Yoga - As promised - my weekend of Kundalini

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As promised - my weekend of Kundalini

Richard Corfield

2006-07-24, 2:25 am

I went in without expectations and non-analysing and just "went for
it". For this reason I have no or little analysis on the way out (only
one big dramatic shift which the theatre part of me thought a producer
would be proud of. We went from having built up to dancing around to
without warning abrupt stop, sitting, hands raised.)

I enjoyed it. It was certainly a good experience and I think a good
thing to have done. I also met some nice people, both kundalini and
like me from other styles having a look. I'd probably do it again.

It was very physical. I'm told by those in the know that we performed
two "sets" on each of the sessions with savassana in between and after.
The sets were made up of timed sessions of excercise involving movement
and breathing. The sequences progressed quite naturally and excercised
the whole body. There were fast and slow bits, but more fast I think.
There was also some singing/chanting.

I could imagine the sight of us all practicing, most of us in white,
not looking out of place on something like National Geographic ``And
now with rapid breathing and movement the yogis work themselves up...''
;-)

There was some talk before the practices. I have no evidence that
omnivores are more smelly than vegetarians and had not heard of
the Aquarian Age, but otherwise it was standard Yoga philosophy and
information about the people giving the class.

Tithing was mentioned on the first session, but I didn't catch who to -
your favourite charity perhaps. The benefits of charity work had been
covered, as also of getting up before dawn and having a regular practice
of some kind - yoga, going to mass, morning prayers, taking time to
enjoy the dawn, whatever...

I'll enjoy the kundalini parts in my classes and I think have a better
understanding of them. In terms of my own practice I am forming my
own direction. This is something I tend to do in life. I may not be a
yogi. I'm just me.

A task I've been asked to do next weekend is to "check out" a church that
need a sound guy. I wonder how bemused they'd be if I told them that stage
sound for me is a form of Karma Yoga with a chance of practicing Bhakti
and Jnani while I'm at it if the sermons are any good, and don't mind
me sitting cross legged if they do any quiet "pray by yourself" parts.

I would think that the Kundalini sessions had a lot in common with
some churches where the audience sing and dance.

- Richard (the sound guy in karate trousers that you may remember if
you were there this weekend.)

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omjaroo

2006-07-24, 4:27 pm

Sounds like it was fun.

> We went from having built up to dancing around to
> without warning abrupt stop, sitting, hands raised.)

Reminds me of Rajnessh's "chaotic meditation" Good stuff really.

If nothing else it lets us slip by the "inner critic" or "the
committee", we all have in our head and lets us express more freely for
a short time. Something we call all do a little more of :-)

Jared
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