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the yoga

hi, i'm tara stiles and today on the yogasolution, i'm gonna show you a great routine that you can do in 5 minutes to increase yourflexibility. let's get started. start sitting nice and tall here, however you can sit comfortably.just for a moment close your eyes and start to draw your attention a little bit deeperinward. and simply beginning to lengthen your inhales and deepen your exhales here. so settingan easy and full pace of breath you can stay
the yoga, with for a little while. and take a big inhale,reach your arms all the way up and over your head. and then as you exhale, we'll bringyour right hand down toward the ground. soften up your elbow. nice easy opening in your sidehere. and then gently come all the way back up to the middle. same thing other side here.tipping over, left hand finds the ground.
soften up your elbow. easy, easy opening here.nice, big, full, deep breaths. and gently open yourself back to your middle here, andwe'll walk forward a little ways, maybe just a couple steps if this feels like enough ofan opening here. or maybe a few more if that feels nice to you. and just let the weightof your head and neck soften into toward the ground. maybe sway gently side to side. andwhen you're ready, slowly rounding up from this one. and we'll bring your fingertipsright behind you on the ground. as you push down, lift your chest right upward. maybeeven lift your hips up a bit here, if that feels nice. and when you're ready, ease yourselfall the way back to your middle here. and so we'll just stretch your left leg out towardthe side here. keep your right leg tucked
in. bring your left hand down to the groundinside of the leg. soften up your elbow. reach this opposite arm all the upward here, somuch up that maybe you simply start to tip on over. if you happen to grab the toes, justuse that grip to spin open even more. if the toes are far away that's totally cool too.just keep spinning the torso upward. breathe a lot. and when you're ready, bring yourselfup from this one here. we'll unwind with a twist. left hand finds your knee. fingertipsbehind you. big inhale to sit up tall, and then as you exhale, spinning around a littlebit more. and when you're ready, coming back to the middle here. we'll draw this leg allthe way and give it a good squeeze in front of your body. so either holding your footand right above your knee if the hips feel
pretty tight here. if there's a little bitmore room to work with, you can slide your foot in your elbow. kind of cradling the leghere. sitting up super tall. nice. so just sit up so tall here that maybe you slide yourbottom heel all the way forward out in front of you. lengthening that leg, sit up niceand tall, give the shin a big squeeze. and then as you exhale, we'll place the foot rightoutside of this hip here. so take a big inhale reach your right arm all the way up. and thenas you exhale, we'll cross the arm over your leg. opposite fingertips right behind yourbody. big inhale to sit up tall. and then as you exhale, gently spin around a littlebit further, a little easier. and just a simple counter twist here, unwinding, spinning aroundthe other way. and gently bring yourself back
to the middle here. we'll just interlace yourhands around the bottom of your foot. sit up nice tall, maybe even start to extend thisleg out in front of you. if there's no room to have a tall back and a straight leg, justsoften the knee here and keep the back nice and long. so wherever you're at breathe alot. and we'll take a twist from this one here. so bring your right hand to the outsideof your foot. left fingertips behind you. big inhale to sit up really tall. and thenas you exhale, spin around a little bit more. and gently bring yourself back to the middlehere. we'll stretch both feet all the way down to the ground and put a little softnessin your knees, and we'll just start to fold all the way up and over your legs here. breathinga lot. and when you're ready, slowly come
all the way from this one here. so we'll justswitch sides, tucking the left leg in, extending your right leg all the way out to the side.bring your right hand down toward the ground, soften up your elbow. reach this oppositearm all the way up here. and, again, so much up that maybe you run out of up and starttipping over. if your hand reaches your foot, maybe bring your other hand around to yourknee. you can use that pressure to roll your shoulder inside here and spin open even more.if that's not happening again, doesn't matter. just keep everything opening upward. and whenyou're ready, slowly bring yourself up from this one. in line with a twist, hand findsyour knee, opposite fingertips behind you. big inhale to sit up tall. and then as youexhale, spin around a little bit more. and
we'll come back to your middle here. again,cradling this leg here. so either holding your foot and your knee. if the hips are reallytight or there's knee problems, don't tweak your knees or push past any pain here. somake sure you can always breathe and be pain-free. so we'll sit up so tall here. we'll have youslide this other heel all the way out in front of you. big inhale to lengthen up nice andtall to open up the hips. and then as you exhale, place your foot right outside thisextended hip here next to your body. so big inhale, reach your left arm up. and then asyou exhale, cross the arm over. fingertips come behind you. big inhale to sit up tall.and then as you exhale, spin around a little bit more. and we'll unwind with a nice countertwist here. so big deep, long inhale, and
then easy exhale. and we'll come back to yourmiddle here. so interlacing your hands underneath this foot here. again, sitting up nice andlong in the spine. again, so tall in the spine that maybe this heel just starts to extendforward. and, again, if the leg doesn't go all way straight, it really doesn't matter.just keep a nice, long back so the knee can be as bent as you need it to be. just breathea lot. and when you've had enough of that one, gently relax the leg all the way backdown to the ground here. so stretching both heels all the way forward, sit up nice andtall in your spine. and then as you exhale, crawling all the way up and over the legshere. so make sure you keep a nice bend in the knees, especially if there's tension inthe hamstrings or lower back. this way you
can have the nice opening without the stressor frustration involved there of kind of touching your toes. but if there's lots of room togo in the hamstrings, you can always slide the heels out too. and just relax your armsdown on the ground here. and just breathe a whole, whole lot. really big, deep inhales.make a little bit more space. and then long exhales to move you right in. and then whenyou're ready, gently roll yourself all the way up from this one, and you're done. greatjob. so there you have it: a great routine that you can do in 5 minutes to increase yourflexibility. i'm tara stiles and i'll see you next time on the yoga solution.

