Kriya Yoga Is Not Visualization - Yogi Explains

Summary

January 19, 2024, 17 min

Why Kriya Yoga is not a visualization technique: a stacked process of long breathing for HRV resonance, sitting very still into the freeze response, and OM Japa in the chakras, felt as a biofeedback loop. This doing prepares the being phase, paravastha, soaking in as the holy potato, which is the actual meditation.

In this video

Teaches

VisualizationKriya Yoga

Discusses

HRV ResonanceSitting Very Still (SVS)Freeze ResponseOM Japa in the ChakrasBiofeedbackLet Go and EnjoyHoly PotatoParavasthaDo Be Do Be Do

Mentions

AMOLAshok SinghParasympathetic nervous systemLahiri MahasayaFour Proofs of MeditationDorsal Vagal ComplexLeft and right brainMahamudraNavi Kriya

Key moments

00:00Kriya Yoga is not a visualization technique 00:36A stacked technology: long breathing with a longer outbreath 01:36Long breathing establishes HRV resonance and lowers the heart rate 03:21Sitting very still brings on the freeze response 05:05OM Japa in the chakras: cleaning, not just stirring the dust 05:59A concept of where the chakra is, versus a visualization 08:00Feel, OM, feel again: the biofeedback loop and the four proofs 09:07Visualization keeps you in a left-brain story 10:12Let go of the doing and soak it in like the holy potato 12:04Kriya is the prep; paravastha is the real meditation 13:02Why not step straight into the be 14:42With practice the prep shrinks and the mind is already quiet