AYP Main Lessons

1-9 (Not Used)

10 – Why This Discussion?  

     10.1 – What has Changed in Ten Years? 

     10.2 – Implications of the Rise of Open Systems of Spiritual Practice 

11 – What is Yoga? What is Religion? 

     11.1 – You can’t Win Some Arguments, But It’s Okay 

12 – The Essential Ingredient – Desire 

     12.1 – Relationship between Desire and Devotion (Bhakti) 

13 – Meditation – Awakening the Silent Seed 

     13.1 – Mantra and Meaning 

     13.2 – Placement of Eyes During Deep Meditation 

     13.3 – Relationship of Attention, Mantra and Thoughts in Deep Meditation 

     13.4 – Using a Mantra vs. Emptying the Mind 

     13.5 – Effortlessly Losing the Mantra = Transcendence of Thought

     13.6 – Contemplations versus Deep Meditation

     13.7 – Ups and Downs During Deep Meditation with Steady Results in Daily Activity

14 – Not Much Happening in Meditation 

15 – Restlessness in Meditation 

     15.1 – Implications of the Awareness or “Witnessing” Technique 

     15.2 – Picking Up the Mantra – Easy Versus Too Much Strain 

     15.3 – Use of Witnessing Technique During Intense Spinal Breathing Pranayama Session 

16 – Bliss in Meditation 

     16.1 – Clarifications on Healing and Self-Inquiry for an AYP Newcomer 

17 – Was I Asleep in Meditation? 

18 – Finding the Time for Meditation 

     18.1 – Meditating Right Before Bed Time 

     18.2 – Making Meditation a Habit Like Brushing Teeth 

     18.3 – Symptoms of Meditating Right after a Big Meal and Right before Sleep 

19 – What Tradition to Follow? 

     19.1 – What to Do When a Famous Guru Comes to Town 

     19.2 – Vipassana Meditation in Relation to the AYP System 

     19.3 – Deep Meditation as a Stand-Alone Practice 

20 – Enlightenment without God? 

21 – Objects of Meditation 

22 – Vibratory Quality of Mantra 

23 – Watching the Clock in Meditation 

24 – Does Meditation Cure Sickness? 

     24.1 – Deep Meditation as an Aid for Neurological Disorders 

     24.2 – Meditation for Illness and for Going Beyond Illness 

     24.3 – Can Meditation Cure Chronic Muscle Tightness?

     24.4 – Meditation, Yoga and Eye Health Issues

     24.5 – Can Meditation Help Those with Mental Health Issues?

25 – Effect of Meditation on High Stress Situations 

26 (Not Used)

27 – Location of Mantra in Meditation 

28 – Will I become a Milquetoast from Meditation? 

29 – Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs

     29.1 – Alcoholism, Addiction and Yoga 

     29.2 – Will Deep Meditation Eliminate Bad Habits?

30 – Diet and Meditation 

     30.1 – On Diet: Effect of Sensory Perception Refining in Stillness 

     30.2 – Arguing How Others Should Eat Based on a Moral Ideology

31 – Enjoying the Great Outdoors 

32 (Not Used)

33 – A New Way to Sit in Meditation 

34 – Meditation and World Problems

     34.1 – “Law of Attraction” and Solving World Problems 

35 – Enlightenment Milestones 

36 – Meditation and the Fifth Dimension 

37 – Group Meditations

38 – What is Your Time Line? 

     38.1 – Expanded Discussion on the Importance of Self-Pacing

     38.2 – Quick Advice on Self-Pacing for a Long Term Meditator

     38.3 – Frantically Trying to Do It All in This Lifetime

39 – Pranayama – Cultivating the Soil of the Nervous System 

40 (Not Used)

41 – Spinal Breathing Pranayama 

     41.1 – Nadi Shodana Pranayama (Alternate Nostril Breathing) 

     41.2 – Spinal Breathing Pranayama and Chakras? 

     41.3 – Moving Beyond the Mind in Spinal Breathing Pranayama 

     41.4 – Getting Started with Spinal Breathing Pranayama 

42 – Is this Pranayama Natural? 