kundalini meditation

today's topic is how to activate all the chakras. seven chakras, especially. 7 chakras are described in indian system of yoga. yoga is a system. remember, yoga is not a religion. so the yoga system is a system to improve yourself. we have 7 chakras. i have shed lot of light on the chakras, their functions, what they do, what we feel. today, you will hear how to activate them. first chakra is called muladhara. let me tell you. when you visualize the first chakra, base of the spine, you have to visualize red light. because it is a red color. so when you visualize red color, it begins to work. if it is not active, what do you feel?

kundalini meditation, if it is not active. so, you will feel if it is suppose, active, you will feel well-balanced and sensible, very stable. and very much secure. you will not distrust people, at all. you will feel that you are present at the moment. and you are connected to your physical body. but if it is not active at all, then what you will feel? you will feel very fearful and very nervous. and you will not welcome to anyone. but, sometimes it gets overactive. when it is overactive, you will feel very materialistic and greedy. greediness will not secure your life. security will be far, far away.

so how to activate it? very well-balanced, very well-sensible, stable, secure. so first you visualize red light or red color there. and there is a sound. it is called lam (lang). lam, lam. l like larry, a, m. lam, lam, lam. you can recite this sound with visualizing the color red color, red light. lam, lam, lam... so, this sound will activate this chakra. the 2nd chakra is svadhisthana. you can activate this. you have to visualize orange light. this represents very much feeling and sexuality. if it is open, what you feel? you feel that you can express yourself without any emotions. you cannot be overemotional. so you can express yourself. you will not have problems like people have problems with sexuality. they cannot function very well. so if it is open you will feel that there is no problem at all. in female's body or male's body. if this chakra is not active, you feel unemotional and you are not open to anybody. but sometimes it gets overactive. when it is overactive you become very sensitive. you become very emotional all the time. and sometimes when it is really overactive you feel lot of sexual energy. and let me tell you how to balance it. first, you have to do it, orange light, visualize below two inches on your svadisthana, second chakra and it is a water sound.

first chakra was earth sound, like you sit around the earth or mountain, but this chakra you have to visualize orange color and water like the ocean, river, streams, fountains. this is really seat of unconscious mind and this is also collective conscious. it has all the samskaras, it has all the instincts - this chakra. you need to balance it. let me give you one word. orange light. orange color. and the sound is vam (vang), vam, vam. v, a, m. v like victor, a, m. vam, vam, vam... just repeat it several times. maybe a few minutes. and have fountains or something water there or ocean sound. it will be active and plus it will be balanced. 3rd chakra is called manipura, in the navel. that is yellow color. you have to visualize in your navel yellow color. when it is working, it is open, what are the symptoms? you have confidence and especially when you are in the group you are very confident. you feel you are in control. you feel very very graceful and dignity around you. sometimes it is underactive, it is not active at all. so what you will feel? very passive and indecisive. but, sometimes it is very overactive. when it is overactive you feel very aggressive. and it is problem. so, how to balance it? first of all you have to understand this is the color of yellow color and the element is fire. because you have to visualize a fire. if you are around a fire you will see a big flame.

