The Kriya Yoga Podcast

Qualities of a Kriya Yoga Disciple - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 39

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we explore the qualities required for discipleship on the Kriya Yoga path.
Are you interested in finding a Kriya Guru or mentor? Are you aiming to make the most out of a relationship with a spiritual guide or master? The qualities discussed in this episode are not exhaustive, but provide an accurate frame of reference to benefit from a guru-disciple relationship.
This episode is an excerpt from a class given during the 2020 Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Year-End Retreat.
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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Finding Truth Through Kriya Yoga Meditation - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 38

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we explore the work of Kriya Yoga, and how one can find or arrive at an understanding of Truth through the practice.
This episode is an excerpt from a class given during the 2020 Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Year-End Retreat.
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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The First Five Years - The Kriya yoga Podcast Episode 37

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please welcome Pascale Chambers. She is a Kriya Yoga Meditation teacher, and student of Roy Eugene Davis. Pascale is also a volunteer at Center for Spiritual Awareness, a Kriya Yoga Retreat Center in Lakemont, GA.  Pascale shares with us many of her experiences and realizations during the first five years of her time as a Kriya Yoga Meditation practitioner.
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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The Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 36

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, I am joined by Stuthi Ja, a Kriya Yoga student in the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program. This is part 2 of 2.  Together we explore the following questions:
Should there be structure to the approach of practicing Kriya Yoga?
Why is the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program structured the way it is?
Did you have disagreements or misunderstandings with your Guru – Spiritual Teacher?
What are the qualities required of a student of Kriya Yoga?
What is the vision or mission of the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program?
Is your approach to teaching Kriya Yoga different than your Guru’s?
What are the qualities of a good effective Kriya Yoga teacher?
 
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The First 3 Sutras of Patanjali - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 35

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we will explore the first three sutras from Patanjali's text on Yoga. These initial threads of wisdom serve as an entry point into the essence of why and how we practice Yogic meditation.
This talk was recorded live in September 2020 for our Patreon members.
 
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
 
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Meditation is not an Escape Plan from Life - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 34

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we will explore meditation and escapism. Meditation is often sought out as a path to escape the pains of life. However, meditation is a training tool to more fully embrace life, albeit without attachment.
 
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
 
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Mahāmrityunjaya Mantra

This chant, Mahāmrityunjaya Mantra, महामृत्युंजय मंत्र or महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र, also known as the Rudra Mantra or Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse (sūkta) of the Rigveda (RV 7.59.12). The sūkta is addressed to Tryambaka, "The Three-eyed One", an epithet of Rudra who is identified with Shiva in Shaivism. The verse also recurs in the Yajurveda (TS 1.8.6.i; VS 3.60).
One of my favorite mantras to chant, this is often misunderstood to be a mantra for physical immortality.  It is in essence a mantra for the realization of what actually IS immortal, and how you are that beyond name and form.
Due to the support of our Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Students and our Kriya Yoga Patreon Community, I've been able to spend some time recording this sacred music.
It is my intention that you will be able to listen and chant along with this music before your own meditation practices, to help you move more fully into the process. This chant can also be played at the beginning of each day, to remember what is true.
 
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Atheism, Activism and Self-Realization - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 33

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we dig into the spiritual topics of atheism, activism and Self-realization. This is part 1 of 2. I am joined by Stuthi Ja, a Kriya Yoga student in the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program, and together we explore the following questions:
Does it matter that atheists don’t believe in God?
How does the path of Yoga support the work of being an activist?
What is Self-realization?
What is it like to experience Self-realization for the first time?
How common are enlightenment experiences?
How do near death experiences relate to yoga practice?
How do death and yoga practice relate?
Can you induce a near death experience?
How can you be in a relationship and in love without attachment?
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Staying Centered in a World of Uncertainty - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 32

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, Craig Bullock and I discuss how to stay centered in an uncertain and changing world.
Craig Bullock (Isha Das) is an accomplished teacher, writer, lecturer, practicing psychotherapist, and spiritual director of The Assisi Institute in Rochester, New York. A former pastoral administrator at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Rochester, Isha Das earned graduate degrees in Religious Studies from the University of Notre Dame and Clinical Psychology from the University of Duquesne. His education includes extensive study in psychology, spirituality, mysticism, world religions, and yoga. He counts Richard Rohr among his life-long friends and mentors. Isha Das was made a minister and official Kriya Yoga teacher by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda. His latest book is Open Wider The Door: The Integration of Kriya Yoga And Mystical Christianity.
https://assisi-institute.org/
 
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
 
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What is the Value of Sattvic Living - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 31

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we will explore the value of Sattvic living. This interview was originally recorded as part of an online Q&A session for an "Introduction to Kriya Yoga Course" offered through Patreon.
 
Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda.
 
For more information about this work please visit:
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline