unioncityyoga

2010-06-27T02:17:00.000-07:00

I tell yo today, I'll tell you tomorrow, and I'll tell you every day: You have only one friend- you and your discipline which will give you all that you need. The rest are all promises. Yogi Bhajan

2010-06-26T04:58:00.000-07:00

What is the power in life? With all the ungraceful dirt, nonsense you remain graceful. Yogi Bhajan

2010-06-25T05:38:00.001-07:00

What is the purpose in life? To elevate, big and small. Yogi Bhajan

Feb 27 2010

2010-02-26T17:58:00.000-08:00

Come enjoy the snow and do some YOGA.

Class is on!!!!!

feb 23 2010

2010-02-23T13:52:00.000-08:00

Class tonight at 7:00

Join us for some fun.

Saturday feb 20, 2010

2010-02-19T17:51:00.000-08:00

Todays Kriya is designed to remove body blocks.

Come, move, breath, and have fun.

feb 16 2010

2010-02-16T13:41:00.000-08:00

NO CLASS TONIGHT

ENJOY THE SNOW>>>>

Saturday Feb 13, 2010

2010-02-12T18:17:00.000-08:00

Todays Kriya: KUNDALINI YOGA FOR THE LYMPH SYSTEM is a dynamic and vigorous set that works the entire body by refreshing the lymph tissues. You will work hard, sweat, and feel amazing.

We will then be working with an equally amazing meditation:
TO SEE THE UNSEEN
(Self Experience pg 42)

Through this meditation the brain will create its own form of morphine to give the body endurance. The metabolism will change, the glands will secrete, the nervous system will be strengthened, and the brain will renew itself.

"You will see the Unseen, a little bit. You will hear the Unheard, a little bit. You will know the Unknown, a little bit. You will get a taste of it and you will keep going." Yogi Bhajan

tuesday feb 9 2010

2010-02-09T12:15:00.001-08:00

Todays Kriya: PREPARATORY EXERCISES FOR THE LUNGS, MAGNETIC FIELD & DEEP MEDITATION.
This Kriya is said to begin by purifying the blood and expanding the lung capacity. As we increase the amount of oxygen we bring into the body the blood is energized with Prana and delivers this deep healing energy to each and every cell.
The breath is the key to our health both physical and mentally. With this Kriya we will stimulate the Heart and Lung meridians that run in the arms and chest, building up our electromagnetic fields and stimulating our circulatory system. As we work, our thyroid and parathyroid glands are stimulated (these glands are located in the anterior neck, on the trachea just inferior to the larynx) They are both important blood regulators, helping to maintain the proper balance of temperature, and chemical secretions. As they are stimulated they begin to enlarging the upper magnetic field of the body. With this we can sit in meditate with a clear and direct focus.
Todays Kriya has a wonderful meditation build into it where we will deeply focus on the Crown Chakra increasing our sensitivity and receptivity to infinity.

Saturday feb 6 2010

2010-02-02T14:44:00.000-08:00

Strengthen the immune system 1 (Physical wisdom pg 4)

work to make your body strong and healthy by busting immunity

Sanjeevanee Kriya meditation for stability and steadiness in your personality (DMS pg 162)

A great set the will work mind and body.

saturday feb 30, 2010

2010-01-29T19:35:00.000-08:00

Todays Kriya has to be experienced to understand its true benefits.

Transforming the lower triangle to the higher triangle.

We will work to move the energy from the lower chakras to the higher. This kriya stimulates the energy of the lower triangle and transforms the energy into the higher brain functions.

Come work hard and find balance.

Tuesday January 26 2010

2010-01-26T14:20:00.000-08:00

Kriya for a calm and open heart center (Self Knowlage pg 19)
"As long as the mind is dark and does not let the light of the soul shine in your life, you will never have the joy and suces that is your birthright as a human." YB

We will work to open and balance the heart center gaining the energy we need to stay focused and happy every day.

saturday feb 23 2010

2010-01-22T18:02:00.000-08:00

CHALLANGE THE EGO IN YOU (pg 6 self knowledge)
"If your psyche is right on its axis, you'll be happy no matter whether you are rich or poor. If your psyche is right on its orbit, you'll be rich wether or not you are happy. If both are in harmony, you'll be rich and happy and a giver like god." YB

2010-01-19T06:02:00.000-08:00

SORRY ALL BUT NO CLASS TONIGH
I am not feeling well.
We will pick up again on Saturday.
Have a great week.

