Kriya Yoga has found a place in some people who seek a deeper, more spiritual connection with their lives. It is a Kundalini-oriented yoga and meditation technique, which also teaches some spiritual and esoteric principles.
Unfortunately, like many similar "spiritual" power structures, it teaches you that inevitably your power lies outside of yourself - that is, you need a 'master', or 'master', to access your innate spirituality.
Kriya Yoga has some objectives that sound both attractive and hopeful. They aim to remove "barriers" and "obstacles" from the mind and body. But, the point to look at here is very interesting. Because what is an obstacle for one person may not be for another.
It captures a very interesting light in terms of power structure and belief system, and highlights why it is important to maintain your own self-sovereignty in mind and action. Kriya Yoga was introduced to the West by Yogananda in the 1920s. He established the Self-Realization Fellowship as a 'total yoga' system that sought to address the spiritual and physical aspects of the self.
Kriya Yoga is mainly derived from three other yoga techniques - Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Gyan Yoga. Karma Yoga focuses on the movement of the soul inside and outside the mind.
Gyan Yoga focuses on the intellect, gives freedom to the mind.
Bhakti Yoga focuses on love, as it allows you to deal with everything around you.
The purpose of combining them was to "purify" the mind and soul, and proponents of Kriya Yoga believe that they can achieve self-realization in this way rather than following other disciplines.
Action Preparation
The first step in action is to 'prepare' your body, and that is done in one of two ways. For many, Hatha Yoga is the best preparation exercise. For others, though, who may not be flexible, options are offered.
Then the mind is ready for action. This discipline studies general behavior as part of the mental process, so it is important to make sure that your mind is properly focused. Additionally, Kriya Yoga techniques push you to study holistic health, hygiene, purity, and even spiritual principles.
Together, though, they help the brain ‘prepare’ for later technologies, which use the body’s life force flows to “refine” the brain and nervous system. Mantras are taught in Kriya Yoga techniques.
They are considered deep to experience meditation. This sound technology undoubtedly tunes the body, like a tuning fork, like any repetitive and focused sound. The question is, of course, at what frequency is the body tuning?
If it is a journey of self-realization, then whose journey are we on? Ours or others? Kriya Yoga is undoubtedly resonated with some people. For me, I prefer more transparency.
