Yoga Santa Fe

Meditation to brighten your aura

2012-02-24T08:39:00.002-07:00

Brighten Your Radiance.

Mudra:Sit in easy pose, spine straight. Place the two hands about 12 inches to either side of the ears, palms facing forward, fingers pointing straight up towards the ceiling. The elbows are not pressed into the sides, but are held away from the body a bit. Bend the index finger down and curl it under the thumb (Giaan Mudra). The rest of the fingers are held side by side, pointing straight up. Hold the position steady and breathe.
Eyes: Focus on the tip of the nose.
Breath: Make your lips into a very clear "0", and breathe long and deep through the "0" mouth.
Tape: The Yogi by Matamandir Singh.
Time: Done for almost 21 minutes in class.
End: Inhale deeply, hold the breath, come into a state of shuniaa (zero), and synchronize your entire being. Hold 20 seconds. Relax.
Comments/Effeets: "You don't need make up, you don't need anything. You are known by your spirit. You shall project out by your radiance. You shall be loved and honored by your excellence, or stupidity, as the case may be.
Who are you? You are a "hu-man being." Hu means spirit, the light, the hue. (YB makes circles with his hands over his head, and out to the sides, referring to the auric field or radiant body of a person.) Man means now, mental, being now. Now you are the spirit of your mind. You are bright light of yourself. That's your identity.

The art of being smartis to be small which can contain all.The art of successis to answer the call of duty with grace and compassion.The art of happinessis to serve all and all shall serve you.

Kundalini yoga set in Yoga Journal

2012-02-20T13:56:00.000-07:00

Tune in to the infinite and tune up your body with this energizing Kundalini sequence for optimum health.

By Andrea Ferretti

She stands just over five feet tall, but when Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa enters a room, everyone notices. It isn't just her turban, her flowing all-white ensemble, or her enormous gong that make her stand out. Khalsa's presence can only be explained by the immense amount of energy she exudes, whether it's serene, joyful, or even mischievous. In Kundalini terms, she's got a very strong aura.

Khalsa, the cofounder and director of the Golden Bridge Yoga center in Los Angeles, chalks it up to doing this form of yoga for more than 30 years. "Kundalini gives you energy and grit to deal with the challenges in your life," she says. "It strengthens your aura and opens you up to give and receive love." If you've never doneKundalini before, you'll notice some differences from other types of yoga. Instead of holding the poses, Kundalini classes incorporate different kinds of movement, from waving or kicking the limbs in a repetitive, structured way to dancing in an unstructured way. Khalsa often uses music during class, and each session ends with Corpse Pose to the sound of a gong. Also, each kriya, or sequence, is taught exactly as it was passed down from Kundalini masters.

Here, Khalsa shares a kriya for optimum health and well-being taught to her by her teacher Yogi Bhajan, who died in 2004. The sequence stimulates the navel chakra, which regulates strength and mental clarity.

Before you begin

PREPARE

Don't eat for at least two hours before you practice. If you need nourishment, drink some juice. Warm yourself up with a few stretches to loosen the spine, hips, and shoulders.

CHANT

Chant "Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo." It translates as "I open myself to the Divine Creativity of the Universe. To the Subtle Transparent Teacher within and without, I bow." Chanting this mantra is like tuning the radio to a certain wavelength, turning on the channel to Infinity. It extends your mind from the daily earthly life to timelessness.

1. Lying on your back, bend your right knee and bring it across your body to the left side. Raise your right arm alongside your ear. Your shoulders remain on the floor. Stretch to the left side and then to the right, 21 times on each side.

2. Still lying on your back, lift your left leg to 90 degrees and lower it while lifting your right leg to 90 degrees. Continue alternate leg lifts for 1 1/2 minutes.

3. Still lying on your back, lift your arms and legs up to 90 degrees and then lower them and raise them again rapidly for 2 minutes.

4. Lying on your stomach, reach back and grab your left ankle and pull the leg down to touch the left buttock. Then release the left ankle and grab the right ankle and stretch it down to touch the right buttock. Continue, moving quickly and alternating legs for 1 minute.

5. Still lying on your stomach, grab both ankles and come up into Bow Pose. Roll on your stomach back and forth like a hobbyhorse, extend your tongue out of your mouth, and do the breath of fire for 1 1/2 minutes. (To do breath of fire, pump the breath in and out through your nose. Your navel center will move in as you exhale and out as you inhale. Start slowly and gradually increase to 60 breaths per minute. Keep your face and shoulders relaxed.)

6. Roll quickly onto your back and begin jumping your whole body all around and up and down for 2 minutes.

7. Come into Cobra Pose and begin moving up and down from Cobra Pose to lying on the floor and back up into Cobra Pose. Stick your tongue all the way out and breathe through your mouth. Do 54 Cobra lifts.

8. Lying on your back, bend your knees and hug them to your chest. Put your nose between your knees and rock forward and back on your spine for 2 minutes.

9. Lie back and, with your legs six inches off the ground, crisscross your arms and legs back and forth for 2 minutes.

10. Lying on your back, come into Half Wheel Pose by grabbing your ankles and arching your spine, resting your shoulders and head on the floor. Hold for 6 1/2 minutes. Listen to relaxing meditative music.

11. Turn onto your belly and relax for another 8 minutes.

12. Flip from your stomach onto your back in one move and relax, pretending to sleep. Listen to "Guru Ram Das Lullaby" for 11 minutes or play some other meditative music.

13. Lift your arms and legs and roll your wrists and ankles in both directions. Then do Cat Stretch by bending your right leg and placing your left hand on the outside of your right knee. Pull the knee across your body into a twist. Look over at your right arm stretched along the floor. Enjoy the stretch, then bring the right knee back to your chest and release the leg on the floor. Do the other side.

14. End your practice with this meditation: If you have it, play a recording of "Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Jio" while you meditate. Sit in Easy Pose, with your eyes closed, looking at the tip of your nose through your closed eyes for 3 1/2 minutes. Then change your focus to your crown chakra (the top of the head) for 4 minutes.

After you finish

SING

May the long time sun
shine upon you,
All love surround you.
And the pure light within you,
Guide your way on. Sat Nam.

This song is a form of selfless service, or giving back to the world. It teaches you to send your newly expanded radiant energy to heal and console others.

Taken from Owner's Manual for the Human Body, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Compiled and edited by Harijot K. Khalsa. Published through the Kundalini Yoga Research Institute (KRI). Manual and music are available through Ancient Healing Ways, www.a-healing.com. To find a Kundalini Yoga teacher near you, visit www.kundaliniyoga.com.

Meditation connect with the sensory system

2012-02-17T11:57:00.002-07:00

Connect with the Sensory System
August 21, 2000, Espanola, NM

Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Place the right hand on top of the left hand, to create a triangle in front of the heart, arms parallel to the floor, both palms facing down. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Make an “o" of your mouth and inhale very long and deep through it, completely filling the chest. Exhale through the nose. See how strong and comfortable you can be. Use your commitment and courage. Consolidate your senses. Achieve. Continue for 31 minutes. To end, inhale deeply and hold the breath with all your force. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. On the last breath, hold, and squeeze every nerve and every fiber of your body. Exhale and relax.
There is the earth, universe and galaxies. We are huge, interactive, and very vast. As we do these exercises we start sensing the entire universe within us.

Meditation to stop cosmic disturbances

2012-02-03T08:52:00.000-07:00

For Effects of Radiation & Stop Cosmic Disturbances
Trikurti Turvani Kriya

Taught by Yogi Bhajan May 15, 1978 - Los Angeles, California

Mudra: Sitting in easy pose with a straight spine, and bend the elbows down into the sides. Bring the hands with the palms flat and fingers pointing up, next to each shoulder. Bend the index finger into the palm, and touch it to the tip of the thumb (giaan mudra).

Eyes: Look at the tip of the nose.

Breath & Mantra: Inhale very deeply, and chant the following mantra three times on one breath: Praanaa Apaanaa Shush manaa Haree, Haree Har Haree Har Haree Har Haree Chant the mantra at a fairly rapid pace, to be able to repeat it 3 times on one breath.

Comments: There is so much radiation in the atmosphere that your nerves cannot stand it and you get grouchy and upset. Those who have poor sympathetic nervous systems cannot keep their cool, and they do wrong things. In case of atomic energy radiation or total destruction, if you can perfect your mind with this, it may help you. This is one of the most sacred mantras. This kriya works right on the spot. It's not that if we chant it today, it will work tomorrow. It will work right then and there. As much as you will chant, that much it will return to you. It will cut out that karma and that much dharma will enter. It takes care of your entire texture. Trikurti is the triangle at the third eye. Turvani means cosmic triangle. These two triangles are very important. People who eat meat, people who kill animals and take their bad vibes, this redeems them. This is actually the offering to God, and it's a most beautiful offering of prana. This mantra can stop the cosmic disturbance. In very, very old times when typhoons used to come, when destruction used to come from the heavens, people used to practice this mantra. When they would think there was no escape, they would sit down together, meditate and chant. Somehow the miracle of God, the hand of God would save them. This is the basic mantra

For Effects of Radiation & Stop Cosmic Disturbances

2012-01-27T14:28:00.002-07:00

For Effects of Radiation & Stop Cosmic Disturbances
Trikurti Turvani Kriya

Taught by Yogi Bhajan May 15, 1978 - Los Angeles, California
Mudra: Sitting in easy pose with a straight spine, and bend the elbows down into the sides. Bring the hands with the palms flat and fingers pointing up, next to each shoulder. Bend the index finger into the palm, and touch it to the tip of the thumb (giaan mudra).
Eyes: Look at the tip of the nose.
Breath & Mantra: Inhale very deeply, and chant the following mantra three times on one breath: Praanaa Apaanaa Shush manaa Haree, Haree Har Haree Har Haree Har Haree Chant the mantra at a fairly rapid pace, to be able to repeat it 3 times on one breath.
Comments: There is so much radiation in the atmosphere that your nerves cannot stand it and you get grouchy and upset. Those who have poor sympathetic nervous systems cannot keep their cool, and they do wrong things. In case of atomic energy radiation or total destruction, if you can perfect your mind with this, it may help you. This is one of the most sacred mantras. This kriya works right on the spot. It's not that if we chant it today, it will work tomorrow. It will work right then and there. As much as you will chant, that much it will return to you. It will cut out that karma and that much dharma will enter. It takes care of your entire texture. Trikurti is the triangle at the third eye. Turvani means cosmic triangle. These two triangles are very important. People who eat meat, people who kill animals and take their bad vibes, this redeems them. This is actually the offering to God, and it's a most beautiful offering of prana. This mantra can stop the cosmic disturbance. In very, very old times when typhoons used to come, when destruction used to come from the heavens, people used to practice this mantra. When they would think there was no escape, they would sit down together, meditate and chant. Somehow the miracle of God, the hand of God would save them. This is the basic mantra.

Why practice Kundalini Yoga

2012-01-23T17:20:00.002-07:00

I often say to students that you cannot stay the same when you practice Kundalini yoga. The very nature of what we do is to awaken the energy of consciousness, to practice in a way that sheds light on our self-imposed limitations, and invites us to think out of the box and develop our intuitive mind. Being able to live from our intuitive mind is one of the main goals of a Kundalini practitioner.

