I feel that Yogananda has guided me to you . Thank you. This topic resonates with me and this rings true for me. Have you been rolfed?I have had over 10 sessions and the physical change was remarkable. You are a true find .
You have a very articulated form of communication Ryan. It's pleasant to listen to the profound information you're sharing with the world. Thank you 🙏🏻
@@KriyaYogaOnline Yep. Last week I randomly rewatched a video you did with Ernst on medical astrology and I had a breakthrough in how to improve the effectiveness of energetic therapies.
Your words carry the weight of someone who has practiced deeply. I appreciate the discernment you show parsing out complex phenomena in everyday language. ✌🏽🐸✌🏽
Thank you so much for this video! It came to me at exactly the right time and answered questions I was contemplating. So I am also grateful to TH-cam for suggesting it to me. :)
I am starting to get into actual mudras, mantras, asanas, kriyas but I have a question that is plaguing me. I know everyone's experience is different, I also don't know if anyone else has experienced a Kundalini Awakening, BUT .... What is it all for? In the last few years I have brought on self inquiry, practices, different modalities of energy work. I have studied everything I can find about meditation, enlightenment, spiritual philosophy. I have had experiences, I can feel energy run through my body at will. I have had what I call minor Kundalini awakenings, I can move the energy up my spine, one time even to the point of crackling as loud as a jet , pure white light behind my closed eyelids and spatial geometric patterns in my third eye. I can feel my chakras at will most of the time and most of the time one or two are just buzzing on their own like magnets in my body. What is it all for? I haven't seen the oneness within all things, interconnectedness, .... I have experienced bliss moving through my body, but what Is the end game? And what is the purpose of it all? I feel like I'm stuck with my head in the clouds and feet firmly planted on an Earth that I want to run away from. I feel like all I want to do is escape reality, life has been hard for me. A part of me wants to just run with my mind into love and peace and create the best life that I can for me and the people around me, but I feel like I'm setting myself up for disappointment. Cause when I do get there, in a life that I may enjoy for a while, does it not always come falling back away? Like baba ram dass said? As long as you play the game of Life, you play the game of duality? Always playing with UPS and downs? What is it all for?
Hi Ryan, In your Kriya Pranayam technique video, you describe what is I believe Ujjayi breathing, but through the mouth? I've been doing nadi shodhana and sushumna breathing through my nose this whole time, should they all be done through the mouth (inhaling and exhaling) w/ constriction of the glottis? Thank you for your time
+fromundachees Some are very explicit that it should be done through the mouth. I have found that after you become aware of the feeling of the circulation of life force within the body you can breathe through the nose.
Ryan Kurczak ok Ryan thanks, I will try altering the technique. Sometimes I feel a "shiver/electric current" passing through as I breath up through the spine, is this what the feeling is supposed to be like? Its much harder to feel the heat going down.
Its true what you are say about the kundalini awakening. You shouldn't focus your mind too much on trying to reach anything. It is all just pointers. Don't compare to one another. Though If you had an kundalini awakening it can be very helpful to know what is going on with you. And I can confirm what the "certain sage" said. There is an energy stored at the Mula Bandha (from yoga). And it can rise up. Exactly the same thing happened to me. After the "experience" it almost felt like i could feel "every nerve" in the body. Don't take that to literally... But for example I could suddenly feel all kinda sensations on the bottom of my feet. wich i had never been aware of. Energy raised. This might sound as a positive thing, but for me it was hell. Probably because i had a lot of undissolved negative thoughts and emotions. And suddenly I became very aware of them. If it happens, you can be very confused. Especially, when you don't know what is going on. Be sure to trust on the "process" and yourself.
As a devoted meditator, compassion has turned out to be a funny thing. It's unrealistic to think that transcending events erases history. I've ended up forgiving many, and play my role - kind, fair, and always willing to omit anything that has to do with previous hurts. These can no longer be considered friendships, but at least I've been truthful, loving, and warm..
