Continue to Rise for Sadhana!

A big thank you to those who attended Group Sadhana at the Phoenix ashram leading to June 21! We raised $370 for the Dharmic Training Center, the future home for Yoga Phoenix. 

The fundraising event may have ended, but sadhana continues on at the same location. Please keep attending sadhana, raise your energy and be your most excellent self! Sadhana remains free to all. See below for more information: 

Daily Sadhana
Location: 2302 N 9th St, Phoenix AZ 85006

Monday to Saturday: 3:40 am - 6:15 am
Sundays: Sleep in a bit! 4:30 am - 6:40 am 

Periodic live sadhana.  


(PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP as you carefully go around the construction fencing to the usual 9^th Street entrance)

Keep up and you will be kept up!

Level 1 Teacher Training 2013

'If you want to learn a thing, read that. If you want to know a thing, write that. If you want to master a thing, teach that.' --- Yogi Bhajan 

Congratulations to our graduates of Level 1 Teacher Training, 2013! We are proud of you! 

Aquarian Age Readiness with Adi Singh

Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at Yoga Phoenix, join Adi Singh for Aquarian Age Readiness: 

 “When you do not fit in, it is because you do not fit in yourself. Your inner layers of thinking do not fit into the cosmic thinking. It is too huge! You think too small. If you have not developed a meditative mind, a mind that is yours—neither your silence nor your speech will work. Your mind is hungry and dying, crying, in pain, like a fish out of water. When you do not feed the mind with meditation, it does not work for you. When you do not have a relationship with your own mind, you cannot have a relationship with anything. The mind is a very powerful, great instrument. In the prayer “Japji” it is said, “Jap”—repeat again and again and again. Meditate—your mind will become your own. Your vastness will increase, and one day it may reach to the point that you may become absolutely infinite yourself. You have to take that chance.” (Yogi Bhajan 6/16/2001)

Learn a Way to God, a Way to Ourselves Meditation

Yoga Phoenix In July

July is here and it feels like someone has cranked the heat up another notch in the valley. Never fear! Inside Yoga Phoenix is always 77 degrees, and this month we have prepared a series of exciting events. Whether you are a first time yoga student or a long time student, all are welcomed to join us!

Here is what we have prepared for this July:

Aquarian Age Readiness-- Year with the Master with Adi Singh

(Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Learn new meditation each month to prepare yourself for the challenges of the new age.

A Special All Day Chakra Worshop with Adi Singh

(Saturday, July 13, 2013, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm)  

A Special Fundraising All Day Workshop with Adi Singh--the Chakra Guru

Yoga & Meditation for Prosperity with Ardas and Sadhana Kaur   

(Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Experience the Guru Gaitri mantra for 31 Minutes: Har Har Har Har Gobinday. This is a powerful mediation to bring in prosperity, but is also a protective mantra, cleansing the subconscious and magnetic field, eliminating karmic blocks, and balancing the brain.

Full Hour Chakra Gong Healing with Jaap Kaur (Kitty)

(Saturday, July 20, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Allow Prosperity Consciousness by opening the heart and clearing the Mind and energy field inside and around your body with the Gong Meditation.  Kundalini Yoga techniques to move to the Neutral Mind.  Brief Breath exercises to increase Prana, charge your Arc line, and power up navel to manifest.  Open the heart to Inhale Love and exhale Gratitude while the gong does the rest, making room for abundance in every situation. 

Healing & Supporting the Back with Kundalini Yoga with Kewal Kaur (Cathie)

(Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Instruction on alignment and motion. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan that specifically heals and supports the back.Recuperating, restoring & recovering elements. How to stay strong, prevent injury, and keeping the energy moving.

Yoga for Life with Sevak Singh                                                                      (Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)                                          Join Sevak Singh in this rare opportunity to clear predominant blocks, get rid of self-sabotaging habits, and claim your happiness!    

                                                                                            

"You should make yourself so happy, that by looking at you, other people become happy." --- Yogi Bhajan                      

Creating A Sacred Space In Your Own Home

Lay out a rug or sheepskin and some sacred or meaningful objects when you are ready to meditate.

It seems so common now for most of us to live a life that is loaded with stress. However, it is unhealthy for anyone to hold on to stress. Kundalini Yoga is excellent for getting rid of stress, restoring health to the body and mind, keeping a person’s spirit strong and positive. Besides taking yoga classes, it is also important for us all to have a sacred space where we can relax and be ourselves; a space that can remind us to reach inside ourselves to find peace. Having a sacred space is a good way to remind those around you to respect and treasure our environment.

The home has always been considered a sacred space in many different cultures. Treating the home as a sacred space can do so much good for the mind and relationships as well. Here are some suggestions that can help you to create that sacred or meditative space in your home:  

-         Keep your home clean and clutter free. When the physical environment is cluttered, the mind can become cluttered as well.

-         Play uplifting, spiritual music or mantras around the home. Music with higher, divine vibration can alter the energy of the home, creating a peaceful and relaxing environment.  Also, consider decorating the home with some beautiful and meaningful objects such as pictures of mandala, peacock feathers, crystals, things that can attract positive energy to your home.

 

An altar could be of a very simple design with a few objects.

-         If you have the room, create a space that is dedicated to meditation or just for you to relax. You can keep the design simple and decorate with a few meaningful objects or host a small altar. 

-         If you do not have the space, consider having a small rug or a sheepskin that you can unfold and spread out whenever you need to meditate. You can also prepare a box and fill it with some objects that remind you of your higher self. Whenever you are ready to meditate you can unroll the rug and arrange these objects around you. 

-         If you absolutely have no room to spare or the time to sit down and meditate, remember there is a sacred space inside all of us! Whenever you get stressed out, remember to breath deep and go inside yourself and find that peaceful space inside you. Inhale “Sat” exhale “Nam” (Sat Nam – truth is my identity), mentally hear the mantra in your breath as you go about doing your daily work. Even something as mundane as doing dishes or laundry can be potentially turned into a meditation. You can also play some mantra or something uplifting in the home as you work.  

-         Children also need sacred space. Here is an activity that both kids and adults can participate in to create a sacred environment. You can fill a box with beautiful stones, crystals, shells, feathers, things from nature that are kid friendly. Lay out a rug on the floor and invite kids to sit down and arrange these objects into mandala designs. Encourage them to be creative with these objects (check out how this blogger and her children made mandalas from flowers). You can teach kids to incorporate meditation into this activity. Chant something uplifting like a simple mantra (for example, “Sat Nam” – truth is my identity) or positive affirmations while creating the mandala. Whether a grown-up or a kid is doing this activity, remember to breath deep, relax, and have fun with it!  
 

Coloring mandala can help children to connect with the peace inside them.

-         Another good way to create sacred space for children and to introduce them to meditation is to let them color mandala. You can find free printable mandala designs online or buy mandala coloring books for your kids. Again, remind your kids to breathe and repeat positive affirmation as they color the mandala. Help your children to connect to that sacred, peaceful space that is in their souls. 

I hope these ideas will inspire everyone to create a sacred and meditative space in their own home. Do your best to find ways to create that space that will work for you and maintain that connection with your inner peace.  

You can create something simple and beautiful for your sacred space.

I have also created a simple mandala design for a candle holder. Print out the pattern below and follow this instruction to make this candle holder for your sacred space. Remember to set your paper orientation to landscape before printing. Sat nam!