The Five W’s of Yoga Boot Camp
Who: You What: Kundalini Yoga Boot Camp - A daily movement breath and meditation course to help you focus, change, remove bad habits, project yourself into who and what you…
Meditation for Gur Prasad – (Blessings & Grace)
"Gur Prasad - How can we experience this understanding? Gur Prasad is the blessing, the grace, the transforming touch of the Guru, the teachings embodied. Grace alone completes our full…
Meditation To Break Depression
Meditation on the Breath For Healing & To Break Depression (As taught by Yogi Bhajan ) <<download/print>> Basic Position: Sit in any relaxed position with a straight spine. Relax the…
Why do Teacher’s Training?
The following is written by my teacher, Harijiwan about the teacher's training experience. I will be participating as an apprentice in this teacher's training. I urge anyone who has the…
Kundalini Yoga: The Non-Denominational Experience of the Soul
I've often seen people balk at kundalini yoga because they aren't sure how it would sit with their religious beliefs. I tell people that Kundalini Yoga is the real time…
MEDITATION: For Patience, Tolerance and Self-Respect
When you first get on a spiritual path, looking within, you start to see the garbage in you that you weren't previously conscious of. Looking within can be a dirty…
MEDITATION: Levels of Play
There's this expectation that one day meditation and yoga is going to be a snap. This is especially the case for those of us who are, how should we say...…
THE BEST QUOTE About 'What Yoga Is' That I Have Seen
Of course, this comes from the Yogi Bhajan everyday calendar. I try to mix things up in terms of sources, quoting others to give some balance. But when you're talking…
SAT KRIYA: How To, Tips, Tricks and Finer Points
When I first started, my right arm would fall asleep and I'd sweat like hell. The first day, after 31 minutes I collapsed forward, my legs fast asleep, I had to crawl forward and turn over. Then as I lay there, I got the chills, even covered with a blanket. After some practice though I began to notice great things.
BREATH BASICS: A Word About Prana
Prana is the life force in the air you breathe. In the east it’s known as ‘the breath within the breath.’ The breath of life. Prana contains the life force, which is transferred to you when you breathe. It’s much more than simply a combination of oxygen, nitrogen and other chemical components. It’s the subtle universal force that is in all things. Some believe that in Christianity, when they speak of ‘the holy ghost,’ they’re speaking about the subtle force of prana.
Prana can heal you. Conscious breath exercise brings you into a centered state of relaxation.
You take your first breath when you’re born and you breathe your last breath when you leave the body. If that’s not a clue as to the important of the breath, I don’t know what else is.
When you breathe properly and your lungs fill completely, they push down on the u-shaped muscle of the diaphragm. (more…)