Hey Ryan, I am new'ish to kriya yoga, are there any techniques that give a glimpse of what is to come in order to further motivate my path? I am starting the systematic course of kriya yoga book and haven't really had any consciousness expanding experiences. I am starting to meditate and I am learning more about brahmacharya as well and I am also wondering how much practice is needed in order to notice a change in the consciousness. Another question. What is subtle awareness and what is subtle energy? Lastly I would love to study under a Guru or learn with other disciples and I have not found many in the area I am in. I am In New Hampshire and I would love to study more about Kriya Yoga as well as other things. I would greatly appreciate your response. Thank you.
There is a Kriya Teacher in Rochester New York at the Assisi Institute, or you could come to our event we are having there mid September. I can't answer those other questions. They are different for everyone. I can only share practices and then you have your own experience.
@@KriyaYogaOnline Do you recommend any particular video on your channel that shares a practice for a beginner? Or can I start at any technique you have shared. Thank you for the speedy reply.
"Whoever you learn from is just a reflection of yourself" Well, This reflection of me is really fun! I enjoyed this video and laughed so hard! ... Thank you for being. All the fun part aside, I also have a question from you. You said: "Kriya is about knowing what you are, being yourself, and knowing how that's related to the wholeness of life, and then whatever role you play, whatever your personality is as long as you are in line with that, you are free and you are awake." Can you elaborate this more in the context of astrology? I'm a fan your other channel as well and have an understanding of what's going on in my chart and in my life experience but It certainly doesn't feel very free at certain times! I just feel being pulled into things (desires and pursuits) and I even rather enjoy them but at the same time compulsion is a necessary part of it... I hope I'm making sense. :)
hey. could u plz telll me this about Khechari Mudra. do I need to have empty stocmak for practice it. And how long I can do it without damaging anything. Relly Really thankful!
Hi Ryan, sometimes in my practice of pranayama, after the retentions (and the it keeps there), i feel a very powerfull vibration, shaking in my spine, i try to just breath and be calm without controling anything but my bandhas. this is normal? i feel happy when i feel it because in my mind is the sound of om and the feeling that my spirit or shakti is awakening. but sometimes is very intense. sometimes is very peacefull, and sometimes is very intensive because of this energy. what do y think? thank youuuu!!
You'd know a saint by the miracles he works, and I don't know of any! But it's worth pursuing these things anyway, as they can probably only do you good, in this life or the next.
Teacher, you talked about playing an instrument. Could you perhaps speak a bit about musical instruments in meditation practice? I know that some traditions play the drum, flute, or other stringed instruments in their meditation practice. Could you give me some advice on using instruments in my practice? I have had moderate success, but many times I get caught up in the technical aspect of playing and it takes me out of the different states of mind I have in meditation. Many thanks!
I have been practising Oriya yoga for about 3 months. But now when I try to do my Pranayama excercises my body does not let me? Also, I feel a little bump just under the ridge of my chest bone? Any ideas what this is and what is happening to me?
Hey Ryan, what is your take on smoking marijuana and meditation? I try to make time for both but have noticed I cannot focus to meditate while stoned, I am presuming this has to do with higher sensory levels , considering that I believe Kriya is calm separation from these senses. What do you think?
Thats why I quit marijuana. It doesnt seem for me to go hand in hand with meditatation. Once in a blue moon I might smoke a little. But Ive found daily meditation is much more true happiness. Marijuana only a temporary happiness.
At the beginning of the video you mention the free kriya downloadable 11 hour MP3 training course, but when I try to download it from the ashevillevedicastrology website, it states a cost of $54. Can you please direct me to the weblink for the free download?
