Guest guest Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Sat nam, I am simply overwhelmed by the strength and support of this community. I would like to thank everyone who have helped me with this dilemma--through your knowledge and experiences, I feel like I can make a much more enlightened decision. Wow! There are no words to express my gratitude. From what I gather, creativity can be expressed in so many ways in my yoga class without tampering with the kriya--the music, the meditations, and even my approach to the class will be venues to my creativity. Perhaps this is due to conditioning--I began my journey into yoga with Iyengar, which is very much focused on the postures, and the course I took came with a ton of asana flashcards, and I was the one who choose the sequence. Then, when I began taking Kripalu courses, there was again a focus on the postures, but to a lesser extent than Iyengar. Then, when I began Kundalini Yoga, there was a paradigm shift, and I guess I was looking at Kundalini with Iyengar/Kripalu eyes. When I was typing my first post on the group earlier this week, thoughts kept creeping into my mind, telling me, " Why do you feel the need to change Yogi Bhajan's kriyas? " , and I think this is why--approaching it with Iyengar/Kripalu eyes instead of beginning anew. So, thank you again to everyone in this group, and I hope to be as much guidance to you as you have to me. Sat nam, Nadh Singh Kundalini-Yoga , " healthyhappyyoga " <healthyhappyyoga wrote: > > Considering that there are thousands of kriyas, I have never felt > bound in any way when teaching KY. It actually keeps the ego out of > it. As far as creativity, I am an artist, and just as the medium we > choose such as stone or paint gives the work its parameters, the > structure of a kriya gives us something to build around to serve a > higher purpose. I find it more creative than teaching a hatha class, > where often I slip into the same patterns because of ego and personal > preference. Boundaries mean challenge which instigates creativity. > All that said, I'm sure that whichever program you choose you will > experience deep transformation and that is what TT is all about. > Trust your intuition. > Sat Nam, > Kate Lynch > > Kundalini-Yoga , " terrarium44 " > > <terrarium44@> wrote: > > > > > > Sat nam! > > > > > > Thank you everyone in helping me deepen my understanding of KY. > > I'm in > > > a bit of a dilemma at the moment, wondering about whether I should > > > pursue the KY teacher training or the Kripalu teacher training. > > > Although I resonate quite strongly to the mantras and song (hence > > my > > > spiritual name, Nadh or " Naad " ), and also to the exercises, I feel > > a > > > bit of resistance when it comes to the rigidity of the kriyas... > > other > > > types of yoga offer a flexibility in the asanas--I can, for > > example, > > > choose to take out cobra pose if I want to one week, and replace it > > > with mountain pose. I find this to be a very creative process. > > > > > > Is there any way that KY can offer me the chance for me to express > > my > > > creativity? > > > > > > Thank you again! > > > > > > Nadh > > > > > > Kundalini-Yoga , Barbara Cox <blcox@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Nadh Singh, > > > > > > > > We are taught in our teacher traiing that the Kundalini kriyas > > are > > > to be practiced and taught as given, without change. This is > > > fundamental to Kundalini yoga and was stressed to us on a daily > > basis. > > > > > > > > I would strongly encourage to go through a 3HO/K.R.I. Kundalini > > > yoga teacher training. j > > > > > > > > Peace to you, > > > > Jagatjeet Kaur > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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