Kundalini yoga
yoga of awareness
You can not remain your old self when you do kundalini yoga. The nature of kundalini yoga is to awaken the consciousness in us to bring to light the self-imposed limitations. It helps us to stop thinking in learned paths and helps us to develop our intuitive mind. One of the purposes of a kundalini yoga practitioner is to be able to live by his intuition.
Kundalini yoga is yoga for transformation, change. Kriyaene is a series of specific yoga exercises that work more with generating energy than focusing on the physics of the exercises. The exercises reorganize the energy and put one into a certain energetic state - preferably in a higher state of consciousness.
Kriyane works to strengthen the nervous system in us, they balance the glandular system, purify the blood and calm the mind. The breathing techniques used peel off the layers that surround our consciousness.
Every single kriya or meditation in Kundalini Yoga changes us in very specific ways. If you practice a kriya a few times, you receive a wonderful benefit. But if you want to permanently change your habits, and realize the full effects of the kriya, this is what you can do:
Practice a particular kriya or mantra every single day for the same amount of time. Based on the number of days you do this, here is how it will affect your habits.
40 days: It is said in Kundalini yoga that doing a specific practice for 40 days straight will break any negative habits that block you from the expansion possible through the kriya and meditation.
90 days: Establishes a new habit in your conscious and subconscious minds based on the effect of the kriya or mantra. It will change you in a very deep way.
120 days: Confirms the new habit of consciousness created by the kriya or mantra. The positive benefits of the kriya get integrated permanently into your psyche.
1000 days: Practice every day for 1000 days straight. This will allow you to master the new habit of consciousness that the kriya or mantra has promised. No matter what the challenge, you can call on this new habit to serve you.
Remember, a habit is a subconscious chain reaction between the mind, the glandular system and the nervous system. We develop habits at a very young age. Some of them serve our highest destiny. Some of them do not.
By doing a 40, 90, 120 or 1000 day special sadhana, you can rewire that chain reaction. You can develop new, deeply ingrained habits that serve your highest good.
“One part of sadhana should stay constant long enough for you to master, or at least experience, the changes evoked by a single technique. Each kriya and mantra has its individual effects, although they all elevate you toward a cosmic consciousness. Learn to value the pricelessness of one kriya, and all others will be understood in a clearer light.”
–Yogi Bhajan