43 – Relationship of Pranayama to Meditation 

44 – Finding the Spinal Nerve 

     44.1 – Clarification on Visualizing the Spinal Nerve 

     44.2 – Feeling Energy, but Not Finding the Spinal Nerve

45 – Breathing is Slowing Down in Pranayama 

     45.1 – How to Handle Very Refined Spinal Breathing Pranayama 

     45.2 – On Intentionally Suspending the Breath During Pranayama

46 – Which Way is Up in Spinal Breathing? 

47 – Chakras? 

     47.1 – Descriptions of the Seven Main Chakras 

     47.2 – Chakras in Christianity and Other Traditions 

48 – Pranayama and Health 

49 – Perspiration in Pranayama 

50 – Managing the Time in Pranayama 

51 – Strange Gurglings in Pranayama 

     51.1 – Minty Sensations After Practices 

52 – Big Little Nerve 

53 – Light and Sound in Pranayama 

54 – Kundalini – A Code Word for Sex 

     54.1 – How do I Awaken Kundalini?

55 – Mulabandha – Enlivening Sexual Energy Upward 

     55.1 – Variations on Mulabandha for Ease of Practice 

     55.2 – Transcendence or Energy Practices? Considering an Alternate Path 

     55.3 – Throbbing at the Muladhara (Perineum/Root)

56 – Sambhavi – Opening the Third Eye 

     56.1 – Coordinating Sambhavi Mudra with Spinal Breathing 

57 – The Guru is in Me? 

     57.1 – Spiritual Desire (Bhakti) Flowing in Stillness 

     57.2 – Those Grouchy Gurus 

     57.3 – The Traditional Indian Guru System and AYP

     57.4 – Improving the Guru-Disciple Connection

58 – Step by Step 

59 – Some Mantra Particulars 

     59.1 – Is I AM (AYAM) an English or Sanskrit Word? 

     59.2 – Linear vs. Circular Mantra 

     59.3 – Source of the I AM (AYAM) Mantra

60 – Unexpected Interruptions 

61 (Not Used)

62 – Duration of One Spinal Breathing Cycle? 

63 – Cool and Warm Currents in Pranayama 

64 – The Ecstatic Silver Thread 

65 – The Pineal and Pituitary Glands 

66 – We are Arriving, Not Leaving 

     66.1 – How to Get to Heaven

67 – Bhakti – The Science of Devotion 

68 – Relationship of Traumatic Experiences and Bhakti 

     68.1 – Adversity Leading to Bhakti Explosion 

     68.2 – Inner Silence and the Grieving Process 

69 – Kundalini Symptoms, Imbalances and Remedies 

     69.1 – An Update on Kundalini Imbalances and Remedies 

     69.2 – Rash, Vertigo and Dizziness 

     69.3 – Dialog on Third Eye Pressure 

     69.4 – What is Spiritual Grounding vs. Electrical Grounding? 

70 (Not Used)

71 – Yoga Asanas – A Wonderful Billion Dollar Industry 

     71.1 – Asana Starter Kit, with Instructions and Illustrations 

     71.2 – Maha Mudra 

     71.3 – Sequencing Kumbhaka (breath retention) in Maha Mudra 

     71.4 – Adapting Asanas (Postures) for Seniors 

     71.5 – Videos: AYP Asana Starter Kit 

     71.6 – Videos: AYP Abbreviated Asana Starter Kit (Standing)

     71.7 – Video: Uddiyana Bandha (Abdominal Lift) 

     71.8 – Conscious Seizure during Yoga Asanas

72 – Please Tell Me Exactly What To Do 

73 – More on Chakras 

     73.1 – Chakras: Academic Theory versus Actual Practice

74 – For This Life, and The Next One 

     74.1 – Remembering Past Lives? 

     74.2 – It’s Never Too Late to Develop a Consistent Practice

     74.3 – Can Seniors Awaken Ecstatic Conductivity and Kundalini?

75 – Siddhasana – Living in a Fountain of Ecstasy 

     75.1 – Taking Good Care of the Knees in Siddhasana 

     75.2 – Can Siddhasana be Used to Block Sexual Desire?

76 – Siddhis – Are Powers Real? 

77 – Still More on Chakras 

78 – Pleasure and the Path 

79 – Mantra Reminders

     79.1 – Rhythm of Mantra Repetition 

     79.2 – More on Mantra Repetition 

     79.3 – Favoring Stillness Instead of the Mantra During Deep Meditation? 

