The Ultimate Guide To Sadhana

“A person once said about sadhana, ‘Once sadhana is done, nothing should happen to you.’ I said, ‘No, when sadhana happens, everything should happen to you, and you should come out as a winner. You should come out victorious!’ That is what sadhana gives you. It doesn’t give you a written guarantee from God. The one who does sadhana builds himself such a powerful personality, he can conquer anything! That is why I do my own sadhana. I have been doing it for years. I do it even now. Some people ask me, ‘You are a Master, why do you do sadhana?’ I say, ‘To remain a Master!'” – Yogi Bhajan

What is sadhana?

Sadhana is a daily spiritual practice. If you’re seeking to know all about Kundalini Yoga classes, sadhana is the bottom line.  If you ask any teacher what the most important part of Kundalini Yoga classes is, they’ll say “sadhana”.  Sadhana is a self disciple of the mind and body to serve the soul.  In the Aquarian Age, the motto is “I Know, Therefore I Believe.” In order to know, one has to speak from personal experience, and so all of the yogic knowledge, exercises, meditations, insights, remedies, etc. must be put into practice in sadhana.  You must experience the vast teachings of Kundalini Yoga classes for yourself. (Don’t take my word for it!)

The three steps to mastery are sadhana, aradhana, and prabuphati, which mean discipline, attitude and mastery. Sadhana requires the discipline to do it everyday, the development of the attitude of openness to the Universal self that comes in that state, and it leads you to the mastery of yourself.  Sadhana is really a relationship with yourself that you commit to everyday.

It’s how early in the morning?!

Morning sadhana is a specific practice within Kundalini Yoga classes.  Sadhana can refer to any spiritual discipline done at any point in the day.  In Kundalini Yoga classeshowever, it most often refers to the practice done during the 2 1/2 hours before the rising of the sun.  Why 2 1/2 hours?  This the minimum time suggested in the Kundalini Upanishads.  It operates under the principle of karma: that whatever you give comes back tenfold, so with 2 1/2 hours given to the Divine, then your entire day is covered with blessings. The angle of the sun to the earth during this time is also very fortuitous and our biorhythms are more favorable for cleansing.  Few people are awake during these hours, so its easier to take time out for yourself without distractions.