it will...it is a city of jewels actually. you can get lots of jewels. you become like a jewel. it is a jewel of the human being. how to activate it, how to balance it? sound ram (rang). ram, ram, ram... yellow color in the navel, then it will balance. 4th chakra is the anahata chakra. it is called also heart chakra. green light. you have to visualize green. it is like air, wind is its element. if there is a sound of the wind, it helps to balance it. and sometimes when you are sitting in the dark room you just have a burning flame. it will help. so this way the green light... so if it is open what can you do? you care about the other people, you love, also you have good relations with the other people. but if it is underactive, what happens? you are cold towards anyone. not friendly at all. sometimes it is overactive, so overactive means you have so much love that you suffocate all the people with it. so it is like a selfishness for you. how to balance it? the word i am giving you, the color is green, the sound is yam (yang). y, a, m. yam. like yam. yam, yam, yam... 5th chakra is vishuddhi chakra. it is called also throat chakra. throat chakra if it is open, you have very good expression and communication, very well. and if it is not active you cannot speak.

you have hard time to speak, you will be very shy. and if it is very active, what you do, you speak a lot. you annoy the people. sometimes you don't listen to the other people. how to activate it? light blue color. visualize there light blue color in the throat chakra. and the sound is ham (hang). h, a, m. ham, ham, ham... in the open sky, under the moonlight, it will be activated and well-balanced. 6th chakra is ajna chakra. the color is blue. like its name, it is name is like you have very much excellent clairvoyance. you dream a lot. if it is not active, what is the symptom? you're relying on the other people, how to believe, how to think, and you are confused. but if is overactive, what you will do? you will imagine all day long. extremists becomes like daydreams and hallucinations sometimes. how to balance this chakra? very like the blue color, and the sound is aaauuum. aaauuum, aaauuum, aaauuum. and element is like a subtle body. there is no element like anything else. just subtle body. you can feel the subtle body. 7th chakra is called crown chakra. that is also called sahasrara. this has no sound at all. so it is like consciousness, your consciousness. it if is open, this chakra, you don't have prejudice, you are not prejudiced at all. and you are very spiritual. and if it is, you are not busied in the thoughts. but if it is overactive, what happens? overactive is you will not feel even for your own body. you will not eat, you will not drink, you will not seek shelter. it is overactive. but if it is underactive you feel not spiritual, not quiet. you are busied in your thoughts. that's what it is.

how to activate it? you have to just think about consiousness. and consciousness is shapeless, formless. but color is pink. you can visualize pink color on the top of the head. and you will be surprised that it will begin to open and will be balanced.

kriya yoga

we will now know about the 4 steps in kriya yoga after taking 49 mins kriya yoga diksha we will talk more on this first and foremost you should sit straight as lord krishna mentioned in bhagavad gita to arjuna, “samam kayam shiro grivam” while teaching kriya yoga. our body, neck and head should be in a straight line, then only we can receive abundant cosmic energy inside us

kriya yoga, so we should sit straight place your hands in yog mudra position this is step 1 the importance of yoga mudra is that, when we place two thumbs

together sushumna nadi will get more energy vibrations similarly,by placing our index fingers together ida & pingala nadi will get energized howmuch ever the amount of cosmic energy we receive during this meditation the same amount of energy will be produced in us so this mudra is also known as sri chakra mudra so in kriya yoga this yog mudra is highly significant next step is

omkaram..next step is omkaram there is no mantra greater than omkaram why because omkaram has the highest sound energy omkaram is also considered to be the embodiment of bramha vishnu mahesh that's why there won’t be any mantra without omkaram while practising sushumna kriya yoga, we should listen to our own omkaras and chant omkaram should originate from nabhi depending on each one of our lung capacity

there is no compulsion that it should be chanted loudly or long or lengthy, so dont force yourselves with regular practise, you will be able to chant it long the chanting of “au” syllable should be 1 unit “um” syllable should be 2 units keep little gap and then chant next omkaram all who are taking initiation today,should practice this omkaram and deep breaths for 5 minutes every day in the evening only once in a day you practice fully for 49 mins, but omkaras and deep breathes you should practice for 5 mins in evening for second time chant omkara along with me do not chant omkaras asynchronously, chant with me for 21 times

