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amorteur said:
i attempted this technique as a self-treatment for OCD, from which I had suffered for numerous years (about 26 years, actually), and which was getting worse. The breathing method prescribed is incredibly arduous and that i was unsure that it should work for me. Actually, to be blunt, i used to be quite skeptical that it’ll work for anyone, as i’m not a believer in any Eastern religion (or other religion) and am generally inclined to believe that some great benefits of meditation, yoga, and prefer practices are overblown, even if significant. However, i used to be desperate, and that i had read Mr. Shannahoff-Khalsa’s scientific articles, which perceived to were conducted in accordance with sound scientific protocols and to offer significant support to the hypothesis that certain sorts of breathing methods can treat OCD. i really found that the process worked — my obsessions diminished and finally went away. i don’t take any prescription medications, and that i actually don’t even practice the strategy anymore (I don’t must ). Obviously, i’m simply one person, and it’s miles possible that things would have changed for me, anyway, without or with this technique. However, nothing had worked before this except, to a point, Saint John’s Wort, which I do still take but which had never cured (merely alleviated) my obsessions. I also worked on psychological techniques I learned from Steven Phillipson’s website, which I also highly recommend. Perhaps my recovery was a consequence of 1 of those or a mixture, not of the pranayama breathing; perhaps it was merely something that may have happened on its own. But I don’t think so, and that i would urge anyone who’s suffering as I did to do this. You’ve got little or no to lose and much to realize. i actually saw results straight away.
Student of Theory and Practice said:
As a patient diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Shannahoff-Khalsa’s book has offered me an unbelievable means to enhance strength, clarity, and resiliency. His emphasis on technique and careful documentation provide yoga practitioners of all levels with a smooth and steady introduction to increasing one’s powers of healing while also expanding consciousness. It might be wonderful if all health professionals and counselors utilized these how to complement their work — and even as a chief approach to healing and prevention.
Shannahoff-Khalsa has worked with researchers and practitioners to share the Kundalini practice with insight and compassion. In case you’re all for the sector of healing in any capacity — whether as a patient, psychology professional, medical student, or friend/family of a friend — it can be incredibly worthwhile to share the certainty of this book. It has helped me make enormous progress, and that i trust it could accomplish that for others.
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For several decades, yoga has been a well-liked mainstream method of health conscious living, and is utilized by people with medical disorders.
Now, following a bevy of latest research studies, yoga has exploded onto the mental health scene, and clinicians and patients alike are embracing using yoga to effectively help combat psychiatric disorders.
In Kundalini Yoga Meditation, Shannahoff-Khalsa—researcher, Kundalini yoga teacher for over 30 years, and worldwide authority within the field of other therapies for psychiatric disorders—weaves scientific insights, clinical trials, case histories, and disorder-specific techniques to elucidate how the ancient science of Kundalini yoga could be a useful stand-alone or supplemental treatment for psychiatric disorders.
Written for all those within the mental health profession, the book begins by laying out a few landmark scientific studies in line with Kundalini yoga, all of that have ended in a brand new understanding of mind-body dynamics, physiological states, and ways of noninvasively altering the brain and body. Included are novel yogic concepts on rhythms of the brain, personality structure, models for the mind and consciousness, and other fundamentals to reinforce our understanding of health and disease processes.
With this scientific overview in place, Shannahoff-Khalsa goes directly to explore, chapter by chapter, how Kundalini yoga could be applied to the treatment of psychiatric disorders— including OCD and other anxiety disorders; major depressive disorders; bipolar disorders; addictive, impulse control, and eating disorders; insomnia and other sleep problems; chronic fatigue syndrome; ADHD and co-morbid disorders (conduct and oppositional defiant disorder); PTSD; and the abused and battered psyche. His work also illuminates the treatment of complex co-morbid disorder patients. Most significantly, each chapter includes the entire set of disorder-specific meditation protocols and techniques described in complete detail—64 in total. Photographs help illustrate poses for easy simulation. The general element of the book covers the appliance of Kundalini yoga for individuals, couples, and groups in therapy, and includes an epilogue that discussed the way forward for psychiatry.