Brian

2010-01-15T18:49:00.000-08:00

Tuesday January 12, 2010

2010-01-12T09:21:00.000-08:00

To nights Class if for Creativity

Continuing our work with the subtle body and intuition we will work to open the flow of our inner creative spirit.

"All art, music, poetry, dance, and handicrafts attempt to capture and reflect the flow of the universal life force. When the artist is acting sensitively, as a channel for the life force passing through him, his art gains that grace and spontaneity which touches the essence of creation. In this sense, all art is worship of god." Yogi Bhajan

An artist takes great care to select the proper tools. he does this with close consideration as to what will provide the most responsive medium for his talents. Yet the fundamental tool the mind, is often left wandering, undisciplined, and full of conflicting desires. It is necessary to be able to tune the mind to the basic life forces within and without, and relax the mental processes so that spontaneous creative impulses can come through clearly and honestly. Physical Wisdom pg 13

We will be doing the KRIYA FOR CREATIVITY (physical Wisdom pg 12)
We will close by chanting The ADI SHAKTI MANTRA ( ATTM Pg 429)

EK ONG KAAR SAT NAAM SIREE WHA-HAY GUROO

One Creator created Creation, Truth is his name. Great beyond description is His infinite wisdom.

"All mantras are good, and are for the awakening of the divine. But this mantra is effective, and is the mantra for this time." Yogi Bhajan TTM pg 429

2010-01-08T18:58:00.000-08:00

"Old age, mental old age, and spiritual instability often beset us because we do not stretch ourselves when we get up. Stiffness in the body is not the way. It can make the body old and brittle even at a young age and it can make the mind's mischief intolerable to the point of insanity at any age." Yogi Bhajan

Todays Kriya ANGULAR BODY ENERGY will work to create flexibility of the mind body and soul.

We will follow with an amazing meditation the brings prosperity to us in the NEW YEAR.

SABAGH KRIYA

It is said that if god has written with his own hand that you shall live under misfortune, then by doing this Kriya you can turn your misfortune into prosperity, fortune and good luck......

Tuesday January 5, 2010

2010-01-05T09:25:00.000-08:00

"Don't become spiritual for my sake. I did not become spiritual for anybody's sake. I became spiritual for my own sake." Yogi Bhajan

At times in life one needs the power to recharge ones self. To reconnect with the energy within each and every cell of the body and direct it to heal and open ones mind to infinity.
Today we will be working to recharge the self, overcome tiredness, and fight brain fatigue.
Come wake up the self for the new year.

Saturday January 2 2010

2009-12-29T08:14:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 2010

Kriya: Stress set for Adrenals and Kidneys
Meditation: Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra: RAA MAA DAA SAA ,SAA SAY SO HUNG

In order to stay on track with our busy lives it is important to have an edge.We can be eating well, sleeping enough, but if our glandular balance and in particular our adrenals and kidneys are not at top performance we may not have the energy to get to our destination with ease.

This set helps to reduce stress and create balance.

"Certain Mantras are to be cherished like the most rare and beautiful gem. The Siri Gaitri Mantra is such a find."

The Siri Gaitri Mantra is called a Sushmuna ( the central channel of the spine) Mantra because of its eight sounds that stimulate the kundalini to flow in the central channel of the spine working into each chakra. As this happens ones metabolic leveles are adjusted and a new level of energy is brought to the body. The sound from this mantra balances and activates the Neutral Mind.

RAA, is the energy of the Sun. It energizes and purifies.
MAA, is the energy of the Moon. It is cooling and nurturing.
DAA, is the energy of the Earth. It is secure, personal and grounding.
SAA, is impersonal infinity. The cosmos in all of its open dimensions and totality.