Paolo King This is what I was referring to. It covers the primary Kriya processes, everything you need to know to get started. The 11 Hour Course is a little more detailed and expands into a few different areas. See this link for the free instrucion...th-cam.com/play/PLNm7Qr3wNOAFFFgN90Uz1KkZGl-cspwzo.html
What happens when a woman raises her kundalini?I don't know; you might have to ask a woman that question;even though I have long hair, that doesn't count!" ..lol..I love the fact that you are able to bring an element of humor and light heartedness into every lecture. Much gratitude for posting these amazing videos on TH-cam free of charge; it's a great service for all who choose to consciously embark on this spiritual journey. Thank you!
much wisdom shared. as far as what the sage’s account on what he experienced with his sexual fluids being reversed to the crown, Ryan is perhaps so wrong he is right!♾️
Ok well after watching the rest of this, i would have to disagree with you on something you said. Kundalini is very powerful tangible and real. It's one of the strongest things you will ever experience in your life. If you have ever done a psychedelic in your youth, a drug can't even touch the intensity of a kundalini Awakening. Have energy run through you that throws you into indescribable states of bliss, making your whole body convulse with energy and shake and tremble with residual effects for a month where your chakras buzz and your whole body quakes, and then tell people that it's just personal subjective phenomenon. I'm not trying to be an asshole, but there is a reason that it has been written about for thousands of years by many different cultures. People are asking because they want to know that same thing as me. Where does it all lead to? If people are misguided to believe that raising their Kundalini is just some experience that they are interpreting from their subconscious or some sort of fairy-tale, then if they accomplish it unaware then it can throw their life into chaos. It's not imagined or subjective residue. It's very tangible and can also be very dangerous when your body isn't prepared for it. Ask me how I know.
@Guru Prenerf..I agree with everything you wrote.I had a "litlle"realease froom root chakra and it caused me serius problems and all of sudden I dont know what to persue or in which way would I go in life I mean.I am confused.I dont dare to imagine what a full kundalini rising is capablle to do in one's phisical body or its effecets 9n the maind.If you dont mind what exactly hapenned to you?(sorry for grammar english is not my native language)
This happens to me sometimes if I don't spend enough time in the paravastha state wherein you sit and relax while concentrating your closed eyes at the kutastha. Don't chant om, don't practice any technique. Just sit there relaxed. When I spend at least fifteen minutes like this after kriya, I become joyful. When I don't I can be irritable and get angry easily.
How has this benefited your life? Sometimes I wonder because the metaphysical benefits of spiritualism are never or rarely percieved on the normal level of existence. IE yogis arent rich or powerful. I wonder if going down a spiritual path is worth it. I ask this with respect for you
Chris Cullen Some yogis are rich and powerful, we just don't know they are yogis. Realization is strictly internal. If someone wants to dramatize it, or act like it, that's up to them. But the true yogi can be found in any type of life, there is no equation of realization to worldly power or demonstration. That (acting or professing to be spiritual) is used by spiritual business people to support their career.
I feel that Yogananda has guided me to you . Thank you.
This topic resonates with me and this rings true for me. Have you been rolfed?I have had over 10 sessions and the physical change was remarkable. You are a true find .
Yogananda also guided me to Ryan. :-)
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You have a very articulated form of communication Ryan. It's pleasant to listen to the profound information you're sharing with the world. Thank you 🙏🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for ALL your videos... and helping me make the shift.
thank you
Lovely and beautiful such wisdom the universe put my way ♥️
thx
Whenever I have a question or concept that I would like more information on, within a few days you make a video addressing it. It's great ;) Thanks
still?
@@KriyaYogaOnline Yep. Last week I randomly rewatched a video you did with Ernst on medical astrology and I had a breakthrough in how to improve the effectiveness of energetic therapies.
i have extreme respect and love for your being. Thank you for existing. With as much power i have, i wish you the utmost
thx
Your words carry the weight of someone who has practiced deeply. I appreciate the discernment you show parsing out complex phenomena in everyday language. ✌🏽🐸✌🏽
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thank you very much .
for this awesome teachings
Arch Derya You are welcome.
Thank you dear sir you are a excellant teacher. 💗💗💗💗
Thanks and welcome
Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏
thx
Those last few minutes were better than any spiritual/psyhoteraphy/whatever session ever. I felt inspired, thank you. Sat Nam :)
om
Thank you so much for this video!
