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Becoming Happy

Stuart Perrinwww.stuartperrin.com
Stuart Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda). "Becoming Happy" offers practical guidelines to master ourselves and the inner chaos to attain real and abiding inner happiness in a world of change.
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Episodes

Letting Go of Garbage

Says Stuart: "You have to be conscious of the effort you're making to go really deep inside yourself and build a system inside that is strong enough so that you can let go of these things..."

Jun 08, 20105 min

A Compassionate Life

Says Stuart: "You can't mend the wrongs you did to other people. You can't. They've already been done. But you can learn from them. You can grow, you can become more of a human being from them..."

Jun 08, 20102 min

Real Healing

Says Stuart: "You can heal yourself. That's what you are all doing here. You're healing yourself. By healing yourself I don't mean you have a specific disease, but you are learning how to master all the things inside you that will ultimately create disease..."

May 15, 20106 min

Mastering the Will

Says Stuart: "Most will is used in the external world. Most will is used to get the things we think we are suppose to get on the earth, the things we believe are coming to us. Usually it has to do with money and relationships, and power over people. That's usually how we express our will.."

May 15, 20106 min

Loneliness

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the ninth installment— "Loneliness". Says Stuart: "How can you be lonely if you're having a spiritual life? Having a spiritual life, every brief is your friend. You're sitting by yourself home alone, the very fact that you're alive fills you with joy, that you're doing things..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage o...

May 10, 20104 min

Becoming A Teacher

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the eighth installment— "Becoming a Teacher". Says Stuart: "In my life I have made a hundred people at least, teachers. I would say at least 90% of them made my life insane. I got so tired of it I stopped making teachers. I found that I would make someone a teacher and all of a sudden I was dealing with this enormous ego of somebody sitting in this chair and they become very important..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditatio...

May 10, 20104 min

Using the Double-Breathing Exercise

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the seventh installment— "Using the Double-Breathing Exercise". Says Stuart: "The exercise is just a way of building chakras. Now through the building of chakras you learn how to keep your attention here all the time, so that when things get a little discombobulated in your daily existence you're not in the mind, you're centered..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 y...

May 10, 20105 min

Pathless Path

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the sixth installment— "Pathless Path". Says Stuart: "They say in the Tao that the path to God is really no path. And the profundity of this truth is there. It's mind boggling, because if you think about it it will drive you crazy, because everybody is creating paths to God and everybody is creating dogma and their ways of getting to God and their religion, but in truth, the moment you're having a spiritual life, there is no more religion, there's...

May 02, 201013 min

Difficult People

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the fifth installment— "Difficult People". Says Stuart: "Everybody has the seed of God inside them. Everybody really somewhere inside themselves wants to be a happy person. Your growth should allow you to get to a place to where, when you are dealing with any of these people, you can touch that in them..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, ...

May 02, 20109 min

Being Used By Higher Energy

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the fourth installment— "Being Used By Higher Energy". Says Stuart: Says Stuart: "It's not me doing this work. I don't know how to do this work. I'm being used by a Higher Energy to transmit shakti to people who truly want to receive this energy so they can develop an inner life for themselves, but it has nothing to do with me..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 yea...

May 02, 20104 min

Pain As Part Of Life

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the third installment— "Pain As Part of Life". Says Stuart: "How many times have I said: suffering doesn't go away. Nobody is perfect. As long as you are imperfect, there is going to be difficulty, there is going to be pain..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Apr 29, 201011 min

Learning to Love

Stuart Perrin continues this 11-part series with the second installment— "Learning to Love". Says Stuart: "Why there should be so much resistance, why people are afraid to really trust— to love, to give, to receive unconditionally— is maybe one of the great mysteries of the universe..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Apr 29, 201011 min

Cycles of Change

Stuart Perrin begins this 11-part series with the first installment— "Cycles of Change". Says Stuart: "Everything in life is contingent upon cycles. Where we loose out is when we're not conscious when these cycles begin and end inside ourselves..." Recorded live during the March 2010 New York City Meditation Retreat. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Apr 29, 20108 min

Becoming Happy: Death and Rebirth (Pt. 12)

Stuart Perrin concludes this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 12th and last installment— "Death and Rebirth". Stuart reminds us that every time we step into the unknown, every time we grown, every time a cycle completes, there is a death and rebirth. If you do this everyday, the fear of passing over to the other side will fall away. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the line...

