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Recieved: 2001/09/29 07:49
Subject: [K-list] Yoga Re: Fw: Need Help - Severe Kundalini
From: Divine Goddess
On 2001/09/29 07:49, Divine Goddess posted thus to the K-list:
Sounds like good measured advice Nina. Since I do not practice Yoga I
may be not the best one to ask.
Love,
Susan
> Leslee,
>
> A quick summary of where I am coming from:
>
> In my case, the "strangeness" began shortly after I began really
> depending on yoga and bodywork to bring me back from car-accident
> injuries. In fact, the first big incident occurred on a
bodyworker's
> table. It was terribly frightening... for the therapist as well as
> me. I spent hours with him on the phone later in the day trying
> to "calm down"... to very little avail. (Argh! I still get
compressed
> thinking about it.) Neither of us had a clue. :)
>
> What I found was that from that point forward, yoga was fuel,
though
> not necessarily kerosene. I was doing several different kinds of
yoga
> and found that some "styles" would rev me up (kundalini, some of
the
> more dynamic hatha, iyengar, ashtanga.. not necessarily a bad
thing,
> if you are aware of what you're doing) and others would "relax" me
> (gentle, restorative and flow hatha, chi kung, tai chi). I found
that
> my mental state during the practice had a lot to do with what the
> energy was doing and would do for hours/days afterwards. Like you,
> the yoga practice was a joy.
>
> I had been doing yoga for years prior to the accident... and all
that
> yogamind stuff was interesting, but not really applicable. (You may
> know what I mean...) I found that after the "strangeness" began,
> developing some of the "mental" disciplines that "accompany" yoga
was
> a great boon in developing a relationship with the trilling
energies,
> highly unusual occurrences, and "resultant" (and sometimes
> frightening) shifts in "worldview".
>
> The main thing with the yoga is to begin to develop an awareness of
> how it relates to what your energy is doing. Be conscious of how
you
> use it. Granted, it is nice to have someone who understands
spiritual
> emergence and the craziness of awakening to guide you, but if you
can
> retain a sense of balance, it is certainly safe and ok to go it on
> your own in the meantime. :)
>
> In my case, it seems that yoga and the shifts I went through
> supported the deepening of the other... an opportunity to get
deeper
> into my body while expanding outwards. May it be so for you, as it
> serves you, as well.
>
> warmly,
> Nina
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