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Season 1 - Episode 16

From Negativity to Love

40 min - Practice
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Move from a space of negativity to a space of love. Sukhdev guides us through a kriya practice of mantra, mudra, pranayama, movement, and meditation to encourage us to live in our purpose and come back to a sense of kindness and compassion for self and others.
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Sat Naam and welcome so glad to be sharing today with you this great Kriya which really just takes 15 minutes to move you from a space of negativity to a space of love that's all it takes we got to work on that nervous system we got to work on that neutral mind we'll work on releasing the negativity and really just coming back to a sense of self-worth and a sense of knowing that we are not just confined by this human vessel that we are an infinite being and look beyond the finite look beyond the stories and really live in our purpose live in what we've come to do and what fulfills us deeply in this life so let's begin by tuning in with Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo. Drop the palms of the hands place them at the heart center and let's take a deep inhale together exhale set your intention focus at the brow point and let's inhale to begin Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo. Aung Namo Guru Dev Namo. Inhale exhale. So we'll begin with the hands in Giyon Mudra the left arm will be up 60 degrees the right arm is on the right knee and we're creating this angle Kundalini Yogas the science of angles and triangles and we're going to do a long deep breath focused at the brow point for two minutes let's begin. Make sure the other fingers the other three fingers are straight so you're really creating this dynamic angle to move energy into the heart center anything that is arm related is always dealing with the four chambers of the heart and equalizing that energy opening up that energetic center stay focused eyes at the brow point deep deep breaths deep as you can go even if your arm feels like it's aching I invite you to just keep up just stay there work through the mental block and just allow your body to go through what it will it's part of the yoga and you'll see that when you face challenging situations in your life it'll come with more ease because you've held this kind of posture in your practice on your mat keep up and inhale deeply hold the breath and as you exhale simply switch rotate left hand on the left knee right hand up 60 degrees reaching opening the four chambers of the heart long deep breath as you keep your eyes locked at the brow point you can inhale satt exhale nam to keep your mind focused sat meaning truth nam meaning name truth is my name keep that breath long and deep so so staying focused just a little while longer and inhale deeply hold the breath and exhale bring the hand down and you're going to simply stay with the eyes closed and meditate at the crown of the head so turn your eyes inward and upward and just feel into the crown of the head which is called the tenth gate which is what connects you to your own divinity and infinity let's be still breathe long and deep so so try to keep your eyes focused upward it's a learning curve if this is new for you just keep up the best way you can focus on the breath so so so so and inhale deeply exhale and we'll open the eyes and bring the palms up facing the heavens and out straight parallel to the ground let's begin breath of fire we'll go for three minutes if you're on the heavy days of your cycle or past three-month pregnant please just a long deep breath here we're working with the angle of the heart again focusing on extending into the auric field pressing back any depression and really magnetizing this positive energy into the heart center keep up so you can do it just a little while longer keep going so so keep up stay with it inhale deep let's squeeze that root lock and focus the energy upwards and exhale relax the hands good move the shoulders shake the arms out and the head that should feel like we've moved some negative energy into a space of love let's continue we're going to come up and do frog poses my favorite so if you're not familiar with frog poses going to bring the heels together and we're going to keep them together as we inhale up keep them off the ground if you can straighten the legs drop the head and exhale down look up and smile we usually do a lot more than 15 but in this kriya it's only 15 are required let's begin one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen and fifteen lovely good come on to the side of your mat and here we're going to sit the posture calls for rock pose which is this and you're going to lie back all the way down if you can if you can't it's okay there's a couple of modifications you can do you can go into celibate pose sit in between the heels and you can play some kind of little cushion at the back and just go all the way back or you can simply stay in easy pose or even lie all the way down if that's the best you have that's just fine so let's come on down and we're going to pull a root lock on each exhale so we're going to inhale deep and then exhale and root lock so we're squeezing the pelvic floor and the navel and then we release inhale exhale pull the pelvic floor the navel in and release and we'll do that for a couple of minutes let's begin so Do the best you can, stay with the breath. Do the best you can, stay with the breath. Just a few more.