I practice and teach both Hatha and Kundalini yoga. I see my Hatha practice as daily maintenance — a great way to work out kinks in my body, get grounded and calm. My Kundalini practice is a place of transformation. The kriyas and meditations are much more specific than your regular flow class, much like an Iyengar practice, but rather than focusing on physical alignment, the kriyas are a specific set of exercises that generate energy, organize that energy and deliver you to a specific energetic state — particularly one of greater awareness.

Also within the practice are built-in moments of stillness where we sit quietly and awaken to our Self. The breathwork within the kriyas is so powerful that it starts to strip away the layers that veil our consciousness, and in the sweet moments between poses we can sense the fullness of who we are. The kriyaswork on strengthening your nervous system, balancing your glandular system, purifying the body and calming the mind.

I have practiced kriyas that have left me blissed out, high and filled with a sense of connection and joy, and others that have provoked and confronted me to the very core of who I am, both physically and mentally. I have learned to stay present and accept pleasure and pain as part of the same journey to health and balance. Our ego naturally leans towards pleasure and comfort. It takes concerted effort and discipline to begin to release the ego’s grip on our consciousness. This effort is the work required to begin to access the truth of who we are, to create a strong connection to our Soul and therefore our Soul’s work on this planet. It is where we start to make great strides toward living as an enlightened being.

Before practicing Kundalini yoga, I had done some meditation, but it had always been elusive for me. Meditations within Kundalini yoga are multifaceted. You can do the simplest forms, such as breath awareness or simple mantra, or explore more elaborate meditations where there is a specific breath, mantra and mudra that all work together to balance different aspects of the mind and body. When practiced for 40–120 days, the result is pure magic.

Kundalini yoga is not to be taken lightly. It is like an express train that shakes and wakes you up. I sincerely encourage you to have an experience of Kundalini yoga for yourself. It will add depth to your existing practice and to your life. I have created a number of Kundalini videos on GaiamTV.com for you to try. If you find a set that resonates with you, stick to it for 40 days so you can reap the full benefits of the kriya.

Meditation for Word Power

2012-01-20T08:47:00.001-07:00

Meditation for Word Power

POSTURE & MUDRA: Sit in Easy Pose with erect spine. Hands are in Gyan Mudra over knees or relaxed in lap, the right hand resting in left with both palms up.

MANTRA: There is no mantra for this meditation although you may want to play the Tantric Har recording for rhythmic support.

BREATH: Inhale deeply, exhale and hold the breath out as long as comfortable.

Then inhale deeply and immediately exhale again. Continue this breath pattern for 11 minutes as you do the following: As you hold the breath out, regularly pulse the Navel Point and the tip of the tongue together. Pull in the Navel Point and lift the tongue to strike the top of the mouth at the same time. The tongue must snap up as the navel snaps inward. It is a small precise movement. The mouth may be closed or relaxed and slightly open. You can silently imagine the Har sounds.

Meditation for Word power

2012-01-12T16:52:00.002-07:00

Meditation for Word Power

Meditation for self blessing

2012-01-12T12:18:00.002-07:00

Self-Blessing

Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Arch the right arm over the head, palm facing down 6 inches above the crown of the head. Raise the left forearm parallel to the ground and bend the elbow so that the hand is touching your chest, palm facing down. Eyes are closed.

Chant in a monotone I bless myself, I bless myself, I bless myself. I am, I am.

Continue for 3 minutes.

To end, inhale deeply, hold the breath and repeat the mantra mentally. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.

Meditaion: Provoke your higher Self

2011-12-22T11:31:00.001-07:00

Meditation of the Week:

Provoke Your Higher Self
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Interlock your hands in Venus Lock in front of the heart center, with the thumbs crossed so that you are locking your ego represented by the thumbs. Elbows are relaxed down. Eyes are closed. Chant the mantra, “Har, Har, Har, Har…” (“Tantric Har” by Simran Kaur and Guru Prem Singh), powerfully vibrate the hands up and down 11 times on each “Har.” Continue for 31 minutes. During the last three minutes move so fast that you feel it in the spine. To end, inhale deeply, hold it tight. Exhale. Repeat one more time. Then inhale deeply, hold, and flex your spine 3 times. Exhale and relax.

Meditation: Provoke your Higher Self

2011-12-16T16:27:00.001-07:00

Meditation of the Week:

Provoke Your Higher Self
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Interlock your hands in Venus Lock in front of the heart center, with the thumbs crossed so that you are locking your ego represented by the thumbs. Elbows are relaxed down. Eyes are closed. Chant the mantra, “Har, Har, Har, Har…” (“Tantric Har” by Simran Kaur and Guru Prem Singh), powerfully vibrate the hands up and down 11 times on each “Har.” Continue for 31 minutes. During the last three minutes move so fast that you feel it in the spine. To end, inhale deeply, hold it tight. Exhale. Repeat one more time. Then inhale deeply, hold, and flex your spine 3 times. Exhale and relax.

Live broadcast 9AM Sunday class with Guruchander

2011-12-11T10:08:00.000-07:00

This I hope is the link to our first Yoga Santa Fe broadcast
Guruchander's 9AM Sunday class

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Meditation for patience, tolerance and deep self respect

2011-12-09T05:03:00.001-07:00

PATIENCE, TOLERANCE AND DEEP SELF RESPECT

Given by Yogi Bhajan, May 22, 2000
Mudra: Sit with a straight spine in cross legged position. Bring the right knee up to the chest, and lock both hands around the knee. Pull it in as close as possible to the chest.
Eyes: On the tip of the nose.
Mantra: “Tantric Har” by Simran and Guruprem was played. Mentally chant “Har” and breathe through the round mouth in rhythm with the mantra.
Breath: Breathe in and out through the round mouth, powerfully, along with the mantra.
Time: 31 minutes
End: Inhale deeply. Bring both hands flat against the chest, and press hard. Tighten yourself and stretch the spine from top to bottom. Exhale. Repeat one more time. The third time: inhale, hold, and stretch both arms up over the head. Keep the right knee into the chest without pressure. Stretch the spine and every muscle of the body. The harder you stretch the better it will be. Relax.

Meditation to burn anger and build the immune system

2011-11-27T09:29:00.000-07:00

Meditation to Burn Anger and Build the Immune System

Mudra: Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Extend and stretch the right arm forward and upward at a 60 degree angle, pointing the index and middle fingers. No bend in the elbows. Hold the pinkie and ring finger down with the thumb.
Left hand: Place the left hand flat on your heart.
Eyes: Closed. Breath: Form an “o” with the mouth and breathe powerfully through it. Do it emotionally—burn your inner anger, get rid of it.
Time: Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold 10 seconds, stretch both arms and hands over the head, and stretch the spine. Cannon Fire Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
Comments: This meditation will build a powerful immune system. It correlates the breath of life, the tattvas and the chakras. If you do it for 11 minutes everyday, after 40 days you will be a different person.

To experience the aquarius spirit

2011-11-17T14:15:00.001-07:00

To Experience the Aquarius Spirit

September 12, 2000, Espanola, NM

1. Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Close your eyes. Sing from the navel and project out Every Heartbeat by Nirinjan Kaur. This song must reveal your soul. If you know the words, you will enter the Age of Aquarius, because it grants that spirit. You have to learn it by heart. It does not matter how many of you there are. It matters how effective you are. Continue singing with the tape for 11 minutes, then sing without the tape for other 3 minutes.
2. Sing along with Nirinjan Kaur’s God Is Within Me song. Continue for 3 minutes.
3. Sing along with Nirinjan Kaur’s Bountiful, Blissful and Beautiful song. To understand Anand Sahib, the Song of Bliss, you must sing with it in English. Continue for 3 minutes. Relax.
“Pavan is our Guru,” said Guru Nanak. His words, when chanted with Pavan Guru, the breath—from the navel point and projected out, turn our personality 180 degrees and give us the character of what we are chanting. It is no secret. It is meant to turn human into spirituality. Sing from the navel. Wake up

May all beings be Healthy, Happy and Holy

Seven Star meditation

2011-10-14T12:14:00.000-06:00

Seven Star
May 16, 2000
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Raise both arms at 60 degree angles, palms facing slightly forwards and upwards, fingers tightened and spread open. Elbows are stretched straight. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Sing along with Nirinjan Kaur’s Humee Hum Brahm Hum . Draw the energy from the Prakirti, the heavens— into your being. Let it come in. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and stretch the spine tighter and tighter. Bring the energy of your spine into your fingers. Cannon Fire Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.

This meditation will bring a rhythm of positive and negative. Through your hands all seven star forces will be connected at the spinal cortex at the 13th vertebra, which controls the heart center. The meditation is wasted if you do not stretch your tightest at the end.

Meditation: Life Guideline

2011-10-07T11:36:00.001-06:00

Life Guideline
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Interlace your hands in Venus Lock in front of the heart center, elbows relaxed down. Eyes are closed. Chant in a monotone Me within me is the Purity. Me within me is the Reality. Me within me is the Grace. I am the Master of the space.
Listen to what you are saying. Learn to live and remember this all of the time, as a projection and guideline of your life. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and synchronize your body with that purity and piety, tighten every fiber and molecule. Exhale. Repeat one more time. Then deeply inhale, exale, and relax.

Meditation: Life guideline

2011-09-29T14:40:00.000-06:00

Life Guideline
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Interlace your hands in Venus Lock in front of the heart center, elbows relaxed down. Eyes are closed. Chant in a monotone Me within me is the Purity. Me within me is the Reality. Me within me is the Grace. I am the Master of the space.
Listen to what you are saying. Learn to live and remember this all of the time, as a projection and guideline of your life. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and synchronize your body with that purity and piety, tighten every fiber and molecule. Exhale. Repeat one more time. Then deeply inhale, exale, and relax.

meditation: change the elemental psyche

2011-09-24T10:56:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Change the Elemental Psyche
Sit very straight in a cross-legged position. Raise the forearms parallel to the ground with the hands interlaced in VenusLock in front of the chest with thumbs locked. Pull on the lock. Eyes are closed. Make an “o”of your mouth and do Breath of Fire through it. Be steady. Use the strength of the diaphragm and the navel. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and keeping the hands locked, stretch the arms straight overhead. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
This meditation can change your elemental psyche. It will help you know you are not an emotional beast, but at least part angel, part beast and part human. Out of this trinity, you must develop the mastery of the human mind.

Meditation: Change the elemental psyche

2011-09-17T09:54:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Change the Elemental Psyche
Sit very straight in a cross-legged position. Raise the forearms parallel to the ground with the hands interlaced in VenusLock in front of the chest with thumbs locked. Pull on the lock. Eyes are closed. Make an “o”of your mouth and do Breath of Fire through it. Be steady. Use the strength of the diaphragm and the navel. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and keeping the hands locked, stretch the arms straight overhead. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
This meditation can change your elemental psyche. It will help you know you are not an emotional beast, but at least part angel, part beast and part human. Out of this trinity, you must develop the mastery of the human mind.

