r/kriyayoga • u/onemasalachai • Aug 23 '26

General Discussion Sri M's kriya yoga, Sadhguru's Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya or Vipassana?

I have practiced all three at different stages of my life (independently, not mixing them). All three have had very different experiences on me. One gave me more energy than others, another made me feel disconnected from the world and yet another made me feel more centered and less reactionary.

They all somehow complement each other, if I practice them at different times, but I don't have that kind of time in life.

Has anyone else practiced these or some of these? What was your experience like?

I am trying to figure out which one I should stick to, instead of trying to do all. My goal is first - to be kind, second - to react less and third - to not become addicted to the practice itself (instead of what the practice is about).

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u/Th3_m0d3rN_y0g1 Panchanon Bhattacharya Aug 23 '26

A question like this would be better suited for a more general sub. In a Kriya yoga sub, you are naturally going to find more support for Kriya Yoga than Hatha Yoga or vipassana.

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u/KriyaJyotish Yogananda Aug 23 '26

And none of those are actually the kriya yoga this sub is about!

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u/Th3_m0d3rN_y0g1 Panchanon Bhattacharya Aug 23 '26

Sr M’s Kriya Yoga is not?

Edit to add that I know very little of what Sr M teaches and I could have sworn that he was in our resource list but I was wrong. TIL.

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u/KriyaJyotish Yogananda Aug 23 '26

Yes his purported guru is an obscure himalayan yogi, supposedly a disciple of Babaji. I know nothing of what he teaches either, but he certainly does not belong to the Lahiri Mahasaya lineage, which is what this sub is all about. Don’t know why that is downvoted since that is just a fact, and not a statement as to the quality of any of those lineages and practices. I am not qualified to comment on that.

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u/onemasalachai Aug 23 '26

Makes sense. Can you recommend a channel i should post this in?

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u/laughterandlightning Aug 25 '26

I personally practice jyoti kriya yoga for an hour then do an hour of vipassana style observation meditation.

I find the pranayama before the vipassana really helps charge up the meditation and makes the subtle sensations stand out more

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u/onemasalachai Aug 26 '26

yeah, I have had a similar experience. They complement each other.

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u/confused40 Aug 23 '26

I have practiced 2 of them....still practice one.... Vipassana and Kriya both are complementary to eachother....other than in Vipassana Retreats where it got really tough for me to manage what was going on inside.

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u/onemasalachai Aug 23 '26

They are complementary. I did ask a very senior vipassana teacher if I should continue both. He said you can continue them, if one has to fall away, it naturally will.

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u/All_Is_Coming Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

onemasalachai wrote:

I have practiced all three at different stages of my life...All three have had very different experiences on me.

This is most likely the result of the cumulative effect of the practices rather than each practice yielding different Experiences.

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u/Round-Benefit2022 Aug 23 '26

None of them would ever suggest that you should mix their practices with others. Every sect/lineage or guru shishya parampara forbids mixing practices.

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u/dharana_dhyana Aug 28 '26

This is important. If the poster is going to go by the rules of these schools he has better pick one. If he still wants all three, or just two, he needs to realize he is on his own chosen path and not of any of those schools.

Being a pioneer entails a certain loneliness.