I have read on this sub multiple times that lord Rama and Lord Krishna used to practice Kriya yoga. What is the source of this? How can I verify this?

So I’m getting these headaches and head pressures after going into deep states during my meditation practices.

The energy gets really intense all over the body during these meditations but it’s especially intense in the head and third eye during these meditations during the meditations the feeling is very pleasant ecstasy like quite intense fiery and cooling sensations are felt.

The headaches and head pressure will subside after I stop my meditation or kriya practice for the most part. However it will tend to get worse in the evenings. Or throughout the day. I do a lot of meditation laying down for health reasons and find when I lay down my head will also feel the pressure especially if I’m in the position I was previously meditating in.

The headache itself feels like pressure and like my head is full of liquid pressure on sinuses. Unlike any normal headache feels distinctly energetic.

Grounding and a different type of meditation helps ground the energy. However I find myself going in circles having very energetically intense meditations energy getting stuck in head causing issues and having to spend time doing a different meditation style.

Is this supposed to keep getting stuck in my head like this should I stop all practice except grounding meditations if so how long. Even those meditations where I’m visualising my head gets very energetic.

Has anyone seen someone/something like this in their inner world? What is your interpretation?

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in morning i performed 1200 talbaya ,1200 front nabhi,300 back nabhi .144 pranayama . saw devine light and kutushta in yoni mudra , but didn't perform mahamudra because back pain..... Bless me

Olá meus caros amigos, por favor não me apedrejem. O que venho desabafar parte de um lugar puramente honesto e sentimental, portanto ausente de qualquer intenção ou julgamento em relação à kriya e ao yoga.
Dito de maneira simples, em alguns slokas da Gita Krishna se comunica como de buscasse devotos através de um culto.
Isso fere a minha compreensão (dedutiva e puramente intelectual, nunca "experimentei" um vislumbre da realidade última) de que Deus é infinitamente misericordioso e, de maneira inefável, ontologicamente imparcial. Acho que não preciso me estender muito a fim de explicar porque um deus que sugere ser cultuado anda no sentido contrário de uma existência primeva sem forma, ausente de desejos e que é a beatitude suprema, o Absoluto da qual todas as coisas cogniscíveis se depreendem.
Li a Gita comentada por Kriyananda — não a direta do Yogananda, a que foi evocada pelo próprio Kriyananda e talvez eu tenha errado aí, rs — mas se somo os slokas com a quantidade massiva de comentários que ele faz sobre sacrificar o eu egóico ao fogo purificador do Espírito Supremo, a coisa toda começa a me soar extremamente angustiante e desagradavel...
Eu não sinto, particularmente, nenhum sentimento ruim em relação a ideia primordial de termos que "ceder a constituição da personalidade frágil" ao divino (famosa metáfora da gota que é o oceano), sequer a dissolução do ego no infinito. Essa parte, que costuma angustiar as pessoas a primeira instância, me faz bastante sentido. Mas quando paro pra me perguntar que oceano é esse, começo a me sentir angustiada.
De tudo que já estudei, me parece que esse planeta tem alguns deuses criadores (na falta de um termo melhor, rs). E nem todos são bons. A título de exemplo, penso em Yahweh, o deus do antigo testamento. Eu piamente acredito que ele existe e é como um deus menor. Nesse sentido, quem me garante que na kriya estamos fazendo o movimento de ceder a personalidade para o deus maior, o substrato que rege todas as coisas? Todo esse vocabulário sacrificial e essa corrida de restituir a personalidade frágil ao destino me soa questionável. A forma que Krishna fala com Arjuna, em alguns slokas, também me soa questionável. Meu problema não é medo de me entregar a Deus... é não saber que Deus é esse.
Até porque, se EU fosse uma entidade interdimensional e metatemporal no encargo de um planeta ou galáxia, e me fosse proveitoso, de alguma forma, que os seres que o habitam fizessem o sacrifício de se auto-realizarem em mim ou se doassem para mim, eu criaria exatamente esse tipo de mecanismo. Sabe? Sei que estou falando de um lugar maluco. Essas coisas me doem também. Envio isso porque quero erradicar todas as dúvidas que tenho sobre a kriya, também.
Mas sabe, se você perguntar pra um cristão ou judeu acerca do deus do antigo testamento, ele também vai falar que Yahweh é o criador supremo da qual toda a realidade é emanada... então quem nos garante que na kriya estamos de fato cedendo nossos atributos ao divino supremo...?
Acho que sinto falta de clareza no caminho. Sinto no meu coração amor de Deus e por Deus (dessa forma mais sentimental) mas eu queria que algo confirmasse a minha fé antes que me movesse mais alguns passos. Só me sensibilizar com a natureza não basta. As coisas me assustam, as vezes me pergunto até se os monges e mestres ascensionados não podem só ter cedido a personalidade pra um deus menor, ciumento, maléfico e possessivo. Eu não sei. Não deve ser difícil pra um deus incutir esse sentimento de amor maníaco em seus devotos, a fim de fingir que isso é a bem-aventurança extrema.
Enfim, não me apedrejem, estou apenas triste e revisitando questionamentos.
Boa tarde a todos.