Meditation: Let the past go

2011-09-17T09:52:00.003-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Let the Past Go
August 7, 2000, Espanola, NM
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Do Long and Deep Breathing. In absolute, deep silence go deep within yourself. Keep control of your mind. Be steady and firm. Enjoy the rhythm of stillness.

Continue for 31 minutes. To end, inhale deep, hold the breath, and pull the navel in with all your strength. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. On the last breath, inhale completely, pull the navel in, and synchronize every fiber of your body. Relax.

The posture and your alertness will benefit you, and your mind will give you an experience. Your power lies in your deep silence.

Meditation to open up a newness in You

2011-08-31T10:45:00.003-06:00

Open up a Newness In You
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Raise both hands at shoulder level, with the elbows relaxed down. Point the index and middle fingers up and use the thumb to hold down the other two. Eyes are closed. Rhythmically spread the index and middle fingers open and closed. Continue for 11 minutes
Do not stop the movement. Form an “o” with the mouth and breathe powerfully through it, pumping the navel in rhythm with the breath. Continue for 2 1/2 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and pull the navel towards the spine. Cannon Fire Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
When Jupiter (index finger) and Saturn (middle finger) meet the frequency of the psyche, the subconscious thoughts you have against yourself will float away. Anytime, anywhere you do this exercise it will be sufficient to open up the newness in you. After 5 minutes you will be a different person.

Nice video on the changing times 12min

2011-08-29T16:19:00.001-06:00

2012: World End Times Or Change In The Age?
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Meditation to open up a newness in you

2011-08-18T12:29:00.001-06:00

Open up a Newness In You
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Raise both hands at shoulder level, with the elbows relaxed down. Point the index and middle fingers up and use the thumb to hold down the other two. Eyes are closed. Rhythmically spread the index and middle fingers open and closed. Continue for 11 minutes
Do not stop the movement. Form an “o” with the mouth and breathe powerfully through it, pumping the navel in rhythm with the breath. Continue for 2 1/2 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and pull the navel towards the spine. Cannon Fire Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
When Jupiter (index finger) and Saturn (middle finger) meet the frequency of the psyche, the subconscious thoughts you have against yourself will float away. Anytime, anywhere you do this exercise it will be sufficient to open up the newness in you. After 5 minutes you will be a different person.

Meditation to connect with the sensory system

2011-08-12T16:51:00.000-06:00

Connect with the Sensory System
August 21, 2000, Espanola, NM
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Place the right hand on top of the left hand, to create a triangle in front of the heart, arms parallel to the floor, both palms facing down. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Make an “o" of your mouth and inhale very long and deep through it, completely filling the chest. Exhale through the nose. See how strong and comfortable you can be. Use your commitment and courage. Consolidate your senses. Achieve. Continue for 31 minutes. To end, inhale deeply and hold the breath with all your force. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. On the last breath, hold, and squeeze every nerve and every fiber of your body. Exhale and relax.
There is the earth, universe and galaxies. We are huge, interactive, and very vast. As we do these exercises we start sensing the entire universe within us.

Meditation to connect with the sensory system

2011-08-09T16:02:00.001-06:00

Connect with the Sensory System
August 21, 2000, Espanola, NM
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Place the right hand on top of the left hand, to create a triangle in front of the heart, arms parallel to the floor, both palms facing down. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Make an “o" of your mouth and inhale very long and deep through it, completely filling the chest. Exhale through the nose. See how strong and comfortable you can be. Use your commitment and courage. Consolidate your senses. Achieve. Continue for 31 minutes. To end, inhale deeply and hold the breath with all your force. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. On the last breath, hold, and squeeze every nerve and every fiber of your body. Exhale and relax.
There is the earth, universe and galaxies. We are huge, interactive, and very vast. As we do these exercises we start sensing the entire universe within us.

Meditation to burn past karma

2011-08-09T11:12:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Burn Past Karma
June 23, 2000 Espanola, NM
1. Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Arch the arms up over your head. Point the index fingers towards each other, 1/2 inch apart, and hold the other fingers with the thumbs. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Do Breath of Fire, powerfully applying your diaphragm. Recharge yourself, burn the karma from incarnations and incarnations. Continue for 3 minutes.
2. Maintain the posture. Chant loud and clear from the navel Wah-hay Guroo, Wah-hay Jeeo by Sangeet Kaur and Harjinder Singh (from Raga Sadhana). Bring the heavens on earth. Release your ancestral karma. Give yourself a chance. Open up the navel. Call on the Creator from the third chakra. Invoke the cosmic energy. Continue for 8 minutes (for the last few seconds chant powerfully). To end, inhale deeply and hold the breath. Make the entire fiber of your body like steel. Get rid of all disease, now and in the future. Create the magnetic field. Become a living rock. Cannon Fire. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.

Meditation to empower the psyche's projection

2011-07-24T14:36:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Empower the Psyche’s Projection
May 15, 2000
1. Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Raise the left arm in parallel equilibrium with the ground and bend the elbow so that the hand is in front of your chest, palm facing down. Extend the right arm straight forward in parallel equilibrium with the heavens, elbow straight, palm facing upwards. Eyes are focused at the tip of the nose. Become calm. Chant Wah-hay Guroo, Wah-hay Jeeo by Sangeet Kaur and Harjinder Singh (from Raga Sadhana). Continue for 22 minutes.
2. Place both hands over the heart center, right over left. Continue chanting for 2 minutes.
3. Same position, whisper the mantra for 2 minutes.
4. Same position, chant in silence for 1 minute.To end, inhale deeply and hold. Stretch the spine and squeeze every fiber of the body to equalize the energy. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
This meditation creates a magnetic frequency in your body which will make your psyche flow towards you. You have the mind to project your thoughts. For seeding thoughts, you need extra inner energy to inspire your aim. With these practices, you should have a clear aim so you can penetrate a mantra in your being and in your surroundings.

Meditation on our own prana

2011-07-07T16:13:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Meditation on our own Praana
To download the full meditation, please click the image or title!
This is a very secret and sacred praanic meditation that belongs to a class of high yogic technique. Its purpose is that a person may live up to any age, but his youthfulness will not be lost. It is a physical method to qualify yourself to a higher consciousness that you believe in. Mental improvements won't work until you are physically strong enough.

Meditation "Change the Elemental Psyche"

2011-07-01T14:57:00.000-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Change the Elemental Psyche
Sit very straight in a cross-legged position. Raise the forearms parallel to the ground with the hands interlaced in VenusLock in front of the chest with thumbs locked. Pull on the lock. Eyes are closed. Make an “o”of your mouth and do Breath of Fire through it. Be steady. Use the strength of the diaphragm and the navel. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deeply, hold, and keeping the hands locked, stretch the arms straight overhead. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
This meditation can change your elemental psyche. It will help you know you are not an emotional beast, but at least part angel, part beast and part human. Out of this trinity, you must develop the mastery of the human mind.

Meditation for self healing

2011-06-25T07:45:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Self-Healing
May 13, 2000 Espanola, NM
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Raise the right arm parallel to the ground and bend the elbow so that the hand is in front of your heart, palm facing down. Grasp the back of your neck firmly with the left hand. Eyes are closed. Chant from the navel Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa by Guru Nam Singh (slow version).
Heal yourself. Continue for 11 minutes.
To end, inhale deeply, hold the breath and pull your neck forward with your hand, but without bending the neck—fight it, resist it. Balance with the other hand. Make your whole body totally like steel. Powerfully distribute the energy in every organ, in every fiber of your being. Let every molecule get the energy. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax. The grip on the neck should be perfect and the right arm parallel to the floor in absolute balance.

Meditation for self healing

2011-06-10T15:28:00.001-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

Self-Healing
May 13, 2000 Espanola, NM
Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Raise the right arm parallel to the ground and bend the elbow so that the hand is in front of your heart, palm facing down. Grasp the back of your neck firmly with the left hand. Eyes are closed. Chant from the navel Raa Maa Daa Saa Saa by Guru Nam Singh (slow version).
Heal yourself. Continue for 11 minutes.
To end, inhale deeply, hold the breath and pull your neck forward with your hand, but without bending the neck—fight it, resist it. Balance with the other hand. Make your whole body totally like steel. Powerfully distribute the energy in every organ, in every fiber of your being. Let every molecule get the energy. Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax. The grip on the neck should be perfect and the right arm parallel to the floor in absolute balance.

Benefits of meditation on the effects of stress on our chromosomes

2011-06-02T21:08:00.000-06:00

The stress and strife of daily life have a direct effect on our health. Most dramatically, our very chromosomes are affected by stress. Telomeres are the end tips of our chromosomes, little caps that protect our DNA. Telomeres play an important role in cell division, and get a bit shorter every time a cell divides. In studies, subjects with inherently stressful lives—notably mothers of special-needs children and spouses of dementia sufferers—showed extraordinary wear and tear on their telomeres. The stress-induced disruption to their cells' life cycle actually caused them to age faster. But an enzyme called telomerase maintains and repairs the telomeres, prolonging the life of our cells. Increasing telomerase is a way to slow telomeres' unraveling. And guess how we can we do that? Meditation. An exciting 2010 study showed that people in an intensive meditation practice had greater telomerase activity in their immune cells than those who did not meditate. Scientists are working to gather even more information about how mindful awareness and other stress reduction techniques can help us live longer and more healthfully.

Meditation for self reliance

2011-06-02T19:43:00.000-06:00

Meditation for Self-Reliance
Mudra: Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Extend the arms forward at shoulder level parallel to the floor, with elbows slightly bent. Palms are face down, with fingers spread, tough and tight like nails—these are your five antennae. Move the arms rhythmically straight back and forward about 5 inches. Reach from the shoulders, affect your chest and spine.
Eyes: Eyes are closed.
Mantra: Chant the Prosperity Mantra Har Har Har Har Gobinday by Niranjan Kaur. Continue for 11 minutes.
To end, inhale deep, straighten and tighten your fingers as much as you can so your hands automatically shake from the force of it. Cannon Fire Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
Regular practice of this exercise will totally change the psychic flow of your body. You will be different. Your body will receive energy from the universal energy, which is called Prakirti. And as a Purusha and Purkha you will just blossom. Body is given to you as a gift for you to emit and remit the light of your soul. And when it emits and remits the soul, the universe brings to you what you need. Otherwise you are a hustler—“I want this. I’m working for this.”
You have only one thing—your breath. You will only know who you are if you know the length and strength of your breath. When your mind does not stop and you go crazy, just hold the breath. In one second you forget why you are doing it. Because when you breathe in and hold it in, the mind comes into the balance center. When you breathe out and hold it out, your mind becomes intuitive. Life is very simple. Pave the way for your own knowledge.

Meditation to Open the Lock of the Heart Center, to Increase the Power of the Infinite Within

2011-05-26T19:13:00.000-06:00

Meditation to Open the Lock of the Heart Center, to Increase the Power of the Infinite Within
Mudra: Sit in easy pose with a straight spine. Bring hands approximately 6-8 inches in front of your face, palms flat and facing one another, fingers pointing towards the ceiling, and with approximately a 6-8 inch space between the palms. Elbows are bent and are relaxed down (a).
Movement: With a very fast, powerful jerk, stretch the hands out (b) until there is about 36 inches between the hands (c), and abruptly stop them there. The stopping process will be so abrupt, done with such a powerful force, that you'll find the hands, chest, shoulders, and head jerking back and forth a little bit. This abrupt stopping, and the resulting jerk causes an "opening up your chest cavity with a 'current shock.' You should stretch out like eleven hundred volts have hit you."
Music: Tantric Har, or 1 movement per second. Do not sing aloud. On every Har, you will stretch your arms with such a powerful force, just as if a eleven hundred volts have hit you. Concentrate on this reaction in your chest, and see the effects it has on you.
Eyes: Unspecified.
Time: 11 minutes.
End: Inhale. Hold the breath, but keep on doing the motion. Held 13 seconds. Exhale. Inhale again and continue the motion. Held 8 seconds. Exhale. Inhale deeply, continue. Held 6 seconds. Relax.
Comments/Effects: The chest cavity is called the heart chakra. This heavy jolt, as you spring your hands and arms apart, will cause a jerking reaction to your chest cavity, which will open up your heart center. Opening of your heart center cavity is opening up to your own Infinity. This center is sometimes referred to as the agan granthi-the place from which all fire-related activities spring-food, digestion, breath, to name a few. When this center is locked, your ribcage is out of placement. Then the diaphragm doesn't act right, and you'll lose one third of your life force. This meditation loosens this lock and will open up the power of the Almighty within you. You must bring forth the entire power of your being, using a great force as you open up and then suddenly stop your arms, and thus shock your central nervous system (the shushmanaa) on the sound of Har. Through this meditation you can move the power of the ida and pingala, and open up the shushmanaa.

Meditation to open the lock of the heart

2011-05-19T18:55:00.000-06:00

Meditation of the Week: Meditation to Open the Lock of the Heart Center, to Increase the Power of the Infinite Within
Mudra: Sit in easy pose with a straight spine. Bring hands approximately 6-8 inches in front of your face, palms flat and facing one another, fingers pointing towards the ceiling, and with approximately a 6-8 inch space between the palms. Elbows are bent and are relaxed down (a).
Movement: With a very fast, powerful jerk, stretch the hands out (b) until there is about 36 inches between the hands (c), and abruptly stop them there. The stopping process will be so abrupt, done with such a powerful force, that you'll find the hands, chest, shoulders, and head jerking back and forth a little bit. This abrupt stopping, and the resulting jerk causes an "opening up your chest cavity with a 'current shock.' You should stretch out like eleven hundred volts have hit you."
Music: Tantric Har, or 1 movement per second. Do not sing aloud. On every Har, you will stretch your arms with such a powerful force, just as if a eleven hundred volts have hit you. Concentrate on this reaction in your chest, and see the effects it has on you.
Eyes: Unspecified.
Time: 11 minutes.
End: Inhale. Hold the breath, but keep on doing the motion. Held 13 seconds. Exhale. Inhale again and continue the motion. Held 8 seconds. Exhale. Inhale deeply, continue. Held 6 seconds. Relax.
Comments/Effects: The chest cavity is called the heart chakra. This heavy jolt, as you spring your hands and arms apart, will cause a jerking reaction to your chest cavity, which will open up your heart center. Opening of your heart center cavity is opening up to your own Infinity. This center is sometimes referred to as the agan granthi-the place from which all fire-related activities spring-food, digestion, breath, to name a few. When this center is locked, your ribcage is out of placement. Then the diaphragm doesn't act right, and you'll lose one third of your life force. This meditation loosens this lock and will open up the power of the Almighty within you. You must bring forth the entire power of your being, using a great force as you open up and then suddenly stop your arms, and thus shock your central nervous system (the shushmanaa) on the sound of Har. Through this meditation you can move the power of the ida and pingala, and open up the shushmanaa.

Meditation To Experience the Aquarian Spirit

2011-04-29T16:45:00.000-06:00

Meditation of the Week:

September 12, 2000, Espanola, NM
1. Sit straight in a cross-legged position. Close your eyes. Sing from the navel and project out Every Heartbeat by Nirinjan Kaur. This song must reveal your soul. If you know the words, you will enter the Age of Aquarius, because it grants that spirit. You have to learn it by heart. It does not matter how many of you there are. It matters how effective you are. Continue singing with the tape for 11 minutes, then sing without the tape for other 3 minutes.
2. Sing along with Nirinjan Kaur’s God Is Within Me song. Continue for 3 minutes.
3. Sing along with Nirinjan Kaur’s Bountiful, Blissful and Beautiful song. To understand Anand Sahib, the Song of Bliss, you must sing with it in English. Continue for 3 minutes. Relax.
“Pavan is our Guru,” said Guru Nanak. His words, when chanted with Pavan Guru, the breath—from the navel point and projected out, turn our personality 180 degrees and give us the character of what we are chanting. It is no secret. It is meant to turn human into spirituality. Sing from the navel. Wake up!

Meditation to honor the earth

2011-04-12T14:03:00.000-06:00

http://www.3ho.org/ecommunity/2011/04/kundalini-yoga-meditation-old-gypsy-way-of-calling-on-the-spirit/

To support Japan consider donating to:

2011-04-11T16:54:00.001-06:00

Doctors without Borders - Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. They do great work.

Theme for Kirn's classes this week

2011-04-11T16:50:00.000-06:00

Monday
Communication......through deep listening...............silence is the source of all vibrations, find yourSelf in the activity of silence, so you open to, and communicate from, your real identity

Wednesday
no navel no naad.............naad develops your power and intuition in our communication

We will do yoga and meditations from the level 2 course: Conscious Communication

9 min beautiful video on the feminine

2011-04-10T19:34:00.001-06:00

Amazing sign of the Times & worth the time to watch...

Strikingly beautiful, a huge step for humanity moving forward to the heart of who we can be. This is true strength, power and movement of Spirit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_uRIMUBnvw

Meditation for self reliance

2011-04-10T11:41:00.000-06:00

Meditation for Self-Reliance
it straight in a cross-legged position. Extend the arms forward at shoulder level parallel to the floor, with elbows slightly bent. Palms are face down, with fingers spread, tough and tight like nails—these are your five antennae. Eyes are closed. Move the arms rhythmically straight back and forward about 5 inches. Reach from the shoulders, affect your chest and spine. Chant the Prosperity Mantra Har Har Har Har Gobinday by Niranjan Kaur. Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale deep, straighten and tighten your fingers as much as you can so your hands automatically shake from the force of it. Cannon Fire Exhale. Repeat 2 more times. Relax.
Regular practice of this exercise will totally change the psychic flow of your body. You will be different. Your body will receive energy from the universal energy, which is called Prakirti. And as a Purusha and Purkha you will just blossom. Body is given to you as a gift for you to emit and remit the light of your soul. And when it emits and remits the soul, the universe brings to you what you need. Otherwise you are a hustler—“I want this. I’m working for this.” You have only one thing—your breath.
You will only know who you are if you know the length and strength of your breath. When your mind does not stop and you go crazy, just hold the breath. In one second you forget why you are doing it. Because when you breathe in and hold it in, the mind comes into the balance center. When you breathe out and hold it out, your mind becomes intuitive. Life is very simple. Pave the way for your own knowledge.

Link to hear the sound of the planet Jupiter

2011-04-10T11:30:00.000-06:00

http://www.flixxy.com/jupiter-sounds-nasa-voyager.htm

Tapping technique for emotional freedom

2011-04-06T17:17:00.000-06:00

I found this technique to be very illuminating!
Twisted my ankle and was able to connect with a very deep generational issue which was ready to clear, and it was using my ankle to bring attention to it. You know how it goes.....

This is the website which describes everything you need to know to start doing the technique right now
No courses etc to take
http://eft.mercola.com/

What is the Emotional Freedom Technique?

The Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is the psychological acupressure technique I routinely use in my practice and most highly recommend to optimize your emotional health. Although it is still often overlooked, emotional health is absolutely essential to your physical health and healing - no matter how devoted you are to the proper diet and lifestyle, you will not achieve your body's ideal healing and preventative powers if emotional barriers stand in your way.

EFT is very easy to learn, and will help you:

Remove Negative Emotions
Reduce Food Cravings
Reduce or Eliminate Pain
Implement Positive Goals

The "Tool Kit For Teaching Beginners" by Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa

2011-04-02T10:54:00.000-06:00

This is a link for a wonderful booklet which explains a lot of our kundalini yoga practices

http://www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org/tools4teachers/docs/ToolKit_for_Teaching_Beginners.pdf

Meditation to Be aware of external events in a moment of crisis

2011-04-01T15:03:00.000-06:00

Sit in easy pose with the elbows bent and the hands up at the level of the shoulders.Extend the Jupiter (index) fingers up and lock the thumb over the other fingers.Eyes at the tip of the nose.

Whisper the mantra: Aad Guray Nameh, Jugaad Guray Namay, Sat Guray Nameh, Siri Guru Dayvay Nameh. 11 Minutes

Translation: Guided from the primal core and beginningThrough every moment of experience and activityGuided in your heart’s deepest truth and beingBy the unseen Infinity of your highest self

Kriya To take away pain

2011-04-01T14:59:00.001-06:00

A. Sit in easy pose with the left hand up as if taking an oath. Palm in facing forward. Stretch the right arm straight out in front with the palm down. Eyes are closed. Inhale through the nose and exhale with a cannon breath through a circled mouth. Move the right arm up and down powerfully 30-40 cm, two repetitions per second breathing in this way. 3 Minutes

B. Sitting in easy pose, reverse the hand positions. The breathing is the same. 3 Minutes

C. Still sitting in easy pose, bend the arm at the elbow and bring the hands up to the level of the shoulders with the palms facing up. Breathing pattern is the same. Hold the position. 3 Minutes

D. Sit in easy pose with the hands in front of the body, palms facing down. Begin striking the floor with the open palms chanting “Har” with each strike. 3 Minutes

Meditation to make you aware and to stimulate the brain

2011-04-01T14:56:00.000-06:00

Sit in easy pose and place the hands behind the neck, interlocking the fingers.

Begin chanting “Har” from the navel point, pulling the elbows forward each time “Har” in chanted. 3 Minutes

This exercise stimulates the feeling of the the brain and makes you able to speak so people can hear you.

Meditation for grounding

2011-04-01T14:55:00.001-06:00

Sit in easy pose with the hands in prayer pose.

Keeping the hands together inhale and raise the arms up straight. It is like the position for Sat Kriya.

Begin, as in Sat Kriya, chanting Sat Nam, pulling the navel with each repetition.

After three repetitions, slowly chant Wahe Guru as the hands are slowly brought down to the heart level against the body. Repeat this cycle.

Continue for 3 Min, increasing to 11 Minutes

Meditation for Fear

2011-04-01T14:54:00.001-06:00

Sit in easy pose and grasp the Sun (ring) finger of the left hand with all the fingers of the right hand. The thumb of the left hand goes under the right hand.

Chant Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Se So Hung. 3 Minutes

When you feel like you are stuck

2011-04-01T14:53:00.000-06:00

Sitting in easy pose, hold your arms in front of your chest, forearms parallel to the ground. Place the right hand over the left, about 6 inches, pointing in opposite directions.
Palms are facing downward.
Move the hands in and out very rapidly.
The right hand moves outward away from you as the left hand moves inward toward you. Then the left hand moves outward and the right hand inward.

