Sam Singer

The Secret Practice

Kriya Yoga

The most powerful, distilled form of Kriya Yoga. A technology of consciousness kept hidden for generations and passed from master to student in silence, now made public for the first time.

The Practices

The complete library, organized by what it works on in the body and the mind. Begin anywhere that calls you.

Back & Spine

For most of its history this practice was never written down. It moved from one master to a single prepared student, by hand, by breath, by direct transmission. Its effects were considered too potent to place in untrained hands, and the ones who carried it believed the ordinary person was not meant to know what it could do.

I have come to a different conviction. We are standing at a threshold. The shared consciousness of our species has fallen low and the hour is late, and a teaching withheld in a time like this is a lamp hidden under a basket.

So I am publishing it. Every kriya, every posture, every breath, set down plainly and given freely, for anyone in the world willing to take it up.

Learn it. Practice it. Build it into your days. Raise your own frequency until you become a light that holds steady in the dark and lifts the consciousness of everyone who comes near you.

This is how the work spreads now. Not master to student in secret, but one awakened life to the next, out in the open, across the whole earth.

The Energy System

The Chakras

Eight centers carry the current of life through you. As cosmic energy flows in and the dormant power at the base of the spine awakens, each one opens in turn, and you change.

These are not metaphors. They are the working anatomy of your inner life, the gates through which raw energy becomes survival, desire, will, love, truth, vision, and finally union. Learn the map, then take up the practices that move the current upward.

Muladhara chakra emblem

Muladhara

Security and survival

Foundations, survival, security, habit, self-acceptance

Grounded, centered, secure, loyal, stable. Healthy elimination.

Fear and insecurity. Life feels like a burden, a sense of not belonging on the earth or in one's family. Weak constitution, elimination problems, low physical and mental resistance.

Tattva
Earth
Color
Red
Location
The base of the spine, between the anus and the sexual organs
Energy function
Eliminating energy
Organ and gland
Organs of elimination

Asanas

Crow Pose, Chair Pose, Body Drops, Frog Pose, Mul Bandh, Front Stretches, lying on the stomach kicking the buttocks with the heels.

Practices

Healthy Bowel System, Flexibility and the Spine, Disease Resistance and Heart Helper

Svadhisthana chakra emblem

Svadhisthana

Creativity

To feel, to desire, to create

A relaxed, positive relationship to sexuality. Patience, creativity, responsible relationships.

Rigid emotions, frigidity, guilt, no boundaries, irresponsible relationships. Problems with the reproductive organs or the kidneys.

Tattva
Water
Color
Orange
Location
The sexual organs
Energy function
Eliminating liquid
Organ and gland
Sexual organs, reproductive glands, kidneys, bladder

Asanas

Frog Pose, Cobra Pose, Butterfly, Cat-Cow, Maha Mudra, Pelvic Lifts.

Practices

Sat Kriya, Releasing Premenstrual Tension and Balancing Sexual Energy, Sex Energy Transformation

Manipura chakra emblem

Manipura

Action and balance

The will of the spiritual warrior

The seat of personal power and commitment. Self-esteem, identity, judgment. Where the strength for inner balance, inspiration, and good health is forged.

Anger, greed, shame, despair. Obstacles everywhere. Conforming to be recognized, refusing one's own wishes and feelings. Problems with digestion, the liver, the gall bladder, the pancreas.

Tattva
Fire
Color
Yellow
Location
The navel point and solar plexus
Energy function
Digesting food
Organ and gland
Navel plexus, liver, gall bladder, spleen, digestive organs, pancreas, adrenal glands

Asanas

Stretch Pose, Peacock Pose, Bow Pose, Fish Pose, Diaphragm Lock, and all exercises that train the abdominal muscles.

Practices

Breath of Fire, Sat Kriya, Nabhi Kriya, Nabhi Kriya for Prana-Apana

Anahata chakra emblem

Anahata

Love and compassion

Love and awakening. The move from me to we.

Compassion, kindness, forgiveness, service, love. Recognizing these qualities in others. Sacred transformation, awakening to spiritual awareness.

Grief, attachment, closed to one's surroundings, easily hurt, dependent on the love of others, fear of rejection, the helper syndrome, heartlessness. Heart, lung, and blood-pressure problems.

Tattva
Air
Color
Green
Location
The breastbone, at the level of the heart
Energy function
Circulation and flexibility
Organ and gland
Heart, lungs, thymus gland

Asanas

Ego Eradicator, Yoga Mudra, Bear Grip, Baby Pose, and all arm exercises and twists of the upper torso.

Practices

All Pranayam, Magnetic Field and Heart Center, The Essence of Self

Vishuddha chakra emblem

Vishuddha

The projective power of the word

Hearing and speaking the truth. The Teacher.

The center of truth, language, knowledge, and effective communication. Authenticity. Healthy self-expression. Inspiring and teaching. Embodying the divine will.

Lethargy, weak expression, shyness, voice problems, insecurity, fear of others' opinions. Throat, neck, and thyroid problems.

Tattva
Ether
Color
Light blue
Location
The throat
Energy function
Containment of the self
Organ and gland
Trachea, throat, cervical vertebrae, thyroid

Asanas

Shoulder Stand, Cobra Pose, Plow Pose, Camel Pose, Cat-Cow, Neck Rolls, Neck Lock, nose to knees.

Practices

All chanting, Wahe Guru Kriya, Kriya for Creativity

Ajna chakra emblem

Ajna

Intuition, wisdom, and identity

The union of opposites

The center of intuition and clairvoyance. Visualization, concentration, determination. Self-initiation, the power of projection, understanding your purpose.

Confusion, depression, rejection of the spiritual, over-intellectualizing.

Color
Indigo
Location
Between the eyebrows, the third eye
Organ and gland
Brain, pituitary gland

Asanas

Archer Pose, Yoga Mudra, and all exercises where the forehead rests on the floor.

Practices

Meditating on the Third Eye, Long Chant, Kirtan Kriya, Whistle Breaths, Pituitary Gland Series, Ajna Stimulation

Sahasrara chakra emblem

Sahasrara

Humility and vastness

Transcendence. The Tenth Gate.

The seat of the soul. Connection to the highest Self. Enlightenment, unity, elevation, relationship to the Unknown.

Grief. The feeling of being cut off from existence and from abundance. Fear of death.

Color
Violet
Location
The crown of the head
Organ and gland
Brain, pineal gland

Asanas

Ego Eradicator, Maha Mudra, concentrating on the tip of the nose.

Practices

All meditation, Sat Kriya, Foundation for Infinity

The Aura chakra emblem

The Aura

Radiance

The aura combines the effect of all the chakras and is their total projection. It projects and it protects.

Shy, withdrawn, vulnerable.

Color
White
Location
The electromagnetic field surrounding the body

Asanas

Triangle Pose, Ego Eradicator, Archer Pose, and all arm exercises.

Practices

Strengthening the Aura, Balancing the Aura, Electromagnetic Frequency, and all meditation