SAY, which is the totality of experience and is personal.
SO, is the personal sense of merger and identity.
HUNG, is the infinity, vibrating and real,

(So and Hung) together mean "I am Thou"

December 26 2009

2009-12-25T16:07:00.000-08:00

Sat Nam and HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
I hope you all had a great celebration with friends and family I look forward to seeing you all.

Today we will work on a kriya for SELF - RENEWAL(pg 2 Physical wisdom)

Yogi Bhajan was often asked , Is yoga a religion? His answer was: It is and it is not. In religion you have to believe something and in yoga you have to experience what you want to believe." EXPERIENCE is the key to the power of the science that is Kundalini Yoga. Todays work will renew the self by experiencing the power inside the self. We will work hard to experience the body, and the mind and with that connection awaken our soul and expand the inner light in each one us.

Tuesday December 22 2009

2009-12-22T07:53:00.000-08:00

It has been 5 years since Yogi Bhajan left his physical body. Wahe Guru!. He left a clear path and a timeless spiritual technology to assist humankind as we navigate the transition from an era dominated by earthly exploitation, called the Kali-Yug into a renaissance or Golden Age where we are all simultaneously evolving into the “self-sensory humans.” We are becoming humans whose compassion and service to one another will be the win-win formula needed for these times. Join us tonight to practice together and experience Yogi Bhajan’s gifts to us.
We will move the body with the KRIYA FOR MORNING SAHANA (The Aquarian Teacher l1 pg 362) We will end class with a meditation and chant of the GURU MANTRA

GURU GURU WAHE GURU GURU RAM DAS GURU

This is a mantra of humility, relaxation, self healing and emotional relief. It calls on the spirit of humility and grace of the realm of Guru Ram Das, with its spiritual guiding light and protective grace. It reconnects the experience of infinity to the finite and therefore rescues you in the midsts of trial and danger.

Sat Nam

Saturday December 18 2009

2009-12-18T18:34:00.000-08:00

It is alway good to return to center, reconnect with your core, and balance your internal and external energy.
To create harmony in life one must tune the body into a balanced energy.
Todays Kria is : NABHI KRIYA(TTML1 pg 345), Nabhi refers to the nerve plexus around the navel point.
The amazing thing about being human is that we have the opportunity to use the science of Kundalini Yoga to tune us into both our personal energy and our collective energy. As we work we get strong, as we get strong we balance our nervous system and live a life aligned with the Soul or Truth.

"If in subtlety you become very refined, and in activity you become very subtle- very subtle- you are very near to your Soul." YB

We will follow with a meditation to build strength to our word with , NAAD MEDITATION TO COMMUNICATE FROM TOTALITY
(TTML1 pg 443)

This meditation lets you merge into the feeling of totality. When you speak from that feeling you create trust. With trust you establish relationships.

The gift of these practices is the power of VAK SIDDHI, which lets you have sensitivity to the subtle roots and the impact of sound. You learn the sound of things and the subtle sound of consciousness that allows all other sound to be.

Tuesday December 15, 2009

2009-12-15T06:39:00.000-08:00

Todays Kriya: AWAKENING TO YOUR TEN BODIES (The Aquarian Teacher level 1 pg. 337, 338)

For the most part human beings identify with their physical body. When we start to do yoga our bodies are energized and we are often, during bow pose or triangle, reminded quickly of how are bodies feel. We often think of ourselves in physical terms or perhaps at best, as a physical body and a mind. The truth is that the human being is made up of ten bodies. The physical body, three mental bodies and six energy bodies.

As we tune into these bodies as a group we begin to build our spiritual awakening through group consciousness. That is why we practice Kundalini together and tune in at the beginning of class with the ADI Mantra. ONG NAMO GURU DAYV NAMO.

"Individual consciousness will refine you, group consciousness will expand you, and Universal Consciousness will redeem you to infinity." YB

The ten bodies are:

1. The Soul Body: Your connection to your inner infinity. When the soul body is strong you live from the heart and not from the head.

