I find the subjects discussed really resonate with me and I appreciate that this wisdom is it for everyone. A large part of this Western type of KY still includes Sikh meditations & mantras however, and I have so wanted a new way to understand this sacred tradition totally apart from YB’s influence. Several years gone by now, I’ve come back to this practice since there are now teachers offering guidance in this practice without YB’s influence. I was totally disillusioned and dropped the practice. Long story short, I found out about the controversy surrounding Yogi Bhajan (YB) who brought KY to the West, combining his own Sikh background with yoga. 1500AD, is the opening chapter of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, a sacred scripture and songbook of Divine Love and human. I specifically like the spiritual aspect to this yoga practice. I had several profound spiritual experiences, and decided to look further into it. Excerpted from the book Guru Nanak’s Call of the Soul: Japji Sahib: In the 18th pauree, Guru Nanak continues to describe the vastness of the universe and how countless are those who inhabit it.
I was initially drawn to kundalini yoga (KY) (in the U.S.) by simply “trying out” a new form of yoga I’d heard about. The Eighteenth Pauree fights madness, deep feelings of inferiority, and self-destructive behavior. Helpful guide in understand in Sikhism w/in Western Kundalini Yoga movement
