The Kriya Yoga
July 30th, 2010 -- Posted in Healthy Activities, Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Tips | No Comments »
The kriya yoga is a set of techniques for meditation, which include pranayama (yogic breathing). According to Mahavatar Babaji, his first diffuser, kriya yoga is similar to raja yoga. The Kriya Yoga is described by its practitioners as an ancient system of yoga revived in 1861 by Mahavatar Babaji through his disciple Lahiri Mahasaya. The system consists of a series of techniques of pranayama designed to rapidly accelerate spiritual development and create a deep state of peace and union with God. Yogananda says in his books that to achieve and experience the state of samadhi you need the absolute cessation of all movement and activity of the body, stopping the breathing, brain activity, and metabolism.