2. The Negative Mind:Helps you to give form to the creativity of your Soul Body, with the gifts of containment, form, and discernment. It instills in you a longing to belong driving you to connect to your own God self, giving you patience to be obedient to your own inner guidance.

3. The Positive Mind: Sees the positive essence of all situations and beings. It is expansive and allows resources in. It gives you a strong will and allows you to use your power easily and humbly.

4. The Neutral Mind: From here, the Meditative Mind, you look at the whole play of life with compassion. This mind evaluates the input of your Negative and Positive Minds (as well as the rest of the bodies) and gives guidance within 9 seconds. It is a very intuitive vantage point, and allows you to access your soul.

5. The Physical Body: This is the temple where the 9 bodies play out their parts.

6. Arcline: It gives you the ability to focus, to be concentrated, to meditate. It give one the ability to use the intuition of your sixth center to protect yourself, so that you can deal with the stresses of life without shutting down the heart.

7. Aura: This is the electromagnetic field of the body. When strong, it acts as a container for your life force, and allows that life force to build up to a level where you feel confident and secure. When strong your presence will uplift.

8. Pranic Body: Through the breath, your Pranic Body continuously brings the life force and energy into the system. Allowing one to feel fully alive Fearless and at one with all of creation.

9. Subtle Body: This allows one to see beyond the immediate realities of life to the sublime universal play that lies beyond. When strong you have a great finesse and powerful calmness.

10. Radiant Body: Gives you spiritual royalty and radiance. giving you strength and courage in the face of any obstacle.

The ten bodies are powerful capacities of the psyche. Each body has specific gifts that manifest when strong, and certain deficit tendencies that surface when weak.

"If you understand that you are these Ten Bodies, and you are aware of those Ten Bodies, and you keep them in balance, the whole universe will be in balance with you." -Yogi Bhajan

The above descriptions of the ten bodies came from The Aquarian Teacher level one text book pg.201-203

We will follow with the LAYA YOGA MEDITATION

Mantra: The (Adi Shakti Mantra) version for Laya Yoga.

Laya Yoga is: Merging the finite with the infinite. The use of the sound and mantra with rhythm and a sensitivity to its subtle structure. Yogi Bhajan said that the eleventh body was represented by the sound current, the wellspring of infinity from which all mantras originate.

Ek ong kaar-(uh) saa-taa-naa-ma siree wha-(uh) hay guroo

This eight part (ashtang) mantra corresponds to the body's eight energy centers (7 chakras, plus aura). These eight words are the "code" letters or the phone number of the direct line to connect you, the creature, with your creator. It was the first mantra Yogi Bhajan taught in the United States. This mantra creates a responsive interrelationship between you and the universal creative energy.

Saturday December 12 2009

2009-12-12T04:38:00.000-08:00

NO CLASS TODAY..........

We will see each other again on Tuesday.

SAT NAM

BRIAN

Tuesday December 8 2009

2009-12-07T18:08:00.000-08:00

Today's kriya: TO UNDERSTAND YOUR GOODNESS

Yogi Bhajan says " To conquer the UNKNOWN, you must use trust"

Trust in the fact that we are all one big creation, that we are all a part of the universal life force that fills the cosmos. By understanding your goodness you can allow it to flow freely from you into the world. When the body is in balance with the soul one remembers " God and me me and god are one"

We will follow with The meditation for PROJECTION and PROTECTION from the HEART

This meditation gives you an enchanting, magnetic personality, with many unexpected finds. The MANGALA CHARN MANTRA surrounds the magnetic field with protective light.

AAD GURAY NAMEH: I bow to the primal wisdom.
JUGAAD GURAY NAMEH: I bow to the wisdom through the ages.
SAT GURAY NAMEH: I bow to true wisdom.
SIREE GUROO DAYVAY NAMEH: I bow to the great, Unseen Wisdom.

Saturday December 5 2009

2009-12-01T10:46:00.000-08:00

Todays kriya is IMMUNE YOGA 1 (Physical Wisdom pg 16)

We will continue to make the mind and body strong, balancing our systems energy.

