Well, darlings, this was one of the first things we went over in our first teacher training weekend. And I won't lie to you. I've been doing breath of fire wrong or in the half-ass sort of way that I do things sometimes. I didn't feel confident in my br ...
If you have ever been to a Kundalini Yoga class you might've noticed that there are two things that are big in this style of yoga. You might even say there's an obsession with the Navel Point and Root Lock. "In the Ancient Shastras it states that "all yog ...
Yogi Bhajan says the teachers oath is: "I am not a woman. I am not a man. I am not a person. I am not myself. I am a Teacher." Pretty powerful words. He goes on to explain that a teacher is a vehicle through which God is experienced. God uses that teach ...
Kirtan kriya. Oh Kirtan Kriya. This meditation is a big deal right now in my life. In general though Kirtan Kriya is a big deal. Especially for women. I've heard a couple of male yogis in my research say that if they had to choose one meditation forever ...
White. White turban. White pants. White shirt. What is it with these Kundalini yogis and their white clothes? Don't their clothes get dirty easily? Why do the Kundalini yoga teachers wear all white all the time (when they are teaching classes at least) ...
One of my classmates, John, has organized to have access to Karma Teachers for Aquarian Sadhana on Saturday mornings. Its a space that gives our class the ability to practice leading sadhana and a space to participate in a more centralized location. Yest ...
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman This was one of the most intriguing things that we had listed as a requirement to pass the Kund ...
I am a turban lover. I became a turban lover after my first set of teacher training classes. On the Sunday of my training I did all of my practices with a white scarf tied around my head, and I was shocked at the difference in my practice. I was curious ...
I expressed to one of my friends that I was having a breakout a couple of weeks ago, and the anger that I had surrounding it. She immediately began sending me ways to help myself during the outbreak from applying coconut oil to, you guessed it, yoga! It ...
I'm not sure what it is like in other styles of yoga, however, in Kundalini Yoga we have one particular practice that we must complete in KYTT. We must attend 10 Aquarian Sadhanas, and do 5 at home minimum. At first I was a little confused about Sadhana ...
