Kriya

A kriya (from the Sanskrit, "deed, operation, effort") is a technique or practice within a yogadiscipline, or more generally any practice with the goal of attaining higher knowledge. Different yoga schools often maintain different practices of yoga, and so the kriyas involved may vary widely.

One form of kriya is the spontaneous movement of the physical body caused by voluntary action, prana, or Kundalinienergy. These movements are designed to break up blockages in the physical, emotional (or subtle), and causal (or mental) bodies.

Certain kriyas eventually developed into the asanasof hatha yoga.

"Kriya yoga" is a kriya-based form of yoga popularized in the West by Paramahansa Yogananda.

Prem Rawathas popularized in the West a set of four kriyas he calls "Techniques of Knowledge".

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