It came to me at exactly the right time and answered questions I was contemplating.
So I am also grateful to TH-cam for suggesting it to me. :)
om
Namaste
thx
just found you..slowly going through your videos..namaste
thx
Thank you! Namaste
YW
Praise God for Thanks
Caley Barry You are welcome.
Thank you for all of your videos. They are very helpful with very clear guidance.
thx
You nailed so many things in this video that I think about. My foot/leg falls asleep whenever I sit crossed-leg so I sit in a chair.
Nicolae Patean Yes, it's not as romantic to sit in a chair, but it gets the job done and saves you some trips to chiropractors.
great video
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
thx
Thank you so much!🙏🙏💖💖💖
Any time!
Thankyou
Welcome
thanks ryan happy new year jas x
om
thank you so very much for yr sharing of this video.
om
I am starting to get into actual mudras, mantras, asanas, kriyas but I have a question that is plaguing me. I know everyone's experience is different, I also don't know if anyone else has experienced a Kundalini Awakening, BUT .... What is it all for? In the last few years I have brought on self inquiry, practices, different modalities of energy work. I have studied everything I can find about meditation, enlightenment, spiritual philosophy. I have had experiences, I can feel energy run through my body at will. I have had what I call minor Kundalini awakenings, I can move the energy up my spine, one time even to the point of crackling as loud as a jet , pure white light behind my closed eyelids and spatial geometric patterns in my third eye. I can feel my chakras at will most of the time and most of the time one or two are just buzzing on their own like magnets in my body. What is it all for? I haven't seen the oneness within all things, interconnectedness, .... I have experienced bliss moving through my body, but what Is the end game? And what is the purpose of it all? I feel like I'm stuck with my head in the clouds and feet firmly planted on an Earth that I want to run away from. I feel like all I want to do is escape reality, life has been hard for me. A part of me wants to just run with my mind into love and peace and create the best life that I can for me and the people around me, but I feel like I'm setting myself up for disappointment. Cause when I do get there, in a life that I may enjoy for a while, does it not always come falling back away? Like baba ram dass said? As long as you play the game of Life, you play the game of duality? Always playing with UPS and downs? What is it all for?
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Hi Ryan,
In your Kriya Pranayam technique video, you describe what is I believe Ujjayi breathing, but through the mouth? I've been doing nadi shodhana and sushumna breathing through my nose this whole time, should they all be done through the mouth (inhaling and exhaling) w/ constriction of the glottis?
Thank you for your time
+fromundachees Some are very explicit that it should be done through the mouth. I have found that after you become aware of the feeling of the circulation of life force within the body you can breathe through the nose.
Ryan Kurczak
ok Ryan thanks, I will try altering the technique. Sometimes I feel a "shiver/electric current" passing through as I breath up through the spine, is this what the feeling is supposed to be like? Its much harder to feel the heat going down.
Cheers,big ears👍
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Thanks & Gratitude :)
om
Its true what you are say about the kundalini awakening. You shouldn't focus your mind too much on trying to reach anything. It is all just pointers. Don't compare to one another.
Though If you had an kundalini awakening it can be very helpful to know what is going on with you. And I can confirm what the "certain sage" said. There is an energy stored at the Mula Bandha (from yoga). And it can rise up. Exactly the same thing happened to me. After the "experience" it almost felt like i could feel "every nerve" in the body. Don't take that to literally... But for example I could suddenly feel all kinda sensations on the bottom of my feet. wich i had never been aware of.
Energy raised. This might sound as a positive thing, but for me it was hell. Probably because i had a lot of undissolved negative thoughts and emotions. And suddenly I became very aware of them.
If it happens, you can be very confused. Especially, when you don't know what is going on. Be sure to trust on the "process" and yourself.
ok
As a devoted meditator, compassion has turned out to be a funny thing. It's unrealistic to think that transcending events erases history. I've ended up forgiving many, and play my role - kind, fair, and always willing to omit anything that has to do with previous hurts. These can no longer be considered friendships, but at least I've been truthful, loving, and warm..
ok
Hey Ryan could you write down the name of the text you mentioned? I heard Rahasya but missed the first part
Tripura Rahasaya
@@KriyaYogaOnline thank you👍🏻
What happens exactly in yoga initiation?
