Sudarshan Kriya 3 Most Powerful Yoga Pranayamas and Kriyas - Sodarshan Chakra Kriya - Part 1 Mastery of Meditation and Kundalini Yoga: Personal Develoment and Siritual !rowth
Most Powerful Yoga Pranayama "ree #ideo Sodarshan Chakra Kriya #ideo You$u%e Dire&t 'ink () Kundalini Yoga Kriya #ideo - Sodarshan Chakra Kriya Pranayama, the science of breathing and breath control, is undoubtedly one of the greatest arts one can learn and practice for spiritual growth and personal development. It holds within itself the power to transform the lowest most gross to the highest most refined. This transforming power of pranayama can can act upon any and all levels of your being, whether that be physical, physical, emotional, mental mental or spiritual (energetic). (energetic). This science has been perfected over the centuries in the East and was mostly kept secret, only handed down verbally from uru to a deserving disciple. !ow, it is much more available available to those who seek it, but I still feel that the knowledge really only finds those who are deserving of it. "aving said that, that, life has brought you here now, so take this opportunity and discover the tremendous power of the #cience of Pranayama. The $ Pranayamas I am going to present here are typically not for beginners. %ortunately, all $ have modifications, which you can start out with first before building up to the advanced advanced techni&ues. I will also present these modifications modifications here and I strongly suggest you start with them first before 'umping ahead to the advanced techni&ues. In moving forward sanely, sanely, gently and systematically systematically you will will prepare the system to better handle the affects of the advanced forms. This systematic approach is not only much safer, but is also better for etracting the full benefits of the pranayamas. Part of this series series is about about #odarshan *hakra *hakra +riya. efore I go into #odarshan *hakra +riya, I want to give some &uick guidelines that should be followed for all $ pranayamas in this series. *asi& !uidelines for ra&ti&ing Pranayama: . -o not practice practice any any advanced advanced pranay pranayama ama if if you are are unwell. unwell. nly do do light easy pranayamas. /. *lothing *lothing should should be loose and and should not not restrict restrict the movement movement of the the abdomen. abdomen. ur breathing is already very shallow, we don0t need to compound the issue further by hampering the natural movement of our diaphragm. $. 1our stomac stomach h should should be empty. empty. 2hich means you need need to wait wait at least /3$ hours hours after a meal before practicing pr acticing pranayama. 4. If possible practice practice in the early morning. morning. Early morning is the best time to practice your sadhana sadhana (spiritual work). %or more information and and help on this you can read The #ecret on "ow to ecome an Early 4iser.
5. 1ou should sit in a comfortable position, preferably in some variation of cross legged (sukh (sukh asana). %or more information on sukh asana or other positions you can sit in (like a chair) see #ilent 5ind 5editation Program6 asic 5editations 3 *hapter 7. 7.
6. 5ost importantly, D+ ,+$ S$./,. I cannot emphasi8e that enough. Take your time, you will en'oy your practice more and you will be able to establish a regular routine as you will not dread doing your daily work. 7. ne last thing. The pranayamas being taught here, when practiced sincerely over time, can bestow great power to the practitioner. !ormally, these techni&ues were not transcribed and as mentioned earlier, were taught only to those held in great trust, so I ask you to respect that trust and agree to not in any way misuse the owers obtained from the practices described below. Sodarshan Chakra Kriya: *a&kground: #odarshan *hakra +riya (set) was taught to me by my +undalini 1oga teacher 4avi #ingh who studied it under the guidance of 1ogi ha'an. It dates back a few thousand years and is reputed among all the known 1ogas, including +undalini 1oga, to be the most powerful Pranayama eercise there is. 1ou will notice that it is called a kriya, although a kriya typically is a complete set of asanas and yogic eercises (see Introduction to +undalini 1oga for more information on kriyas and how +undalini 1oga works in general), it also applies in some cases to a single eercise, which is very complete in and of itself. #odarshan *hakra +riya is a pranayama eercise that is eactly that, very complete and also very powerful. *enefits of Sodharshan Chakra Kriya: The superlatives describing #odarshan *hakra +riya are lavish to say the