Saturday November 28 2009

2009-11-27T16:13:00.000-08:00

todays kriya is: BALANCING OF PRANA AND APANA

"Much of the wisdom of the body's design is shown through the location and function of the subtle energies. PRANA is the energy of activity and inflow. Its central location is the lungs and heart. APANA is the energy of elimination and its central location is the area below the navel point and in the lower pelvis. This set creates a balanced and efficient flow between both areas and the subtle energies they hold. You will draw in energies you need and eliminate toxins, old thoughts, and sticky emotions" Gurucharan Singh (Physical Wisdom pg 28)

We will follow with a praanayama Breathing meditation to Balance Mental Energy (pg 111) ppp

"This Meditation has the ability to focus your mind to a state of PRATYAHARA, or thoughtlessness ( where EGO surrenders and THOU prevails) YB

Tuesday November 24

2009-11-24T08:14:00.000-08:00

Tonights Kriya: STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 1 ( Physical Wisdom pg 4) works to release stress and build self control.

" It is self-control which matters in life. Life is not given to you for any other reason but to experience your own creativity and your own self in the dignity of its existence. Yogi Bhajan

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. ~Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588

Then we will end with the meditation to EXPERIENCE THE ORIGINAL YOU (pg 43 self knowledge)

Saturday November 21 2009

2009-11-20T19:03:00.000-08:00

When we mentally state the names of the body's organ systems, the lymphatic system is probably not the first to come to mind. Yet without this quietly working system, our cardiovascular system would stop working and our immune system would be hopelessly impaired. This system actually consists of two semi-independent parts. 1- a meandering network of lymphatic vessels and 2- various lymphoid tissues and organs scattered throughout the body. The lymphatic vessels transport back to the blood any fluids that have escaped from the blood vascular system. The lymphoid organs house phagocytic cells and lymphocytes, which play essential roles in the body's defense mechanisms and its resistance to disease.

Todays Kriya: KUNDALINI YOGA FOR THE LYMPH SYSTEM is a dynamic and vigorous set that works the entire body by refreshing the lymph tissues. You will work hard, sweat, and feel amazing.

We will then be working with an equally amazing meditation:
TO SEE THE UNSEEN
(Self Experience pg 42)

Through this meditation the brain will create its own form of morphine to give the body endurance. The metabolism will change, the glands will secrete, the nervous system will be strengthened, and the brain will renew itself.

"You will see the Unseen, a little bit. You will hear the Unheard, a little bit. You will know the Unknown, a little bit. You will get a taste of it and you will keep going." Yogi Bhajan

2009-11-17T04:27:00.000-08:00

The most basic way for us to start to heal the body is with the breath.
It is said that only 11% of the general public know the proper way to take a deep healing breath.

When we are born, the doctor slaps us on the butt and we take our first breath, bringing prana deep into our lungs. As we grow we continue to breath and at the end of life our final action is a deep exhail, we exist on a breath. The yogi's say that we are each given x amount of prana at the time our soul enters the body, when this prana is used up we die. By working to become aware of our breath we can master the tool given to us by our creator to extend our life and maintain optimal physical and mental health. In Kundalini Yoga, Pranayam (breathing exercise) is the bridge between the mind and body working to heal and strengthen both.

With stress building in the body day by day it is easy for us to lose touch with the breath and allow disease to manifest in our systems. If we are not balancing our Vayus (Pranas) we are not allowing our internal energy to distribute properly in the body thus allowing external pathogenic factors or (EPF'S) to enter our systems and make us sick. Stress weakens our resistance to these EPF's and leads to disease in the body, confusion in the mind, and a disconnection from our soul.

With tonight's Kriya: KRIYA FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE (KRI teacher trainer manual level 1 pg 306)
We will work to balance the systems in the body linking them with an awareness of the breath to fortify our health.

We will the do an amazing Praanayam meditation SIXTEEN_STROKE BREATH TO REBUILD HEALTH (PPP pg 175)
When correctly practiced, this kriya can totally rebuild your glandular system. It also can rid the body of toxins and rebuild your cells.

