More from the KY room on other's experience and knowledge of Sadhana!

Date:   10/15/2005 11:12:06 AM ( 19 y ago)

Sat Nam,
In my experience, daily practice keeps us elevated. We are less likely to let the negative energy we encounter daily get us down. Sometimes the negativity seemingly comes from others (like some nasty personality in your face) and sometimes it seems to rise up from our subconscious to be healed in the form of thoughts and/or emotions. We also attract more positive and enlightening internal and external experiences. I think it's ALL the same process, and that daily practice, or SADHANA, both accellerates the process and empowers us master it.

As far as routines go, I think you have to focus on connecting with your inner guidance in chosing and practicing them. If you do this, you will develop an awareness of what you need to be working on. I practiced yoga for many years before discovering Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Kundalini yoga has been extremely effective for me in deepening awareness of and connection with my inner self. Ironically, I knew correct posture and how to do the breathing, locks, and mudras from an excellent Hatha teacher/friend I'd worked with. However, doing the KY sets (I use videos) has made a huge difference.

As for the outside stresses like jobs and motherhood - you have to find a balance. If you can get to bed early enough, it's a lot easier and more rewarding in every respect to practice during the "ambrosial hours" (4-6a.m.) Of course, there are times when we women especially, have to modify or even take a break from our routines - and resume as our cycles allow. (I had been in a no yoga high stress slump for several years before resuming with daily Kundalini Yoga practice.) Now, with KY, I know some techniques I can practice under all sorts of circumstances.

So really, it's not about self control. I think our egos want control and the ego's rebellion can trick us into confusing the need for firm, gentle discipline, with control. Daily practice is about developing awareness of and becoming our true selves, purging the dross as we go along. It is a PROCESS that will have ebbs and flows. Rome (as the saying goes) wasn't built in a day. If you fall off the wagon, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back on track when you can. Sometimes you need the space to be a vegetable and heal. You'd be suprised at how much you retain even after a long slump. Consistency is the key.

Blessings,

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Satnam everyone,

I don't have a specific or rigorous routine for my
yoga practice but I feel like I've become dependent on
a routine of doing some exercises every morning. I
worry that I should be a happy and stable person even
without it - even worrying that one day I may be
unable to have a daily routine (perhaps through
strains of work or motherhood) and so will feel out of
control in life.

Or is it that we all have controls in life that keep
us sane - and a yoga routine is at least a positive
one?

I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts!

Sending warmth on a damp and windy day in London,







 

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