Can someone explain me correctly?
It is explained on various videos on this channel, also in the book, Kriya Yoga Vichara.
@@KriyaYogaOnline just give some short explanation ...
Hey Ryan, I am new'ish to kriya yoga, are there any techniques that give a glimpse of what is to come in order to further motivate my path? I am starting the systematic course of kriya yoga book and haven't really had any consciousness expanding experiences. I am starting to meditate and I am learning more about brahmacharya as well and I am also wondering how much practice is needed in order to notice a change in the consciousness. Another question. What is subtle awareness and what is subtle energy? Lastly I would love to study under a Guru or learn with other disciples and I have not found many in the area I am in. I am In New Hampshire and I would love to study more about Kriya Yoga as well as other things. I would greatly appreciate your response. Thank you.
There is a Kriya Teacher in Rochester New York at the Assisi Institute, or you could come to our event we are having there mid September. I can't answer those other questions. They are different for everyone. I can only share practices and then you have your own experience.
@@KriyaYogaOnline Do you recommend any particular video on your channel that shares a practice for a beginner? Or can I start at any technique you have shared. Thank you for the speedy reply.
"Whoever you learn from is just a reflection of yourself"
Well, This reflection of me is really fun! I enjoyed this video and laughed so hard! ... Thank you for being.
All the fun part aside, I also have a question from you. You said:
"Kriya is about knowing what you are, being yourself, and knowing how that's related to the wholeness of life, and then whatever role you play, whatever your personality is as long as you are in line with that, you are free and you are awake."
Can you elaborate this more in the context of astrology? I'm a fan your other channel as well and have an understanding of what's going on in my chart and in my life experience but It certainly doesn't feel very free at certain times! I just feel being pulled into things (desires and pursuits) and I even rather enjoy them but at the same time compulsion is a necessary part of it... I hope I'm making sense. :)
You don't need astrology. Just pay attention to your life experience
hey. could u plz telll me this about Khechari Mudra. do I need to have empty stocmak for practice it. And how long I can do it without damaging anything. Relly Really thankful!
I am not certain what you mean by kechari mudra, I've noticed different lineages have different ideas about what it actually is
@@KriyaYogaOnline Hi, Good answer! Maybe u could give me some guidance what u think is Right way. And how long to hold?
Very helpful!
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Ryan I love your talks =)
om
Hi Ryan, sometimes in my practice of pranayama, after the retentions (and the it keeps there), i feel a very powerfull vibration, shaking in my spine, i try to just breath and be calm without controling anything but my bandhas. this is normal? i feel happy when i feel it because in my mind is the sound of om and the feeling that my spirit or shakti is awakening. but sometimes is very intense. sometimes is very peacefull, and sometimes is very intensive because of this energy. what do y think? thank youuuu!!
hard to say
Problem venus and mars low degrees I must activate throught the thoughts this chakras....
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You'd know a saint by the miracles he works, and I don't know of any! But it's worth pursuing these things anyway, as they can probably only do you good, in this life or the next.
you know a saint by her internal silence, and you can only recognize that when you have it yourself
Teacher, you talked about playing an instrument. Could you perhaps speak a bit about musical instruments in meditation practice? I know that some traditions play the drum, flute, or other stringed instruments in their meditation practice. Could you give me some advice on using instruments in my practice? I have had moderate success, but many times I get caught up in the technical aspect of playing and it takes me out of the different states of mind I have in meditation. Many thanks!
No advice. I play for fun. Not for meditation practice specifically.