Mind-body medicine is at the leading edge of current mental health research and treatment, and the introduction of this ancient technology of the mind into the equation is a huge breakthrough in our understanding of improved treatment for a large range of psychiatric disorders. Kundalini Yoga Meditation skillfully introduces this exciting new frontier, and equips psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and other clinicians with the tools and techniques essential to incorporate yogic meditation into their practices, and convey hope and healing to their clients.
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For those of you who want a detailed break-down of the meditations, see below.
There are PRE-SETS:
BEGINNERS START HERE(44 min.)
BREATHING SUPERSET(45 min.)
A.M. MEDITATION SERIES(49 min.)
P.M. MEDITATION SERIES(50 min.)
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Here is an overview of the meditations and times:
TUNE-IN and BASIC SAT NAM MEDITATION: 3 mins. 40 seconds.
The usual tuning in(chanting “Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo”) Then seated, inhaling thinking “sat” exhaling thinking “nam”.
BREATH PURIFICATION SERIES: 14 mins. 20 seconds
you block right nostril with right thumb and do Long Deep Breathing through left nostril. Block left nostril with right little finger and do Long Deep Breathing through right nostril. Then alternate nostril breathing. Then inhale through both nostrils, hold breath while contracting the lower muscles(mula bandha). Then exhale and hold breath out with mula bandha. Then some Long Deep Breathing. Next you interlace hands over solar plexus and inhale through puckered lips and exhale through nose. Interlace hands at sternum level, palms down. Breath of Fire(rapid breathing through nose) moving arms up and down radpidly. Then Breath of Fire with arms raised at 60 degree angle, thumbs up. Then palms together overhead with Long Deep Breathing.
OPENING THE THIRD EYE: 6 minutes 30 seconds
you focus your gaze up and in toward the brow breathing long and light through the nose. Inhale 3 sniffs through nose, then turn head, then exhale back to center(repeating this sequence) for several minutes. Then you do forward bend with Long Deep Breathing and then back to seated.
ALL AND EVERYTHING MEDITATION: 11:00
you start seated and twist from the torso side to side with your arms freely following. Then you sit and inhale thinking “sat nam”(means truth within you or my name is truth) 16 times and exhale thinking “wha hay guru”(means ecstasy beyond words) 16 times breathing long and light through the nose.
ELIMINATE STRESS AND SELF-BLESS: 9 minutes 20 seconds
for women you raise your left hand, thumb and ring fingertip meeting. Your right hand is in your lap thumb and little fingertip meeting. For men you reverse this(raise right hand; left hand in lap.) And you breath long and light through your nose.
MEDITATION FOR TRANQUILITY: 8 min.
your thumbs are fingerprint to fingerprint facing sternum. Your middle fingers are also meeting fingerprint to fingerprint pointing straight ahead. Your index fingers are knuckle to knuckle folded. Then you inhale holding your breath thinking “sat nam” in a rhythm they do as a voice over. And you exhale doing the same. (This was a meditation taught by Buddha that they shared in one of their newsletters…it’s great to have it demonstrated).
REWRITE THE BOOK OF YOUR LIFE: 11:00 min.
you have your hands at sternum level 6 inches in front of your body, right hand over left, palms facing up. Then you inhale and visualize blue light around hands thinking “har har wha hay guru”. You hold your breath as long as you can and after exhaling you hold your breath out as long as you can.
MEDITATION FOR TOTAL REGENERATION: 5 minutes 30 seconds
in this one you inhale and exhale through puckered lips while mentally repeating “sa ta na ma” while touching each finger to your thumb with each syllable.
DEEP MEDITATION INTO STILLNESS: 10 minutes 25 seconds
your hands are in your lap and you envision hearing “wha hay guru” above your head. There is a song playing during this meditation of “wha hay guru”….amazing song!
Then there is a GUIDED RELAXATION for 5 mins. 38 seconds. And a BEAUTIFUL HEALING MANTRA CHANT(Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung) for 6 mins. 40 seconds. Then of course the CLOSING PRAYER.
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