Keep up this motion for 3 minutes.

Inhale deeply, hold, then exhale, 3 times.

Kriya for anxiety

2011-04-01T14:51:00.000-06:00

A. Sit in easy pose with the hands in prayer pose in front of the chest. Then move the hands downward with fingers pointing away from the body and then back up again to the original position. This is a fast, shaking motion. Long deep breathing. 3 Minutes

B. Still sitting in easy pose, extend the arms forward, bending the arms at the elbow. Keep the elbows in close to the body, upper arms extend somewhat beyond the shoulder, palms are open and facing the body. Begin bringing the hands in toward the body and then back out again. The movement is about 12 inches. Form a circle with the mouth and breathe in and out rapidly through the mouth. 3 Minutes

C. This is the same as part A., only breathe rapidly in an out through the mouth as in B. 3 Minutes

Meditation to lead a stress-free existence.

2011-04-01T14:50:00.000-06:00

It tonifies the heart and the digestive and elimination systems, and circulates prana to the nadies.
Sitting in easy pose, place the arms up at the sides at an angle of 60 degrees from the horizontal, with the palms facing up and inward. Elbows are straight. Shake the hands vigorously, allowing the arms, shoulders, body, and legs to shake along with them. Do this for 3 minutes.
Place the arms straight out in front, horizontal to the ground. Bend the wrists toward you, so that the Jupiter finger (index finger) points upward. The other fingers are curled under the thumb. Moving only the wrists, rotate the Jupiter fingers outward, then downward, then inward, then upward again. The right hand will have its Jupiter finger rotating clockwise around the wrist, and the left hand counter-clockwise. The arms remain straight and stationary. Try to keep the Jupiter finger in a vertical plane moving around the wrist. Do this for 3 minutes. Then inhale, hold and squeeze, and exhale, three time.

The Gong by Hari Jiwan Singh LA

2011-04-01T11:48:00.000-06:00

THE UNIVERSAL SOUND OF THE GONG

The sound of the gong allows us to move beyond the boundaries of the mind. We have used our mind since birth to perceive the world and through our mind we have constructed our own unique version of reality. Over time we have become habituated with a set of perceptual responses to the incoming data from the world outside our mind. These responses layer and layer upon each other and build up their own magnetic frequency. This magnetic frequency then radiates out from us and attracts similar frequencies. Like attracts like. This is why the change process is so difficult. We can add information. We can add knowledge. We think we know more, and we do. But we have not really changed. Our energetic being remains the same. Our basic magnetic frequency and our layered perceptual filters process the new information in the old habitual ways. New information does not change us. An energetic shift of our magnetic field changes us.

The universe is powered by sound. The gong is the basic creative sound. Out of the gong comes all music, all sounds, all words. The sound of the gong is the nucleus of the Word. The mind was created out of this sound: it is like the father and mother together. The gong is the first and last instrument for the human mind. It is the one thing that supersedes the mind. The mind has no power before the gong. It takes three to ninety seconds for the sound of the gong to overtake the mind. Then we are free of the conditioned habitual pattern of the perceptual filters of our magnetic field. We have expanded beyond the frequency of our mental imprints. We now have the opportunity to experience new realms of our own psyche, new energetic aspects of our own being, new dimensions of ourselves. We have the choice to explore, to create. This is the true flexibility of yoga---the beginning of the union of the finite within the infinite.

Among the tools the yogi has to merge the finite with the infinite the gong reigns supreme. It is not an ordinary thing to play; it is an art to play the gong. The gong is not a drum or a musical instrument. The gong is a beautiful reinforced vibration. It is an inter-vibratory system. It is like a multitude of strings, like playing a million strings.

Think of the human body as a Divine instrument with strings. We are composed of seventy-two surs or strings. The Crown Chakra-the thousand petal lotus- impacts each of these strings with a thousand-fold vibration. So there are 72,000 vibratory impacts that send energy throughout out our system and these vibrations shape us physically, emotionally, and mentally. When the gong is played, the vibration of the strings causes all thirty trillion cells of the body to resonate, to dance—forming patterns that release blockages that have prevented the cosmic pulsation to flow freely through our being. Within this creative cosmic flow we find fulfillment, harmony, and love.

When we chant a mantra, if the rhythm is right, and the concentration and surrender to its pulse is practiced, then the central nervous system vibrates it, and we can listen and absorb the sound. The mantra is attuned to the Infinite and when the Infinite resounds in us we achieve excellence. As Yogi Bhajan says: “The science of reality is to find the sound and to resound in that sound. Then the soul shall excel and God shall dwell within you.” Anahat is that state in which the nervous system vibrates the mantra without conscious effort; we vibrate in harmony with the psyche of the universe, beyond anything we could create from our finite self or ego. Nothing compares to the gong’s ability to create in the human the Divine sound, which allows entry into the state of Anahat, and causes the sound to resound within. Only the gong can produce this combination of space vibrations. It is this productive sound that changes the pattern of the brain neurons for positive purposes. No effort or practice is required to participate. We can not avoid interlocking with the sound of the gong, because we are a byproduct of the wave and the strength of the wave that is called light and sound. It is the sound of Creativity itself. The gong takes us directly into the original sound current, into perpetual sound—out into space, into space, into space. This unlimited sound vibrates and creates light, creates life. The sound of the gong becomes the sound of the Universe. This Universe and the other Universes are powered by the resounding sound that comes within the state of Anahat. Within this sound and resound we relax, stress departs, healing, rejuvenation occurs as we journey into the sublime vibratory field of all that is within us, of all that we are, of all that we come from. We resonate with pleasure, joy and bliss.

As the Master, Yogi Bhajan tells us:
“The gong is God. So it is said; so it is.”

Regular listening to the gong will re-pattern your magnetic field, open you to the vastness of your own psyche, and release you from all that prevents you from living a life of complete and utter happiness.

Har Meditation for Prosperity

2011-04-01T11:41:00.000-06:00

Meditation for Prosperity II Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® from the Aquarian Teacher Yoga Manual Circa 1996

Posture: Sit in Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh.

Eyes: Focus at the tip of the nose, eyes are 9/10th closed.

Mudra: Elbows are by the sides, forearms are at a 45° angle, with the hands at the level of the throat. The exercise begins with the palms facing down.

Alternately strike the sides of the hands together:

When the palms are face down, the sides of the Jupiter (index) fingers touch, and the thumbs cross below the hands, with the right thumb under the left.

When the palms are face up, the Mercury (pinky) fingers and the Moon Mounds (located at the base of the palms) touch.

Yogi Bhajan said that the thumbs crossing in this way (right under left) is the key to the meditation.

Mantra: Har

Chant continuously from the navel, using the tip of the tongue. (pronounced “hu‐duh”) Tantric Har is recommended for this meditation.

Time: Continue for 3‐11 Minutes

Comments: “This meditation can be done for up to 11 minutes. It is so powerful in bringing prosperity that more than 11 minutes would be greedy. This meditation stimulates the mind, the moon center and Jupiter. When Jupiter and the moon come together, there is no way in the world you will not create wealth.” –Yogi Bhajan

www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org

Kriya to Develop Your Hidden Greatness

2011-04-01T11:26:00.000-06:00

Part OneMudra: Sit straight. Left hand comes under the chin palm down, forearm parallel to the ground; the right hand comes to meet the middle finger of the left hand at the center of the palm, fingers pointing up to the sky (hands make a T). Hands are long and straight, fingers together. You are bifurcating the angles.

Eyes: Tip of the nose.

Breath: Long Deep Breath; breath from the lower area of the belly; breath out through a round mouth. Yogiji demonstrates a very long inhalation, from the lower belly to the collar bones. You expand with the breath about an inch and a half. Continue for 20 minutes. This is the most sacred exercise in Kundalini Yoga and gives people the entire Universe.

Part TwoSwitch hands. Right hand comes under the chin palm down, forearm parallel to the ground; the left hand comes to meet the middle finger of the right hand at the center of the palm, fingers pointing up to the sky (makes a T). Hands are long and straight, fingers together.

Eyes: Tip of the nose.

Mantra: Sing with Har Singh Nar Singh* by Nirinjan Kaur.

Time: 5 minutes.

Part ThreeMudra:Bring the thumbs just above the eyebrows at either side of the Third Eye Point. Press the thumbs into the brow and allow the hands to be in Prayer Pose.

Eyes: Tip of the nose.

Mantra: Sing with Ong Namo by Nirinjan Kaur. Continue for 1-1/2 minutes.

Whistle with the breath. Continue for 1-1/2 minutes.

Keeping the mudra, begin Long Deep Breathing and exhale through the rounded mouth, as in Part One. Continue for 3 minutes.

Arms at 60 degrees, hands open and palms facing the sky. Begin Breath of Fire. Use the strength of the navel. Continue for 30 seconds.

Inhale deep and put both hands in the lap, right hand resting in the left. Relax the breath. Become thoughtless. No thought. “I forgive my thoughts; I forgive the Universe; I forgive my friends.” Forgiveness should override everything. Whatever is bothering you, whatever you ate, whatever you don’t like, right now just feel an angel is before you and you are willing to go with him and merge in infinity. Are you afraid? Just drop the fear and proceed. All negativity, all negative thoughts must go thoughtless. I am pure; I am divine; I am human: I am a creature of god. My faculties are divine. Continue for 2 minutes.

To End: Inhale deep. Squeeze. Exhale Cannon Breath (powerful breath through open mouth). Do this 3 times. Squeeze everything, ears, eyes, everything.

Taught by Yogi Bhajan on May 14, 1997

Kriyas and Meditations

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In a class of Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan®, kriyas and meditations are the “meat and potatoes” (or “beans and rice” for vegetarians) of the experience.Pranayam and warm-up postures may precede the kriya, which is typically followed by relaxation in corpse pose and a meditation.

WHAT IS A KRIYA?

The word kriya means action. It is an action that leads to a complete manifestation such as a seed to bloom, a thought into actuality, a desire to commitment.

In Kundalini Yoga a kriya is a series of postures, breath, and sound that work toward a specific outcome. Practicing a kriya initiates a sequence of physical and mental changes that affect the body, mind, and spirit simultaneously. There are kriyas that support the liver, balance the glandular system, make you radiant, stimulate the pituitary, increase the flexibility of the spine, and many more. Each kriya has a different effect, but all work on all levels of your being.

WHAT IS MEDITATION?

Meditations in Kundalini Yoga contain specific, practical tools that carefully and precisely support the mind and guide the body through the use of breath, mantra,mudra, and focus. The range and variety of meditation techniques in the Kundalini Yoga tradition is truly extraordinary. Yogi Bhajan passed on hundreds of meditations tailored to specific applications. There are meditations that reduce stress, work on addictions, increase vitality, and clear chakras, to name a few.1 While there exist many, many styles and approaches to meditation, what sets this approach to meditation apart is its precision, effectiveness, and practicality.

Postures (Asanas)

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In the practice of Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan®, postures, also known as asanas, form one leg on a table of the experience. Breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, and body locks join with the postures to affect body, mind, and soul.

