The 8 Limbs of Yoga: Awaken Kundalini with Ashtanga Yoga

The 8 Limbs of Yoga is a philosophy and technique that guides us to cleanse our Pancha Koshas and 3 Bodies: Gross (physical), Subtle (mental), Casual (Spiritual) in order to reach the highest state of consciousness.

The 8 Limbs meditation, teaches us to use our wisdom to control and balance our senses, ego, and emotions.

These 5 bodily energies (Koshas) combine to create an electric magnetic field or Aura.

Ashtanga Yoga begins with external Observation; teaches to cultivate awareness on actions and thoughts that effect the outside world.

Furthermore, our thoughts, Actions, and intentions create certain vibrations effecting our aura and others around you.

The purpose of 5 Vows is to cleanse ourselves from karmas and allow our spirit to meet higher consciousness.

Internal Observation teaches to cultivate awareness of our internal world.

To detach from emotions, memories, and day-dreaming by accepting the reality as it is now.

The 2 Pillars: Yama & Ni-Yama

First, being born on Earth we are subject to the 3 Modes of Nature: Mode of Goodness, Passion, and Ignorance.

Furthermore, it’s impossible not to be influenced by these Modes of Nature (Sattva, Raja, and Tamas)

Second, these 2 Pillars are where majority of our daily energy is spent and where Karmas and suffering are created.

Keep in mind: We have no control in the past or future. Our only power is in the now!

Yama & Ni-Yama teach 2 things:

1. Cultivate Awareness – Build awareness of your actions, thoughts, and habits in order to cleanse yourself from negative emotions and patterns.

2. Detachment – use Wisdom to detach from emotions, ideas, and material possessions to make better decisions by remaining equanimity.

This is achieved by not suppressing or distracting yourself nor reacting to these attachments.

Simply remain in the middle ground and observe the reality as it is.

How to Cleanse the 2 Pillars

To begin, many religions and meditation gurus tell you to practice similar principles but, they only teach surface level solutions.

What is never taught is how to cleanse the negatives at the deeper roots.

Furthermore, Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga teaches us this but, it is difficult to grasp the concept of detachment as well as to clear our social bodies from negative patterns.

Recently, I discovered the missing link to actually cleanse the 2 Pillars: Yama and Ni-Yama.

This practical technique will dive deep into your subconscious mind and rip these negative patterns and impurities from the roots.

This practice is called Vipassana and was taught by and rediscovered by The Buddha himself more than 2,500 years ago.

If you are interested in cleansing these 2 pillars, best way to learn is to book a free 10 day Silent Vipassana Course at Dhamma.org at a location near you.

If you try to Awaken Kundalini before cleansing Yama & Ni-Yama, it can create mental illness or a spiritual ego thats destructive.

Asana is one element in Ashtanga Yoga and are great for balancing the body, massaging organs, and aiding blood flow.

Additionally, it also removes physical blockages in our body that may have been formed through stress, lack of movement, too much movement, or no stretching.

If you are already physically fit, eat fairly clean, practice cardio and stretch regularly, you most likely opened majority of your physical Nadi’s.

For the purpose of reaching Samadhi, it is not required to practice Yoga Sequences.

Asana: How to Raise Kundalini

Moving on, The 3rd Limb of Yoga, Asana, states that you must master one posture without moving for a period of up to 3 hours or more.

The point is: pick an Asana Posture that you can comfortably be in for a long period of time without strain, movement, or falling asleep.

Likewise, the Vipassana technique taught by Buddha requires the practitioner to commit to 1 hour minimum meditative sittings without movement.

Again, this is a crucial step in order to activate Samadhi or Awaken Kundalini.

After taking my first 10 day Vipassana Course, I can now stay in 1 posture for over an hour without movement or reaction to thoughts and body sensations.

Pranayama techniques are great for opening Nadi’s, expanding aura, body relaxation, and controlling of the nervous system.

The Best tool for Energy Expansion is Breathing.

Physical energy has 4 dimensions: Length, Width, Height, Depth

To begin, focusing on one point allows your mind ease from random thoughts and body sensations in order to cleanse the social bodies, Yama & Ni-Yama.

More Intellectual energy leads to spiritual energy.

First, once concentration is achieved, you will enter the Dhyana stage of contemplating your focus point.

Second, in the contemplation phase, you will have no opinions or judgements only seeing the reality as it is.

Third, you will eventually forget the body, time, senses, and it seems like your mind enters an abyss of nothingness. Similarly, this abyss is the first door in the realm of Samadhi.

In addition, you may even see visions, ideas, vivid memories, or solutions to life problems in this state.

In fact, Dhyana is the Gate for the 8th Limb of Yoga: Samadhi or Pure Bliss.

Finally, when we cleanse the body from physical and mental impurities (Best tool is Vipassana), spiritual energy will begin to rise up the spine Awakening Kundalini or Samadhi.

In other words, your consciousness will be able to go deeper into the abyss.

Every person on earth has experienced a minor form of Samadhi.

To begin, there are 3 levels of Samadhi spoken by Patanjali; one of which is Nirvana spoken by the Buddha.

Meanwhile, Samadhi is what Kriya Yogi’s Like Paramahansa Yogananda spoke about that allows us to stop the reincarnation cycle or simply, enter the Kingdom of God.

In other words, Yogananda spoke about Samadhi as a way to find true happiness from within instead of seeking happiness from outside pleasures.

Naturally, by seeking Samadhi or bliss, you create the feeling of love and happiness from within the soul and it is difficult to extinguish.

Lastly, Samadhi will create a internal fire of love that radiates and creates a natural high or sensation similar to orgasms according to Taoist, Monks or Yogi’s who have reached Samadhi or Awakened Kundalini.

Two Minor Examples of Samadhi

To illustrate, an example of samadhi is when watching a movie, it causes us to cry, laugh or become angry.

In that moment, you became fully immersed in that experience.

Another example, might be similar to the actual samadhi itself, when you become fully immersed in a psychedelic trance or trip for a few hours.

In my experience, during my Vipassana course, the meditation unlocked minor psychedelic trances or quantum like visions.