Saturday November 14 2009

2009-11-14T03:52:00.000-08:00

Age is measured by the flexibility of the spine: to stay young stay flexible.

Our Kriya will be the:BASIC SPINAL FLEX SERIES
(the Aquarian Teacher pg 339)

We will then be doing a Praanayam meditation for energy and stress release.
This uses an eight stroke breath that if done for 11 minuets a day can give you the energy to balance your daily consumption of praanic life and can take you out of stress

Tuesday November 10, 2009

2009-11-10T03:46:00.000-08:00

The body is in a constant quest for balance, called homeostasis. When we hold onto stress and create tension in the body we block the natural flow of Prana and Apana creating disharmonies. The Kriya REMOVING BODY BLOCKS (Self knowledge pg23) originally taught by Yogi Bhajan on March 19, 1986 is a wonderful way to break away this stress and tension.

We will work hard so bring some water and a cushion to sit on as well as a mat and blanket for under your back. We will be doing back rolls and the floor can be hard.

We will follow with the meditation GIVING YOURSELF NEW LIFE (Self Knowledge pg 45)
"You are not going to get life without putting life into it" YB

Saturday November 7 2009

2009-11-06T06:58:00.000-08:00

2009-11-03T05:34:00.000-08:00

2009-10-30T05:44:00.000-07:00

This Saturday we will be doing an amazing Kriya and Meditation that moves the body, stimulates the navel point,
makes you sweat and removes blocks in your system.

The body is in a constant quest for balance, called homeostasis. When we hold onto stress and create tension in the body we block the natural flow of Prana and Apana creating disharmonies. The Kriya REMOVING BODY BLOCKS originally taught by Yogi Bhajan on March 19, 1986 is a wonderful way to break away this stress and tension.

We will work hard so bring some water and a cushion to sit on as well as a mat and blanket for under your back. We will be doing back rolls and the floor can be hard.

Following the Kriya is a deeply healing meditation that also works to open digestion and remove blocks in this vital system. We will be chanting GUROO GUROO WHA-HAY GUROO GUROO RAM DAS GUROO

Tuesday October 27, 2009

2009-10-27T05:59:00.000-07:00

Todays Kriya: AWAKENING TO YOUR TEN BODIES (The Aquarian Teacher level 1 pg. 337, 338)

For the most part human beings identify with their physical body. When we start to do yoga our bodies are energized and we are often, during bow pose or triangle, reminded quickly of how are bodies feel. We often think of ourselves in physical terms or perhaps at best, as a physical body and a mind. The truth is that the human being is made up of ten bodies. The physical body, three mental bodies and six energy bodies.

The ten bodies are:

1. The Soul Body: Your connection to your inner infinity. When the soul body is strong you live from the heart and not from the head.

2. The Negative Mind:Helps you to give form to the creativity of your Soul Body, with the gifts of containment, form, and discernment. It instills in you a longing to belong driving you to connect to your own God self, giving you patience to be obedient to your own inner guidance.

3. The Positive Mind: Sees the positive essence of all situations and beings. It is expansive and allows resources in. It gives you a strong will and allows you to use your power easily and humbly.

4. The Neutral Mind: From here, the Meditative Mind, you look at the whole play of life with compassion. This mind evaluates the input of your Negative and Positive Minds (as well as the rest of the bodies) and gives guidance within 9 seconds. It is a very intuitive vantage point, and allows you to access your soul.

5. The Physical Body: This is the temple where the 9 bodies play out their parts.

6. Arcline: It gives you the ability to focus, to be concentrated, to meditate. It give one the ability to use the intuition of your sixth center to protect yourself, so that you can deal with the stresses of life without shutting down the heart.

7. Aura: This is the electromagnetic field of the body. When strong, it acts as a container for your life force, and allows that life force to build up to a level where you feel confident and secure. When strong your presence will uplift.

