Well, I can’t say I wasn’t warned.
See, I thought I’d try yoga as a form of exercise to help with my chronic back pain.
I thought I could just do the physical exercises without involving myself in the spiritual aspects and I’d be OK.
It’s just some stretches and some relaxation, right?
Wrong
Early this morning, I came to a frightening realization.
My Kundalini has escaped. Unwound herself from the base of my spine and crawled away.
At this moment, my Kundalini is crawling around loose somewhere in the neighborhood, frightening children and devouring pets.
I have no idea how to go about catching an escaped Kundalini. Do you use a cage trap? Is there some kind of Kundalini bait? Favorite food? An attractive Kundalini decoy?
Somebody please help me.
Hmm…maybe you could get its picture posted on milk cartons…“Have you seen this spiritual force? If so, call…”
And I used “copy and paste” to put that link in my post.
Thanks, Mr. Blue Sky
All I will say in reference to that link, is WHATEVER. (Thank G-d this isn’t GD!) Anyway, I do yoga and I get a lot out of it. I in no way equate it with a spiritual practice or religious experience. I don’t follow the “spiritual aspects” of yoga. I use it purely for exercise. I do not meditate. I DO concentrate on my breathing, as you’re supposed to, but I don’t consider it as a way to get myself into any particular “state” of mind or being, just to relax my body and quiet my mind. I know there are practicing yogis and yoginis that are into the whole kit-and-kaboodle of yoga, I am not. You don’t have to be either.
Yogini
P.S. I loved the “escaped Kundalini” bit though! I wonder if my yoga instructor would find it humorous. :eek: LOL! 
Well, a little while ago, I saw Conan the Wonderkitty go tearing through the apartment after… something, and rushed out of my room just in time to see the tail end of my Kundalini slither under the couch. So far, I have not been able to coax it out. Probably it’s afraid of the cats.
I’m worried that if one of the cats catches my Kundalini before I do, they will seriously injure her. But then, given their penchant for brining live cockroaches in from the balcony, I doubt that they would do any real damage, except possibly to her ego.
The real concern is, once I recapture my Kundalini, how will I get her back where she belongs? I can only think of one really efficient route for getting a snake-like spiritual force into the general area of the base of my spine, and that would be most unpleasant.
I also practice yoga and have a very very low tolerance for bullshit of any kind. I do it mostly for the physical aspects of it (my teacher practices an Ashtanga-based style), but I am amazed at how much better I feel mentally afterwards as well. I do not, however, attribute it to any kind of religious or occult factors. Hard exercise then centering oneself is probably good mental practice no matter what your beliefs or what press yoga gets.
I was once able to touch the sole of either foot to the top of my head. One day, after not trying that trick for 2 years, I touched my left sole to my head. That was when I realized that something was very wrong inside my knee. A year later, I got my knee scoped, and a bucket-handle tear was fixed. Now it’s, um, better, but I don’t do that particular stretch anymore.