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Kundalini Yoga
#19100093 - 11/07/13 11:47 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Day 4 for me, after decades of liking the idea of yoga, but not having any discipline to actually do it. Now I found this one video that I like, and it seems if I pop it in every morning, the yoga gets done.
Here's the trailer:
It's one hour long. I love how it's very active, challenging, gets the pulse up really fast. Also after it, both head and body feel great, ready for a new day. It even gives some mild CEVs  Anybody else practicing Kundalini Yoga? Maybe you have other videos to recommend, for the rest of us that don't have a good instructor / club to join?
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. - Matthew 13:16
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I dig yoga, but i dont do hot yoga or kundalini yoga simply because i consider it quite the advanced practice and not a toy. Also in kundalini yoga the breaths and breathing can be quite difficult and I have a hard enough time remembering exactly how to breath in every asana/ transition.
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: Yogi1]
#19101587 - 11/07/13 04:28 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well I'm sure this video is all super safe beginner level stuff. It seems a bit rushed, many different exercises in that one hour, so I figured I will also take my time and focus on just one of them for longer, get into it so I really grok it in more depth.
I'm all about creating the habit with this one for now. Same video until I learn the order of all teh exercises, and can do them on my own. Should probably take some weeks / months.
Breath wasn't difficult actually, at least not on this video. I learned some basic pranayama on my own (Kapalbhati and Breath of Fire) so this video isn't all that crazy to do.
Love the feelings at the end of a session, totally recommended. I wish I had an instructor of this kind of stuff in my area.
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. - Matthew 13:16
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In the beginning stages of yoga, if you are calm and dont turn it into a rush or competition you will be your best yogi.
Refinement to come 
I did a beginner level dvd today because im a fat shit these days and im hoping to get back to my 160 pound 5 mile running self.
Try breath and movement on tpb That chick is wonderful and the video is slow and simple. Perfect for begining and shaping the body.
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Spacerific said: Day 4 for me, after decades of liking the idea of yoga, but not having any discipline to actually do it. Now I found this one video that I like, and it seems if I pop it in every morning, the yoga gets done.
I totally relate to this. I'm really glad you made this post.
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: s240779]
#19101877 - 11/07/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I did a beginner level dvd today because im a fat shit these days
Ok this and several other posts filled with heavy drinking, have got me quite curious how you picked your username. Is it some sort of inside joke or what's up? 
@Da2ra: Glad it helped you out man, just take a video pop it in, goes a long way
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. - Matthew 13:16
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I love yoga. Yogi is both what I feel to be, and what we all are, like being a Buddha.
I aspire to be a true Yogi. Just need to get my nutrition and addiction right and get back to the mat
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: Yogi1]
#19102609 - 11/07/13 08:08 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I looked at the video and all I can say is
P S Y C H O
and it's not kundalini yoga if it bullshits you in the very title then....
...but it's pretty clear she's a Yogi Bhajan copy....
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: eve69]
#19102778 - 11/07/13 08:35 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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eve69 said: I looked at the video and all I can say is
P S Y C H O
and it's not kundalini yoga if it bullshits you in the very title then....
...but it's pretty clear she's a Yogi Bhajan copy....
Umm how is that not kundalini yoga? Do explain. I've looked at 2-3 other kundalini yoga videos and they were very similar. I just liked this more because it was in a forest, on decent Indian music.
Gets me moving in the morning, improves my day so at least for now it works for me. If you have links to vids that you consider more genuine, share the wealth yo
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. - Matthew 13:16
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It's that a lot of these swami bs shits are guys making names of having Indian accents and playing steriotypical music.
Hell even Sri swami rama was highly esteemed and touched little boys.
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: Yogi1]
#19104099 - 11/08/13 06:17 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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first, 'kundalini yoga' is yogi bhajan's trademarked shtick, it's not kundalini yoga proper, second nevermind, carry on....
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: eve69]
#19104205 - 11/08/13 07:13 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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eve69 said: first, 'kundalini yoga' is yogi bhajan's trademarked shtick, it's not kundalini yoga proper, second nevermind, carry on....