Postures practiced in Kundalini Yoga include forms that are familiar to the Hatha Yoga practitioner such as downward dog, forward bends, and seated poses. However, in a Kundalini Yoga class or manual, Sanskrit names are rarely used to identify a posture; instead, it is verbally described and almost always includes a demonstration or an illustration.

Kundalini Yoga also includes a suite of asanas that are less commonly used in a Hatha Yoga setting and may involve movement within a posture such as spinal flex, life nerve stretch, and spinal twist. A specific sequence of postures builds the foundation of a kriya.

ANGLES AND TRIANGLES

The postures of Kundalini Yoga consciously employ the energetic effect and flow of the body’s balance and geometry:

Effects of Lifting the Legs to:

0-12 inches: everything below the navel point
0 to 6 inches: ovaries/sex glands
6 to 18 inches: navel point, kidneys
12 inches to 2 feet: liver, spleen, gall bladder, pancreas
1½ feet to 2½ feet: liver, upper stomach, gall bladder
2 to 3 feet: heart, lungs, stomach
over 4 feet to 90 degrees: thyroid, parathyroid, pineal glands
90 degrees: pineal and pituitary glands, memory

Lifting the Arms 60 degrees: heart and lungs

EFFECTS OF A POSTURE

Everyone understands that a posture may build a specific muscle group. We begin to expand that. There may be reflexes – this hand may be connected to something else in the body. There may be interconnections throughout the body, connecting its most distant parts in unexpected ways.

Each asana in a kriya is an exercise, a meditation, a connection to energy flow, and a self-diagnostic instrument for the Kundalini Yoga practitioner:

As an Exercise

Isolate specific muscles.
Pressurize specific points or areas to enhance glandular and organ function .
Re-direct, flush, or increase circulation.

As a Meditation

Create a special link and foundation between mind and body.
Release emotional masking and blocks stimulated by the posture.

As a Connection to Energy Flow

Open energy pathways between meridians.

As a Self-Diagnostic Tool

Signals of pleasure or discomfort and pain indicate conditions of the muscles, glands, and/or emotions.

THE PROCESS

You’ll go through stages as you adjust to the effects of the postures within Kundalini Yoga. At first, you may feel awkward. If you hold it, it starts to feel better. The asana starts to find a natural place in you as you give a new form to your conscious and unconscious patterning. First you create the form, then you start transforming all the things you’re not even aware of.

The West and scientific statistics look at you in relation to the average. The West compares you to someone else; but yoga compares you to your own potential. In Kundalini Yoga, the emphasis is not on perfecting the physical posture but on the experience – and effects – of it. Whatever you think your physical limitations are, there is a place for you in Kundalini Yoga.

Mudras

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Hands are more than just functional; they are an energy map of our consciousness and health. Each area of the hand corresponds to a certain area of the body as well as different emotions or behaviors. By curling, crossing, stretching, and touching the fingers and palms, we can effectively talk to the body and mind. The position the hand takes is called a mudra and is a technique for giving clear messages to the mind-body energy system.

Just as letters are combined in a multitude of ways to form different words, so can the fingers build an array of mudras. Given below are a few of the most commonmudras experienced in Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan®.

GYAN MUDRA (SEAL OF KNOWLEDGE)

How: Touch tip of index (first) finger and tip of thumb. Other three fingers are straight.
Effect: Stimulates knowledge, wisdom, receptivity, and calmness.
Planet: Jupiter; expansion.

SHUNI MUDRA (SEAL OF PATIENCE)

How: Touch tip of middle (second) finger and tip of thumb. Other three fingers are straight.
Effect: Promotes patience, discernment, and commitment.
Planet: Saturn; task master, taking responsibility, and courage to hold to duty.

SURYA OR RAVI MUDRA (SEAL OF SUN, LIFE)

How: Touch tip of ring (third) finger and tip of thumb. Other three fingers are straight.
Effect: Revitalizing energy, nerve strength, and good health.
Planet: Sun; energy, health, and sexuality. Uranus; nerve strength, intuition, and change.

BUDDHI MUDRA (SEAL OF MENTAL CLARITY)

How: Touch tip of little (fourth) finger and tip of thumb. Other three fingers are straight.
Effect: Creates capacity to clearly and intuitively communicate, stimulates psychic development.
Planet: Mercury; quickness, mental powers of communication.

PRAYER POSE (PRANAM MUDRA)

How: Palms of both hands and fingers are completely touching. The outer edge of the mound of the thumb is pressed into the sternum.

Effect: Neutralizes the positive side of the body (right, sun, masculine) with the negative side (left, moon, feminine).

There is a science to using Prayer Mudra. There is a polarity in the body between the right side, the pingala, and left side, the ida. When you put the right and left hands together, you are neutralizing the positive and negative polarities of the electromagnetic field. This action creates a neutral space in the electromagnetic field. The position of the knuckles of the thumbs – in the notch of the breastbone – is a reflex point for the vagus nerve, one of the major nerves going to the pineal gland up the front the body. This pressure immediately causes the pineal and pituitary glands to secrete, creating a resonance in the brain that moves it out of its normal rhythm to a meditative state. This allows one’s prayer to come from the heart. *

VENUS LOCK

How: For men, interlace the fingers with the left little finger on the bottom. Place the left thumb in the webbing between the thumb and index finger of the right hand. The right thumb presses the fleshy mound at the base of the left thumb. For women, the thumb positions are reversed and the right little finger goes on the bottom.
Effect: Channels sexual energy, promotes glandular balance, ability to concentrate easily.
Planet: The mounds at the base of the thumbs represent Venus; sensuality and sexuality. The thumb represents the ego.

* Summarized from video interview with Guruka Singh Khalsa on the question of“Why do you fold your hands in Prayer Pose.”

Mantras

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"Mantras are not small things, mantras have power. They are the mind vibration in relationship to the Cosmos. The science of mantra is based on the knowledge that sound is a form of energy having structure, power, and a definite predictable effect on the chakras and the human psyche." ~ Yogi Bhajan

Mantra is the use of sound to affect consciousness; “man” means mind and “tra” means wave or “tune the vibration” (as in tuning an instrument or the radio).

Everything in this world, down to the subatomic level, is in constant motion, vibrating. The denser a material, the more slowly it moves; often the vibration is so slow or so fast that we can’t notice it with our direct senses. This vibration is pure energy.

There is a vibratory frequency that corresponds to everything in the universe. Happiness or sorrow, joy or regret are vibratory frequencies in the mind. When we chant a mantra we are choosing to invoke the positive power contained in those particular syllables. Whether it’s for prosperity, peace of mind, increasing intuition, or any other possible benefits inherent in mantras, simply by chanting them we are setting vibrations into motion that shall have an effect. It doesn’t actually matter if we understand the meaning of the sounds or not.

Chanting mantra produces specific vibratory frequency within the body. The sounds and thoughts produced by the body and mind radiate out from you. The vibratory frequency of a mantra draws to you whatever you are vibrating. You are like a magnet attracting vibrations to you by what you send out. As a vibration, a mood, a state of being that results from chanting, mantra is compatible with all belief systems.

In addition to the vibrations set in motion, something else happens when you chant. This is really important. There are eighty-four meridian points, or pressure points, in the roof of the mouth. Every time you speak you stimulate them – and their associated glands and organs – with the tongue. And every time you chant a mantra, you are tapping out a particular sequence – rhythm and position – that initiates a chemical reaction in the brain and body. It’s as if you have an electronic, computerized security system in your mouth. Punch in the right code on the upper palate and you gain entry to the brain and your inner chambers of higher consciousness!

MANTRA AS USED IN KUNDALINI YOGA

The power of mantra is amazing. Were it not for the simplicity of its causal principle, mantra would seem miraculous. A central aspect Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan® is the conscious application of ancient mantras and modern positive affirmations. The mantras used are often based on the Shabd Guru.

Mantras are typically in Gurmukhi, an Indian language, and, occasionally, in English. These mantras contain the vibrations of peace, prosperity, connection, and many other qualities and are understood by their impact, even if the meaning of each word is not known.

Pronunciation comes with repetition and by example. Many mantras are available to listen to on the KRI website. Understanding the meaning of the words adds another layer of effectiveness to chanting. The translations for a few of the most frequently used mantras in Kundalini Yoga are given below.

Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo (the Adi Mantra)
I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow to the Divine Teacher within.
This mantra is used for “tuning in” to the divine flow and self-knowledge within each of us as well as linking us to Yogi Bhajan and the Golden Chain of teachers. It is chanted three times at the start of each Kundalini Yoga class.

Sat Nam
Truth is my identity.
This mantra reinforces the divine consciousness in everyone. It is used as a greeting as well as the mantra for all Kundalini Yoga exercises, inhaling “Sat” (truth), exhaling “Nam” (name, identity).

Guru Guru Wahe Guru Guru Ram Das Guru
Wise, wise is the one who serves Infinity.
This mantra invokes the fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das, known for his humility and grace. It is a mantra of humility, relaxation, self-healing, and emotional relief.

Wahe Guru
Wow! The divine inner teacher, the dispeller of darkness is beyond description!
This mantra expresses the indescribable experience of going from darkness to light. It is a mantra of infinite ecstasy.

Aquarian Sadhana
The seven mantras in the linked file are chanted each day in the ambrosial hours, the two and half hours before dawn, as part of the Aquarian Sadhana.

Happy am I, Healthy am I, Holy am I
This mantra confirms each person’s birthright to be Happy, Healthy, and Holy. It is also the guiding principle of the 3HO Foundation.

May the long-time sun shine upon you, all love surround you, and the pure light within you, guide your way on (the “Long-time Sun” song)
This mantra is sung at the close of each class (followed by a long Sat Nam), offered as a prayer for yourself, a specific individual, and/or the whole planet.

Eye-Focus

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Many meditations and kriyas of Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan® specify an exact point of focus for the eyes. Directing the gaze physically impacts the optic nerve as it travels from the eyes to the center of the brain. During meditation and other activities, different eye positions cause the optic nerve to apply variable pressures to major glands and gray matter.

When no specific eye-focus is given for a meditation or kriya, the eyes should be kept closed. Shutting the eyes during Kundalini Yoga kriyas and meditations encourages an inner focus. More than just reducing external distractions, the eye-focus is a powerful meditation technique.

In addition to these physical effects, focusing the eyes acts as a mental focus, allowing the mind to more readily reach a point of aware stillness during meditation.

MEDITATION FOCUS FOR EYES*

At the Third Eye Point: Closed eyes are gently raised to the Brow Point, at the center of the forehead a little above the eyebrows. This part of the forehead corresponds to the Sixth Chakra.
• Stimulates the pituitary gland and sushmuna.

At the Tip of the Nose: Eyes are slightly crossed, looking along the nose to the top of its tip. Balances the ida, pingala, and sushmuna.
• Stimulates the pineal gland and frontal lobe of the brain; controls the mind.

At the Tip of the Chin: Closed eyes are rolled downwards to the center of the chin. This location corresponds to the Moon Center.
• Cooling and calming.

