Himalayan Kriya Yoga

Himalayan Kriya Yoga is a profound science of alignment for purification at all levels to attain mind-body-spirit into a constant blissful union. It enables a sincere practitioner to ‘detoxify’, ‘decarbonise’, ‘decalcify’, ‘calibrate’, ‘unlock’, ‘align’, ‘purify’, ‘access the brain portals’ to absorb cosmic transmissions and sustain the ecstatic ‘divine bliss’ within, and eventually journey towards attaining a disease and pain-free body.

Yoga is Samadhi and to attain that immense absorbed state, one needs to purify, listen, grasp, receive, sublimate and absorb the essence of Prana, Ojas and Tejas and attain an absorbed blissful union. This process of Antahkarana Shuddhi follows traditional yogic and intuitively guided ways to sort each individual in different stages of evolution.

A genuine sadhaka focuses on igniting the Kundasthana, which is crucial to streamlining the Prana Shakti Sanchalana. The Muladhara is reinforced through perineum contractions and pranayama and kriyas like Agni Sara, Nauli Chalana, Shakti Sanchala, yoni mudra, nada and kriya sadhana and specific asanas practices combined with various ways of spinal twists and Nadishodhana so that one can attain samatva of prana in Ida and Pingala channels, a state of being equalized and aligned enough to magnetically draw the Kandarpa Vayu through the Sushumna Nadi to attain Pranottana which is the basic milestone of all Yoga Sadhana. A sadhaka has to experience sublimation process called Urdhwa Rasodhara or Urdhwa Retas. This is crucial to the journey into sukshma sadhana practices of Kundalini Yoga, Tapasya, Mantra Bhedhana, Nada Sadhana.

One has to dive into the depths of Kriya Sadhana to dissolve the rigid calcifications, engraved memories, kalmasha (toxins), patterns of samskaras so that one can access the perennial pranic flow across the Nadi network and eventually a converged flow resulting in uni-pointed awareness of blissful Zero field magnetism of the Brahma Guha in the third ventricle. This will reflect in pure stillness (sthiratham), and enhance the ability to magnetize the shakti to rise and converge into the magnetic power of Shiva Nadi and its confluence into Sahasrara Bindu. This is achieved through the techniques of Nada Sadhana, specific ways of Mantra uccharana, to activate the trasrena sparklies and ignite the illumined explosiveness in the Shiva Nadi and its effect on the neuron gateways in the brain. We will do an intense practice of Brahmari, Yoni Mudra with a deep focus on activating the sacred trinity of Lallana, Lallata and Golhata Chakras converging into sublimated channels along the urdhwa pundra.

Eventually we will heighten the flow of Sampoorna Shakti Sanchalana of Kandarpa Vayu, pneumatic in its mode of Prana Vayu Sanchalana, magnetic in its Antara Mauna Sthiratham, while the fire of Guru tattva ignites the Kandarpa Vayu and ushers the kundalini shakti through the conduits of Sushumna, Chitrini, Vajrini and Brahmini. The illumined neuron network in the brain comes alive as it opens the portals of light to access Pratikasha through the Pundarikaksha, the eye of wisdom.

We can go deeper into the intricate connections of prana, spanda, nada, swara, Shruti through kriya practices. Alignment is our responsibility and prepares us to access the cosmic grace permeating through the Rishi Mandala. It is obvious that a moment in realization is more profound than a lifetime of words, practices and experiences. However, it will not discount the fact that every breath is taking us closer to samadhi if there is purest intent, gratitude, trust, acceptance and calibration.

Attaining the Roga Mukta Avastha (disease-free state) is by ensuring that Prana is flowing every meridian to its highest potential and through Karma Kshalana (memory cleansing processes), so it can truly dissolve all latent patterns of disease and engraved memories.

The techniques of Himalayan kriya yoga were channelled through Maha Yogi Dr Pradeep Ullal for several years. It felt like a knowing from his past journeys in the Himalayas and yet seemed innovative in its application. The application of Yoga is limitless and one can be repeatedly inspired by it and yet feel incomplete. His body kept evolving as he discovered improved ways of dissolving pain, disease and suffering in many aspirants that came his way. He remained determined to attain a finely tuned instrument that was capable of absorbing cosmic transmissions and music in its subtlest way.

Every pain that he encountered in the process of fine-tuning, taught him ways to realign the body back to its elemental flow. Revelations occurred in small trickles. It ushered him to deep immersive states of meditative stillness and nothingness. Many years passed in intensive exploration. The only desire left was to crack open the limitedness and experience the true cosmic self and divine nature through this body. There was no craving for any siddhis or attainments, despite receiving many phenomenal gifts, which eventually dissolved as profound experiences dissolved along with the ascension to the summit point of realization.

Himalayan Kriya Yoga (HKY), as propagated by Kevala Foundation is a free-flowing format. Unlike other forms of ritualistic practices where strict discipline is imposed, the emphasis is on enjoying the yogic flow through our senses while in deep meditation. The idiom of ‘hearing the light and seeing the sound’ comes into play, where every student can vouch for the sense of joy, bliss and celebration they feel following a session. The emphasis is always on being compassionate to the plight of all living beings, being tolerant and yet resilient internally to overcome disease, pain and suffering and become a pure beacon of love and joy to everyone we come in contact with. Being a compassionate being is a crucial link to devotion and humility. Some of the most talented musicians I have encountered have been truly beautiful in their human expression.