It’s a scene that those of us who practice kundalini yoga know all too well: we’re holding our arms out to the sides, the burning sensation in our shoulders is increasing, our inner screaming match goes: ‘Drop the arms!’ ‘I will not!’ … Continue reading
“My first experience of Sat Kriya was a 40-day challenge a few years ago. It was very difficult physically at first, but after a couple of weeks, the actual 11 minutes of Sat Kriya wasn’t a problem. I felt very … Continue reading
Hurrah for the short and sweet 10-minute jewels in the kundalini yoga kriya library! For a fantastic kundalini yoga mini maintenance program, try the kriya for Keeping the Body Beautiful. If you’re going away on a trip, and have no idea how … Continue reading
The Nasadiya Sukta — hymn 129 from Rig Veda mandala 10 — has come to be my favourite poem. There are other interesting creation myths in the Vedas, but this one is so beautiful for the fact that it’s shrouded in … Continue reading
Tratakum meditation is a rewarding technique of meditating with the eyes open and gazing intently and unblinkingly at a point of focus. For kundalini yoga teachings, Yogi Bhajan offered this image as a focal point. He says this tratakum meditation … Continue reading
This isn’t the first time I’ve featured Chiia Kriya on this blog, but I’m a big fan so I’m flagging it up again. A supersonic meditation to keep in our kundalini yoga toolkit, it constructs an impenetrable protective forcefield around us so … Continue reading
The first time Nish and I took on a 40-day 11-minute Sat Kriya commitment, we redecorated the house. It gave us such a mega boost of energy, it was impossible to not do anything. It was such a creative, dynamic … Continue reading
Kirtan Kriya has woven itself like golden thread into the fabric of my daily practice. It’s the jewel of my sadhana – the bit that I look forward to most (so much for the equanimous yogi!). Whatever other kriyas and meditations … Continue reading
Unlike hatha yoga traditions which tend to steer clear of ‘mind stimulating’ or ‘agitating’ foods such as onion, garlic, ginger and chilli, kundalini yoga teachings can’t get enough of them. They recommend we have one green chilli a day, especially … Continue reading
Any kriya that commandeers the help of the almighty Mul Mantra – that collection of sacred syllables that vibrates the very foundations of our non-dual reality – is set to be pretty earth-shatteringly transformational. And Khyan Karab Kriya is perhaps even more supersonic as … Continue reading