At the Top of the Head: Closed eyes roll upwards, as if looking through the very top, center of the head. This area is the Crown Chakra, the Tenth Gate.
• Stimulates the pineal gland and the Crown Chakra.

1/10th Open (9/10th Closed): Eyelids are light and relaxed, leaving a small opening between them. Direction of eye focus may vary as indicated by Yogi Bhajan’s instructions.
• Calms and develops intuition.

* Summarized from Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D. The Aquarian Teacher: KRI International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Textbook Level One Instructor. Third Edition. Kundalini Research Institute, 2005.

Chakras

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Chakras are centers of consciousness. They are focal points of energy that have a direct, immediate, and profound effect on our daily lives. The particular chakra where the majority of your kundalini energy is primarily focused – or polarized – influences your basic behavior and attitudes.

This relationship between behavior and your dominant chakra is key! Why? Because energy acts like a magnet. We constantly attract vibrations to ourselves that are on the same wavelength as the chakras from which we are operating. Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan® allows the kundalini energy to rise, balancing and coordinating all of the chakras.

Kundalini Yoga does not force the kundalini to rise; it prepares the body to allow it to rise so that you can experience your higher consciousness. When this balance of the chakras occurs, you become empowered, you are able to be a compassionate, conscious, and capable human being.

Yogi Bhajan taught about the functions and attributes of the eight major chakras so that we could understand and transform ourselves via the practice of Kundalini Yoga.

Breath

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BREATH IS THE PLACE TO START

The first and last things we do in this physical lifetime are to take a breath. Along with oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide, the breath contains prana, the life force. We are regularly taught we can’t live without oxygen; it is also true we can’t live without prana, the vital force that energizes the mind, body, and consciousness.

PRINCIPLES TO REMEMBER:

1. Your rate of breathing and your state of mind are inseparable.
2. The slower your rate of breathing, the more control you have over your mind.
3. The mind follows the breath, and the body follows the mind.

The breath is a fundamental tool for the Kundalini Yoga student. The average rate of breathing for most people is about sixteen times per minute. When the rate of breathing increases, or if it becomes rapid and irregular, the mind also becomes disturbed and erratic.

BREATH FREQUENCY

8 cycles per minute:

Feel more relaxed.
Relief from stress and increased mental awareness.
Parasympathetic nervous system begins to be influenced.
Elevates healing processes.

4 cycles per minute:

Positive shifts in mental function.
Intense feelings of awareness, increased visual clarity, and heightened body sensitivity.
Pituitary and pineal glands begin to coordinate at an enhanced level, producing a meditative state.

1 cycle per minute:

Optimized cooperation between brain hemispheres.
Dramatic calming of anxiety, fear, and worry.
Openness to feeling one’s presence and the presence of Spirit.
Develops intuition.

BREATH AND MIND CONNECTION

Why or how does the breath control the mind? When your mind is calm, meditative, and under your control, your rate of breathing will be slow, steady, and calm. So, it is logical that by breathing slowly and steadily you will calm your mind. Yes, to repeat, it’s a fact: As you change your rate of breathing, you change your state of mind.

Yogis know this correlation to be true. We observe that a loved one is peacefully asleep by the rhythmic, slow movements of the breath. We recognize the quickened, shallow, erratic breath of a coworker as tension, stress, and concern. Take the opportunity to observe those around you – and yourself – as you stand in line at the grocery store, interact in a meeting, or any fitting moment.

Of all of the positive changes a person can make, learning to breath deeply, and completely is probably the most effective tool for developing higher consciousness and for increasing health, vitality, and connectedness in one’s life.

Body Locks (Bandhas)

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"Bandhas protect and project, that is what they are for. They protect the alignment of your spine and project your energy where you want it to go" ~ Guru Prem Singh Khalsa, author of Divine Alignment

The bandhas, or body locks, direct the prana and apana, the generative and eliminating energies, during the practice of Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan®. The blending of these two energies opens the flow of energy into the central energy channel along the spine, the sushmuna, which gently awakens the kundalini energy in a controlled manner. With continuing, deepening practice of thebandhas, the body systems are cleansed, restored, and refined through this circulation of kundalini energy.

The primary function of the bandhas, or body locks, is to create inner strength to hold open the sushmuna and, at the same time, to create a hydraulic pressure to encourage energy to move feely within that channel.

The sushmuna is a spiritual channel, but its physical counterpart is the spine. It is of primary importance to maintain the integrity and alignment of the spine so that this channel can remain open. Bandhas are not just strong measures used occasionally to create an energy surge, but are also subtle internal contractions that can be consistently applied to hold the spine in correct alignment.

Through using one or more of the bandhas we can consciously construct an internal framework that creates and supports the correct alignment of the spine in anyposture we attempt. With a correctly bandhed internal framework, our postural alignment uses only the most appropriate muscles to hold the position and this allows us to release unnecessary tension in the rest of the body.

These techniques consolidate the effects of a Kundalini Yoga practice and directprana within the physical and energetic pathways to promote healing, energizing, and strengthening of the whole human being.

NECK LOCK (JALANDHAR BANDH)

What: Neck Lock is the most basic and most generally applied lock. It regulates gross and subtle movement in the upper part of the body.

How: Lift the chest and sternum up while lengthening the back of the neck, by pulling the chin toward the back of the neck. Neck, throat and face muscles remain relaxed.

When: All chanting meditation, most pranayama. Breath held in or out.

Why: Concentrates the secretions of the glandular system, thereby increasing their interconnection. Regulates blood pressure. Minimizes external distractions. Seals energy in the brain stem and moon center (chin). Directs pranic energy into central channel, calming the heart.

ROOT LOCK (MULBANDH)

What: Root Lock is like a hydraulic lock at the base of the spine. It coordinates, stimulates, and balances the energies involved with the rectum, sex organs, and navel point (i.e. the lower three chakras).

How: Three actions are applied together in a smooth, rapid, flowing motion. First, contract and hold the muscles around the anus. Then contract and hold the muscles around the sex organ (like stopping the flow of urine). Finally, contract the muscles of the lower abdomen and the navel point toward the spine.

When: Frequently applied at the end of an exercise. Sometimes applied – continuously or rhythmically – throughout a meditation or exercise. Breath held in or out. Women on their moon cycle should not do Root Lock.

Why: Crystallizes the effect of an exercise. Blends prana and apana at the navel center which, when mixed, open the entrance to the sushmuna for energy to flow up the spine. Stimulates the proper flow of spinal fluid.

DIAPHRAGM LOCK (UDDIYANA BANDH)

What: Diaphragm Lock vertically integrates emotions, pranic energy, and functions that occur above and below the diaphragm muscle. Tightness in this muscle – and the emotions it stores – can make this lock more difficult to achieve.

How: Inhale, then exhale completely. Pull the entire abdominal region up and back towards the spine. The navel point is not contracted although it will move upwards. Lift the chest while gently pressing the lower spine forward. When held properly, the “notch” at the base of the front of the throat becomes accentuated. Hold for 10 to 60 seconds without straining. Then relax the abdomen, gradually inhaling without releasing the Neck Lock or raising the chin.

For many people it is easier to practice this lock in a standing position. With the feet shoulder width apart, bend forward slightly, hands on knees and back straight. Lifting the chest slightly, apply the lock.

When: On an empty stomach. Held after breath fully exhaled.

Why: Massages intestines and heart muscle. Stimulates cleansing, promotes youthfulness. Strengthens the fire element, Third Chakra, and opens the Heart Chakra, resulting in increasing kindness, compassion, and patience.

GREAT LOCK (MAHABANDH)

What: The Great Lock is part of the central infrastructure of Kundalini Yoga.

How: With the breath held out, apply all three locks (Neck, Diaphragm, and Root) simultaneously.

When: On an empty stomach. Held after breath fully exhaled. Done in various postures and with different mudras.

Why: Rejuvenates glands, nerves, and chakras. It is said to cure many ailments such as improper blood pressure, menstrual cramps, intestinal irregularity, and more.

Specific information on body locks given on this page is summarized from Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D. The Aquarian Teacher: KRI International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Textbook Level One Instructor. Third Edition. Kundalini Research Institute, 2005.

What is kundalini yoga, by Shakti Parwha Kaur

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KUNDALINI YOGA: THE YOGA OF AWARENESS

Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan® is designed to give you “hands on” experience of your highest consciousness. It teaches a method by which you can achieve the sacred purpose of your life. It is universal and nondenominational.

Kundalini Yoga is not a religion. Kundalini Yoga is a Sacred Science. It is sacred because it deals with G.O.D.: G = that which Generates, O = that which Organizes, D = that which Delivers or Destroys. It is scientific because it provides a technology, a method by which anyone who practices it can experience that process of G.O.D., that divine identity within. The way you choose – and if you choose – to worship is your religion.

Kundalini Yoga is much more than just a system of physical exercises. It is a dynamic, powerful tool for expanding awareness.

HISTORY OF KUNDALINI YOGA*

Virtually every aspect of human existence has an enlightened, efficient, and effective way to do it. Yogis have been custodians of the detailed information on the care and feeding, maintenance, and preservation of a human being.

For thousands of years yogic knowledge was carefully handed down by oral tradition from Master to disciple. The Master spoke, the student memorized and practiced. Yogi Bhajan spent many years in India learning, mastering, and perfecting the habits and practices of Kundalini Yoga.

Kundalini Yoga was always kept very secret until 1969 when Yogi Bhajan challenged the ages-old tradition of secrecy. His motive? Compassion. He saw the reality of our inner beauty, power, and potential and he wanted us to discover it for ourselves. The legacy of technical and spiritual knowledge that Yogi Bhajan studied and mastered in India is the gift he brought to the West.

To fully appreciate the value of this great gift, we need to understand why, for thousands of years, the Yogis kept it secret. They were selective and guarded because knowledge gives power, and power can corrupt. Traditionally, only after the student demonstrated humility, self-discipline, and obedience would the Teacher reveal the secret kriyas. Yet Yogi Bhajan shared this knowledge openly with everyone in order to prepare humanity for the major changes that this planet is going through as we cross from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age. The ancient technology of Kundalini Yoga can give us the awareness and the strength to make our transition smoother.

BENEFITS OF KUNDALINI YOGA

"In Kundalini Yoga the most important thing is your experience. It goes right to your heart. No words can replace your experience. Your mind may accept the words or it may not, but your consciousness will not accept just words." ~ Yogi Bhajan

The practice of Kundalini Yoga balances the glandular system, strengthens the nervous system, and enables us to harness the energy of the mind and the emotions, so we can be in control of ourselves, rather than being controlled by our thoughts and feelings.2 This technology combines breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, body locks, and postures in a precise, conscious manner to affect body, mind, and soul.

Kundalini Yoga is a yoga for householders, for people who have to cope with the daily challenges and stresses of holding jobs, raising families, and managing businesses. Kundalini Yoga is for everyone who wants the skills to cope successfully with the challenges of living in this day and age.

The list of very real benefits from regularly practicing Kundalini Yoga is very long. But, really, what matters most to you is your experience. Look to this webpage and other resources for contextual information and practical suggestions - to acquire a real understanding of Kundalini Yoga, do it!

* Summarized from Khalsa, Shakti Parwha Kaur. Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power. New York: Berkeley Publishing Group, 1996.

