One of our last mediations to do in Yoga Teacher Training was called Tratakum. It's a bit of a strange meditation, but its very effective. It reminded me of esoteric practices I've read about in the past. "In the yogic Scripture it says, "Even a glance f ...
Sat Nam Rasayan means "Deep Relaxation in the True Identity" in Sanskrit. It is a style of healing that is probably unlike anything that you know. In my experience of Sat Nam Rasayan, it is mind-boggling, and unlike anything that I know. History of Sat Na ...
This is a slightly controversial topic from my knowledge on this aspect of Kundalini Yoga. I can only write from my experience through my training at Yoga West and what I've learned thus far about the two traditions. I will tell you first off that Kundal ...
We are now traveling down through the lower triangle, the bottom three chakras. These chakras are beneath the Third Chakra, supporting the navel chakra, their energies moving up to it, just as the kundalini rises upward from the Root Chakra. Today's chak ...
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 ...
I almost hesitate to write about the Chakra System. Do I really have more value to add to something already written about so much on the interwebs? I don't know. But I know that I keep referring to them and instead of referring you out to an outside sou ...
The Famous Yogi Bhajan who brought Kundalini Yoga to the West in the form we commonly know it now here as(Canada/USA). This has to be one of the most famous Yogi Bhajan quotes we have: "Keep up and you'll be kept up." I hear it at what seems every thir ...
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) ...