least. In 1oga terms it will give you !ao !iddhi (the nine precious virtues) and 9rtha #iddhi (the : occult powers). These /7 facets contain all of human life and in ac&uiring them you perfect all that can be perfected in a human. iven this +riya0s reputation for be stowing Psychic and 1ogic Powers, it is is often practiced by those interested in ac&uiring these siddhis (powers). There is no harm in this, as long the powers are used for the benefit of others and to assist you in your spiritual progress. This kriya, though, is e&ually valuable to those interested in the final goal of human life 3 to see and merge with the -ivine !on3-ual nature of 4eality. This is because, it is very effective in dissolving the blockages (granthis) caused by fro8en emotional debris in the nadis (the channels for the movement of +undalini Energy) and as the channels are purified greater flow of kundalini is facilitated allowing for the chakras (energy vortees) to be activated and balanced. In turn, the activation of the chakras and this greater flow of +undalini #hakti (energy) leads to the refinement of awareness which allows one to penetrate the veil of illusion 3 that 4eality consists of duality. #odarshan *hakra +riya also dramatically improves your physical wellbeing. In fact, as you practice it you will start to feel &uite invincible over time. It epands your nervous system, respiratory system and helps your digestive system. I find that the most profound health benefit is a boost to the immune system when I practice this kriya regularly. verall the kriya promotes peace, 'oy and strength. Des&rition of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya: #it up straight, have your spine erect and bring head back slightly (not up) so your chin is subtly drawn in and back like a soldier at attention. This aligns your spine with the back of your head and is also called ;alandhara andha. 1our eyes should be <=th open looking down at the tip of your nose. 4est your left hand on your left knee. lock your right nostril with your right thumb and have the remaining fingers pointing upwards. !ow breathe in deeply through the left nostril filling your lungs to capacity. >ower your right hand now and place it on your right knee. 2ith your breath held in (9ntar +umbhaka) begin to pump your stomach (pulling in the abdominal muscles) to the mantra ?2ahay uru?. 1ou will pump your stomach $ times for each iteration of 2ahay uru. nce for 2a, once for "ay and once for uru. The mantra should be chanted mentally of course, since the breath is held in. *hant for a total of @ 2ahay urus, so for a total of A: stomach pumps with
the breath held in. Then raise your right hand, close off the left nostril with your right pinkie and breathe out of your right nostril. This completes cycle 3 breathe in through left nostril, hold and pump, breathe out through right nostril. *ontinue to repeat this cycle for the duration of the kriya. Duration: There is no formal time duration for #odarshan *hakra +riyaB it is left up to the practitioner to determine what is right for them. elow I will give the recommendations when I discuss the modifications. *eginners Sodarshan Chakra Kriya: 5odify kriya as follows6 -o only pump for each chant of 2ahay uru. #o in total with your breath held in you will do @ pumps per cycle. 9lso, reduce the force of the pump to where you are comfortable. #tart with $ minutes and build up to minutes. The kriya should be practiced daily. /ntermeditates Sodarshan Chakra Kriya: 5odify kriya as follows6 -o only / pumps for each chant of 2ahay uru. ne for 2ahay and one for uru. #o in total you will do $/ pumps with your breath held in per cycle. Pump your stomach with a moderate force. 1ou should try to do minutes, then go to // minutes and then to $ minutes daily. .dvan&ed Sodarshan Chakra Kriya: -o the kriya as described above in the description section. 1ou should be pumping your stomach with full force and you should do $ minutes daily. The commitment should be to do A= days without missing a day, $ minutes each day. This was eactly the re&uirement by 4avi for his +undalini 1oga teacher0s training course as well. If you miss a day, you go back to and start over till you complete A= days. Perfe&ted Sodarshan Chakra Kriya: 1es there is more, you are not done yet 63-. To do the perfect and complete kriya and thus etract the maimum benefit and reach super human caliber, the re&uirement is to do @/ minutes per day and build it up to /
In part / and $ of this series I will describe and detail / more powerful 1oga Pranayamas that I hope will be of value to you in your spiritual growth and personal development.
