Using the Crown In Kriya - Yogi Explains

Summary

March 22, 2024, 22 min

Why the Panchanon Bhattacharya Kriya lineage breathes up to the medulla but never through the brain: the crown is the thousand-petaled lotus, not a chakra. Above the medulla one may OM, then floats and lets go into expansion. Cautionary tales of kundalini trouble come with remedies: grounding, the three insurance policies, and talking to the subconscious.

In this video

Teaches

Crown chakra

Discusses

Brain orbit kriyaChakrasBhagavad GitaKundaliniGroundingThree insurance policiesRoll-Up of ConsciousnessOM Japa in the ChakrasExpansionMedullaKriya YogaSubconscious

Mentions

Panchanon BhattacharyaSpinal breathingLahiri MahasayaOrigin and doorway of the chakraKrishnaLeft and right brainSpiritual eyeEgoSuperconscious mindHRV ResonanceLow-Idle-StateTranquil BreathAshok SinghFreeze ResponseMahamudraNavi Kriya

Key moments

00:00How the Panchanon Bhattacharya lineage treats the crown 00:38Brain Orbit Kriya: the warning against breathing through the brain 02:23The thousand-petaled lotus is not a chakra 03:02Body of Myth: Greek myths divide the body from heaven 03:49Six chakras from coccyx to medulla, once only four 05:13Kurukshetra below, Krishna at the medulla 06:15A student's letter: "I am nothing"07:34Kundalini trouble from breathing through the brain 08:46Grounding, a healthy ego and the three insurance policies 09:48"Stop scaring the spiritual seekers": why cautionary tales 11:51OM through the brain, but don't breathe through it 12:08Roll-up of consciousness, like a rising center of gravity 13:14Ashokji's levels from the medulla up to the crown 14:31The thousand-petaled lotus means expansion 15:33Kriya as material meditation, then immaterial absorption 16:50A woman's overwhelming kundalini and the five remedies 17:57Talk to the subconscious like a child you love 19:10Why Kriya is a living oral tradition 20:09Recap: breathe below the medulla, float above it