Self Experience: Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan

By PhD Yogi Bhajan and Harijot Kaur Khalsa

The manual Self Experience, Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan, shares 20 yoga sets and 15 Meditations to help you experience your highest Self. 

Yoga means "union." It is the experience of Infinity in our own finite form. Kundalini Yoga offers us the discipline through which our self can experience our Self. It is a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kundalini Research Institute
• Release date: Aug 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9780963999122

PhD Yogi Bhajan

Yogi Bhajan was declared a Master of Kundalini Yoga at the age of 16. He came to the United States in 1969 and openly taught this transformative technology for the next 35 years, until his last breath in Aug 2004. In the turbulent drug culture of the 70s, Yogi Bhajan first reached out to the youth. He recognized that their experimentation with drugs and "altered states of consciousness" expressed a desire to experience themselves and a longing for family, for connection to their soul and their community. In response to this innate longing, he created a family known as 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization). Soon, 3HO ashrams began springing up across the United States and throughout the world.He sparked a movement whose tendrils have woven their way into numerous aspects of our culture. Yoga and meditation have gained widespread acceptance in the West and the holistic health movement he introduced through diet, herbs, and lifestyle technologies. Born Harbhajan Singh in what is now Pakistan to a family of healers and community leaders, Yogi Bhajan studied comparative religion and Vedic philosophy in his undergraduate years and received his Masters in Economics with honors from Punjab University. Years later, he earned his Ph.D. in communications psychology from the University of Humanistic Studies in San Francisco. Yogi Bhajan emerged as a religious, community, and business leader with a distinguished reputation as a man of peace, world vision, wisdom, and compassion. He founded several food companies that manufacture and distribute natural products based on these teachings. He fostered economic development in communities around the world. He is also the author of several books on yoga philosophy, business, and communication during his lifetime.The Kundalini Research Institute continues his legacy through The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings, the International Teacher Training in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®, and the publications of lectures and kriyas to serve the community of teachers, students, and practitioners around the world. See www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org to learn how you can help keep the legacy alive!

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SELF-EXPERIENCE

Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan®

Compiled and Illustrated by: Harijot Kaur Khalsa

Managing Editior: Ardas Kaur Khalsa

KRl Reviewer: Gurucharan Singh Khalsa

Senior Editors: Gurucharan Singh Khalsa

Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa

Pritpal Kaur Khalsa

Original Recordings: Siri Ved Singh Khalsa

Design & Production: Ravitej Khalsa Design Group

Yogi Bhajan Photo: Satsimran Kaur

Published by Kundalini Research Institute, PO Box 1819, Santa Cruz, NM 87567

eISBN 978-0-9639991-2-2

©2008 Kundalini Research Institute. ©2000 Yogi Bhajan.

All teachings, yoga sets, techniques, kriyas and meditations courtesy of The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan.

Reprinted with permission. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

No part of these Teachings may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and

recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted Ín writing by the Kundalini Research Institute.

To request permission, please write to KRI at PO Box 1819, Santa Cruz, NM 87567 or see www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org.

Acknowledgements

The technology of Kundalini Yoga and White Tantric Yoga was brought to the West from India by the grace of Yogi Bhajan. The teachings in this manual are entirely his gift to us. We wish to gratefully acknowledge his gift and inspiration to serve our highest human potential. Any errors or omissions in this manual are entirely the fault of the Editors and illustrator and by no means reflect upon the perfection and comprehensiveness of Yogi Bhajan's teachings.

The yoga sets in this manual are classes taught by Yogi Bhajan and recordings of most classes are available. Although every effort has been made to communicate the technology of these classes accurately nothing replaces the experience of doing Kundalini Yoga with the Master, Yogi Bhajan.

We suggest that you enhance your yoga experience by collecting recordings of one or more of your favorite sets from this manual. There is something about doing Kundalini Yoga in the presence of the Master, Yogi Bhajan (even on recordings) that brings out the best yogi within you. See www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org or www.a-healing.com for information about purchasing recordings of Yogi Bhajan's classes. Lectures and Yoga Classes with Yogi Bhajan are also available online at www.yogibhajan.org, the home of The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings.

This Seal of Approval is granted only to those products which have been approved through the KRI review process for accuracy and integrity of those portions which embody the technology of Kundalini Yoga and 3HO Lifestyle as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

Introduction

Self Experience

Yoga means union. It is the experience of Infinity in our own finite form. Kundalini Yoga offers us the discipline through which our self can experience our Self. It is a path that will lead us onward to find the bliss that is at the core of being human. It is the Divine Circle of life that the soul longs for the experience of the Creation through its human life and the human longs to merge again with Infinity. It is the Union of the self and the Self that we seek and that, paradoxically, can make us fully human.

For Beginners…

If you are a beginning student of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®, practicing for less than six months, or if you have been practicing without the aid of a KRI certified teacher, please read this introduction before you begin to practice from this instruction manual.

Sadhana Guidelines

This manual has been prepared as a supplement and extension to Kundalini Yoga Sadhana Guidelines, 2nd Edition, in which Yogi Bhajan explains yoga, meditation, and the energy that is Kundalini. Also important for beginners are the descriptions of the basics of Kundalini Yoga: asanas (postures), mudras (hand positions), bandhas (energy locks), and mantras (sound currents) written by Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Director of Training for the Kundalini Research Institute's Aquarian Trainer Academy.

The Teacher

Kundalini Yoga is a spiritual discipline which cannot be practiced without a teacher. However it is not necessary for the teacher to be physically present when you practice. To establish a creative link with the Master of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan, you should be sure to tune in to his energy flow using the Adi Mantra,Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo.

Tuning In

Every Kundalini Yoga session begins with chanting the Adi Mantra: "Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo." By chanting it in proper form and consciousness, the student becomes open to the higher self, the source of all guidance, and accesses the protective link between himself or herself and the divine teacher.

How to recite the Adi Mantra:

Sit in a comfortable cross-legged position with the spine straight. Place the palms of the hands together as if in prayer, with the fingers pointing straight up, and then press the joints of the thumbs into the center of the chest, at the sternum. Inhale deeply. Focus your concentration at the root