There are two opposing philosophies of yoga which we are bound to encounter.
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@user-uc1xx7yb4b5 ай бұрын
What a gem your channel is! I have just come across it and I am at awe of how great it is that now we can easily discus the knowledge that used to be confined to monasteries and ashrams! Thank you, Forrest for what you are doing. ❤ Om
@jacekjakubek6 ай бұрын
I think the best way to learn bandhas is to practice Yogananda's energization exercises which teach you to do bandhas in ALL parts of the body. Then, when your yoga practice naturally calls for any bandha, you will be able to do it spontaneously with ease because you have practiced it in the energization exercises.
@lindaburton11146 ай бұрын
Really so interesting Forrest. When I took my yoga teacher training in 2010, they taught us mula banda, uddiyana bandha and jalandhara bandha and of course as students you just take in what your teacher passes on to you without question. This practice seems to be a standard part of YTT. I so appreciate getting an informative explanation from you today. I listened for 5 mins to a video the other day where a person was talking about her "role" in the world to teach people how to quickly open up the kundalini. Her energy was so high and so exhausting that I could not watch for more than 5 mins. It was scary listening to someone promoting such extreme actions. Once again I'm truly grateful that I have you as my guide and teacher.
@ententchen6 ай бұрын
Great and important explanation Forrest! I stopped Mula Bandha a long time ago, because I noticed that even after only doing it for a couple of minutes, it aroused the lower chakras very intensly, so I couldnt concentrate on the meditation. Since I switched to Om Japa, it's enought to go 3x up and down the spine with it and immediately feel that the conciousness rises up to the head. It's so amazing! I'm also try to be present during the whole day (following Eckhart Tolle's teachings). It's a perfect combination with your kriya teachings. It's such an enrichment of my life, I wish it would be taught in every elementary school!
@carpenterfamily61986 ай бұрын
My exact experience ( plus, following ETolle too )
@rodgerrugeresiliencecoach7726 ай бұрын
This is wise counsel Forrest. I went to a seminar where this technique was practiced as "the way". Some people, who had virtually zero experience in meditation, violently awakened the kundalini. The result of that was a 'profound' experience of course, but the after experience observations I took in were generally not good. Many were utterly exhausted to the point of concern. Many got a serious cold/flu in the days that followed. Some could no longer relate well to physical reality and relationships were dramatically shifted in negative ways. Some never wanted to experience anything like that again, so they were turned off to meditation. A few...very few...were able to enhance and expand from that point, I'd call those exceptions to the experience, but of course what everyone focuses on as they block the negatives out of their mind. As as you have said, a light bulb can only handle so much wattage. You have to build up your light bulb over time to be able to awaken into your spiritual potential or risk burning out those filaments and suffering the consequences.
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Exactly Rodger. I have been told multiple stories about seminars where they had emergency medical crews in the room in case something went wrong! Oh my goodness! 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@soumyakantipaul84866 ай бұрын
@@ForrestKnutsonSir I sometimes feel very sleepy and gibberish thought which o can't hold or see properly after of during kriya pranayam. I feel very sleepy. What to do??
@briandonovan56875 ай бұрын
Wow i have never heard of the difference. I hear about the problems too but they never mention this. Thank you, this is a whole new flow 😊
@petercartwright18046 ай бұрын
Awesome video, guruji ! I started with kundalini yoga at a young age, and it was very volatile. After a while, you enjoy the bliss but fear the reactive bounce back downward. Kriya Yoga rocks !
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
That's for sure!! Thank you Peter! 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@tammycates3336 ай бұрын
Your teachings are helping me understand the entire process more easily
@pavneetkaur45456 ай бұрын
Amazing instruction! Cleaning is the most important part that goes a long way. ✨✨🌹🌹✨✨
@HMALDANA6 ай бұрын
Awesome, Forrest! Oddly enough while you were explaining the progression, I was trying to do it right until the point were you said you wouldn't recommend it 😛! I became a fan of the gentle way the hard way. When I tried to speed up my process, I ended up hurting myself. I'll stick to the slow boil toward holy potatoness! Blessings and blissings!
@lestafrank41092 ай бұрын
Thank you so very much!!!! So helpful!