next step is deep breathing deep breathes also should come from naval position inhale and exhale very slowly while taking the deep breathes while breathing in feel that you are taking in the virtuous things inside feel you are taking inside spirituality, good health, all divine qualities that you know that all you should feel,you are taking it inside, like you are taking in divine energy divine light you are taking inside like this with 'bhava' we should breathe in

while exhaling you should feel bad health, ego, anger, jealousy, whichever negative qualities that are disturbing you, whichever negative qualities are there breathe out each of those negative qualities with complete feel or 'bhava' do not practice this deep breathing technique like pranayam if you practice with bhava you can go deep and can concentrate easily on your third eye region so omkara and deep breathes are very important steps in kriya yoga practice next and final step is, focus on your third eye region focus on third eye region, many people think that

you should force your eyes and look up so dont force your eyes, if you do so you might get headache before meditation, raise your neck little bit it is difficult to keep your neck down like this and concentrate now arjun's guru once told arjun: asked all pandavas and kauravas to hit the eyeball of a bird all others except arjun were seeing sky, tree, leaves, bird in the tree and everything else but arjun saw only eyeball of the bird

so we should become arjun in kriya yoga practice just forget the entire body, only concentrate forget hands,legs everything. only concentrate on agya chakra in our body the most important place for our inner journey, the third eye region that is the reason why in olden days, we use to place tilak here even gents use to put sandalwood tilak or kumkum tilak or other we can put tilak anywhere else but why only here because it is the place of our third eye, everyday when we put tilak and we touch it, it vibrates sushumna will vibrate and we can easily enter into meditative state

with this bhava only our ancestors started applying tilak at thrid eye region so we should forget everything and only concentrate on third eye region but not stressfull (like this) very easily and comfortably the way how we enjoy a kids smile or the way we cherish flower that just blossomed and drenched in rain or they way we cherish moon in moonlight or happiness to see waves in the sea the type of feeling we have during such situations you will definitely be in a thoughtless state

if we enjoy anything satisfactorily, we will be in the thoughtless state by default with the same bhava concentrate on your third eye region for this 49 mins, believe that you are a soul that is the fact, you existed before this physical body, existing now and will exist even after leaving this physical body what we will loose is only the physical body so we will meet our real selves, this 49 mins please forget your name, position, place, profession i am a soul what happens in kriya yoga is, we embrace the truth

so we dont need anything in this 49mins i, my soul is god, i am close to god and in his lap as an infant in this 49 mins will be tuned into kriya yoga, i will always have his blessings with the same bhava, now we will practice kriya yoga for 49 mins i hope you all understood the process process: sit straight, keep hands in yoga mudra position chant omkara along with me then 14 times deep breathes with bhava then concentrate with ease on third eye region please do not open your eyes in between

because if you open your eyes in between then 80% of your energy will be wasted, so do not open your eyes in between when i say "slowly come out of meditation" then open your eyes, when we sit with eyes closed everyones energy here will be equal

hatha yoga postures

irritable-bowel-syndrome-treatment ,how totreat irritable bowel syndrome irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a disorderthat causes a variety of symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, gas,cramping, and bloating.most people can manage symptoms with diet changes, but there aresome medications available to help treat symptoms

hatha yoga postures, as well. you can also try supplements and use stressmanagement techniques to treat ibs. 1keep a food diary. start keeping a food diary to keep track ofwhat you eat and how it makes you feel.

you can use your food diary to identify thefoods that tend to trigger your ibs symptoms and use that information to avoid triggerfoods in the future.in your food diary include things like:what you ate how much you atewhen you ate how you felt one to two hours after eating 2follow the low fodmap diet.fodmap stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides,monosaccharides and polyols. these ingredients are more likely to produceibs symptoms, so reducing your intake of foods that contain these ingredients should helpto improve your ibs symptoms.

foods that you should limit or avoid include:certain fruits such as apples, blackberries, apricots, cherries, nectarines, mangoes, pears,watermelon, or plums canned fruitsfruit juice dried fruitcertain vegetables such as artichokes, cabbage, garlic, lentils, cauliflower, mushrooms, asparagus,beans, onions, snow peas , and sugar snap peasdairy products wheatrye high-fructose corn syruphoney 3eat regular meals.

having an irregular eating pattern can alsocontribute to ibs symptoms, so try not to skip any meals or eat meals that are spacedtoo far apart. maintain a regular meal schedule and try toeat about once every three hours during the day. avoid eating large meals as well. large meals may also contribute to ibs symptoms,so try to eat four or five small meals throughout the day. 4drink plenty of water. staying hydrated can also help to combat someof the symptoms of ibs.

