To: K-list
Recieved: 2002/11/29 10:13
Subject: [K-list] yoga freak
From: Shellelr
On 2002/11/29 10:13, Shellelr posted thus to the K-list:
Hey everyone.
A coupla weeks ago I got an email newsletter from the local very popular yoga
center. I sent them the following email:
> > Hello, thank you for the email regarding
> classes.
> >
> > I am wondering: does your center offer any
> kind of support for people who have active
> kundalini or whose kundalini may
> > be awakened or stimulated by participation in
> your courses?
> >
> > Thanks for any info you can share.
Today, I got this response:
"I'd be glad to discuss further what type of support you are looking for. Is
it
counseling on the matter, a yoga practice, energy balancing?
We haven't had experience with anyone asking us this particular question
before!
In peace and in health,
deborah"
I ask you, how can they deal with hundreds or thousands of students over many
years, and not have anyone ask this question before? How do people teach
yoga without expecting to awaken people, and without being prepared to deal
with it? Do they not know this can really happen? What does a person like
me do, who yearns to continue with yoga but has fears about it?
I have tried to bring this up with two other yoga teachers in person. With
the first, I only got a couple of sentences of my experience out when he flat
out denied I could be experiencing K. "It would knock your socks off!," he
said. I did not go on to tell him of the many ways it has knocked my socks
off. It seemed pointless to continue trying to talk to someone who would
flatly deny my experience before he'd even heard it. This disappointed me
because I really liked his class, and I haven't been back.
The other teacher, who seemed to listen pretty well and seemed wise, asked me
if I was on medication (an emphatic NO! was the answer). She gave me the
number of a kundalini yoga teacher. I could tell this was a new one for her,
too, having someone ask about K. There was no way to encapsulate the
entirety of my experience in a casual conversation, and I left feeling like a
big freak, that I'm some kind of first for these people who have been
teaching yoga for decades.
I feel really angry about this. Kind of alone and betrayed, and I guess I
feel contempt for people who are teaching yoga with a posture of wisdom that
people depend on, but without knowing what they may really be doing.
Am I making any sense, here? How do I get a good perspective on this? How
do I continue with yoga, if I'm nervous about it and feel I'll be alone with
whatever it may bring?
Shelle
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
http://www.domin8rex.com/serpent/spirit/kindex.htm
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