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Hello All,

I am trying to do meditation for past 18 months. I was also doing some basic

pranayama for around 3 to 4 months in the beginning. Later I discontinued it as

i was feeling some pressure in the forehead and the top of the head. Now a days

i feel the same pressure in the forehead and top of the head even with out

pranayama.Similarly i feeI an upward flow of energy in the spine from the range

of heart to the top of head. It exists even in normal times when ever my mind

gets settled a little bit. I if concentrated on that the pressure gets increased

very much such that i cannot withstand it. . I want to know whether it is really

an improvement or a problem. Can any one please advice me?

 

Sat Nam,

 

 

Regards,

Varatha

 

 

 

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Hello!

yes it is a problem or side effect of pranayama.

 

sply. where the subject is not fit physicaly and mentaly

 

with same limit.During this problem i think pranayama is

 

avoidable.

Dr.Dipayan Das.

 

 

 

 

Kundaliniyoga , Varatharajan M

<varathabase3 wrote:

>

> Hello All,

> I am trying to do meditation for past 18 months. I was also

doing some basic pranayama for around 3 to 4 months in the

beginning. Later I discontinued it as i was feeling some pressure in

the forehead and the top of the head. Now a days i feel the same

pressure in the forehead and top of the head even with out

pranayama.Similarly i feeI an upward flow of energy in the spine

from the range of heart to the top of head. It exists even in normal

times when ever my mind gets settled a little bit. I if concentrated

on that the pressure gets increased very much such that i cannot

withstand it. . I want to know whether it is really an improvement

or a problem. Can any one please advice me?

>

> Sat Nam,

>

>

> Regards,

> Varatha

>

>

>

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download.

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I´ve done the pranayam meditation Sodarshan Kriya and pressure in your head is

a symptom that helps you get rid of garbage in the subconscious mind. Also,

burning sensation on the skin at first Start slow 5minutes for the first month

40 days. This meditation has done much to cure me of my severe depression, from

being sexually abused and handicapped as a child and I feel happy afterwards and

my past disappears because the first chakra becomes cleaned out and takes away

my pain. It is the most powerful kriya in Kundalini yoga and can be done by

itself. I´m currently doing 11-22mins 750+ days. The first 180days your ego

resists against the change you are creating and this can be difficult but if you

continue after the releasing becomes easier and permanent lasting transformation

become a reality. Always do a kriya before a pranayam or meditation even if it´s

just some stretch or spinal twist. Sat kriya 5mins with 5minute layout then

sodarshan 5mins would be a great way to

start for the first 40 days then slowly increase 1min. every two weeks. This

pranayam has helped me more than any other practice but you do feel pressure,

that means it is working. They call it the perfect chakra cleanser. You can get

bored with this neutral mind meditation because you are cultivating detachment

so I like to do sat kriya to ground me to be more pragmatic or a negative mind

meditation which protects you and makes your mind faster after to balance it.

The book, " Mind It´s Facets and Projections " by Yogi Bhajan is a good read to

learn more about this stuff. Or some chanting working with the heart center or a

posture like mahan gyan mudra to evoke the positive mind which helps you enjoy

life and feel pleasure. Traditional texts say we should master asana before

pranayama so maybe you could stretch out and try to work with bound lotus kriya

for 31minutes and then try a pranayam after. -Chris

 

Varatharajan M <varathabase3 wrote: Hello All,

I am trying to do meditation for past 18 months. I was also doing some basic

pranayama for around 3 to 4 months in the beginning. Later I discontinued it as

i was feeling some pressure in the forehead and the top of the head. Now a days

i feel the same pressure in the forehead and top of the head even with out

pranayama.Similarly i feeI an upward flow of energy in the spine from the range

of heart to the top of head. It exists even in normal times when ever my mind

gets settled a little bit. I if concentrated on that the pressure gets increased

very much such that i cannot withstand it. . I want to know whether it is really

an improvement or a problem. Can any one please advice me?

 

Sat Nam,

 

 

Regards,

Varatha

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Chris and Varatha and everyone else,

 

Chris, I enjoy reading your emails. (BTW if you could please leave spaces

between paragraphs, your letters would be easier to read.)

 

I appreciate your discipine and emotional honesty. And in this letter I see your

humor.

 

From Chris --

Traditional texts say we should master asana before pranayama so maybe you could

stretch out and try to work with bound lotus kriya for 31minutes and then try a

pranayam after.

 

Bound lotus for 31 minutes is quite an aspiration. But never the less, there is

wisdom in this suggestion. Not because

Varatha should jump immediately to this level of physical aspiration, but

because this is a grounding exercise.

 

And grounding and physical exercise are I what I would suggest, not only for

Varatha but for the letters today on root lock and kundalini energy.

 

Varatha is expressing a very common phenomenon when we have too much energy in

the head. And when the kundalini energy rises, but is not redistributed in the

body. I would not suggest avoiding pranayama. I would suggest breathing deep

into the belly and dispersing the energy in the lower chakras.

 

Feel your feet. Meditate on the bottom of your feet, your legs, belly. Feel

and enjoy the sensations in your body. Cultivate a strong navel center and

meditate on the pulse at the navel. Of course, you have to do meditations and

exercises that cultivate the 3rd chakra. All this physical exercise and

attention will bring energy into your lower body and release pressure in your

head.

 

And then there is the added benefit of being grounded -- we become magnets that

attract what we want and need. Right on target as the Sun enters Taurus

tomorrow and the full moon in Scorpio compliments the Taurian passion for full

body experiences.

 

 

Blessings,

 

Guru RAttana :+)