Apr 08, 20105 min

Becoming Happy: Transforming Your Life (Pt. 11)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 11th installment— "Transforming Your Life. Stuart says that the less there is of our ego imposing what we think is right or wrong, the more the opportunity there is for the universe to truly guide our life, to live in the moment, and witness genesis on a moment-by-moment basis. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in th...

Apr 07, 20109 min

Becoming Happy: Difficult Relationships (Pt. 10)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 10th installment— "Difficult Relationships". Stuart says that it is not possible to be in a relationship and not have some sort of struggle going on. That struggle has a singular purpose, and that is to make you stronger inside. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Apr 01, 20103 min

Becoming Happy: Closer to Nothingness (Pt. 9)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 9th installment— "Closer to Nothingness". Stuart explains that as long as we are full of neuroses, we never have to live a creative life, we can always blame it on the things that are wrong with us. The first step toward our nothingness is letting go of that which no longer serves us. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicin...

Mar 31, 20106 min

Becoming Happy: Guided by the Universe (Pt. 8)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 8th installment— "Guided by the Universe". Stuart reminds us that if we let go of the anxieties, the thoughts, the opinions to your spiritual life you make room inside yourself for the universe to guide you. And it will provide you with ways of surveying in the world that will be clear, pure, and filled with unconditional love. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher...

Mar 24, 20106 min

Becoming Happy: Sustaining the Work (Pt. 7)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 7th installment— "Sustaining the Work". Stuart tells us that spiritual growth is a minute-by-minute, day-by-day, month-by-month, year-by-year process in order to sustain that connection with God. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Mar 24, 20105 min

Becoming Happy: Getting Out of the Way (Pt. 6)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 6th installment— "Getting Out of the Way". Stuart speaks about the highest form of marriage between someone who comes to have a spiritual life and someone who can teach them how to do it. For this to happen both of them have to get out of the way to find a sense of nothingness. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in th...

Mar 17, 20108 min

Becoming Happy: About Reincarnation (Pt. 5)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 5th installment— "About Reincarnation". Stuart says it doesn't matter whether you believe or not believe in reincarnation. What matters more is to ask yourself the question what are you doing at this moment to develop a system inside that is strong enough to be able to live a life in unconditional surrender to God. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years ...

Mar 15, 20105 min

Becoming Happy: Breath As A Tool (Pt. 4)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 4th installment— "Breath As A Tool". Stuart explains that shallow breathing feeds the craziness in the head. A conscious breath into the lower (3rd) chakra helps to free us of mindless mental chatter and the chaos of the world. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Mar 14, 20103 min

Becoming Happy: Having Foundation (Pt. 3)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 3rd installment— "Having Foundation". Stuart explains how you can open your heart when things are difficult by being centered in the foundation of our being. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Mar 14, 20106 min

Becoming Happy: Keeping Your Heart Open (Pt. 2)

Stuart Perrin continues this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the 2nd installment— "Keeping Your Heart Open". Stuart explains that we can free ourselves of our karma by truly opening our heart, and waking up to the fact that we are living at the center of all God's creation. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Mar 13, 20106 min

Becoming Happy: Our Work On Earth (Pt. 1)

Stuart Perrin kicks off this 12-part series on "Becoming Happy" with the first installment— "Our Work On Earth". Stuart relates that our work on earth is to master ourselves, the chaos within, everything keeping us from finding a very deep inner happiness. Recorded live during a meditation retreat, February, 2010. Mr. Perrin is a Kundalini yoga teacher of 37 years out of New York City, practicing in the lineage of Rudi (Swami Rudrananda).

Mar 13, 20106 min
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