The 21 Stages of Meditation

Date: November 1-3 & 7-9

Time: 8am-5pm

Location: 2308 N Richland St, Phoenix AZ, 85006

Cost: All 3 journeys - $1320 (including lunch, tea & snacks)

         1 journey - $500 (including lunch, tea & snacks)

Register at www.yogaphoenix.com. 

 

Whether you are a Kudalini Yoga teacher, a student or someone with an interest in meditation, you can take this course to dive deeper in to the art and science of meditation.

What are the 21 Stages of meditation? The 21 Stages of Meditation describes the different experience that one goes through during meditation. Learning about the 21 Stages of Meditation can help one to identify one’s strengths and weaknesses and what one can do to progress to the next stage and toward understanding one’s Self.

The 21 Stages of Meditation is divided into 3 journeys.

First Journey: The Crystallized Self
The focus of the first journey is to recognize, experience and crystallize the Self. The blocks are encountered in the first four stages: upset, boredom, irritation and frustration. The first ascent starts when we have a sense of our Self, separate from all the commotions, emotions and sensory impulses; we begin to focus and recognize a still point, a nucleus within, which is the Self. It is this crystallized sense of Self that is needed in order for consciousness to work.

·         Stage 1 – Upset

·         Stage 2 – Boredom

·         Stage 3 – Irritation

·         Stage 4 - Frustration

·         Stage 5 – Focus

·         Stage 6 – Absorption

·         Stage 7 – Experience and Crystallize the Self

Second Journey: The Expressive Self
In this second journey, the initial challenge is to develop a sensitivity to the Self, as we engage in relationships and participate in life. When we take the seed of our Self and our identity and project it into the world, it expands. In this second journey, we cultivate the meditative skill to merge with our projection yet still be able to distill our Self from the various roles we play; in this way, this second journey prepares us to maintain our integrity in action and ultimately to find the stillness within every action.

·         Stage 8 – Rasa

·         Stage 9 – Delight

·         Stage 10 – Politeness

·         Stage 11 – Humility

·         Stage 12 – Elevation

·         Stage 13 - Graceful Enlightenment

·         Stage 14 – Express and Be Your Self

Third Journey: The Transcendent Self
In this final journey, we recognize all that we are as the formless presence of the infinite Self. We open the dimension of our Transcendent Self. This journey requires us to go beyond differences and similarities
into reality and unity. By forging an elevated identity with our infinite Self within our finite self, we become spontaneous, creative and flexible. We excel in this infinite game of the soul. Love, compassion and kindness become the core of our experience. At the peak of this journey we become the nothing within the center of all that is. Mystery is now mastery. The sacred space opens up to intuitive presence, which serves innocence, loves life, blesses all, and praises the Infinite, the all within All. You become you, nothing more, nothing less. In this final journey, we become realized human beings.

·         Stage 15 - Presence Like a Beacon

·         Stage 16 - Everywhere Radiance

·         Stage 17 - Prayerful Stillness

·         Stage 18 – Preacher

·         Stage 19 – Teacher

·         Stage 20 – Sage

·         Stage 21 - Infinite Pulse

"Meditation is a duty toward the self. The moment you become aware of the self, you become beautiful to self because the moment you concentrate on self, your frequency changes and the universe around you changes also. This is a cosmic law." - Yogi Bhajan

(The 21 Stages of Meditation information from kundaliniresearchinstitute.org)

Coming in November 2014: The 21 Stages of Meditation

“What kind of life do you want to live? How can you develop it? What approach and formula can we use so we can grow and not suffer? Make meditation the art of life. Make meditation the science of life. Because only with that, and with that only, can you develop intuition.” – Yogi Bhajan 

21 Stages of Meditation Course – 6 full days Workshop (Level 3 Teacher Training meditation credits)

Orientation 7pm-8pm Oct 31; Course:  Nov 1-3, Nov 7-9. 8am start 

     Location:  Yoga Phx (2308 N. Richland, Phoenix)

Open to everyone!!!  Anyone who likes to meditate, no prior Kundalini Yoga required.  No post course work.

  Join 9 others who are already committed so we can manifest this transformational course that teaches you so much about yourself.  Join & inspire other people to join us! 

  Bring your meditation cushion and your open neutral mind, ready to serve your spirit.

  There are three 2-day journeys.  Cannot make all three?  Join 1 or 2 weekends or the Monday Friday option. 

  The 3 journeys are Nov 1-2, then Nov 3 & 7, and finally Nov 8-9.  You can take them out of order. A single journey is $500 & includes lunch, snacks and yogi tea.  

  Maximize benefit and save money with all 3 journeys—whole course $1320 includes course and lunch each day, yogi tea, snacks.  

  Great Lead Trainers!  Sevak is teaching all 3 journeys. Sangeet Kaur with him the first 3-day weekend and Krishna Kaur the second 3-day weekend. 

  Questions or assistance with your enrollment?  Need a payment plan?  Up to 9 months to complete interest-free payment.  Contact Course Admin Jaap Kaur 602-410-4782 cell / text. 

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New Schedule for 21 Stages of Meditation - A Journey to the Self with Sevak Singh, Sangeet Kaur, and Krishna Kaur

Announcing our new schedule for the The 21 Stages of Meditation. 

