Kriya Yoga - where to start?

[Leo Gura]

On 8/8/2025 at 5:10 AM, Daniel123 said:

How does Kriya Yoga compare with rhythmic breathwork / shamanic breathwork / holotropic breathing in terms of depth and intensity?

They are unrelated.

Kriya is not as intense. It is subtle and long-term. You need to do it for months for it to build up its effects.

You're not going to feel anything from a few sessions.

Edited 22 hours ago by Leo Gura

[bazera]

@Leo Gura Have you felt effects so far? like actually feeling energy rising up and down along the spine.

How many pranayamas are you doing?

[Leo Gura]

40 minutes ago, bazera said:

@Leo Gura Have you felt effects so far? like actually feeling energy rising up and down along the spine.

Yes.

I get weird tingely sensations in my skull. I also feel a difference in my dreams, like the pranayama rewired some of my brain stem.

40 minutes ago, bazera said:

How many pranayamas are you doing?

36 per sit. And I try to do 2-4 sits per say.

[OBEler]

19 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I get weird tingely sensations in my skull. I also feel a difference in my dreams, like the pranayama rewired some of my brain stem.

Me too ! Normally without any of spiritual practices I get these weird tingly sensation only if I am overwhelmed by something (positive or negative). It's very enjoyable.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

25 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

also feel a difference in my dreams

😮

My interest in Kriya yoga is piqued.

If it does anything to enhance vividness, recollection or duration, I'm IN.

I had no idea it could do this

[Harikrishnan]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Yes.

I get weird tingely sensations in my skull. I also feel a difference in my dreams, like the pranayama rewired some of my brain stem.

36 per sit. And I try to do 2-4 sits per say.

@Leo Gura

Do u also do kechari mudra while doing pranayama?  

Edited 16 hours ago by Harikrishnan

[bazera]

@Leo Gura

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I also feel a difference in my dreams

In what way?

[Davino]

4 hours ago, Harikrishnan said:

Do u also do kechari mudra while doing pranayama?  

Kechari mudra is great, although it takes time to master.

I once had an otherworldly experience on psychedelics and kechari mudra, it felt like self-stimulating the inner divinity.

I believe it connects with some inner glands that release chemicals.

[Harikrishnan]

9 minutes ago, Davino said:

Kechari mudra is great, although it takes time to master.

I once had an otherworldly experience on psychedelics and kechari mudra, it felt like self-stimulating the inner divinity.

I believe it connects with some inner glands that release chemicals.

My tongue gets tired after 8-9 pranayama. 

[UnbornTao]

On 6/8/2025 at 2:55 AM, UnbornTao said:

What's the purpose of the practice, and how does one go about it? What do you actually do? 

Don't answer, it's a trap!

[ExploringReality]

8 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I skip it.

I only do pranayama and supreme fire.

Supreme fire feels important.

You can always add in more practices after a year of solid pranayama. So don't worry about it. Your first goal should be to start to feel the effects from a lot of solid pranayama. Once you are feeling that, you can think about more fancy techniques. I like to strip away all superflous techniques to get to the bare essentials.

Pranayama + supreme fire is that. You can also include maha-mudra in that but I am currently even cutting that out.

Perfect!!!! No more bullshit, I'm sticking to these practices. Leo you remind me of the Oracle from the matrix reloaded 

[Leo Gura]

9 hours ago, Harikrishnan said:

@Leo Gura

Do u also do kechari mudra while doing pranayama?  

No

[OBEler]

@Leo Gurahe talks about kechari mudra and 5 Meo malt:

Definitely worth exploring that.

 

[ExploringReality]

Hey Leo, a few months ago I was mixing Kriya yoga with deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises and at work in the night I would have to sit in a room that was pitch Black because my eyes could not take the light anymore but I wasn't sleepy. My eyes were very heavy but I was filled with so much energy but I just needed to sit in darkness and breathe from the diaphragm, while doing all three body locks with deep inhalations and exhalations while focusing on the third eye. My stomach started feeling very nauseous every night and I needed to sit in darkness in order to recharge. Have you had these effects? It did frighten me a little bit because I didn't know what was happening or if I was having Kundalini Awakening symptoms.

There was this part of me that was absolutely certain that what I was experiencing was no accident, and that this energy was moving through my body at an intense rate that it disrupted my daily tasks at work. It was very uncomfortable and it felt like I was giving birth to a baby, my mind was birthing insights into the nature of reality

Edited 10 hours ago by ExploringReality

[Cireeric]

12 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

They are unrelated.

Kriya is not as intense. It is subtle and long-term. You need to do it for months for it to build up its effects.

You're not going to feel anything from a few sessions.

Would you say the gains made with kriya are more stable over time and more influential in terms of inreasing baseline?

[Magnanimous]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

No

@Leo Gura Why? Thats what I got taught