@vimaladominic6 ай бұрын
Atma namaste sir heartfelt gratitud God bless muc hlove ❤️
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Atma namaste Vimala! Great to hear from you as always! 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@eisfeldziontko60455 ай бұрын
man, I love you for these valuable tips
@lucindast58956 ай бұрын
Good to see you again!!! Thank you
@glennstouffer11106 ай бұрын
Brilliant Forrest ! I can testify to raising consciousness without being clean , thank you ❤
@Vshamann3366 ай бұрын
Yeah, it could probably be one of the most serious things you do. That can absolutely go more wrong than anything else..... And a lot of people teaching this stuff absolutely skirt over this. And I do understand why a bit, just them talking about it can be a suggestion. It's very serious and needs to be discussed
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Thank you Glenn! 🙏🪷🙏
@succmymeme5726 ай бұрын
Talking from person experience mulabandha is very powerful process and I have personally suffered because of it as my Nadis were not clean enough to handle such surge in energy. Mulabandha gave me some very strong allergy like reaction it would be a nonstop sneezing and all my spine would become very hot and it was really frustrating. Every morning for 2 se 4 hrs I would suffer with such symptoms. I thought I had some allergy or something but only after like 7 or 8 months i got to know that it was mulabandha which was causing it. Also the fact that I was doing it wrong. Mulabandha should never be done without necklock. This was my experience back when my body ( Nadis/energy channels and chakras) was not clean enough to sustain those energy
@succmymeme5726 ай бұрын
I was a stubborn young man ( 21 ) back then. I wanted a quick solution for samadhi back then that's why I tried this in a hurry. I learnt my lessons now 😅
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
That's amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@ericsonhazeltine50643 ай бұрын
Excellent training!
@ForrestKnutson3 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🏼🌹
@adrianaparente74526 ай бұрын
Hi Forrest, what happens if you have active kundalini flowing, is mulabandha supportive then? Thank you.
@jtbutlerjr6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the instruction, Forrest.
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@MukundaAyurveda056 ай бұрын
Thanks for excellent explanation
@karolostsiligkirian45146 ай бұрын
Awesome point! I totally agree!
@dharma67uk3 ай бұрын
Hey Forrest , I was previously taught to perform the bandhas during mahamudra, this would appear to be also unnecessary too?
@rkatz06 ай бұрын
Amazing point! However, if saucha (cleanliness) was given more attention as it is prominently proclaimed in the eight limbs this is already a given..."clean it out"! Om
@innerbliss1086 ай бұрын
From my understanding Mula bandha and uddiyana bandha happen automatically. At the top of the breath is Mula bandha and at the bottom, uddiyana bandha is natural at its peak.
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Exactly right. It becomes very subtle and automatic. This is the correct way to allow it to happen.
@innerbliss1086 ай бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson Amazing. Yeah and you've mentioned it before being automatic during the breath holds.
@jannareindel62636 ай бұрын
Very interesting, thank you so much Forrestji. ❤
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🪷
@seane.99376 ай бұрын
Wow! Synchronicity! I've been doing those breathing and squeezing exercises you're mentioning and it seems like my meditations are a little bit more still and deeper but there's also a little fear now. Feels like I'm locked in a dark closet which has no walls. Because of your awesome teaching I've been doing om Japa for more than a couple years but I stopped doing navi yoga after doing it for 30 days. Looks like I have to keep on doing it
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Fantastic that you're doing the OMs! Yes, for sure. Navi should clear that right up, and I do some Navi every day. 🙏🪷
@kittywampusdrums49632 ай бұрын
The dark closet sounds like a deep jhanas/dhyana state. It's a good sign of awareness awakened for yoga nidra, aware across all brainwave frequencies. When I first committed to mula bhanda my Teacher had us doing it for inner heat but I started to twitch, shaking and seeing things, this can stir up shakti for sure.
@arobersonable6 ай бұрын
I didn't know what this technique was, but I've done it on my own GENTLY. The result I get is an immediate pain/fear reaction in my heart chakra that feels like it's been stunned awake. But it does sensitize me and from from this point, I go into my OM's in the chakras. Just seems to force the energy back toward my spine and wake everything up. I did it along with you today and it was downright painful!!! Much too much effort put into it.
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
That's great Amy. So much easier through the OM Japa process. This is a great confirmation. 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@olgajimenez33556 ай бұрын
mula bandha used in Ashtanga yoga practice
@kimthomas85356 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Forrest 💓
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Thank you Kim!! 🙏🪷🙏
@fhoniemcphonsen89876 ай бұрын
Thanks as always. Still not feeling the ohm jappa. Wondering if I should just work on the navi kryia for now?
@wolkenkuckucksheim5556 ай бұрын
Hi Forrest how much om japas in the chakras do you recommend?
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
If you go off of my new book, I recommend we start out with 5 min overall meditation, work up to 10 each day. Then 15, and when you've gotten to 20 minutes - this is a great place to begin.
