Juliu Horvath on Kundalini and the Energetic Origins of the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Methods

Blog Content Interviews // December 03, 2024

Introduction

In this insightful interview, Juliu Horvath, creator of the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods, takes us on a journey into the origins of his work, rooted in his profound experiences with Kundalini energy. Through his exploration of Kundalini, Juliu discovered the movement patterns and energetic principles that would eventually crystallize into the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods we know today. In this interview, Juliu shares the intricate connection between Kundalini and these transformative methods, explaining how they not only foster physical healing but also guide practitioners toward deeper balance and harmony within their bodies.

Whether you are a seasoned Gyrotonic or Gyrokinesis Trainer or new to these methods, Juliu’s reflections offer a rare glimpse into the energetic foundation that underpins every movement, revealing why the Gyrotonic Method has touched so many lives worldwide.

This post contains Juliu Horvath’s words as transcribed from an interview featured below with Juliu and Gyrotonic HQ Media Team’s Cina Canada. Trainers, the full interview is available to you for viewing at any time in the Gyrotonic Trainer Learning Library. We hope you enjoy it!

Understanding Kundalini Energy

Juliu Horvath, founder and creator of the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Methods in a post where he shares about Kundalini and the Energetic Origins of the GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Methods

Juliu in St. Thomas during the period in which he developed ‘Yoga for Dancers’, which would eventually become the Gyrokinesis Method

Those who really want to know what Kundalini is have to read up on it. There is a very interesting book that I have found from a person who has gone through similar experiences as myself because he did not have previous education in yoga or kundalini yoga or anything else, and I did not as well. I had been reading briefly on it, but I was more confused than ever. Only when it (my energy body) opened up, it (the kundalini energy) started revealing itself. And as I was going through the process of experiencing it, how it changes your body from the inside without the your mind going “What is going to happen,” different movement patterns occur in the body according to the need of the organs in the body, the needs of your circulatory system where the energy can either pass or not pass through and can not move freely to find itself through the whole process.

The Evolutionary Energy: A 20-Year Process

The whole process took me about twenty years until my energy came into complete balance. It revealed itself through different movement patterns that I recognized at the end what it is. And this is how it happens. It’s called the “evolutionary energy.” Basically, it takes you from baby shoes, from emotion, from your emotional body, through your mental body, through physical body and tries to purify all of these elements inside of you. Through this purification, you are learning. It’s a learning process from an energetic point. You don’t know what is going to happen. It keeps happening, happening, happening, happening. Only at the end you can either explain it, or don’t explain it if you don’t have words for it.

Everybody speculates, “this is what happened, that is what happened,” but I can only tell you what the process was. What the aim of this energy is ultimately, I still don’t know completely, so I’m not going to go there. I have a vague idea, of course I have an idea, and ideas came down from people who experienced this also and went through that process. I have only read a few books by people who have actually had the experience and didn’t just put together some kind of philosophy from another book, or from other people’s experiences. I went through the process myself from zero to where I am now.

Juliu and his handbuilt St. Thomas shack

Gopi Krishna, this person describes his experience which is different from mine a little bit, but again it just describes the energetic part and the struggle which he has gone through. You [those practicing the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods] have the by-product of this experience that [the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods] is already a crystalized form of what came through to me, but you may not experience the Kundalini itself because that takes a different pathway. But, the healing process that you are going to be exposed to through the methodology is something you are going to experience.

The Healing Power of the Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Methods

This is why so many people get healed through the process, from many, many medical conditions that the medical community could not help, or very little, and they (the people) got a lot more benefit through doing the Gyrotonic Method. People keep asking, “how does it happen?” It happens because the methodology comes from a source beyond our knowledge. When you do it, it is going to happen to you as well. It creates a balance in the body that is going to influence the entire organism.

You need to know the technical aspect of it, the methodology behind it, use the methodology, see what you feel and then your body is going to tell you if you are feeling good or you are not feeling good. Is it helping or not helping? So, it’s [the Gyrotonic Method] helped thousands of people in any kind of field, in the sports world, the therapy world, in the dance world, and the different aspects of sports therapy have happened through the Gyrotonic Method. It helps every aspect of any sport.

So, if it helps you, do it. If it doesn’t help you, why do it? That is all I can tell you. But please try it before you have an opinion. Opinion… It’s like when you take a pill and you don’t know what the pill is doing to you. It is either helping you or not helping you. If it helps, you keep taking it, right? It’s very simple. But you don’t know what is happening. You don’t know how the organism is working really deep down in every aspect of it. Like, many times people come with this, “Tell me which muscle exactly.” Like when I’m explaining all of this with just one word. So many things are happening with my tongue and the muscles and the jaw and my eyes and my emotions and my mentality, all in one single word.

How do you explain all of that? It’s not possible. So, millions of processes are happening even through just one movement. It’s not possible to explain. It’s possible to show you how to do it, how to approach it and get the benefits from it. That is possible.

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