This special special 6 day series with Sevak Singh & Sangeet Kaur of Phoenix, & Krishna Kaur of LA  will be in the Fall of 2014: November 1-3 & 7-9 (Orientation is on October 31, 7-8pm).


Explore The 21 Stages of Meditation and deepen your contemplative capacity in a community of practioners.
The 21 Stages of Meditation is part of the intensive group meditation requirement for the Level Three program–Realization!

This course is open to everyone. Students and teachers from all contemplative traditions are encouraged to participate!


"All in self is the Self. Oh yogi, meditate and then find that precious, priceless gem of Self, and the whole world is yours."- Yogi Bhajan 

The 21 Stages of Meditation gives you tools and experiences to deepen your meditation and come to a profound understanding of your Self. Complete three meditative journeys toward the pinnacle of contemplative awareness as defined by Yogi Bhajan: “The Infinite Pulse”.

This course is divided into three Journeys, or sections. Each Journey is designed to be repeated as many times as you like
and may be taken in any order.

2014 we will experience ALL 3 JOURNEYS

(48+ hrs) of The 21 Stages of Meditation

Yoga Phoenix Offering at
2308 N. Richland St -- Phoenix, AZ
Late October / early November, 2014:
Orientation: Oct 31: 7-8pm,
Course: Nov 1-3, 7-9: 8am-5pm.
Don’t Miss this Opportunity!
Pricing: $1320 for course & Food Included; Complete Package!
Food—Lunch each day + Yogi Tea & Snacks
Limited nearby ashram housing for:
Some out of town guests & other immersion preferring guests.

Trainers of The 21 Stages: 

Sevak Singh, a Lead Teacher Trainer and Teacher, began his yogic study in 1972 and practiced directly with Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, until his death in 2004. He has now practiced and taught Kundalini Yoga and Meditation for over 40 years. His reputation as a gifted international teacher has brought scores of students to practice and participate in his classes, workshops and trainings worldwide. The International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (IKYTA) recently recognized Sevak for his excellence and effectiveness as an International teacher and teacher of teachers. Sevak believes everyone has the right and capacity to be happy and fulfilled, that we need to ‘lighten up’ and enlightenment follows. His website is www.SevakSingh.com. 

Sevak recommends the following books for students at any level of practice: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda and The Hue-Man: In Form & Function by Dr. Hari Simran Singh Khalsa (Dr. Yogi). In addition, Sevak recommends his DVD, "Clearing Your Path to Happiness," a 120-minute Kundalini Yoga & Meditation class taught by Sevak, and his CD, "Relief & Clearing - Balance Beyond Stress," a mediation CD guided by Sevak. Both items are available for purchase at www.SevakSingh.com. 

Sangeet Kaur, a KRI Senior Lead Teacher Trainer, has lived and taught the science and art of Kundalini Yoga for nearly four decades.

Entering this path in her 30s, when she was an executive for ITT Corporation in New York City, she was honored to be taught and molded directly by the Master, Yogi Bhajan, from the early years (when she confronted and gracefully overcame prejudice against her new spiritual path) through the late 1980s (when she moved to Phoenix) and up to his passing in 2004. She was among the last group of teachers he asked to see before he passed.

Since 1995 Sangeet has served on the KRI Teacher Training Executive Committee that has pioneered the development in international certification programs in Kundalini Yoga and is now completing work on Level III as well as further development of the Aquarian Trainer Academy.

Sangeet was one of the first teachers named a Senior Lead Trainer and is certified to teach both Levels I and II, having also been a contributor to the development of Level II course material.

She is also widely known for her Womanheart ® Retreats for women which, since 1990. have drawn women from across the USA, Canada, Europe and beyond to elevate their lives through Kundalini Yoga, meditation and women's wisdom. Her Womanheart book, in its second edition, continues to touch countless lives and is now being translated into several languages.

Steeped in the Master's wisdom on relationships and humanology, Sangeet developed and greatly expanded his basic numerology system and has taught it over 25 years, producing a video series and now completing a major book, The Blessings Code (TM).

Last year the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (IKYTA) recognized Sangeet for her lifetime contributions and excellence as a pioneering teacher. She is also a minister of Sikh Dharma and a member of the International Khalsa Council of ministers for more than two decades.

Visit Sangeet's website at http://healingsource.com/

Krishna Kaur, a dynamic, heart centered Yoga teacher, began studying with Yogi Bhajan in 1970 and has passionately taught the art and science of Kundalini Yoga and Self Awareness for 40 years. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her teaching in Africa, Mexico, and inner cities throughout the United States. A master teacher trainer of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, she conducts workshops in Canada, Europe, and Latin America.

She is certified by the 3HO Foundation and the Kundalini Research Institute as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Trainer of both Level I and II. She is the regional coordinator for 3HO Africa, which unites Kundalini Yoga in Africa. Krishna also founded and runs Y.O.G.A. for Youth, a non-profit dedicated to training yoga teachers to work with at-risk youth and creating yoga programs in schools and juvenile facilities.

Krishna opened the first yoga center in South Central Los Angeles and continues to train yoga teachers, teach workshops, and bring yoga to the underserved populations throughout the world. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Follow this link to learn more about Krishna Kaur.