8. Pranic Body: Through the breath, your Pranic Body continuously brings the life force and energy into the system. Allowing one to feel fully alive Fearless and at one with all of creation.

9. Subtle Body: This allows one to see beyond the immediate realities of life to the sublime universal play that lies beyond. When strong you have a great finesse and powerful calmness.

10. Radiant Body: Gives you spiritual royalty and radiance. giving you strength and courage in the face of any obstacle.

The ten bodies are powerful capacities of the psyche. Each body has specific gifts that manifest when strong, and certain deficit tendencies that surface when weak.

"If you understand that you are these Ten Bodies, and you are aware of those Ten Bodies, and you keep them in balance, the whole universe will be in balance with you." -Yogi Bhajan

The above descriptions of the ten bodies came from The Aquarian Teacher level one text book pg.201-203

We will follow with the LAYA YOGA MEDITATION

Mantra: The (Adi Shakti Mantra) version for Laya Yoga.

Laya Yoga is: Merging the finite with the infinite. The use of the sound and mantra with rhythm and a sensitivity to its subtle structure. Yogi Bhajan said that the eleventh body was represented by the sound current, the wellspring of infinity from which all mantras originate.

Ek ong kaar-(uh) saa-taa-naa-ma siree wha-(uh) hay guroo

This eight part (ashtang) mantra corresponds to the body's eight energy centers (7 chakras, plus aura). These eight words are the "code" letters or the phone number of the direct line to connect you, the creature, with your creator. It was the first mantra Yogi Bhajan taught in the United States. This mantra creates a responsive interrelationship between you and the universal creative energy.

Saturday October 23 , 2009

2009-10-23T08:57:00.000-07:00

Today we will be working to gain strength at the navel center and use this energy to open the heart.
Our energy has to travel this short distance from navel point to heart center in order to show us the way we can lead a life of compassion. If we start to approach our life from the heart center amazing changes will begin to manifest.

Today's Kriya is: NABHI KRIYA FOR PRANA - APANA ( attm pg 347 )
This kriya balances the energy coming into and leaving the body by focusing on the third Chakra (energy center) at the navel point and then moves up to address the Forth Chakra, the heart center.

We will then move onto the breath and use The PRANAYAM ENERGIZER SERIES (attm pg 403) as our meditation. With this powerful meditation one can gain a deeper understanding of the breath and how it is a direct link to health and happiness.

Tuesday October 20, 2009

2009-10-20T04:42:00.000-07:00

Tonight we will work with the Kriya FOUNDATION FOR INFINITY (kttm pg 357)
This set will guide us to reach the subtle realm of ether where we are by nature boundless. Practicing this kriya which works primarily on the pelvic region is a means of setting that foundation. Then the meditation launches you into the realms of infinity.

Our meditation will be the MEDITATION FOR THE TENTH GATE This works to allow you to experience your boundlessness by stimulating the navel center with the Mantra HAR HAR MUKANDAY Har is the creative aspect of Infinity. Mukunday is the Liberating aspect of the Self. This mantra turns challenges into opportunities, and removes fear.

"Knowledge becomes wisdom when you experience it with your own heart and being, when it becomes your personal experience" Yogi Bhajan

Saturday October 17 , 2009

2009-10-16T06:12:00.000-07:00

We will continue to work on our subtle bodies and go deep inside to expand our inner light.

"The best way in life is simply to be. Let the spirit, let the soul, let the self shine like the sunshine." Yogi Bhajan

Todays Kriya is called: EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN STRENGTH (Self Knowledge pg 17)

We so often view the body as a machine with different working parts. In our culture we have taken the process of how we build things as the way all things are and we begin to see ourselves from a distorted perspective. As technology advances at a rapid pace we sometimes forget that the force behind it all is infinitely larger then we can comprehend. We loose touch with our inner light and begin to develop patterns of behavior that do not support the well being of our selves or our society.

