Importance Of Grounding

[Guest guest]

As someone with Parkinson's Disease, I have been learning and

researching about Kundalini Yoga and other ways of healing myself,

and I practiced the Shabd Meditation in order to strengthen the

nervous system, improve sleep and stabilise emotions.

 

A few days ago, I started to feel very weak, fearful and unstable,

and my mind raced from one topic to another. At first, I couldn't

figure out the reason.

 

Then an idea suddenly hit me. I remembered from my reading (not, as

it happened, from a book on Kundalini Yoga) that if one develops

one's spiritual awareness, and in particular if one does work related

to the chakras, it's very important to *ground* oneself afterwards.

 

So I tried the Grounding Exercise in Chapter 5 of a book by Natalia

O'Sullivan (ISBN 0-00-712998-x). And sure enough, everything settled,

and I felt fine. If you can't locate that particular book, b.t.w,

then there are many other well-known methods for `grounding'.

 

Basically, if you stimulate your upper chakras, and send a lot of

energy into the heavens, a lot of very useful information may become

available to you. But afterwards, you need to find a way to return

back to earth (taking back some of that information with you). This

returns you to a state in which you can solve problems in a practical

way, and get on with normal life.

 

Moral: Kundalini Yoga is a *powerful* method that is likely to have a

*big* effect on you – as it HAS to do, if it's gonna help you regain

your health. So, treat it with care and respect.

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam,

Thank you for this reminder. As someone who has had issues with grounding, this

is a

very important point, especially for teachers. I ground my students at the

beginning of

class and work to ground them after. I also encourage them to drink lots of

water and

make sure their feet are firmly planted before they get into their vehicles.

Blessings,

Suraj Kaur

 

 

 

Kundalini-Yoga , " stepney_cat " <davewom wrote:

>

> As someone with Parkinson's Disease, I have been learning and

> researching about Kundalini Yoga and other ways of healing myself,

> and I practiced the Shabd Meditation in order to strengthen the

> nervous system, improve sleep and stabilise emotions.

>

> A few days ago, I started to feel very weak, fearful and unstable,

> and my mind raced from one topic to another. At first, I couldn't

> figure out the reason.

>

> Then an idea suddenly hit me. I remembered from my reading (not, as

> it happened, from a book on Kundalini Yoga) that if one develops

> one's spiritual awareness, and in particular if one does work related

> to the chakras, it's very important to *ground* oneself afterwards.

>

> So I tried the Grounding Exercise in Chapter 5 of a book by Natalia

> O'Sullivan (ISBN 0-00-712998-x). And sure enough, everything settled,

> and I felt fine. If you can't locate that particular book, b.t.w,

> then there are many other well-known methods for `grounding'.

>

> Basically, if you stimulate your upper chakras, and send a lot of

> energy into the heavens, a lot of very useful information may become

> available to you. But afterwards, you need to find a way to return

> back to earth (taking back some of that information with you). This

> returns you to a state in which you can solve problems in a practical

> way, and get on with normal life.

>

> Moral: Kundalini Yoga is a *powerful* method that is likely to have a

> *big* effect on you – as it HAS to do, if it's gonna help you regain

> your health. So, treat it with care and respect.

>