The Kriya Yoga Podcast

TKYP99 - Dogma, Avatars, Kriya Initiation and Resilience

This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 32 of The Western Yoga Podcast. The Western Yoga Podcast is hosted by Christopher Sartain.  Christopher is a fellow student of Roy Eugene Davis, author and Kriya Yoga teacher. Christopher asked me some thought provoking questions.  Some of his questions caught me off-guard, but all of them seemed to encourage a greater sense of discernment for those seeking to learn and practice Kriya Yoga.  I am happy to have had the opportunity to speak with Chris and to be able to rebroadcast this podcast for you.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP98 - Transcending Sleep Through Kriya Yoga

Here we discuss the real meaning of Yogic Sleep. Ryan reviews the stages of consciousness from Jagrat, Svapna, to Sushupti and how the practice of proper meditation and Kriya Yoga provides the capacity to navigate the deepest levels of our being.  The inspiration for this discussion is based on the appropriate sutras from chapter 1 of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. 
In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our monthly Kriya Yoga Sunday Service offered to Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Members and Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Students.  If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP97 - Kriya Yoga and Ayurveda

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a discussion with Vedic Astrologer and Ayurveda Doctor Ryan Strong. Mr. Strong and I discuss the value of Ayurveda as a profound support for Kriya Meditation practice.
Ryan Phillip Strong is an experienced natural health practitioner, herbalist and educator. Ryan is an Ayurvedic Doctor, a Professional Member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, he is a certified Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist;  a Vedic Astrologer, and is a Spiritual Teacher in the Kriya Yoga Lineage.
Ryan spent 19 years studying Kriya Yoga in discipleship training under his Guru Mr. Roy Eugene Davis (a direct disciple of Parmahansa Yogananda). Ryan was ordained by Mr. Roy Eugene Davis in May of 2011 to continue the Kriya Yoga tradition.
Ryan runs The Center for Ayurvedic and Yogic Healing in Sacramento, California. He works with students and clients around the world. Ryan is also on faculty and teaches clinical Ayurveda for The California College of Ayurveda.
https://www.stronghealthcenter.org/ 
If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read Ryan Kurczak's new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP96 - The Ebb and Flow of Spiritual Practice

Here we discuss the power of intensity in spiritual practice and the real definition of discipline. We review the balance between spiritual activity and rest for optimal results on the Self-realization path.
In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our new Introduction to Kriya Yoga Course.  This course is currently being posted monthly for Kriya Yoga Online Patreon members and will be released to the public as a 12 part course late winter of 2024  If you would like to participate in future classes consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP95 - Healing Blockages of the Heart Chakra

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our 2022 End of Year Kriya Yoga Retreat.  If you would like to participate in future retreats consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.
Here we discuss the question, "For 6 years, I have had a blockage in my heart chakra. Are there any techniques or advice on healing my heart chakra?"
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP94 - What is My Dharma?

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our 2022 End of Year Kriya Yoga Retreat.  If you would like to participate in future retreats consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program.
Here we discuss the question, "Is our dharma Self-realization, or is our dharma what we do after Self-realization?"
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP93 - Experiencing Supreme Consciousness Through Kriya Yoga

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our January 2023 Kriya Yoga Sunday Service for Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Members.
Here we discuss a verse from the Bhagavad Gita which focuses on how to experience Supreme Consciousness.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP92 - Kriya Yoga Teacher/Guru Roy Eugene Davis

Roy Eugene Davis was a Kriya Yoga Guru/Teacher in the lineage of teachers, Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda. Mr. Davis, was initiated by Yogananda and ordained by Yogananda to teach Kriya Yoga. He was one of the youngest student's of Yogananda to be ordained.
I met Mr. Davis in the late summer of 2000, and was fortunate to have had 18 years to learn Kriya Yoga from him. In this episode, we consider Roy Eugene Davis' life and what I learned from him as a student in the Kriya Yoga Tradition.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline
Make your spiritual practice your highest priority.  Don’t make excuses.
Focus on essentials, don’t be distracted by too many things.
Be as mentally, emotionally, and spiritually mature as possible.
Take care of your body and manage your resources well.
Never affirm anything you don’t want to be true for yourself.
Meditate well, alertly and effectively.
Be conscious of the people you surround yourself with.
Expand your mind and consciousness – read more, keep learning, rise above provincial or small minded states.
Always have your highest aims in mind.
Be a possibility thinker.
Remember what is real, and always focus on that.

TKYP91 - The Best Supports for Kriya Yoga Meditation

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our September 2022 Kriya Yoga Retreat for Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Students.
Here we discuss the best actions you can take to make the most of your Kriya Yoga meditation practice.  How you relate to your moods and thoughts, the foods you eat, and even the nature of your sleep contributes to success on the spiritual path. When all of your supports are aligned it becomes almost effortless to direct attention within to one's spiritual reality.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline

TKYP90 - The Kriya Yoga Process

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, please enjoy a recording from our September 2022 Kriya Yoga Retreat for Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Students.
Here we discuss the process of Kriya Yoga. We discuss how spiritual practice transforms our perceptions and understanding, so that we can recognize the truth of Spirit. All of this takes time and openness to the inner growth process that Kriya Yoga supports.
For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. 
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:
A community of Kriya Yoga practitioners engaged in supporting this work.
https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga
Blog posts, books and information on the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Course.
https://kriyayogaonline.com/
A Year Long Kriya Yoga Introduction Course
Kriya Yoga Online Ashram (teachable.com)
Hundreds of hours of videos related to Kriya Yoga and spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KriyaYogaOnline