linny 1 #1 July 14, 2004 just outta curiosity......... is anyone on this board into kundalini yoga? or better yet, has anyone been to a kundalini class and hated it?! i'm curious to hear some opinions about yoga from you skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #2 July 14, 2004 I've done some yoga, which is pretty cool. really difficult though. never done any kundalini though.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #3 July 14, 2004 Sorry, I've never done Kundalini either. But have you ever done Bikram? What did you think of that? Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misslmperfect 0 #4 July 14, 2004 im personally a fan of iyengar, but my aerobics instructor swears by kundalini. i need to read up i guess. she says kundalini is the 'best for the soul'. i never did understand the differences in all the yoga diciplines..although im thinking about checking out ashtanga vinyasa... haha that didnt help you at all did it?Oh Canada, merci pour la livraison! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cdragon 0 #5 July 14, 2004 I've done several flavors of Yoga and found them all to have strengths and weaknesses. If your looking for more of a meditative experience try insight meditation. Check out http://www.seattleinsight.org/ Have fun, Play safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #6 July 14, 2004 yea i've done some bikram. it's suuuuuuuper intense. i like the deep stretching and level of work out, but the fact that the series is ALWAYS the same gets kinda boring. kundalini is definitely a more spiritual experience. there's not really any poses and it's not real physical. it's a lot of breathing and verbal mantras. i feel SOOOOOOOOOo good after every kundalini class. definitely check it out if it's in your area at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ManBird 0 #7 July 14, 2004 Kundalini is fucking stupid. It's closer to so wacked out religion than exercise. Total bullshit. We'll, I guess it isn't bullshit if that's your religion, but it won't give you what you want out of yoga. You basically sit on the ground for a few hours pretending a snake is climbing up your spine. IMO."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites linny 1 #8 July 14, 2004 QuoteKundalini is fucking stupid. It's closer to so wacked out religion than exercise. Total bullshit. We'll, I guess it isn't bullshit if that's your religion, but it won't give you what you want out of yoga. You basically sit on the ground for a few hours pretending a snake is climbing up your spine. IMO. LOL.... that was exactly my first impression as well. infact i laughed outloud Several times during the first class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KawiZX900 0 #9 July 14, 2004 I'll do some kundalini yoga witchya.... bad lingam dinga dong, bad.. Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zenister 0 #10 July 14, 2004 i suppose you find all metaphoric visualizations to be ‘stupid’?? various meditative (and many combative) disciplines use a variety of visualization techniques, just because one doesn’t work for you doesn’t mean it is 'fucking stupid'. If you believe that you would have absolutely HATED my first iaido sensei who used lots of animal images and metaphors in his training methods... and could split an apple and sheath his katana before you knew he'd moved... minds and parachutes....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ManBird 0 #11 July 14, 2004 I'm just saying that I don't see how worshipping a serpent is going to help loosen up my legs before a day of jumping. I studied martial arts for a good twelve years, and generally went with chi-centered styles. Meditation applied to martial arts is different. It has tangible applications. Focusing on sending your hand through bricks and ice is a lot different than making believe that there's a cobra in your belly. Yes, there are animal styles, but there was zero "spiritual" emphasis. It was envisioning and mimicking an animal for the sake of form and tradition. It's an art, not a religion. Kundalini definitely crosses that line."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ManBird 0 #12 July 14, 2004 Quotekundalini is definitely a more spiritual experience. there's not really any poses and it's not real physical. it's a lot of breathing and verbal mantras.Exactly. This is what homeless psychos do. Sit down all day and mumble weird shit. And of course you'll "feel good" after heavy breathing. Hold your breath for 60 seconds to get the same feeling, and you didn't even have to say "raju" 700 times. Here's how you choose a style of yoga: - See how people in the class are dressed, and try to dress according to common garb (shorts and t-shirt, or unitards, or whatever they wear at the studio) - Get video of yourself participating in the class - Video tape yourself, at home, doing what you learned in class If you can show this video to your family and friends without feeling like a retard, then you've picked the right yoga. Edit: Don't take me too seriously on this subject. I don't feel srongly about it and I'm just joking around. Hoping it's evident."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites linny 1 #13 July 15, 2004 ]Exactly. This is what homeless psychos do. Edit: Don't take me too seriously on this subject. I don't feel srongly about it and I'm just joking around. Hoping it's evident. thank god. i was getting a little worried. but i do have to say that the quality of ANY type of class (yoga or otherwise) is largely dependent upon the instructor. i don't know what you experienced in your kundalini class (and by the sounds of it, i don't think i want to), but i've Never been instructed to 'visualize a serpent in my belly"....... shit, that's just weird. haha never judge a book by the number of feathers it has. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #7 July 14, 2004 Kundalini is fucking stupid. It's closer to so wacked out religion than exercise. Total bullshit. We'll, I guess it isn't bullshit if that's your religion, but it won't give you what you want out of yoga. You basically sit on the ground for a few hours pretending a snake is climbing up your spine. IMO."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #8 July 14, 2004 QuoteKundalini is fucking stupid. It's closer to so wacked out religion than exercise. Total bullshit. We'll, I guess it isn't bullshit if that's your religion, but it won't give you what you want out of yoga. You basically sit on the ground for a few hours pretending a snake is climbing up your spine. IMO. LOL.... that was exactly my first impression as well. infact i laughed outloud Several times during the first class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #9 July 14, 2004 I'll do some kundalini yoga witchya.... bad lingam dinga dong, bad.. Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #10 July 14, 2004 i suppose you find all metaphoric visualizations to be ‘stupid’?? various meditative (and many combative) disciplines use a variety of visualization techniques, just because one doesn’t work for you doesn’t mean it is 'fucking stupid'. If you believe that you would have absolutely HATED my first iaido sensei who used lots of animal images and metaphors in his training methods... and could split an apple and sheath his katana before you knew he'd moved... minds and parachutes....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #11 July 14, 2004 I'm just saying that I don't see how worshipping a serpent is going to help loosen up my legs before a day of jumping. I studied martial arts for a good twelve years, and generally went with chi-centered styles. Meditation applied to martial arts is different. It has tangible applications. Focusing on sending your hand through bricks and ice is a lot different than making believe that there's a cobra in your belly. Yes, there are animal styles, but there was zero "spiritual" emphasis. It was envisioning and mimicking an animal for the sake of form and tradition. It's an art, not a religion. Kundalini definitely crosses that line."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #12 July 14, 2004 Quotekundalini is definitely a more spiritual experience. there's not really any poses and it's not real physical. it's a lot of breathing and verbal mantras.Exactly. This is what homeless psychos do. Sit down all day and mumble weird shit. And of course you'll "feel good" after heavy breathing. Hold your breath for 60 seconds to get the same feeling, and you didn't even have to say "raju" 700 times. Here's how you choose a style of yoga: - See how people in the class are dressed, and try to dress according to common garb (shorts and t-shirt, or unitards, or whatever they wear at the studio) - Get video of yourself participating in the class - Video tape yourself, at home, doing what you learned in class If you can show this video to your family and friends without feeling like a retard, then you've picked the right yoga. Edit: Don't take me too seriously on this subject. I don't feel srongly about it and I'm just joking around. Hoping it's evident."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #13 July 15, 2004 ]Exactly. This is what homeless psychos do. Edit: Don't take me too seriously on this subject. I don't feel srongly about it and I'm just joking around. Hoping it's evident. thank god. i was getting a little worried. but i do have to say that the quality of ANY type of class (yoga or otherwise) is largely dependent upon the instructor. i don't know what you experienced in your kundalini class (and by the sounds of it, i don't think i want to), but i've Never been instructed to 'visualize a serpent in my belly"....... shit, that's just weird. haha never judge a book by the number of feathers it has. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #14 July 15, 2004 QuoteEdit: Don't take me too seriously on this subject. I don't feel srongly about it and I'm just joking around. Hoping it's evident. Alright, that works. I was about to say WTF are you talking about worshipping the serpent. That's what you do on mushrooms, not yoga. Anyways, I don't know the difference between the different kinds of yoga, but the one we do is more excercise (specifically on balance) than sitting and mumbling weird shit..This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #15 July 15, 2004 Ahh, I just looked up kundalini, and now I see what you're saying about worshipping a serpent. I dunno though, never knew anything about it before.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #16 July 15, 2004 http://www.kundaliniyoga.org/'Nuff said."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linny 1 #17 July 15, 2004 www.wheresyoga.com has nothing to do with serpents Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