And inhale deep. And exhale and very gently, one vertebrae at a time if you can, peel yourself off the ground in any way that feels comfortable to you and slowly find yourself back on your mat and just let the blood rush back down before we stand up. Just come standing up for our last posture. This is a fun one. You're going to come up on the tippy toes but before we do that let's look at the mudra.

Interlock the hands, venus lock and turn them inside out so the palms are facing the heavens. So you're here with the arms and then we're going to come up on the tippy toes and you'll see I'll probably waver like you, we'll go back and forth together and we'll do a long deep breath. Probably find a spot on the wall that you can hold and let's begin to breathe long and deep for a couple of minutes. Do the best you can. Use your breath, elongate the spine.

Down and down. Nearly there, keep up. And inhale, deep stretch up as far as you can. And exhale, bring it down, lovely. Let's come back seated and we'll do a meditation.

So you should feel like the energy shifted, wonderful Kriya, very simple, quick to do. So use this tool when you get in a space of negativity to move yourself into a space of love. So much about Kundalini Yoga is really about developing your willpower so that when you're facing a wall in your life, when you're facing a negative habit or a circumstance of life that you have no control over, that you can activate your will to stay in alignment with your core truth and not spiral too deep. And this is another wonderful meditation which I wanted to couple with this Kriya and it's called a meditation to conquer self animosity. This is a wonderful meditation to conquer self animosity.

Practicing this will help to conquer any feelings of self loathing and self animosity. So what it does is it aligns you with your steadiness, with your consistency and your alignment to your core truth. So acknowledging your infinity and not getting stuck in the finite self. So let me demonstrate and then let's do it together for 11 minutes. So you're going to close the fingers onto the mounts of the hands and you're going to join the middle of the fingers right here together.

The thumbs stay up and come together, the base of the palms are also touching. You're going to be right here looking at the tip of the nose. So that's the posture and the breath is as follows. You're going to inhale long and deep through the nose, exhale smoothly out of the mouth and then you're going to reverse that breath, inhale smoothly through the mouth and exhale long and deep through the nose. So inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale.

And this breath will really help with the tip of the nose and the mudra to conquer those feelings that we all sometimes can meet in our lives. Let us begin, we'll go for 11 minutes. And inhale deeply, exhale long and smooth out of a rounded mouth, inhale slowly through the mouth, exhale slow through the nose, me take you through a couple more rounds, inhale through the nose, exhale rounded lips, inhale through the mouth, exhale nose, exhale through the mouth, inhale through the nose, make sure to keep your eyes one tenth open looking at the tip of the nose, exhale through the rounded lips, inhale rounded lips and exhale through the nose. Let's keep going in this way for the next few minutes. Thank you.

Do your best to stay focused at the tip of the nose, eyes one tenth open and just relax into the breath but keeping an alert state, a very straight spine, keep up. Alright, gonna go. Stay steady and alert. Stay steady and alert. Stay steady and alert.

Keep this lovely soothing breath cycle going. Inhale nose, exhale mouth, inhale mouth, exhale nose. Stay alert, present, feeling your spine. Stay steady and alert. Stay steady and alert.

Three minutes left, stay with it, doing beautiful. Inhale nose, exhale mouth, inhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, inhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth, exhale mouth,

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Sandra W
1 person likes this.
i love this combination of exercises sukhdev, thank you so much for sharing! does this kriya have a special name?
Rose L
2 people like this.
Beautiful shift and really enjoyed finishing wth the meditation for overcoming self animosity - powerful! It would be helpful if the volume is higher during the breath of fire sequence, as it's difficult to hear your voice over the sound of my breath!
Thank you Sukdev for your kindness and compassion.
Ann J
2 people like this.
After doing this, I immediately felt a shift from holding grudges to being more understanding. I felt in my heart my actions/reactions should always come from compassion and kindness. Thank you Sukhdev 🙏💖

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