aim to drink about eight 8 ounce glasses ofwater every day. if you exercise or have an active lifestyle,then you may need to drink more. steer clear of fizzy water and other carbonatedbeverages. these can make ibs symptoms worse. 5reduce alcohol and caffeine. alcohol and caffeine can irritate your digestivesystem. they may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, orconstipation. try to reduce or eliminate caffeine and alcoholfrom your diet and see if your symptoms improve. for example, instead of having two cups ofcoffee in the morning, just have one.

or, instead of having a martini with dinner,have a glass of water.

free yoga classes

good morning, take advantage of this nice, warm afternoon. i think that today we will be in the mid to upper 90's across marysville and sacramento.

free yoga classes, 95 in modesto. 93 in fairfield. mid 90's as we head into the foothills around auburn this

afternoon. should be the upper 70's today, less wind than yesterday. overall a good looking day, we will check out the forecast coming up in the next hour. i have the -- i have dabbled in it a little bit, the yoga thing. what tomorrow might be the day,

if you are like me, to take the plunge and take a class, because it is free. like this is a great way to have a stress feet -- stress-free labor day holiday. yoga studios across the area are taking part in the sacramento free day of yoga, focusing on

the whole body, including the idea that food plays an important role in achieving that allen's. joining us this morning is michelle, the founder of the free day of sacramento yoga. thank you both so much for being

with us here. let's start, what is i you beta and am i saying that correctly? is the science of life, a sister science to yoga, you are saying it perfectly. we are working with foods and spices and oils on the body. instead of just

being a little bit stressful, we can work from food as well. you are saying that food and drink can help you to feel differently by the end of the day? exactly. want to tell us what we are

drinking and why it will help us to feel different? imagine that it is a hot day. labor day. we are imagining. [laughter] maybe something happens that is stressful.

you come home and you want a beer or a glass of wine. maybe some potatoes? maybe. most of what we crave increases the heat. we wind up more stressed by the time we go to bed. like ice

cream? even ice cream. pastries? we are going to try some infused water. the first one is infused with ginger. do you have a guess as to

whether it's heating or cooling? go ahead and try. this one is the ginger. maybe you can taste the warming. absolutely. spicy. that would be good for indigestion.

or if you are feeling isolated or depression is sitting in, this would warm up your body to bring the life back in. very nice. the next one is hibiscus mint lemon. difference between them. very cooling.

nourishing. this would be a great drink for your labor day barbecue. it literally took me three seconds to throw it together. good idea. that definitely started off the holiday with a drink. let's get some meeting in there.

i also made a rice dish, because rice is so common for us to make at home. this is the plain rice. i have made heating version and a cooling version. the first one that we will try is the lighter one, it is about concealing.

this is so montreux coconut. -- so montreux -- so montreux -- cilantro coconut. something to calm down your belly. then you can have another glass. a bit of a crunch as well. what is this one?

tahini basil curry. the warming in that one is sensitive. after uei it you will start to feel warm inside your mouth. that one will also warm the belly against the isolating i will definitely take part in

the eating. it was tough for me. i have tried it a couple of times. this is a good way for people to go out who are saying that they are veterans, but for first timers as well, for those who are intimidated, it is free and

happening across the area. it is great for the seasoned, it is also great for those who have never done it before. tomorrow we have a class called -- i am new to yoga, please don't hurt me. and then we

have the yoga food and we are doing the yoga skin beauty bar that is happening. it has really taken off in sacramento. this is the third time you are putting it on. especially at a time when people are supposed to take off for

stress relief. we encourage people to make a day of it, come out and have fun. we will have a list of the studio's online. maybe we will see you tomorrow.

bhakti yoga

swami sivananda has described the 9 fold path of devotion to the guru just like in ramayana should read the book guru bhakti yoga and practise it steadfastly. should be interested in the practise second , imbibe the thoughts and deeds of the guru in his own deeds with faith

bhakti yoga, no matter how dumb or stupid , he'll cross the ocean of the material world third , should start doing according to the orders of the guru should try his level best to complete the orders of the guru i am reading this out now , but all this has happened in my life due to guru's grace

