Kriya Yoga - where to start?

[Oppositionless]

The real question is, traditional kriya yoga or Sadhguru kriya yoga?

[Cocolove]

@Leo Gura have you been doing kriya this whole time? I thought you didnt even do formal meditation anymore haha.

I actually messed around with it after doing hardcore vipassana and im getting the same results in a few pranayamas that I got only sometimes in a whole session. I think the hyperawareness of body sensations from vipassana body scanning has helped me really feel the flow of energy instead of just guiding it from my mental projection of that part of the body.

So I'm going to just do a bit of it each day and focus on vipassana but might get back into it.

[Vibes]

On 8/4/2025 at 4:57 AM, Leo Gura said:

We have a Kirya yoga mega-thread that answers many newbie questions.

Follow the books.

I suggest focusing 100% on pranayama spinal breathing. All other techniques are tertiary and mostly unnecessary.

You could reduce all Kriya yoga to just pranayama and maha-mudra. Which makes it so simple.

 

Have you tried Santata's pranayama?

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1-      Sit cross-legged in your normal position. No need for Padmasana or Siddhasana. Just an easy, relaxing cross-legged position. Do Khechari Mudra if you can.

  2-     Pay attention to the point between your eyebrows (Third-Eye). Always keep your attention there during this practice. Don’t move 1 cm away from the Third-Eye.

  3-     Inhale naturally while mentally chanting Om six times in the Third-Eye.

  4-     Exhale naturally while mentally chanting Om six times in the Third-Eye.

  5-     Your breathing doesn’t need to be effortful, with force. Just natural breathing. With time it will get longer, and it will naturally transform itself into the slow Ujjayi breathing (ocean breathing).

  6-     Do this 108 times (1 full mala).

  That’s it! So simple, yet very effective. It will be delightful. Sweetness will permeate your whole body.

  Eventually, all the prana will gather into the Sushumna Nadi, then move up to the Third-Eye and completely still the mind in joy.

  Never move your focus away from the Third-Eye. Always chant the 6+6 Oms in the point between your eyebrows.

  When the breath gets subtler and longer, and it will if you are doing Khechari Mudra correctly, it will sound like a flute.

  Ignore all thoughts and all chakras besides the Third-Eye. Just keep your focus on it until your whole consciousness is there.

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Edited 22 hours ago by Vibes

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, Vibes said:

Have you tried Santata's pranayama?

My technique is not exactly that way. There are many valid ways of doing pranayama. I have my own way that works for me.

[Vibes]

2 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

My technique is not exactly that way. There are many valid ways of doing pranayama. I have my own way that works for me.

Could you share it, please?

 

[Leo Gura]

On 8/16/2025 at 2:39 PM, Oppositionless said:

The real question is, traditional kriya yoga or Sadhguru kriya yoga?

I don't know about Sadhguru's most advanced teachings which are not publicly disclosed, but his intro techiques are deliberately designed to be weak.

The Kriya yoga I'm talking about is more potent.

On 8/16/2025 at 7:45 PM, Cocolove said:

@Leo Gura have you been doing kriya this whole time? I thought you didnt even do formal meditation anymore haha.

I was doing it on and off. My health issues made consistent practice quite impossible. Now as my health improves I do it more consistently.

[Leo Gura]

2 minutes ago, Vibes said:

Could you share it, please?

I visualize cold electrical prana energy moving up my spine up to the crown charka. I don't chant anything. It's a variation of spinal breathing.

[Vibes]

Just now, Leo Gura said:

I visualize cold electrical prana energy moving up my spine up to the crown charka. I don't chant anything. It's a variation of spinal breathing.

Thank you!

I'll try that. I find that chanting is distracting, and even more distracting is to keep track of it.