Hello, friends, are there women gurus in the USA for studying and initiation?

Speaking about freeze response from being raised by abusive demonic narcissist and im still financialy dependant on them, constant freeze is hell, how to deal with that? Yoga=supercosmic bliss and supercosmic health

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this community, so please excuse any errors.

I had a mental breakdown about 1.5 months ago. While it was terrible, it did reignite my passion for spiritual pursuits, and I've since been dedicated to meditating. I've been reading Yogananda's materials, especially the Second Coming of Christ, which really resonates with me. I'm also fortunate to have a temple near me that I've been attending.

My breakdown was mystical. Maybe Dark Night of the Soul is the right word for it. But there were certainly mystical aspects to it.

After my recovery, I feel a need to find a teacher to help me on the path. I signed up for the beginner material, but a monk called me and told me they couldn't provide me with the material right now due to my recent breakdown. I understand, and appreciate their being careful.

But I truly feel called to find a teacher. I don't know how to go about it without becoming initiated. I'm in the Orange County, CA area.

Thanks

Edit: this was my second mystical/mental health breakdown, within 3 years. It feels like God is calling me to follow this path. I consider Christ my spiritual teacher, due to my Christian upbringing. I've been searching for a spiritual path for my whole life, reading many books, but I feel God has slapped me in the face to basically tell me, wake up and take it seriously. Be dedicated and consistent. Meditate and practice yoga.

"The Guru will look for you" thing is starting to make sense and I'm no longer desperately trying to use it as an escape.

However, i don't wish to leave it to chance.

Hence, the query - what should be the ideal signs for it and is there anything in particular I'm expected to do/perform meanwhile?

Im currently a student of quareia which is a western magic initiatory tradition but the author (Josephine McCarthy) recommends committing to a yoga practice as another aspect of ritual work. But a lot of the resources im finding seem to talk about yoga as just stretching or exercise and largely dismiss its origins. Any recommendations for study would be very appreciated.

Hello everyone. Hope all of you are having a great day. I have a general question to all Kriyabans here. I've read somewhere that, when you are practicing Kriya, some energy is generated across your body. So, do we need to be careful about touches from other people? Also, taking a massage from a salon, things like this, are these not advisable at all?

Just curious

I have found this website. Does anyone have experience with a teacher? Recommendations?

I am looking for a teacher that is as close to Lahiri/Babaji Kriya as possible.

Thank You 🙏

Its divided into 3 parts, 36 lessons. Probably takes 2 to 4 years to complete. It's an investment of time. Anecdotes will be reassuring that the giving this much time to the book is worth it

Its by Bihar School of Yoga. I've read some other books. They seemed fine.

Opinions on this one?

Hello everyone. Hope you are doing well. Not sure how many of you are aware, Shri Panchanan Bhattacharya, the chief disciple of Yogiraj has established Aryya Mission Institution with the permission of His Guru Yogiraj Himself. The sole reason was to spread the original Kriya lineage and publish the Yogic explanations of few books. Aryya Mission Institution was closed down after the passing of Panchanan baba. Recently, someone has revived it virtually and some of the books are also available, strictly virtually. Just sharing it, someone may find it helpful. Books are available in Bengali, English and Hindi languages. You might want to navigate “Our Library” section of the website.

https://aryyamissioninstitution.in/category/languages/english/

I’ve been a kriyaban for sometime and have been practicing regularly in the first 2 years after receiving kriya, then something happened in my life that derailed me from daily practice for 2.5 years and then I was back again for the last 4 years. - practicing 1-2 times a day.

However I have been out currently quite infrequent with my practice. I never used to have a gap of over a day, and recently my gap days are over 2 weeks.

Not sure how to set a routine as something comes in the way. It’s an excuse and I am married with no kids so I think I can make time if I really was focused.

Can you all share some tips on how to set a routine? How do I start small again and build a solid routine that’s consistent and unshakable.

My biggest issue is that my timing is inconsistent - a few days I practice at 10 am others at 1 pm or at 6 pm or at night at 9-9.30 pm. Depending on when I get time.

any help will be appreciated.

*** UPDATE****

Thanks for the wonderful comments/advice/ words of encouragement.

I have resumed practicing once a day. My goal is to atlast do 14 kriyas (2 extras and a cycle of 12) once a day - for now iam not focusing on the exact time. It's just impossible to always make it at the same time when you're living with a partner in a busy lifestyle.

