Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Bright, Beautiful, Bountiful Human Being

Yogi Bhajan once said: "To be honest with you, I'm not interested in how bad you are. All I'm interested in is how good you can be. I see goodness and I want everybody to have it." 
What can we do to be good? How can we all become bright, beautiful, bountiful human beings? 
Here are a few suggestions:
1. Embrace your spiritual nature and connect with the Divine. One way to make that connection is to chant the Long Ek Ong Kar. 

You can follow this link for more information and to learn how to chant the Long Ek Ong Kar.
Chanting your favorite mantra will also help building a connection with the Divine.
Regarding the Long Ek Ong Kar, this is what Yogi Bhajan said:"All mantras are good, and are for awakening of the Divine. But this mantra is effective, and is the mantra for this time. So my lovely student, at the will of my Master I teach you the greatest Divine key. it has eight levers, and can open the lock of the time, which is also of the vibration of eight. Therefore, when this mantra is sung with the Neck Lock, at the point where prana and apana meet sushmuna, this vibration opens the lock, and thus one becomes one with the Divine."
2.  Perform Seva. Seva is selfless service, and it can come in different forms. Volunteering at the soup kitchen or in your own community, praying for others, sending reiki/healing energy to those in need...etc. These are all examples of seva, and some only require a little bit of our time in the day. So it is possible for us to perform seva anytime and anywhere! All that it takes is for us to focus on our intention. So take some time to pray, or in your own mind just send out good energy to all around you!
 For those who are interested, here is a story about seva
3. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude. Life is a gift, learn to appreciate everything that we experience. Every experience, whether it is good or bad, carries a lesson. Learn from every situation and be thankful for life's lessons. 
If you are looking for a meditation to cultivate an attitude of gratitude, 3HO has a good one on their website. Follow this link to learn the Attitude of Gratitude Meditation
4. Keep up with your daily sadhana practice! Kundalini Yoga gives us all that we need to be bright, beautiful, bountiful human beings:
“The beauty of Kundalini Yoga is that if one set is done A to Z for plus or minus three minutes, it totally reinvigorates your whole system. It brings to you all energy and all balance to prana and apana. There are twenty-two forms of yoga and they all lead to one thing: raising the Kundalini. Purpose of raising the Kundalini is not that we start flying in the air and all those gimmicks. When the Kundalini is raised, a person is super alert to everything. One becomes an acknowledged human being in every field of life one touches.
It is for the householder. It allows us to marry and have children. You can take your life pressure absolutely nicely and still be young, beautiful, healthy, and able to keep going. That is the purpose…It is a very day to day, living experience. With all our mistakes and with all our weaknesses, still we can make ourselves healthy, happy, and holy. That is the purpose.”
                                                                                    - Yogi Bhajan
 

Friday, January 10, 2014

White Tantric Yoga 2014

 

White Tantric Yoga is coming to Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, February 22, 2014. 


This year we are hosting White Tantric Yoga at:

Point Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, 7677 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85020 (1 mile West of 51 and Glendale intersection on Glendale, North on 16th St for 1/2 mile).  

Note: Special room rental rates available for participant -  $119/night. 

This is a special all day meditation workshop (7 am - 6 pm) that packs a lot of powerful energy, especially when done with a large group of people. Sometimes it is described as the "car wash for the soul". The experience of White Tantric Yoga is profound. Ask anyone who has participated in White Tantric Yoga before and they can tell you all the amazing things that White Tantric Yoga has brought into their lives (ex: more prosperity flow into life, relationships being healed...etc. Also, check out Tommy Rosen's article about his personal experience with White Tantric Yoga at 3HO.org

Let's begin the new year with this powerful energy of White Tantric Yoga. Whatever that you are seeking in life, come work with this energy for your own benefit: transform yourself, create love, peace, beauty, and prosperity in your life. Let go of all ugliness and blockages that keep you from being yourself. Come join us, be party of a community, there is great strength in number! At White Tantric Yoga you will find the strength and courage to conquer everything, to move forward in life with dignity and grace.   


To register for White Tantric Yoga please follow this link and click on the Festival/Workshops tab
Or stop by Yoga Phoenix to register in person. We are located at 2308 N Richland St, Phoenix AZ, 85006. You can also contact us at 602-271-4480. 

