KUNDALINI

Our primary practice is called Kundalini Yoga, one of the most subtle and demanding of all yogic disciplines. The goal of yoga is the awakening of man's inner spirit and the realization of one's potential as a human and a spiritual being. The attainment of this goal is viewed as a lifetime's effort, to be worked at on a day to day basis with a deepening sense of dedication, discipline, and purpose. Growing up, in the physical and metaphysical sense, is the continuing process and motivation of our practice. Limitations to growth, whether emotional, mental, physical, or psychological, are viewed simply as obstacles to be overcome. Through conscious effort and demanding spiritual work students learn to transcend their individual limitations and to graciously accept the rigors of continual change that profound growth and evolvement bring about.

The practice of Kundalini Yoga is not new. It is the method of meditation of the siddhas, or perfected beings, and is derived from the teachings of the great Shaiivite philosophers and sages of Kashmir, in the north of India. Kundalini Yoga was first expounded in the Malini Vijrya Tantra and the Vijnana Vbhairrava, scriptural texts that are over 4000 years old. Next, it was taught in the numerous Yoga Upanishads. It progressed from a mostly oral to a fully written tradition in the 10th century when the Shiva Sutras were first revealed to Abina vas Gupta.

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