Why do kundalini yoga?

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"The kundalini experience does not mean you have gone into a deep breathless trance and are beyond this world. … It integrates you more fully with reality and gives you a broader vision and sensitivity so that you can act more efficiently." ~ Yogi Bhajan

If you want a spiritual name

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go to this link and request your name:

http://www.3ho.org/spiritual-names/

mercury retrograde ....again.......

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It's Mercury retrograde time from March 30th through April 23rd. Great time to review things in progress. Not so much for signing new contracts, entering agreements and all documents related to new launches. Check all facts and figures before sending them out the door.

Global prayer for healing in Japan

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To All People Around the World

Please send your prayers of love and gratitude to water at the nuclear plants in Fukushima, Japan!

By the massive earthquakes of Magnitude 9 and surreal massive tsunamis, more than 10,000 people are still missing…even now… It has been 16 days already since the disaster happened. What makes it worse is that water at the reactors of Fukushima Nuclear Plants started to leak, and it’s contaminating the ocean, air and water molecule of surrounding areas.

Human wisdom has not been able to do much to solve the problem, but we are only trying to cool down the anger of radioactive materials in the reactors by discharging water to them.

Is there really nothing else to do?

I think there is. During over twenty year research of hado measuring and water crystal photographic technology, I have been witnessing that water can turn positive when it receives pure vibration of human prayer no matter how far away it is.

Energy formula of Albert Einstein, E=MC2 really means that Energy = number of people and the square of people’s consciousness.

Now is the time to understand the true meaning. Let us all join the prayer ceremony as fellow citizens of the planet earth. I would like to ask all people, not just in Japan, but all around the world to please help us to find a way out the crisis of this planet!!

The prayer procedure is as follows.

Name of ceremony:

“Let’s send our thoughts of love and gratitude to all water in the nuclear plants in Fukushima”

Day and Time:

March 31^st, 2011 (Thursday)

12:00 noon in each time zone

Please say the following phrase:

“The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer. Please forgive us. We thank you, and we love you.”

Please say it aloud or in your mind. Repeat it three times as you put your hands together in a prayer position.

Please offer your sincere prayer.

Thank you very much from my heart.

With love and gratitude,

Masaru Emoto

Messenger of Water

Indian dance at the Lensic! See you there

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Reader comments are encouraged!

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By the way anyone can comment on the entries in this blog.

Class theme for Wednesday 3/30/11 Project and contain

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Theme: Yogis don't aim at anything instead we bring the universe in, through our projected psyche

How not to dwell on the 5 senses and rest in the 6th sense, this is the sensory human

the 6th sense controls the 5 senses, 5 elements, 9 physical apertures

We have learned to use our senses to emotionalize life, now it is time to create the awareness as a sensory being to project your psyche and contain your energy

meditations and yoga to strengthen nervous system(contain)

and activate 6th chakra/Body (project)

Transformation

2011-03-27T16:33:00.000-06:00

Transformation is a funny thing. It seems there is a collective mindset that in order to enter a new enlightened era, we must drive the planet to hell and back. Yes, that is and has been a theme in our collective consciousness - the making of a conscious choice that delivers events and circumstances to force spiritual transformation and a resulting consciousness of greater enlightenment. But do we have to repeat history? Is there a more enlightened choice we each can make in this process?

What kundalini yoga focuses on is the experience of our balance point, the place between the breaths, shunia. This experience of shunia is found when the effects of the polarities are neutralized. Each asana, each breath, each thought offers an opportunity for transformation. Shunia is where you will find expansion and joy, where you will reawaken within you the knowledge of your purpose and your own personal power as a Co-Creator. Shunia is when you can navigate the drama of life and ride the waves back to shore.

I once heard a story of someone who had a block of ice and was trying to make it go away, so he was hacking at it with a shovel. Then his neighbor came by and suggested that he use some nice warm water to melt the block of ice with......... both methods have the same outcome. Yet one is far more enjoyable then the other. You have that choice, to be an ice whacker or a warm water pourer....
And the coolest thing is that you can change whenever you want, just because you have done things a certain way does not mean you have to keep doing them that same way.

pour water and ride the waves I say!

The Gentle Art of Blessing

2011-03-27T16:09:00.000-06:00

Ra Ma Da Sa Healing Meditation

2011-03-18T16:00:00.000-06:00

Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh

Mudra: Have the elbows tucked comfortably against the ribs. Extend the forearms out at a 45-degree angle out from the center of the body. The palms are flat, facing up, the wrists pulled back, fingers together, and thumbs spread. Consciously keep the palms flat during the meditation.

Mantra: The mantra consists of eight basic sounds: RAA MAA DAA SAA, SAA SAY SO HUNG Pull in the Navel Point powerfully on SO and HUNG. Note that HUNG is not long and drawn out. Clip it off forcefully as you pull in the navel. Chant one complete cycle of the entire mantra, and then inhale deeply and repeat. To chant this mantra properly, remember to move the mouth fully with each sound. Feel the resonance in the mouth and the sinus areas. Let your mind concentrate on the qualities that are evoked by the combination of sounds.

Time: Chant powerfully for 11-31 minutes.

To End: Inhale deeply and hold the breath as you offer a healing prayer, visualizing the person you wish to heal (including yourself) as being totally healthy, radiant, and strong. Imagine the person completely engulfed in healing white light, completely healed. Then exhale and inhale deeply again, hold the breath and offer your prayer. Then, lift your arms up high and vigorously shake out your hands and fingers.

Information on radiation from Lian Reed (Santa Fe)

2011-03-18T14:58:00.000-06:00

My previous work incarnation was as a Cytologist for 25 years diagnosing Cancer. Because of my history,I have many clients who are living through treatment for cancer. In that frame work I offer the following information.

We deal with radiation issues when dealing with patients undergoing radiation treatment for cancer, but also working in hospitals using radiation as treatment. Living here in New Mexico, we are surrounded by laboratories working with radioactive materials. Although not like a plant meltdown, we do have health concerns right here in "river city". When I still worked full time in the Western Medical world, my department used to hold education seminars on these issues on a regular basis.

I know that the thought of this radiation getting to us can be an overwhelming thought, but it is surprising how much our clothing and the walls of our homes protect us from radiation. After all, we are some distance from the site itself. That said with the fear in people's hearts, perhaps just breathing and realizing there is much we can do will help.

I realize some are concerned about the Iodide cloud, and thinking of taking iodine is good. Lugol's Solution at 2% taking one to two drops a day in a glass of water is probably the best... correct amount, easily utilized by the body and the thyroid gland uptake is efficient, it is a solution of potassium iodine. With the Iodide cloud falling we cannot rely on kelp from the sea protecting us, nor should we be looking at dairy and meat as food sources, the cloud falls and it is taken up by the vegetation which is ingested by the fish and animals and we take the radioactive iodine in that way. Knowing where your food comes from is important. For me, thinking of the plant in Japan.....

Our greatest concern might well be the cesium 137 that will be released if the spent fuel rods are vaporized or the core melts. Cesium is a cloride, a naturally ocurring salt. In the body it acts in much the same way that potassium does in the (NaK) sodium potassium pump gates of all of our cells. We want to fill those gates with potassium cloride (KCl), some potassium citrate and some potassium aspartate. That way the cesium has no hold on the body. Potassium is good to take in food sources rather than pill form or artificial means because over indulgence of this substances has health issues of it's own.

We might want to be thinking of foods like:

Swiss chard, boiled
Romaine lettuce
Crimini mushrooms, raw
Spinach, boiled
Celery, raw
Basil, dried, ground
Mustard greens, boiled
Fennel, raw, sliced
Broccoli, steamed
Winter squash, baked, cubes
Cucumbers, slices, with peel
Blackstrap molasses
Tomatos, ripe
Turnip greens, cooked
Collard greens, boiled
Summer squash, cooked
Eggplant, cooked
Cantaloupe
Green beans, boiled
Kale, boiled
Brussel sprouts, boiled
Carrots, raw
Turmeric, powder
Beets, Boiled
Asparagus, boiled
Papaya
Bell peppers, red, raw
Cauliflower, boiled
Apricots
Ginger root
Yam (Dioscorea species), cooked
Strawberries
Kiwifruit
Chili pepper, dried
Lima beans, cooked
Cabbage, boiled
Banana
Grapefruit
Onions, raw
Oranges
Potato, baked, with skin
Avocado, slices
Watermelon, diced
Pinto beans, cooked
Green peas, boiled
Sweet potato, baked, with skin
Lentils, cooked
Kidney beans, cooked
Figs, fresh
Plums
Prunes

Raspberries
Split peas, cooked
Soybeans, cooked
Grapes

The blank spots in my table above are where I removed sea vegetables and meat sources of potassium.

May all beings be happy, May all beings be well, May all beings be free from suffering.

Lian Reed
Santa Fe, NM

Time to be a Yogi

2011-03-18T12:10:00.001-06:00

Time to be a YOGI

Especially right now, it is not about the circumstances. It is about
yourself in reaction to the circumstances. Practice compassion!
This time of so much polarization is a spiritual sadhana for each of
us. You need to know when to engage with what is going on and when
to disengage. When it feels like too much information for you, then
it is and honor your knowing: take a news “fast”, or go on silence.
Hold on to your consciousness as a yogi, the shunia, the still point.
Avoid the trap of doing more to somehow feel better, sometimes the
best thing to do is nothing. A lot of our energy needs to be focused
on clearing, and releasing the old reactive patterns. This might look
like you are not doing anything, when in fact you are releasing
toxins from the mental and astral fields, just by neutralizing your
reactions to life. The polarizations are karma and the neutrality is
the alchemical process of transformation. All solutions are within
you, always were and will be, take time to stop and listen.
Much love and light

Global meditation on Wednesday 3/16 at 11am MST

2011-03-16T17:17:00.000-06:00

Sat Nam Dear Global Community,

We will join together on Wednesday, 3/16/11 at 11am MSTto meditate and globally align our healing energy for all those affected by the devastation in Japan and throughout the world.

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Our whole planet has been shaken up and none of us is unaffected. Gather with friends and family, or if you will be meditating alone know that we are all connected. We can raise our vibration and collectively help heal the Earth, ourselves, and our global family.

Chant RAA MAA DAA SAA, SAA SAY SO HUNG
11-31 minutes
Click here for meditation instructions : Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra

Meditation for Atomic Radiation

2011-03-15T16:20:00.000-06:00

Meditation for Atomic Radiation

Even if you are not affected by Radiation – you can practice this meditation and dedicate it's effects to those who need it.

How to do the meditation:

Sit up with a straight spine

Let upper arms hug your sides

Hold your lower arms so the hands are at the neck level

Palms face away from the Body

Hands are in Gyan Mudra ( thumb and index finger touching)

Chant this Mantra 3 Times on one deep breath

PRAANAA
APANAA
SHUSHMANAA
HAREE
HAREE HAR
HAREE HAR
HAREE HAR
HAREE

Continue for as long as you want – singly or in a group.
PRAANAA is the life force corresponding to the electron, APANAA is the eliminating force corresponding to the proton and SHUSHMNAA is the central force corresponding to the neutron.