Kundalini Yoga Meditation for bad habits

Yogi Bhajan shared so many Kundalini Yoga techniques with us. One of them is this Kriya for Addictions: After tuning in with ONG NAMO GURU DEV NAMO, sit in a comfortable position with a straight spine, place your thumbs on your temples. Gently connect your back molars. Alter the pressure in a manner that you feel a muscle move underneath your thumbs. Proceed in the rhythm of silent, internal SA TA NA MA (meaning birth, life, death, rebirth).

Much has been written about this kriya. The pressure on the molars need not be heavy or intense.. Delicate crowns do not exclude or excuse us from working on counterproductive habits.. :-) This kriya creates a sense of stillness in your mind that gives you a chance to be you and not under the eternal pressure of habits. 5 minutes is a good start-up time.. In time, give yourself the gift of 11 minutes. Practice for 40 days and witness changes.. You may find yourself naturally going off some uncomfortable habits that seemed cast in stone..

With fond regards, Pritam Hari Kaur – currently at a KRI Level II Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Espanola! Yipee

Here’s the exerience of a yoga practitioner with this meditation:
My 90 day meditation to overcome the addiction to smoking
This journey has been an interesting one because I have seen the three faces of mind so clearly- positive, negative and neutral. I am amazed at how strong the negative mind is- all those little, persistent thoughts giving me a thousand reasons why I should not give up smoking. What reinforced these thoughts was my previous lack of success at chucking the habit. I realized that these thoughts were my “default’ setting – they were automatic and subconscious. I really tried to shift gear to my positive mind but the thoughts that entered sounded false and full of platitudes. It was only when (with a lot of effort, I might add) I was able to enter a state of shuniya that I stopped the internal fighting and came to a place of acceptance.
This is the first time in all the times that I have tried to quit the habit that I have not felt physical craving. If there is a hint of it I do a breath by curling up my tongue and sipping in prana. The sweet taste of prana does the trick.
I still however have a serious problem when it comes to socializing with other smokers. I have given in quite often but instead of berating myself I take the viewpoint that I have succumbed but that does not make me a bad person. In the past when I have done this I sort of thing I have given up my effort and resumed smoking with gusto. Now I find myself not walking the same route so I have broken a major psychological barrier here. In the long gone days when I used to diet, I had the same behavioural pattern- once the diet was broken (even a teensy weensy bit) it was a signal for me to throw the entire endeavour into the trash can. I am grateful for this new development.
What really interested me was the physical challenge of keeping my arms up. Some days it was a breeze but on others I felt that my arms would collapse into a million little pieces. My endurance seems to be to holding the posture for 9 minutes. After that I peek at the watch continuously.
My 90 days are now up but I am making every effort to make this meditation as part of sadhana.

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