Connection Series: Healing Trauma with Kriya Yoga (Part 1 of 5)

Connection Series: Episode 1: Healing Trauma with Kriya Yoga (Part 1 of 5)

The foundation episode of our 5-part Connection Series. In turbulent times, real strength starts within. Drawing on Ram Dass, the Bhagavad Gita, and Kriya Yoga philosophy, this episode introduces self-awareness as the starting point for healing — and includes a simple daily practice to begin.

In the first installment of our five part Connection series, we explore a counterintuitive truth: in turbulent times, the path to strength begins not out in the world, but within. When everything around us feels chaotic, corrupt, or out of our control, the one thing we can control is our own mind, our mindset, and the way we move through it all.

This episode lays the foundation. Drawing on the wisdom of Ram Dass, the Bhagavad Gita, the Art of War, and Goswami Kriyananda's The Spiritual Science of Kriya Yoga, we look at why self-awareness is the starting point for everything and why becoming an observer of your own thoughts is the real work. You'll learn the first principles of Kriya Yoga, including the practice of abstentions (the things we choose to step away from), and why healing yourself first is what gives you the power to heal others and connect with the collective.

We also sit with a bigger idea: that we are all woven into the same fabric. From Advaita Vedanta's teaching of oneness to the surprising echoes between ancient Hindu philosophy and modern physics, this episode invites you to feel your place in the interconnected web of existence—and to treat yourself, and everyone around you, with a little more grace because of it.

By the end, you'll have a simple, doable practice to begin with: just a few minutes a day of breathing, stillness, and going within.

This is only the beginning. Over the next four episodes, we'll keep building on this foundation—deepening the practice and exploring what it truly means to connect, with ourselves, with each other, and with something larger.

Jai Shree Ganesha.

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Links referenced:

• Meditation from Ram Dass, https://open.spotify.com/track/5kdXiiF8MxyLVhRjkVv9jQ?si=KmYXGTqzTq2no1j7DmwB0w&rowId=e7198dbe2fad7dc0&nd=1&dlsi=8aff5001ebbb44d1
• The Spiritual Science of Kriya Yoga By Goswami Kriyananda, https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-spiritual-science-of-kriya-yoga_goswami-kriyananda/293639/#edition=2297722&idiq=5030633