Kundalini Yoga: Path of the Householder
When people get on a spiritual path often they think that they have to renounce everything. It's a concept that keeps many from deeply exploring their own soul. It's a…
Great Introduction Video To Kundalini Yoga With Gurmukh
Came across this video on YouTube... It's a great explanation of kundalini yoga from one of my teachers, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa. Gurmukh is a great master who with Gurushabd Singh,…
The Power of Intention, Resistance and The Law of Attraction
When you set an intention, it's like making a decision about what you wish to attract to yourself. When you decide something absolutely, the universe then responds based on your…
Understanding Karma: The Air-Hockey Game of Life
I was on a yoga retreat in Tuscany Italy a few years ago and I realized that Karma is really just like a big game of air hockey. After a…
Holding The Space: The Power of Positive Mantra
When your mind changes, you change. When you change, what you project changes. When what you project changes, what you experience changes-- and this becomes what you see in front of you.
Mastering Effects of Meditation: How it works over time
I mentioned the lengths of meditation periods to my class and what a repetitive meditation can do in those lengths of time, but recently a student asked me for clarification…
The Military and Veterans Embrace Yoga
Yoga sweeping the nation and the world as a way to center and find peace from the inside out as well as keep the body fit. More importantly it is…
Chakras: Lower Triangle Vs. Upper Triangle
This is not at all like east coast rappers vs. west coast rappers, to be clear.
The first three chakras are often referred to as ‘the lower triangle.’ The heart is the fourth chakra where everything ‘bends’ as it were. Then there are the upper three chakras, often referred to as ‘the upper triangle.’
Chakras have basic archetypes:
- Survival
- Creativity & Sexuality
- Will power – Core directive power
- The heart – Compassion & Love
- The Power of spoken word – Throat
- Intuition & Wisdom – Third eye
- Humility & Divinity – Crown
- The Aura – Radiance of the True personality
The lower three correspond to earthly issues: Survival, creativity, and will power. (more…)
On Depression, on dancer, prancer, vixen
I don't know about that title. It just seemed a little too heavy leaving it at "On Depression." Anyway... Depression is a feeling of hopelessness created by lack of movement…
Teacher Profile: Tej Kaur Khalsa
By Nelly Coneway (Dayaal Kaur)
Reprinted from LA YOGA magazine September 2006 Vol. 5/ Num. 6
Her spiritual name, Tej, means radiance and perfectly fits the warm heart and soul of one of the great teachers of Kundalini Yoga. Her smile is an open door to infinity and her warm eyes penetrate deeply, reading all like an open book. Tej has an energy field and knowledge that illuminates, comforts and helps those around her. (more…)