I have been practising Oriya yoga for about 3 months. But now when I try to do my Pranayama excercises my body does not let me? Also, I feel a little bump just under the ridge of my chest bone? Any ideas what this is and what is happening to me?
not really. Use mantra instead
I got self realisation and I got vibration in left-hand moving something I think energy flowing
good
Hey Ryan, what is your take on smoking marijuana and meditation? I try to make time for both but have noticed I cannot focus to meditate while stoned, I am presuming this has to do with higher sensory levels , considering that I believe Kriya is calm separation from these senses. What do you think?
Don't do it.
Thats why I quit marijuana. It doesnt seem for me to go hand in hand with meditatation. Once in a blue moon I might smoke a little. But Ive found daily meditation is much more true happiness. Marijuana only a temporary happiness.
ha, depends on the wood in the mandolin! ;)
yes
At the beginning of the video you mention the free kriya downloadable 11 hour MP3 training course, but when I try to download it from the ashevillevedicastrology website, it states a cost of $54. Can you please direct me to the weblink for the free download?
Paolo King This is what I was referring to. It covers the primary Kriya processes, everything you need to know to get started. The 11 Hour Course is a little more detailed and expands into a few different areas. See this link for the free instrucion...th-cam.com/play/PLNm7Qr3wNOAFFFgN90Uz1KkZGl-cspwzo.html
What happens when a woman raises her kundalini?I don't know; you might have to ask a woman that question;even though I have long hair, that doesn't count!" ..lol..I love the fact that you are able to bring an element of humor and light heartedness into every lecture. Much gratitude for posting these amazing videos on TH-cam free of charge; it's a great service for all who choose to consciously embark on this spiritual journey. Thank you!
!
☀️🙏
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much wisdom shared. as far as what the sage’s account on what he experienced with his sexual fluids being reversed to the crown, Ryan is perhaps so wrong he is right!♾️
Om.
Dr Strange! j/k :p thanks for posting these great videos
yw
Ok well after watching the rest of this, i would have to disagree with you on something you said. Kundalini is very powerful tangible and real. It's one of the strongest things you will ever experience in your life. If you have ever done a psychedelic in your youth, a drug can't even touch the intensity of a kundalini Awakening. Have energy run through you that throws you into indescribable states of bliss, making your whole body convulse with energy and shake and tremble with residual effects for a month where your chakras buzz and your whole body quakes, and then tell people that it's just personal subjective phenomenon. I'm not trying to be an asshole, but there is a reason that it has been written about for thousands of years by many different cultures. People are asking because they want to know that same thing as me. Where does it all lead to? If people are misguided to believe that raising their Kundalini is just some experience that they are interpreting from their subconscious or some sort of fairy-tale, then if they accomplish it unaware then it can throw their life into chaos. It's not imagined or subjective residue. It's very tangible and can also be very dangerous when your body isn't prepared for it. Ask me how I know.
@Guru Prenerf..I agree with everything you wrote.I had a "litlle"realease froom root chakra and it caused me serius problems and all of sudden I dont know what to persue or in which way would I go in life I mean.I am confused.I dont dare to imagine what a full kundalini rising is capablle to do in one's phisical body or its effecets 9n the maind.If you dont mind what exactly hapenned to you?(sorry for grammar english is not my native language)
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My throat used to hurt from doing Kriya. That stopped and now I get irritable about 2 hours after doing it.
This happens to me sometimes if I don't spend enough time in the paravastha state wherein you sit and relax while concentrating your closed eyes at the kutastha. Don't chant om, don't practice any technique. Just sit there relaxed. When I spend at least fifteen minutes like this after kriya, I become joyful. When I don't I can be irritable and get angry easily.
om
How has this benefited your life?
Sometimes I wonder because the metaphysical benefits of spiritualism are never or rarely percieved on the normal level of existence.
IE yogis arent rich or powerful.
I wonder if going down a spiritual path is worth it.
I ask this with respect for you
Chris Cullen Some yogis are rich and powerful, we just don't know they are yogis. Realization is strictly internal. If someone wants to dramatize it, or act like it, that's up to them. But the true yogi can be found in any type of life, there is no equation of realization to worldly power or demonstration. That (acting or professing to be spiritual) is used by spiritual business people to support their career.
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