Nithya Kriyas🔗

Nithya Kriyas are a series of yogic healing processes re-vealed by Paramahamsa Nithyananda (www.nithyanan-da.org/nithya-kriyas) with the aim of curing and pro-viding preventive care for various physical and mental ailments. Cure and (preventive) Care Nithya Kriyas work respectively for each condition or disorder. Even though desired result might be experienced within a few days of practicing, all Nithya Kriyas are to be practiced for 21 days consecutive. They are unique in that, while the knowledge and techniques are drawn from the most au-thentic and sacred yogic scriptures of India, the specific combinations are expressed from the personal experi-ences of Nithyananda, from his personal research, devel-opment, and training under powerful yogis and gurus.

Difficult to find in modern yogic textbooks, the Nithya Kri-yas preserve and deliver the original yogic practices which are born out of millennia of research and development and are the contribution of innumerable enlightened yo-gis who have dedicated their lives to enriching the world with this science. According to the teaching methods laid out by legendary yogis like Gorakhnath and Matsy-endranath, the individual asanas and pranayama tech-niques are sacred and must not be tampered with, and the combinations of techniques required to produce the desired effect are to be received by the learner from his personal guru (Hatha Yoga Pradipika). True to Vedic cul-ture, these fathers of modern yoga have left the door wide open for the continuous updating of this ancient science.

SELF-HEALING

The constant flow of energy happens continuously in your body through the 72,000 subtle energy channels called na-dis, making up the energy circuit of the body. This circuit is governed by the kundalini energy. Kundalini energy is the immense potential energy present in each of us that acts like a water pump and helps complete this energy circuit.

Kundalini can be thought of as every individual's ho-tline to the infinite cosmic energy source. Once awak-ened by appropriate yogic practices and the guid-ance and grace of the guru, Kundalini showers a host of blessings on the practitioner, including a big boost in energy levels, physical well-being, the fall-ing away of negative mental patterns, true inner fulfill-ment, and a deep connection to the universal Source.

If there is a disturbance in the energy flow in some part of the body, there is impedance to the energy flow to the rest of the body, resulting in the onset of diseas-es, disorders, and disturbances in the affected organs.

Nithya Kriyas are powerful tools which help remove these energy blockages restoring the life energy flow. When the body is aligned in certain postures during the kri-yas, the energy block is removed and the "wiring" of the circuit or the "plumbing" is re-aligned. Once the block is removed, kundalini energy gets pumped into the cir-cuit during the kumbhaka part of the pranayama. When energy flow is re-established, the disease or disturbance is healed. It is like a plumbing system. It is like the drain pipe where the water once again gushes forth merrily when the blockage or disturbance in the pipe is removed.

These kriyas are not just ordinary asanas. Kumbha-ka, pranayama. It is like different chemicals. Separate-ly, they may take ten years to cure a disease or dis-turbance. Mixed properly in certain combinations, they remove the disease in a short amount of time.

Nithya Kriyas involve the combination of these compo-nents: Yoga asanas, Kumbhaka, Pranayamas, Visualization

External verbalization - extenal sound you are hearing or chanting.

Internal verbalization - internally hearing of sound or mantra.

The healing achieved by Nithya Kriyas is permanent as it works on the cellular bio-memory level. It generates natural steroids and therefore has no negative side effects. Besides healing, the Nithya Kriyas have a powerful permanent effect on brain functioning, both on the mechanical and non-me-chanical parts of the brain. The mechanical parts of the brain constitute a relatively small percentage of the brain and are responsible for our day to day bodily functions like digestion, respiration, walking, sitting, etc. The kumbhak-as also awaken the non-mechanical, untapped parts of the brain that are responsible for the manifestation of many extraordinary extrasensory powers. The body naturally experiences the peak conscious coherence, joy and bliss.

SCRIPTURAL ROOTS OF NITHYA YOGA

Nithya Kriya is soundly anchored in the sacred yoga scrip-tures, including the legendary Patanjali Yoga Sutras, as well as the three classic texts that form the base of yoga - Hatha Yoga Pradipika, GherandaSamhita and Shiva Samhita.

PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS

The Patanjali Yoga Sutras is the foundational text of yoga, written by the father of yoga, the enlightened sage Pa-tanjali. This esoteric yet highly practical text is based on Sankhya Yoga. It is said to date back to the 2nd cen-tury BC, although it is believed to be far more ancient. Patanjali Yoga Sutras emphasize the value of yoga as a lifestyle through ashtanga yoga (8-limbed yoga).

HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA

This is a classic 15th century Sanskrit Hatha Yoga text, writ-ten by Swami Svatmarama, a disciple of Swami Gorakhnath. The book is dedicated to Adinatha or Lord Shiva, who is said to have revealed the secrets of Hatha Yoga to his divine consort Devi Parvati. Hatha Yoga Pradipika contains four major upadesha as (teachings), which reveal the correct un-derstanding and practice of asanas, pranayama, chakras, bandhas, kriyas, shakti, nadis, mudras and kundalini.

GHERANDA SAMHITA

This is also a classic Sanskrit Hatha Yoga text. It is a prac-tical yoga manual said to have been taught by the sage Gheranda to ChandaKapali. GherandaSamhita text has 7 chapters. It advocates a sevenfold yoga - shat-karma, asana, pranayama, mudra ,pratyahara, dhya-na, and samadhi with a chapter dealing with each one.

SHIVA SAMHITA

This is a classic Sanskrit text where Lord Shiva address-es Parvati his consort. There are 5 chapters which deal with yogic philosophy, techniques for liberation, kund-alini, pranayama, asanas, mudras, bandhas, and med-itation, and the role of a guru. The book mentions 84 beneficial asanas but describes only four of them.

The other texts that Nithya Kriya draws from in-clude the Kumbhaka Paddhati of Raghuvira, Trisikh-ibrahmanopanishad, Yogakundalay Upanishad, Yoga Chudamani Upanishad and Yoga Taravali, JogaPradipika, Yogasana Mala Sachitra, among others.