Well it would make sense since the woman is a student of Yogi Bhajan. I haven't followed the legalities of it, whether the material is shared, imparted, stolen or whatnot, neither did I care much until you brought it up.
Just curious why do you assume it's a copy, she's a psycho, something is seriously wrong there? Based on what? I don't get where the hostility is coming from.
I've looked for videos with Yogi Bhajan, I found a lot with him talking, none with him actually doing any yoga. What vid do you suppose I should play when I actually want to practice on any given morning?
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you'll understand after a few more years in the New Age bullshit machine
oh, i am pretty slow, i didn't get that you're a student of yogi bhajan
i thought you were about kundalini
the two are very different the one uses the other to make money the other doesn't use the first one for anything
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: eve69]
#19104661 - 11/08/13 09:48 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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eve69 said: you'll understand after a few more years in the New Age bullshit machine
oh, i am pretty slow, i didn't get that you're a student of yogi bhajan
i thought you were about kundalini
the two are very different the one uses the other to make money the other doesn't use the first one for anything
I'm not a student of anything yet, I was just looking for some type of movement routine to get off my idle sedentary arse in the morning and get my blood pumping. I ran across this stuff. So far so good. If it's stolen and fake, oh well. Hope to run across the real thing whenever the planets align my way.
Which brings me to my next point, do you have links to what you consider good quality yoga videos, or just demeaning comments about the vid I posted here?
In other words, if I don't do this one tomorrow morning, what better alternative do you suggest? I need a practical clear video I can follow along. Not book, not article, not being told I need a Kundalini Yoga instructor, because there isn't one where I live. I need a video, I press play, I do it, day works better from then on.
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The answer is no. I don't do the video yoga thing. When I was into hatha yoga I liked the Iyengar book by the Mehtas.
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Hatha yoga is the best starter imo, breath and movement download on tpb is an intro into meditation, breathing properly in every asana, and asana flow.
There are beginner dvds with power yoga that skip the practice of meditation.
There are chain calisthetic videos that work well.
Taking up swimming, if you have money to spend, is the single best all around workout and is pretty low impact.
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: eve69]
#19106172 - 11/08/13 03:08 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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eve69 said: The answer is no. I don't do the video yoga thing. When I was into hatha yoga I liked the Iyengar book by the Mehtas.
Well then thanks for sharing your bad opinion on the author, it's a bit irrelevant as long as you can't provide a better video I can use to build the habit.
Everybody has access to yoga theory, or for that matter martial arts, meditation, anything, simply for the googling. The lack of info is not a problem, as it used to be throughout human history. The placing of that info in a practicable form that will lead to a stable long term habit, that's the problem now. I feel this video does that just right. Whatever you consider "real" Kundalini Yoga is unpracticable for me at this point if there's no video version of it.
Thanks for the pointers Yogi1.
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. - Matthew 13:16
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neat info mans... i do a fair bit of yoga each week and to my astonishment recently, like 3weeks ago i discovered that by leaning all my weight backwards and flexing to get some neat tension happening and holding one deep breath i can basically trip. simmilar to a dmt flash. a couple times i almost fiented sorta. it's madness i tells ya, lasts upto 30 seconds or so. great news
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: Crumpet]
#19162986 - 11/20/13 12:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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As they say, an it harm none, do as ye will. karma is real.
we should always be careful, kundalini yoga needs to be pretty exact, experimentation in terms of physical technique, is probably not going to be an improvement. Kundalini moreso benefits from expirementation in the story of its telling. the way I see it, the Yogis of the past have given us a great physical means to inner ecstasy that can come from within, in a safe way.
what we can add to it is a story, different kinds of depiction, try matching kundalini with other animals, aside from just snakes, and serpents, take it through reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and even try to imagine beings beyond, never get caught into limiting the kundalini into one physical form repeatedly, for s/he is a river, never the same twice,
in this way, we can have a better sense and relationship with kundalini as a being, who is also the self, this is true rastafari...
and yet there is no oppression...
you can really find a true friend here, someone not holding you back, someone who is on your level... not bogged by social constraints and yet able not to piss you off or annoy you
once you get grounded in how it kind of works and negotiate it with your body, there are many ways to approach kundalini, some go for the pure ecstasy as much as possible, this can be very cleansing, and it helps the body, but it takes the most discipline...