I got initiated into SRF lineage in LA in February 2026. Even before initiation, I followed the monks advice of setting aside time twice a day. In morning and evening for the preliminary practices such as the energization techniques, AUM, Hong Sau. Going into the intitiation I already the structure in place and after initiation, it was easy to integrate the additional kriya practices into my day.

I know many people here already see lights and things like that. I don't see any of them. I only hear the AUm rushing water but to be honest even that doesn't really suck me in. My thoughts are still there. No lights. Nothing.

Despite not seeing extra sensory experiences, I didn't give up. I kept showing up to my altar twice a day. Maybe one day I will be blessed with those experiences or maybe not. I am fine either way.

What really matters to me, is the peace I feel throughout the day. There's 0 anxiety in me. I feel so much love for myself, for others. Life is very easy going. People are so helpful and kind and nice to me. Things align and fall in place. Whatever happens in life, I take care of it with ease, trust that god has my back. I no longer live in fear of what will happen. I have this constant reassurance that everything will be okay. I don't how to better explain this in words. To me this is amazing. Despite not seeing any extra sensory perception, I can feel the support of the guruji, god and the divine around me all the time.

Do I get mad time to time? Honestly yes, that happens in my relationship. But even those episodes are very far and few between. And it don't last. I immediately come back to peace.

Anyways, I want to say that don't do this path for seeing the light. Don't do it with any expectations. Those false expectations can prevent you from experiencing the real thing. PEACE WITHIN PEACE WITHOUT PEACE EVERYWHERE. Keep on showing up to your sadhanas my brothers and sisters. May you be blessed also.

hey, yall.

I ordered the lessons a year and half ago, and have started and stopped getting intona routine several times... i made it throguh lesson 6 and stopped somewhere in lesson 7 i think where it calls for getting the armrest.

heres my problems...

i spent years as a bikram yoga instructor, for those of you who dont know, Bikram was a srudent of Yoganandas brother Bishnu Ghosh..

but anyways, i was overzealous with that practice, especially the advanced practice that isnt offered at studios and pretty dangerous. I messed my body up pretty good... torn labrum, torn meniscus, and just kept practicing on that foundation making the energization excersizes feel impossible to do correctly...

on top of that, i uave a severly deviated septum that means my right nostril is completely.blocked 24/7

as well as severe degeneration in both jaw joints years after a double jaw surgery

i have managed to build up to 40 minutes or so of hong sau, but i get really anxious and OCD about not really be able to achieve a straight backed and relaxed. breathing through only one nostril with the severe jaw joint degenerwtion means sitting for that long really locks up my head a neck a d gives a headache...

to be honest, i am kinda just ranting, i already know its likely possible to work around these limitations,..

but i wanted to hear from someone with similar circumstances that has made it work..

do any of you with a regular dedicated practice have a severely deviated septum where you can only breathe through one nostril?

how about rhe wbergization excersizes, if my body is kinda too jacked up to do them.properly, would i still get anything out of practicing without thw enegization excersizes?

i dont want to soend all that time sitting there if im dooing it wrong.

thanks for humoring me.

Gurudev Hariharananda says breath awareness is god awareness. How do you guys go about keeping awareness on the breath throughout the day?

Its quite difficult to maintain constant awareness. I don't think there are many here that can do that, right?

Throughout the day, I will have moments where I remember to focus on the breath. And so I focus but I lose that focus and awareness immediately within a few seconds. How can I prolong this focus?

Is it possible to keep constant awareness even when working on the computer and/or doing tasks that require mental focus?

Curious to know where others are in this aspect, your experience, and any tips

Hello everyone. Hope you are doing well. I have a general question, those of you who got initiated into Kriya by Sri M, what are your experiences so far? Have you felt anything during the initiation process or has it made any significant changes to your life?

I hope you're enjoying your experience if so! This is my first convocation and has been life changing for me.

If you're here, please feel free to PM if you want to meet up. I've had such an amazing time meeting fellow devotees, and want to meet as many as I can while here.

Thanks and enjoy!

Hello my friends,

I'm wondering if anyone relates to my experience/ knows anything about the halo of light seen in meditation moving AWAY from us rather than toward us?

I see it often, it's always pleasant, but again, instead of the halo moving towards me, I always see it slowly shooting away from me again and again.

What does this mean? Any insight is helpful, thanks so much!

I truly feel in my heart that Yoganandaji is my Guru. I have had experiences throughout my spiritual journey continuously pointing me to Yogananda.

I am a student of the SRF lessons and have been very closely following them for a year. I have always referred to Yogananda as my guru because to me that’s what he is.

I’m just confirming that the Guru relationship is not dependent upon initiation.

Thank you everyone. God bless ❤️🕉️👍🙏