During our March 2024 Equinox retreat, we discussed the two phases of Kriya Yoga Meditation practice.  Phase one includes arranging your life, consciousness and schedule to support super-conscious meditation.  Phase two is the consistent experience of super-conscious meditation. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda. If you would like to participate in online live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Commu ..read more

On this episode of Season 2 of The Kriya Yoga Podcast you will be listening to a class on the final chapter in Roy Eugene Davis' book Absolute Knowledge That Liberates Consciousness. During the final half of 2023, I sent a class, once a month, exploring Absolute Knowledge to members of our Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community. After completing the final class on Chapter 7: Infinite Life, I decided to release the entire course for free on Teachable. If you enjoy this podcast, you can download the entire course at: https://kriya-yoga.teachable.com/courses/ It is my wish that this discussion ..read more

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Kriya Yoga Podcast. Kriya Yoga teacher and psychoanalyst David McGrath (https://www.davidmcgrath.ie/) and I explore the benefits of counseling and psychotherapy as a way to accelerate one's spiritual growth process. Over the last 25 years, I have had significant shifts in capacity for meditation by engaging with a counselor, when needed, to help address psychological blind spots and complexes, and have seen outstanding progress in students of Kriya Yoga who remained steady in their meditation practice and supplemented their spiritual growth procedures with effec ..read more

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we consider the purpose of suffering. We also consider how suffering can be ended. Our source material comes from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Talks with Ramana Maharshi, and a discussion with an unknown sage. If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program. For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback ..read more

Please welcome our special guest Phil McLemore. Phil is a returning guest, from episode 3 and 14. In this episode we discuss the process of moving into an Advanced Kriya Yoga practice. Phil and I also take some time to discuss the persistence of "I" in the latter stages of spiritual growth. For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a dire ..read more

Please enjoy this recording from our Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Monthly Lessons. In this talk, I discuss the power of practicing tapas as it relates to the elemental, astral and causal bodies.  Tapas is one of the 3 pillars of Kriya Yoga. To have the full results of Kriya Yoga, comprehensive practice of Tapas is ideal.  In this episode, we explore that process. To particpiate in future monthly online events please join our Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community. https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga  For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide ..read more

Please enjoy this recording from our April 2023 Kriya Yoga Online Sunday Service. In this talk, I discuss the power of Spiritual Friendship.  We review verses from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Holy Science by Sri Yukteswar, and Roy Eugene Davis' commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.  To particpiate in future monthly online events please join our Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community. https://www.patreon.com/KriyaYoga  For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon. You ..read more

Please welcome our special guest Dr. Stella Wuttke. Dr. Stella Wuttke is a neurotherapy and neurofeedback specialist and sound healing practitioner. She is a certified Yoga and Meditation teacher in the Kriya Yoga tradition of Paramahansa Yogananda with Harald and Marlies Reiske. Dr. Wuttke was initiated and ordained by, Kriya Yoga teacher, Roy Eugene Davis. She is a post-doctoral neuroscientist with a PhD in Psychology. Dr. Wuttke is the co-founder of the Infinite Potential Institute. Dr. Stella Wuttke – Wuttkes’ Infinite Potential Institute (wuttkeipi.com) For continued inspiration ..read more

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we consider the power of simplicity in our meditation practice. Complicated meditation practices are not always advanced meditation practices. If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program. For continued inspiration and instruction, please read my new book, An Essential Guide to Kriya Yoga Practice. Now available in hardcover and softback on Amazon.  Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga medi ..read more

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we consider the power of Ishvara. Ishvara is often referred to as God or AUM. Aligning attention with Ishvara is considered to be the fastest route to Self-realization. All of our yogic and meditation practices serve to make this easier. In this episode, we explore the meaning of Ishvara and consider relevant ways to experience the reality of Ishvara. If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya Yoga Apprenticeship Program. For continue ..read more