@soumyakantipaul84866 ай бұрын
Sir I sometimes feel very sleepy and gibberish thought which o can't hold or see properly after of during kriya pranayam. I feel very sleepy. What to do??
@i_love_god106 ай бұрын
Nice video Forrest! I have a quick question though- when you mention OM japa in the chakras, is it OM japa during kriya, after kriya (as a separate activity), either, or both? What do you recommend as a best practice for maximum benefit?
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Yes. Both are wonderful. If you can do it with the breath, then it will be a little more powerful, and both work. 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@i_love_god106 ай бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson Thank you 🙏
@aloksahu72086 ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 😊
@JamesJones-fl8in6 ай бұрын
Blessings, I’m trying to figure out the explanation for the shaking like an earthquake and the loud banging sounds are for. I have been doing Kriya for 2.5 years now and about 5 months ago it started every time I meditate. I would appreciate any guidance. Blessings
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
I just made a video to answer this. It's on my channel.
@JamesJones-fl8in6 ай бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson Thank you, your grace. May peace be with you.
@lrodriguez55456 ай бұрын
I can't do this without filling all the way up ending it with a pressure at my third eye. Maybe I don't have any 🔐 😅😃
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Beautiful! Then let that rise through the crown, and Expand everywhere. 🙏🪷🙏🪷
@ghyogi16 ай бұрын
11:52 yewahaa woncha feed number7 George
@Vshamann3366 ай бұрын
You know forest. The thing about this is. We see a lot of people right now that are teaching people to do this to heal themselves. And while they're not wrong, I would guess that many of these people aren't really ready to do this. And in many situations it's definitely Not Good advice. Not unless you're on your deathbed with a week left basically, is it good advice. And while these people are teaching people to do this through breath, work and meditation without any warning like you just gave, not at all. And I think it's because they don't want to suggest anything, but it's very serious..... Thanks for the content as always
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Yes, exactly right. They can be very well intentioned teachers, but the number of bad reactions will outweigh the good. Most of those teachers would do otherwise if they knew a better way. Thank you! 🙏🪷🙏🪷🙏
@anuragsaha26326 ай бұрын
HELP NEEDED! Forrest, when I do the kriya pranayama with kechari I cannot do 24 breaths. My breath stops by itself. Should I do 12 with kechari and 12 without? I do maha mudra before I do kriya. Should I not hold my breath? If yes, then how would I do mahamudra properly without holding my breath?
@ketakinikini6 ай бұрын
You are probably doing your things wrong. It is easy to do the pranayama with khechari if you were shown the right way of doing it. Mahamudra is basically all the three bandhas together. It is not done by someone who has high blood pressure. Please understand kriya is not for everyone. The right guru knows if it is the path for you or not.. go back to your Guru and relearn
@succmymeme5726 ай бұрын
Breathless state isn't that tranquil breathing? Where do you put the tip of your tongue in khecharimudra mudra?
@succmymeme5726 ай бұрын
Bhai matlab tum aapna tongue ko nostril ke under daal dete hoo kya ( jisko kuch log stage 4 khate hai ) ya bas waise karte ho jaise Forrest sikhaye hai aapne yt channel pe ? Jo ki bas peeche jibh ko kar ke sab se upar ki aur le jana hai ?
@anuragsaha26326 ай бұрын
@@succmymeme572 stage 3 bhai, tongue in the nasal pharynx. Tip in sephonoid sinus
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Yes, you need to slowly introduce (very slowly) khechari into kriya. It's not meant to integrate quickly. Slowly introduce it into your practice, and otherwise experiment on the side of your normal meditation time. 🙏
@Dr.Mahesh_H6 ай бұрын
Do you recommend moolbandha in inhaled state? Similarly, do you recommend mahamudra kriya in inhaled state? Thank you
@cmanriquez15 ай бұрын
So this goes against the whole point of Joe Dispenza, this is what he promotes and apparently so many healings happening. Can you comment on that? I guess it’s all being documented
@Vshamann3366 ай бұрын
My breath basically automatically fell into the doing the first half of that. It's almost like there's an orbiting ball energy that comes up through my roof and scrapes against the inner of my spine upwards. Well not almost. It is exactly like that lol So what I've been doing is just learning to let it do the role up like you are referring to So would you say that I would be better off starting my day with going from the crown to root, or from route to crown. Doing both where I did crown the root first and then back up because it seemed like that's what it wants to do. What do you think?
@ForrestKnutson6 ай бұрын
Root to crown for OM Japa works very well, then back again. It allows the consciousness to slowly rise. Well done!