     79.4 – Confirming the Subtle Vibration of the Mantra in Deep Meditation 

     79.5 – Picking Up the Mantra as a Feeling Beyond Thinking

     79.6 – Recognizing When to Pick Up the Mantra during Deep Meditation

     79.7 – Favoring versus Listening for the Mantra During Deep Meditation

80 – Physical Fitness and Yoga 

     80.1 – Instructions for Aerobic and Muscle Toning Exercises 

     80.2 – Video: Ten Minute Muscle Toning Exercises

     80.3 – Are Tai Chi and Qi Gong Substitutes for Deep Meditation?

     80.4 – AYP Muscle Toning Exercises for Women

81 – Charging Ahead Too Fast? 

     81.1 – The Implications of Self-Pacing and Grounding in Practices and in Life 

     81.2 – Building a Full AYP Routine in a Month? 

     81.3 – Timing Suggestions for Taking on Practices 

     81.4 – Eating Too Much Too Fast at the AYP “All-You-Can-Eat” Restaurant

     81.5 – Mild Headache after Taking on Practices too Fast

82 (Not Used)

83 – There She Goes – Kundalini, that is 

84 – The Art of Doing Nothing 

     84.1 – Do Enlightened People Remember Past Lives? 

     84.2 – The Cause and Effect of Causeless Liberation 

     84.3 – Is Awakening in Enlightenment Sudden or Gradual?

85 – Enlightenment Milestones Revisited 

     85.1 – Avoiding Premature Kundalini Excesses 

     85.2 – Kundalini Energy Addiction 

     85.3 – The Rush to Ecstatic Conductivity 

     85.4 – Is Kundalini Dangerous?

86 – Finding Your Meditation Routine 

     86.1 – Coordinating Meditation with Spiritual Study

     86.2 – Use of Mantra Japa to Calm the Mind During Activity 

     86.3 – Doubling Up with Mantra Japa 

     86.4 – Deep Meditation Tips on Noise, Imagery and Daily Practice 

     86.5 – Question on Mala, Wearing the Sacred Beads

87 (Not Used)

88 – The Magic of Bhakti 

89 – The Caduceus – A Snapshot of You and Me 

90 – Caduceus Correction and Ida/Pingala Review 

     90.1 – Whipping Movements – Ida, Pingala and Kundalini 

91 – Yoni Mudra Kumbhaka – Purging the Third Eye, and More 

     91.1 – Risks of External Kumbhaka (External Breath Retention) 

     91.2 – Optional Rest Between Yoni Mudra Kumbhaka Cycles 

     91.3 – Yoni Mudra Kumbhaka and the Tunnel and Star 

     91.4 – AYP Yoni Mudra Kumbhaka versus the Traditional Version

92 – The Star 

93 – Changing Times 

94 – Some House Cleaning Tips 

     94.1 – Short Q&As with a One Year Practitioner 

     94.2 – Are Cold Showers an Aid to Enlightenment?

95 – Stabilizing Ecstasy 

96 – Spinal Breathing Startup Review

97 – Tantra – Help for Sex Maniacs and Ordinary Lovers 

98 – Yoga and Marriage 

     98.1 – Self-Pacing Our Practice for Spouse and Children 

     98.2 – Which is Most Important; Career, Family, or Spiritual Practices?

     98.3 – On Extramarital Infatuation

99 – Practices – Front End and Back End 

     99.1 – What is the Best Practice Time Ratio between Spinal Breathing Pranayama and Deep Meditation?

100 – What is Enlightenment? 

101 – What is Brahmacharya? 

102 – Importance of Smooth Long-Term Meditation Routine 

     102.1 – Forcing the Mantra 

103 – Destiny and free will 

     103.1 – Do Enlightened People Have Free Will?

104 – Stubborn Energy Blockages 

105 – Hitting a Wall at Mulabandha 

106 – Mantra and Breathing in Meditation 

107 – Self-Pacing in Postures and Practices 

108 – Kechari Mudra – A Giant Leap for Humankind 

     108.1 – Kechari Stage 5 

     108.2 – Talabya versus Snipping for Reducing the Frenum 

     108.3 – Pushing the Tongue Forward in Kechari Stage 2 

     108.4 – Must I do Kechari before Moving on in the Lessons? 