a senior disciple of my guru told me , "guruji has asked you to take these tourists to china peak " i agreed although i had never gone there myself we left before sunrise. he had just moved a few miles when the weather worsened hailstorm , strong winds , fog , rains people were coming back those who were with me too wanted to back out . i said ,"no , it is guru's order to make you see china peak" sometimes i would beg , other times say a few words , get angry.this way we would move 10-25 steps and they would get tired and would sit down all were fat the effort to make them agree to walk was even more than what i had done to please god

god used to get pleased very easily after so much begging & pleading , we reached the top at 2 pm , we had left at 6 am the weather cleared .all the tourist had run away they saw it very clearly & nicely on returning downhill , they were ahead of me & reached guruji earlier guruji asked what happened. they said we saw china peak guruji-but the weather was bad how did you reach they narrated the whole story your discple asharam ...omg

for me it was guru's order.that to not direct orders,someone else told me they must have told sai (lilashaji maharaj - bapuji's guru) .they have their own ways like one throws out fly from the milk ,in the same way all the seniors were trying to throw me out of the ashram i was the only junior it was all seniors vs me , still i used to tolerate everything & stay happy.never was i upset sometimes guruji would get influenced and would get a bit angry but i was never saddened . guruji knows everything , it'll be alright and later when the truth used to come out guruji was touched & would say - why didnt you speak up earlier. guruji would then shower his grace even more it would seem from outside that terrible atrocities were being done on me but i let them torment me.

om guru , my guru ...whatever happens it is good guruji - so you saw china peak ? bad weather , hails tourists - sai your asharam ...omg... he is stickier than even the most stickiest of things it is sai's order .sometime would beg , other times would do satsanga ...somehow he he delivered us to that place your asharam sai - then what happened tourists- as soon as we went there the weather cleared sai - one who obeys the guru , even nature obeys him. from now on even nature will follow his orders o! guru maharaj , you have granted me a boon which i could never have even thought of.

i didnt have the guts to say , that nature should obey me i never had done any such penance . but the conspiracy against me became a boon for me sai to tourists - he obeyed his guru , now nature will obey him i didnt have the audacity to ask for such a thiing , but guruji didnt hesitate to grant me what more can i speak for such a guru the word guru is destroyer of sins uttering 'gu' destroys sins 'ru' opens the doors of spirituality 'gu' brings out the opulence of oneness of soul & god

one of lord narayan's name is guru o ! guru , om guru , om guru one who utters 'guru' even once his sins are destroyed and this guru poonam a.k.a ashadhi purnima marks the first day of the yuga (cosmic cycle) so 9 types of devotion towards the guru have been described by shivanand saraswati 1.reading the book 'gurubhaktiyoga' 2. ultimate faith in the deeds & thoughts of guru 3. try his level best to fulfill guru's tasks

i did my level best to show the tourists china peak , which was my guru's orders it is now that i am reading that one should try his level best & what did i get in return ... the nature will obey you since you have obeyed your guru rains happen 4. should bow down to his guru solemnly not for showing off and chant the mantra given by the guru , respectfully it should not be like , chanting just for the sake of doing it 5 . serve without excepting anything in return i hadn't gone to my guru in return for some boon , it was guru's orders so i followed it

guruji will be pleased he'll grant me a boon such unfortunate thoughts never crossed my mind guruji showered his grace one who expect anything in return donot excel in their allotted fields guruji has said this is enough,i have got a chance to do it 6 . mental worship though i read it just know , i was doing this earlier as well mentally bathe , wipe him dry , apply tilak on our guru mental worship is 100 times more meritorious than physical worship and this is very easy .on the other hand bring ritual materials , chant mantras for physical worship

while the merit is 100 times more i didnot knew this beforehand , but something urged me from the inside & i used to do it 7 . contribute body , mind & money in the divine works of the guru 8 . meditating on the form of guru not only the physical body of the guru but moving a step forward and meditating on the nature of the guru guru is vast , infinite , divine , immortal , conscious ,formless , free from the senses it has nicely been described in the book narayan stuti (published by ashram) the nature of narayan & brahma is same as that of guru .the nature of guru is same as that of narayan & brahma

9.listening to the discourses and living life according to it whatever has been heard from the guru , follow it without perfidy there are many who give discourses as an occupation instead whatever has been heard telling it to others & in the process wishing good for them gurubhaktiyoga has been accomplished in this kaliyuga , there are problems associated with other spiritual paths & one might get corrupted but in gurubhaktiyoga , there is no effect of problems as such & no chance of getting corrupted gurudev takes care of everything you just heard the 9 fold path of gurubhaktiyoga