I believe this process, combined with a deep intent to express a boundless love, is one of the most healing practices where one being can effect many
there are other ways also, remember we can change the form of anything, what if we see the yoga teacher in a different way, what if we see god in a different way
what if we express mystical love poems, as love between
a man and woman,
instead of to a Mother or Father...
this has obvious benefits...
one of the weirdest things for someone who feels an incredible passionate love for all creation is the sexual realm
how can this happen safely, without abuse or pain?
I want to write a book about mystical love, but the love of God and Goddess, not as parents, but in younger years, early adulthood, maybe they never have children, but the world is just miraculously formed around them in a holy way
what if God is using a friendship tree, rather than a family tree?
the relationship to the divine, leaves the context of parent child....
parent is not God...
im just tired of that kind of metaphor, of God being considered like that.
instead I see leaves, and things
Neale Donald Walsch who wrote conversations with God broke away from that whole aesthetic in a powerful way, and that was very meaningful to me, when I read it, and thankfully it was my first encounter with a spiritual book, so it set the tone, much later, when I read older texts that were a bit less hippiesh, I already had rooting in books friends and personal meditation that had much more open minded and freely loving experience of the Divine, not trying to personify in any physical form...
how can we describe the body, making love to the non physical, and what do we really mean by this?
in mystical love, poems such as Love Poems From God, Daniel Ladinsky
this kind of thing is explained, the non physical... they aren't talking about ritual, or about a definite form being there, they are talking about an openness and love for all creation which brings them ecstasy..
if in this state then, in a kind of funny way, the mind has a sexual feeling, its still not a physical being, its something else, beings like this do exist and it is possible to have relationships with them, you could call them angels,
beings who realize its not all physical, its easier sometimes to join with them, for me, it was easy to fall in love with an angel...
and even think of myself as an angel, not in an elitist sense of course, but I just liked to see myself as that, it made my aura feel good, and I think everyone has an angel in them, we should not suppress this...
what if we saw kundalini as the angel energy, what if angels surrounded us and showed us the true compassion and lifted us from an incredible weight...
what if that was normal...
things can be overwhelming but its this kind of love which most urgently wants to be expressed and comes through poets all over the world and the universe, throughout all time, why is the world so full of this love, which has gone right?
its something that goes beyond logic...
I felt the energy waves coming off of my body, of love, to all beings, and then suddenly I knew, there were beings all over, sending out the same love, and we could join eachother and it was neither totally astral nor totally physical,
it was in the trees and the plants and the rivers and the mountains and the sky, it was in the towns and the cities
somehow it wasn't hurting itself, it was some kind of love revolution, so huge and so good, not happening in the wrong way...
I felt it, I had to write it down and record it, as it poured out throughout all places and all beings, every single piece of creation everywhere felt it
the lifestream itself
the kundalini...
beyond any thought or anything we could say, the energy of the cetra, the ancients, and yet these are those times, the planet is not dying, we are healed, because we became all forms, a tree of friendship,
even other planets understood, and yet they were all this one planet, the planet earth being like the USA of the Universe
and in its true form actually going on forever, it showed its true form, it showed its ways, how whole it was, how it simply waited for us to be ready, to not be abusive, to not be exploitative, then we would be allowed in, how real it truly is...
I came back then and I remembered... everyone was happy everyone had enough, everyone was connected by this energy, and it caused us to have synergies and not come together in the wrong way,
the pain... was gone... those were horrible moments of pain I remembered
like pain of giving birth
but it was gone, because, we had learned.. and then we saw the universe.. and that there were no limits
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Re: Kundalini Yoga [Re: Yesod]
#19163538 - 11/20/13 04:10 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well that show was fucking metal 
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For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. - Matthew 13:16
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