kriya for elevation and teaching

[Guest guest]

Hello there:

I have been asked to teach a yoga workshop at the summer camp I have

been attending for 17 years. I will be teaching a group of junior

high students, and thought that the kriya for elevation in Shakti

Parwha Kaur Khalsa's book would be a good class. The only problem: I

have lost the book, and the local bookstore doesn't have any copies.

Can anyone help me with the order of the exercises? Also, any other

suggestions for good beginner sets, tips for teaching and the proper

order of a class would be really helpful. I am very excited, and am

hoping that this will help me re-start my own practice.

Sat Nam--

Jessie

[Guest guest]

Hi Jessie,

 

>I will be teaching a group of junior

> high students, and thought that the kriya for elevation in Shakti

> Parwha Kaur Khalsa's book would be a good class. The only problem: I

> have lost the book, and the local bookstore doesn't have any copies.

> Can anyone help me with the order of the exercises?

 

Yes I too think the kriya for elevation is a great introduction to KY (and

great as an everyday set too). The order goes like this:

 

1. Eagle pose 1-3 mins, breath of fire

2. Camel ride (spine flex) - 1-3 mins

3. Spinal twist (hands on shoulders, thumbs pointing back, inhale as you

turn left, exhale as you turn right) - 1-3 mins

4. Forward stretch, deep breath - 1-3 mins

5. alternate stretch (sit on left heel, extend right leg and stretch,

continue on the other side) - 1-2 minutes each side, breath of fire

6. lateral stretch (sit with legs wide apart, grab your toes if possible,

inhale straight up, exhale lowering your head towards right knee, then

switch to the left on the next exhale) - 1-2 minutes, powerful breath

7. Cobra pose - 1-3 mins, breath of fire

8. shoulder shrugs (place hands on knees, inhale as you lift your shoulders

as high as possible, exhale and drop them down) - 1-2 mins

9. neck rolls (wide circle, go slowly) - 1-2 mins clockwise, then 1-2 mins

opposite

10. Sat Kriya - 3-7 mins

11. relaxation in easy pose or corpse pose.

 

If you need more details, please ask. You can also find this kriya in

"Keeping Up with Kundalini Yoga".

 

Many blessings,

Satsang Kaur

[Guest guest]

Dear Satsang Kaur

 

Could you please expand on the effects and benefits of this kriya. I don't

think I have come across it before. Is forward stretch done sitting down

with legs straight out in front of you. Should I aim to get my head down

towards my knees, or as in the alternate leg stretch, as close to my feet as

possible?

 

Sat Nam!

Gordon

 

-

"Satsang Kaur" <satsang

 

 

> Hi Jessie,

>

> >I will be teaching a group of junior

> > high students, and thought that the kriya for elevation in Shakti

> > Parwha Kaur Khalsa's book would be a good class. The only problem: I

> > have lost the book, and the local bookstore doesn't have any copies.

> > Can anyone help me with the order of the exercises?

>

> Yes I too think the kriya for elevation is a great introduction to KY (and

> great as an everyday set too). The order goes like this:

>

> 1. Eagle pose 1-3 mins, breath of fire

> 2. Camel ride (spine flex) - 1-3 mins

> 3. Spinal twist (hands on shoulders, thumbs pointing back, inhale as you

> turn left, exhale as you turn right) - 1-3 mins

> 4. Forward stretch, deep breath - 1-3 mins

> 5. alternate stretch (sit on left heel, extend right leg and stretch,

> continue on the other side) - 1-2 minutes each side, breath of fire

> 6. lateral stretch (sit with legs wide apart, grab your toes if possible,

> inhale straight up, exhale lowering your head towards right knee, then

> switch to the left on the next exhale) - 1-2 minutes, powerful breath

> 7. Cobra pose - 1-3 mins, breath of fire

> 8. shoulder shrugs (place hands on knees, inhale as you lift your

shoulders

> as high as possible, exhale and drop them down) - 1-2 mins

> 9. neck rolls (wide circle, go slowly) - 1-2 mins clockwise, then 1-2 mins

> opposite

> 10. Sat Kriya - 3-7 mins

> 11. relaxation in easy pose or corpse pose.

>

> If you need more details, please ask. You can also find this kriya in

> "Keeping Up with Kundalini Yoga".

[Guest guest]

Dear Gordon and group,

 

> Could you please expand on the effects and benefits of this kriya. I don't

> think I have come across it before.

 

This kriya has many benefits, among which are balancing and strengthening

the chakras, energizing your magnetic field, making your spine more flexible

(which aids in preventing accidents as well as keeping an open channel for

the Kundalini energy), and aiding in the circulation and equalization of

prana and apana (the ascending and descending energy currents). On top of

this it is a very good warm up or everyday set all by itself.

 

>Is forward stretch done sitting down

> with legs straight out in front of you. Should I aim to get my head down

> towards my knees, or as in the alternate leg stretch, as close to my feet

as

> possible?

 

Yes, this is how it is done. This is also called the life nerve stretch

because it works on the longest nerve in the body, known as the life nerve.

Ideally you should try to hold your toes and bring your head down to touch

the knees. Most people would not be able to do this, but the important thing

is to do your best - even leaning forward a few inches while holding your

knees would be great and you will certainly get many benefits from it. Spine

flexes and the forward stretch are among the exercises recommended to do

every day.

 

Many blessings,

Satsang Kaur