40 Day Kundalini Sadhana with Martha Flanagan

To master the effects of a meditation, practice it as a sadhana, a daily discipline. This will develop a life-promoting habit. Habit controls us so much that it is said that we can actually change our destiny by changing our habits.

According to yogic science, the human mind works in cycles. We can use various cycles to help replace unwanted patterns of behavior (mental or emotional habits), with new, more positive ones. One commits to a particular meditation or kriya for a specific time.

The duration of 40 days of practice lets the meditation provoke your subconscious to release any thoughts and emotional patterns that hinder you. A good meditation will break your old patterns, put in a seed for a new pattern, and clear the subconscious. Try to meditate at the same time each day. It is also helpful to keep a journal of your daily practice.

40 days: change a habit. Practice every day for 40 days straight. This will break any negative habits that block you from the expansion possible through the kriya or mantra.

90 days: confirm the habit. Practice every day for 90 days straight. This will establish a new habit in your conscious and subconscious minds based on the effect of the kriya or mantra. It will change you in a very deep way.

120 days: the new habit is who you are. Practice every day for 120 days straight. This will confirm the new habit of consciousness created by the kriya or mantra. The positive benefits of the kriya get integrated permanently into your psyche.

1,000 days: you have mastered the new habit. Practice every day for 1000 days straight. This will allow you to master the new habit of consciousness that the kriya or mantra has promised. No matter what the challenge, you can call on this new habit to serve you.
Remember, a habit is a subconscious chain reaction between the mind, the glandular system and the nervous system. We develop habits at a very young age. Some of them serve our highest destiny. Some of them do not. By doing a 40, 90, 120 or 1000 day special sadhana, you can rewire that chain reaction. You can develop new, deeply ingrained habits that serve your highest good.
-Excerpts from the KRI Aquarian Teacher Training

Each class consists of pranayama (breathwork), asana (movement), mantra (chanting), mudra (hand placement) and meditation. There are thousands of kriyas or sequences, each targeting something very specific in the body and mind, like anxiety, digestion, fear, mental clarity, seasonal affective disorder and emotional resilience. Each class is distinct.
 

All are welcome to participate in this free event. Martha will be instructing the Sadhana in her class on Sunday, 5/2/21 at 9:15am at Oyster Bay Yoga and again on 5/23/21. You can join this class in-studio or watch it as it's livestreamed by visiting oysterbayyoga.com/schedule and registering for her Kundalini class.

However, the on-demand version of this class is available for everyone, free of charge. Click the image above to access the video.

Martha will do the class live at Oyster Bay Yoga on Sunday 5/2/21 and again with the class on 5/23/21.

There will be a 30 minute zoom session for Q&A on Saturday 5/22/21 at 3:00 pm for those needing more guidance. Join the zoom call here