Register now for White Tantric Yoga before February 17: $165 per person. 
After February 17: $180. 
Vegetarian lunch included. 

Schedule for White Tantric Yoga, Phoenix 2014:

Sign-in: 7 am
Warm-ups: 8 am
White Tantric Yoga: 9 am until 6 pm 




More info on White Tantric Yoga 2014, Phoenix AZ: 

This year, the facilitator for White Tantric Yoga in Phoenix is Sat Nirmal Khalsa, she will be guiding us through this workshop.

Sat Nirmal Kaur Khalsa is a certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga and a minister of Sikh Dharma. She has been a student of Yogi Bhajan since 1973 and has traveled extensively teaching Kundalini Yoga to business executives, students, children and teens. She traveled with Yogi Bhajan as a member of his personal security team, both nationally and internationally. Sat Nirmal Kaur is an accomplished musician, studying piano, viola and voice since the age of 5. She has learned the Sikh traditional music, gurbani kirtan, and has participated in kirtan programs world wide. She has produced a musical version of Guru Gobind Singh's Jaap Sahib which is available on CD. Sat Nirmal Kaur lives in Espanola, New Mexico with her husband of 32 years, Daya Singh. They are active participants in the Santa Fe and Rio Grande Valley communities, often hosting guests and dignitaries. Their dog Buddy often accompanies them on their hikes in the Espanola Hills. They have one daughter who resides in California and is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Kundalini Yoga teacher. 

The mantras that will be used in this year's White Tantric Yoga are Bountiful, Blissful and Beautiful, and Guru Ram Das Lullby. To download the mantra sheet please click here. 




Monday, January 6, 2014

Love Your Soul


If you must choose, choose happiness over misery, choose to love yourself.
If you must quit, quit self-damaging habits. 

Remember this: You are made of love, and you are meant to be happy. Follow your Sat Nam

(Sat: truth. Nam: Identity) 

Friday, January 3, 2014

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2014!

We are very thrilled to be back, and we are ready to serve and uplift all with the technology of Kundalini Yoga. Let's begin the new year with good vibration, positivity, and prosperity! 



This month we begin our weekly special event with the Double Gong Healing event. Sangeet Kaur and Hari Nam Singh are back on January 7 to bring you the healing, divine vibration of the cosmos! 

Last year we finished up our Aquarian Age Readiness- A Year with the Master series. This year Adi Singh is back with a new series: Creating Prosperity. On January 14, come join Adi Singh to learn how breathing contributes to your prosperity.

Full Hour Chakra Gong Healing with Jaap Kaur is back on January 18. This month's theme is: Building prana (life force) and using it to heal and support prosperity on all levels - chakras, physical body, mind, and spirit. Clear uneasy thoughts and feelings, peace.

Another new series that we are offering this year is Meditation and Mantra  with Guru Simran Singh. This series begins on January 21 with Intro to Mantra & Chanting. Guru Simran Singh will teach us how to restore our original voice through chanting mantra.
 
Finally, taking place on January 28 is something different but still related to yoga: Awareness Through Movement with Erin Finkelstein. Erin will be teaching specifically designed movement lessons by the scientist Moshe Feldenkrias that are gentle sequences that bring about awareness and new options in thinking, sensing, moving, and imagining.  
 
Our regular Kundalini Yoga classes are back in session as well. Please visit our site for more information and find the class that you like! Our official website is yogaphoenix.com. 

We hope to see you soon! May your new year be filled with love, peace, good health, prosperity, and all things good for your soul! 
 
 
 
 Special Events January 2014:

Double Gong Healing with Sangeet Kaur and Hari Nam Singh
January 7
7pm - 8:30pm
 
Creating Prosperity with Adi Singh
January 14
7pm - 8:30pm
 
Full Hour Chakra Gong Healing with Jaap Kaur
January 18
7pm - 8:30pm
 
Meditation and Mantra with Guru Simran Singh
January 21
7pm - 8:30pm
 
Awareness Through Movement with Erin Finkelstein
January 28
7pm - 8:30pm