To: K-list
Recieved: 2004/04/22 17:48
Subject: Re: [K-list] How to?
From: Druout
On 2004/04/22 17:48, Druout posted thus to the K-list:
In a message dated 4/21/2004 11:55:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
tconteATcox.net writes:
>I have been practicing yoga for 10 years and have read a lot about
Kundalini. How do I >experience the energy directly? Does one have to wait for a
spontaneous rising or is there >a technique whereby I can spur it on?
Dear TC,
Judging from past polls, most of the people on the list seem to have had
spontaneous awakenings.
Usually it seems to be a combination of factors that cause the break
through--i.e. trauma or other powerful emotive events (death of a loved one, child
abuse, physical injury, deep depression, falling in love, fervent prayer, child
birth, etc.), combined with an "eastern" practice (Hatha Yoga (including the
Bandha's), meditation, and unusually strong sexual energy from either abstinence
or heightened activity.
There are a number of ways that can help to trigger Kundalini, though.
Perhaps the easiest is Shaktipat. TM and other meditation seems have triggered
many. John Shelby's book *Kundalini Awakening: A Gentle Guide to Chakra
Activation and Spiritual Growth,* is a good book, but I don't know how well his
system actually works. You might try Angelique's grounding page:
http://www.kundalini-teacher.com/meditations/grounding.html
Or a discussion of Danijel's system which seems based on the Bandhas:
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org/klist/k1998/k98d00375.html
Bandha link:
http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/~keutzer/kundalini/kundalini-yoga.html#6
It could be, too, that your body is already clear, and doesn't need Kundalini
energy. :)
Love, Hillary
>From the archives:
Summary of Danijel's Technique: That's it. Try
to do it at will, using yoni mudra, that is the contraction of the
perineum/anus (perineum/anus/vagina for women) area, it draws the energy
into susumna nadi, going straight up and leaving your body through
sahasra-ara. When you do this, at first you could have parts of your body
jerking;
left-right head movement means you are doing it right; energy is performing
a spiral movement around the spine and exiting through the crown chakra. I
called this technique "up-stream kriya", a sort of an English/Sanskrit
mish-mash. :)
Harsha's comment: Danijel, "your" technique imitates in a very mild way the
last stage of Bandha Traya. However, in Bandha Traya, Mulabandha,
Jalandrabandha, and Uddiyana Bandha are applied simultaneously with the breath
having been expired. This leads to the shaking of the body. Pranayama
practitioners become automatically sensitive to that movement. There are many
many variations on this. By the way, there are some people who claim that
standing on one's head for three hours a day leads to moksha as well. I would
still suggest you follow up on Kurt's references. Be happy. Do not overshake
your self:--)
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