Bound Lotus- with modifications

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How very inspiring you are Chris. Thank you so much for sharing this, I, too,

have found the bound lotus/yogi a magnificent practice.

I wish you many such delightful practices.

Sat nam Chris

Gurprasad k

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chris charles <ccharles79

 

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:47:46

To:Kundaliniyoga

Kundalini Yoga Bound Lotus- with modifications

 

 

Despite having mild cerebral palsy. i´ve been practicing the bound lotus

modification at night just sitting indian style on the bed and bending forward

as far as i can. This really stretches my stiff hips and groin area. I do this

for 31mins. I hope to get to half lotus but I´m taking my time. This in addition

to my morning practice of 20mins. sat kriya and 20mins layout and 22mins

Sodarshan Chakra Kriya. Bound lotus has made me give up control in situations

before where I wanted to control. My soul feels a real relief and peace even

with the modification and at work I´m ease with myself and others. Check out

www.boundlotus.com don´t be intimidated by the posture. Start out by stretching

hamstrings and do butterflys for the groin then try bound lotus indian style

coming out this pose do it very slowly. I ´d suggest buying the manual. Even

with a disability, there´s a meditation or a pranayam out there for you that

will work for you if you stick with it. Sat Nam-Chris.

 

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Sat Nam Chris,

Thanks for sharing your experience. Bound Lotus Kriya (Psychic Union

Posture or Baddha Padmasana) is truly a wonder! It has done an awful lot

for me, too. I practice it in a similar manner to yours (I have a right

knee that was injured when I was 17 and it's starting catch up with

me.....finally). I lean forward in easy pose and with some cushion for

my forehead. Getting the head below, or at the level of, the heart is

important. Many people try and practice it the way they see others

practicing it, and then they end up creating a problem, or complain

about not being to walk afterwards. One has to listen to their own body.

Simply put, the idea is to *lean in the right direction* and practice

*inner alignment*. That's all. Surrender the mind, and all it's doings,

and relate to your core. I did it with my Japji which took 20 to 25

minutes to complete. I chant with a recording. Most people are probably

doing it with Re Man Eh Bidh Jog Kamao by Snatam Kaur (

http://doiop.com/re_man ).

The other kicker to having as rich an experience as I had was I was

doing it before the sun rose.

 

This is a good practice for us Kundalini Yogis as we have what is

generally a very dynamic and fiery technology, at least on the surface

and in it's execution. We need to find the parts of it that engender

calm through the actual practice of calm. Sat Nam Rasayan is another

modality for such.

 

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chris charles wrote:

 

> Despite having mild cerebral palsy. i´ve been practicing the bound

> lotus modification at night just sitting indian style on the bed and

> bending forward as far as i can. This really stretches my stiff hips

> and groin area. I do this for 31mins. I hope to get to half lotus but

> I´m taking my time. This in addition to my morning practice of 20mins.

> sat kriya and 20mins layout and 22mins Sodarshan Chakra Kriya. Bound

> lotus has made me give up control in situations before where I wanted

> to control. My soul feels a real relief and peace even with the

> modification and at work I´m ease with myself and others. Check out

> www.boundlotus.com don´t be intimidated by the posture. Start out by

> stretching hamstrings and do butterflys for the groin then try bound

> lotus indian style coming out this pose do it very slowly. I ´d

> suggest buying the manual. Even with a disability, there´s a

> meditation or a pranayam out there for you that will work for you if

> you stick with it. Sat Nam-Chris.

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