The Kundalini Yoga Experience: Bringing Body, Mind, and Spirit Together (Paperback)

by Dharam Singh Khalsa (Author), Darryl O'Keeffe (Author) "Yoga" means "union" or "to yoke" in Sanskrit, describing the means for the Self to reunite with the whole..." (more)
Key Phrases: sat kriya, yogic bodies, neutral mind, Yogi Bhajan, Easy Pose, Breath of Fire (more...)

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UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED.

Kundalini yoga engages your unique sources of energy -- those that empower your spirit as well as your body. Drawing from the riches of ancient yogic tradition, The Kundalini Yoga Experience offers a system of physical poses, breathing techniques, and focused meditations that, when practiced together, will bring you

• Increased physical health and strength • Emotional balance
• Heightened sensory awareness • Enhanced intuition and creativity
• Greater peace and fulfillment in relationships • A deeper sense of your own spirituality

Unlike any other yoga guide, The Kundalini Yoga Experience encourages you to develop a practice that suits your needs. At the start, a simple numerological profile based on your birth date reveals your strengths and weaknesses. From there, you'll learn which exercises and meditations will be most effective in helping you balance each energy center (or chakra) in your body. Clear instructions and photographs guide you through each step, and as you move from one to another, you'll see how physical movement and spiritual reflection go hand in hand to heal and strengthen every part of you.

With regular practice, you'll be surprised at how strong, healthy, and fulfilled you feel. Experiencing the power of Kundalini is your birthright -- embrace it!

About the Author
Guru Dharam S. Khalsa teaches at the School of Kundalini Yoga (SKY) in the United Kingdom. He studied with Yogi Bhajan -- the man who first introduced the practice of Kundalini Yoga to the United States -- for more than twenty years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (August 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743225821
• ISBN-13: 978-0743225823
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #238,626 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kundalini yoga for all, October 4, 2002

By	Evelyn De Meza (London, U.K.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The most outstanding quality of this excellent book is its accessibility to both the novice yoga student and the experienced teacher. It is a rare treat to find a book on Kundalini Yoga which encourages the reader to work alone if there are no expert teachers around. It does this in a safe, confident and careful manner, leading the reader through the initial stages to the final, satisfactory stages of practising this powerful yogic system.

The book is set out in four parts :
1. Numerology and the chakra system
This aids the student in choosing which kriya and meditation to practice in order to balance the chakras.

2. Your practice - preparation for practice.

3. The kriyas and meditations - beautifully photographed and clearly explained with smiling, confident models.

4. Kundalini components - an essential explanation of yogic elements.

The book includes precautions, an excellent glossary, some concise tables explaining the chakras and our ten bodies.

As a teacher, I have used this book for several months, finding it so well produced, I can work from it very easily and I have also recommended it to my students.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Manual, December 14, 2004

By	Jason (Granada Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This book is organized quite well. The layout is simple and straightforward. You are taken step by step in creating your own yoga routine. First, you learn about numerology and then use it to calculate which yogic bodies you need to work on. There are two meditations to choose from per yogic body. Next, you learn about the chakras and use a chart to rate your abilities within each chakra. You then use these scores to determine which chakra to work on first. Finally, you are shown how to compose an entire routine consisting of warm-up exercises, your personal kriya (chakra exercise), deep relaxation and wake-up sequence, your personal yogic body meditation, and a completion mantra. There is easily enough information in this book to provide for years of diverse methods of practice.

The book is also very well illustrated; all of the exercises are quite easy to emulate. The final section illustrates and expounds upon aspects of the exercises including breath, mantras, mundras, asanas, and bandhs.

Something to note also: this book is primarily an instruction manual. As such, it doesn't always adequately or fully explain everything presented. If you are, in fact, looking for a training guide and not a book that espouses the metaphysics of yoga, this is not really a problem.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is yoga, October 5, 2002

By	Judy Fraser "judyfraser2" (Nunney, Somerset United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

It is not often you get to read a book that has been simply written in an authoritate manner by people who clearly walk the walk, as well as walk the talk. Well written, beautifully illustrated there is nothing to stop anyone who is interested beginning to learn the discipline safely and to their benefit with immediate affect. This book is much needed and is a credit to its authors, both of whom have been hard at work serving others over many years as they learned their trade through practice and service to others. This book has a refreshing approach where self diagnosis made easy and gifted to the reader in a way they can relate to and understand. True at a physical level but also for the emotions and for the intellect. Remedial measures are explained and made simple and then it is up to the reader whether to proceed or not, if they choose to then the remedial measures of today become the preventative means of tomorrow. Available in the USA and Canada as The Kundalini Yoga Experience and in the UK as Kundalini the Essence of Yoga - same book different title both by Guru Dharam Singh & Darryl O'Keeffe. Both the authors are real yogi's of our time yet follow a traditional lineage influenced by Yogi Bhajan, an unbeatable combination and a must for any bookshelf.