Focus on First Chakra -Grounding and Eliminating
Whew, sorry for the lapse, it’s been a busy week! And unfortunately, hasn’t slowed down yet, so this will be a quicky. I am spending the next few weeks focusing on the chakras in my class, starting...
View ArticleFocus on Second Chakra -Balancing Sexual Energy, Tapping into Creativity
This week we focused on the second chakra in class with 2 powerful kriyas, fundamental to the practice of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, Sat Kriya, and Kirtan Kriya. Some notes about the...
View ArticleFocus on Third Chakra –Strengthening Sense of Self and Will Power
This week we worked on the third chakra in my Kundalini Yoga class with one of my favorite kriyas and a really calming meditation. Notes on the third chakra: The third chakra, or solar plexus is...
View ArticleFocus on Fourth Chakra –Opening the Heart
I find myself focusing a lot on this chakra, both in my own practice and while teaching. I guess I feel like you can’t go wrong with opening your heart, and no matter how open you think it is, there is...
View ArticleFocus on Fifth Chakra -the art of communication, self-expression & speaking...
This week we focused on the fifth chakra, also called the throat chakra, important for communication (both speaking and listening), creative expression, and the expression of your personality/self...
View ArticleFocus on Sixth Chakra -Fight Brain Drain
The brain is such an amazing structure! And within it are so many more even smaller amazing structures. Take the pituitary gland, the size of a pea (actually not a part of the brain, but hanging from...
View ArticleFocus on Seventh Chakra –Opening up to the Infinite
“The seventh chakra is associated with cosmic sound. There, the awakening of perception is like the shattering crash of a thousand simultaneous thunderstrokes (Yogi Bhajan).” Wow, that’s pretty...
View ArticleFifth Chakra Revisited – or My Struggles with Truth and Dharma
I wanted to share with you the article I wrote for elephant journal that was published yesterday: Rumi, Dharma & Passion. I have been thinking a lot about dharma and passion lately, and as I was...
View ArticleFocus on Eighth Chakra, the Aura –Protect and Project!
Most discussions on the chakra system include chakras 1-7, but in Kundalini yogic philosophy the aura is considered part of this system, as the eighth chakra. What is an aura? It is an electromagnetic...
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