdom. As I am very new

to yoga

> and this list, I apologise to you and anyone else I offended by

using the

> word "symptom". I purely meant it to mean a feeling of physical or

mental

> change that I couldn't explain as a result of my session and not as

> something derogatory. I didn't know what other word to use, maybe

I should

> have used "feelings" instead? I am tuning in with the Adi Mantra,

although

> on my DVD they do it 3 times, I will do as you suggest, pause it and

do it 5

> times or more until I feel ready to start the set. I so wish I could

> attend a class, but we have nothing around where I live, therefore I

will

> have to rely on this list, the website and the Carolyn Cowan DVD I

am using

> for help. Can I also ask another question and I apologise if it sounds

> stupid, but is it ok to do the meditations separate from the yoga

kyrias?

> So for example if I have a limited time period, say I am at work and

I have

> a ten minute break during which time I could meditate, would this be

ok, or

> should meditations always be done before or after completing a yoga

kyria

> set?

>

> In Love and Light

> Jacqui

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your replies. I have done the video a few more times and

I have not had a repeat of the coldness, although I have had the electrical

sensations through the body some of you describe. I find it very beneficial

to do the Aad Guray Nameh mantra for 11 minutes after the asanas and before

the set is closed with Sat Nam. It is a wonderful meditation. I am very

physically unfit, and not because I have an illness, I mean that my muscles

are very tight from years of some of them not being used too much, and I

cannot do much stretching and holding of poses, so I am taking things gently

and doing what I can without injuring myself. I still find the warm ups

quite challenging!! But already after 3 sessions I am loosening up.

 

I read somewhere once that even bad teachers are here to teach you something

and to look upon that experience as a learning curve. I think sometimes you

are guided towards certain things and it is not just by accident. I have

not come across Gopi Krishna, but I did come across this site and this

forum, so I think this was meant to be for me, for now anyway.

 

One of the things I have found is that I would like more guidance in how to

breathe properly during asanas, meditations etc. I think a video explaining

all the different types of breathing, how they affect the body and how to do

them correctly would be really helpful for a beginner without a class to go

to but there seems to be absolutely nothing on the market! I do find it a

bit difficult at the moment concentrating on my asana, breathing and third

eye at the same time but I am sure that will come with time.

 

Sat Nam

Jacqui