     108.5 – Seeking Kechari Help, Going from Stage 3 to 4

     108.6 – From Kechari to Whole Body Mudra

109 – Bhakti, Meditation and Inner Silence 

110 – Romantic Love 

111 (Not Used)

112 – Bhakti: Up Close and Personal 

113 – Bliss, Ecstasy, and Divine Love 

114 – Kechari – Throat Jamming in Stage 1 

     114.1 – More on Going from Kechari Stage 1 to Stage 2 

115 Mantra, Language and Meaning 

     115.1 – We are “That” 

116 Meditation – First Enhancement of Mantra 

117 Finding a Mantra with no Meaning? 

118 Strong Pulse in Meditation 

119 Some Other Approaches to Mulabandha 

120 “Getting Enlightenment” 

     120.1 – The “Gold Standard” for Determining Enlightenment 

     120.2 – Liberation in this Lifetime 

     120.3 – Dialog on “Getting Enlightenment” 

     120.4 – Keeping Enlightenment All to Myself? 

121 Pratyahara – Expansion of the Senses Inward 

     121.1 – A Confirmation of Pratyahara as Introversion of Sensory Perception 

122 Witnessing 

     122.1 – Finding Mindfulness 

     122.2 – What’s Wrong with Holding On to the Things We Love? 

     122.3 – Is Witnessing a Mind Game? 

     122.4 – Relationship of Witness and Inner Obstructions 

     122.5 – Witnessing the Pain of Getting a Tattoo, or the Pain of Anything Else

     122.6 – A Practitioner’s Perspective on Witnessing the Dramas of Life

123 (Omitted)

124 Keeping it Simple 

     124.1 – Fear of Spiritual Awakening 

     124.2 – Fear of “Ego Death”

125 Kundalini Heat 

     125.1 – A Premature Kundalini Awakening 

     125.2 – Kundalini, Change in Eye Color and Healing 

     125.3 – Tibetan Buddhist Tummo and Kundalini Heat 

126 Relationship of Pratyahara, Intellect and Bhakti 

127 Siddhasana or Padmasana? 

     127.1 – Creative Postures for Comfort During Spinal Breathing 

     127.2 – Increasing Time in Padmasana (Full Lotus Seat) 

128 Siddhasana and Pressure in the Head 

129 Nauli – Raising Kundalini with Your Abdominal Muscles   

     129.1 – Videos: Uddiyana Bandha and Nauli 

130 Vibrations at the Root 

131 Coordinating Sambhavi and Spinal Breathing 

132 What is Sin? 

     132.1 – Spiritual Practice and Moral Codes of Conduct

133 Nectar 

     133.1 – Kechari Mudra and the Nectar Cycle 

     133.2 – Another Bout of Amrita (Nectar)

     133.3 – Can Early Stage Amrita (Nectar) be Poisonous?

     133.4 – Capturing the Pleasant Aromas of Amrita (Nectar)

     133.5 – Should I be Redirecting the Flow of Amrita?

     133.6 – Amrita Blocked in the Sinuses

134 Yoga and Western Psychology 

135 Kundalini Currents in Legs and Arms 

     135.1 – Hand Mudra (Jnana or Chin) 

     135.2 – Painful Kundalini Energy in Arms, Legs and Feet 

136 Vigyan Bhairav Tantra – The 112 Techniques 

137 Getting Both Feet into Paradise 

138 Would You Like to get Reconditioned? 

139 Dynamic Jalandhara – The Chin Pump 

      139.1 – Chin Pump, Cerebro-Spinal Fluid and Thokar 

      139.2 – Video: Dynamic Jalandhara (Chin Pump)

140 Chin Pump – Coordinating Head Rotation and Breathing 

      140.1 – Chin Pump, Automatic Yoga and Self-Pacing 

141 (Omitted)

142 (Omitted)

143 Chin Pump – Effects in the Lower Body 

144 Chin Pump Lite (Without Kumbhaka) 

145 Overdoing it with Asanas 

146 Shaktipat – Direct Transmissions of Spiritual Energy 

      146.1 – Caution on Interpersonal Energy Manipulations 

      146.2 – A Long Bumpy Road After Shaktipat

      146.3 – Dialog with a Would-Be Energy Transmission Guru 

      146.4 – Shaktipat and the Attraction of Automatic Yoga (Kriyas) 

      146.5 – Minimizing Invasive Energy in Eye Contact 

147 Sequencing of Asanas, Pranayama and Meditation 

148 Why Practices Twice a Day? 

149 The Eight Limbs of Yoga, and Samyama – Melting the Darkness 

150 Samyama Practice 

      150.1 – On Timing the Fifteen Second Release 

      150.2 – Samyama Sutras in Practice – Meanings versus the Words

      150.3 – Samyama Sutras, Expectations and the Realities of Practice

151 Samyama – Settling in with Your Sutras 

      151.1 – Samyama and the Energy Before Thoughts 

      151.2 – Relationship of Akasha and Pure Bliss Consciousness 

      151.3 – Samyama for Sensitive Meditators 

      151.4 – Samyama, Scenery and Self-Inquiry 

      151.5 – Self-Pacing the Explosive Force of Samyama 

      151.6 – Are “Akasha” and “Inner Space” the Same Thing?

152 Thinking about Meanings versus Doing Samyama Practice 

153 Yoga Sutra Translations, and on Becoming “Super-Normal” 

154 Samyama – “Let Go and Let God” 

155 Samyama – Lightness, Lurching and Levitation? 

      155.1 – Relationship of the Body with Akasha and the Lightness of Air 

      155.2 – Optional Enhancement of the Lightness/Levitation Sutra

156 Muladhara/Root and Integration of Practices 

157 What is Inner Silence? 

158 Too Relaxed in Meditation? 

159 Too Many Thoughts in Meditation? 

      159.1 – What to do with Thoughts in Deep Meditation and Spinal Breathing Pranayama

160 Extreme Sensitivity to Meditation – What To Do? 

161 Dark Nights and the Rise of Inner Silence 

      161.1 – Dark Stuff Flushed Away 

      161.2 – What is the Dark Night of the Soul? 

162 (Omitted)

163 Sublime Clarity 

164 Human Power 

      164.1 – Personal Power Becoming Divine Power 

165 Desire and Change 

       165.1 – Is AYP For Householders or Monks and Nuns? 

166 Pay It Forward 

167 Living on Air and Sunlight Alone? 

168 Is Pain a Prerequisite for Inner Peace? 

169 Is This Ecstatic Conductivity? 

      169.1 – Symptoms of Ecstatic Conductivity 

170 That’s Kundalini? 

      170.1 – Purification or Kundalini Awakening? 

171 Spinal Bastrika Pranayama – Pressure-Washing Your Karma 

      171.1 – Alternate Nostril Spinal Bastrika Pranayama 

      171.2 – Tracing the Spinal Nerve in Spinal Bastrika Pranayama 

      171.3 – Should Ujjayi be used with Spinal Bastrika Pranayama?

172 Spinal Bastrika Energy, Sleep, and Time of Practice 

173 Spinal Bastrika Cycle Time

      173.1 – Adding Spinal Bastrika in the Practice Routine 

174 Sex and Sambhavi 

175 Suspending Breath and New Experiences 

176 Dissecting Samyama 

      176.1 – Samyama, or Samadhi for Its Own Sake? 

      176.2 – Samyama – Theory vs. Practice 

177 Advanced Siddhasana 

178 Dharma 

179 The Star Revisited 

180 Off to a Good Start in Meditation 

181 Expectations and Our Time Line 

182 Healthy Skepticism 

      182.1- A Skeptic with Spiritual Desire (Bhakti) 

183 Movements and Automatic Yoga 

184 Teleportation, Samyama & Siddhis

185 Role of the Intellect

186 Meditation – Second Enhancement of Mantra

187 Establishing and Maintaining Daily Practice

      187.1 – Which Practice to Add Next?

      187.2 – Early Energy Reactions to Deep Meditation and How to Proceed

188 Mantra Design 101

      188.1 – Meditation – Third Enhancement of Mantra

189 Where is the Third Eye?