Richard Gerber states this well in his book A Guide to Vibrational Medicine when he says " Vibrational medicine views the body as a complex, integrated life energy system. That provides a vehicle for human consciousness as well as a temporary housing for the creative expression of the human soul. In the world of vibrational medicine , illness is thought to be caused not only by germs, chemical toxins, and physical trauma but also by chronic dysfunctional emotional-energy patterns and unhealthy ways of relating to ourselves and other people"

Lets work today to build our inner strength, shine the self, and change destructive patterns.

We will end class with a powerful meditation for projection & protection from the heart.

This meditation gives you an enchanting, magnetic personality, with many unexpected finds. The MANGALA CHARN MANTRA surrounds the magnetic field with protective light.

AAD GURAY NAMEH: I bow to the primal wisdom.
JUGAAD GURAY NAMEH: I bow to the wisdom through the ages.
SAT GURAY NAMEH: I bow to true wisdom.
SIREE GUROO DAYVAY NAMEH: I bow to the great, Unseen Wisdom.

Tuesday October 13, 2009

2009-10-13T05:12:00.000-07:00

CLASS TODAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 AT 10AM

2009-10-10T04:22:00.001-07:00

Sat Nam

I miss posted on yesterdays Blog.
Class is today Saturday October 10 at 10 am.
Hope to see you.

Best

Brian
Siri Sant Sing

October 10 2009

2009-10-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

Class at 10am

October is a time to focus on our subtle body, our ninth body.

"Mastery or Mystery"
Calmness, subtlety, Mastery

"AM I SUBTLE AND SENSITIVE AND CAN I PENETRATE BEYOND SUPERFICIALITY? WHAT IS THE REAL PURPOSE OF LIFE?"

A powerful Subtle body allows us to connect to the sublime energy that manifests in the universe. You begin to see that nothing in this life time is a mystery, that all things are playing out for a reason in this dance of life. You intuitively feel what is going on around you and have the ability to respond proplerly. You connect deeply with your Soul body, as these two bodies travel together in life and in death. You begin to approach things more from the heart center and less from the ego.

With a powerful Subtle body one finds purpose, when it is weak one is naive and easily fooled, unintentionally crude or rough in speech and behavior. You may be stressed and restless simply because you are not flowing with the way things are.

Todays Kriya: THE PITUITARY GLAND SERIES works to stimulate your intuition at the third eye point and refine the subtle body. ( The Aquarian Teacher L1 manual pg 373)

We will follow with a meditation for: HEALING THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL BODIES ( Self Experience pg 37)
"This is the most powerful self-purification you can do. It can give you complete control of your being. It improves intuition and makes you powerful and healthy. You'll be free of all garbage: Physical, mental, and spiritual. " Yogi Bhajan

Yogi Bhajan Day of Remembrance classes Tuesday October 6

2009-10-06T04:46:00.000-07:00

CLASS TONIGHT AT 7 PM

It has been 5 years since Yogi Bhajan left his physical body. Wahe Guru! He is missed and yet when we come together in spirit his supportive and powerful presence can be invoked and experienced. Today we celebrate his legacy. He left a clear path and a timeless spiritual technology to assist humankind as we navigate the transition from an era dominated by earthly exploitation, called the Kali-Yug into a renaissance or Golden Age where we are all simultaneously evolving into the “self-sensory humans.” We are becoming humans whose compassion and service to one another will be the win-win formula needed for these times. Join us today to practice together and experience Yogi Bhajan’s gifts to us.
We will move the body with the KRIYA FOR MORNING SAHANA (The Aquarian Teacher l1 pg 362) We will end class with a meditation and chant of the GURU MANTRA

GURU GURU WAHE GURU GURU RAM DAS GURU

This is a mantra of humility, relaxation, self healing and emotional relief. It calls on the spirit of humility and grace of the realm of Guru Ram Das, with its spiritual guiding light and protective grace. It reconnects the experience of infinity to the finite and therefore rescues you in the midsts of trial and danger.

Sat Nam

Brian SIri Sant Sing

Saturday October 3 , 2009

2009-10-02T05:27:00.000-07:00

Class at 10 am

OCTOBER has arrived so let's welcome it with a powerful Kriya:
YOGA FOR THE GLANDS THE CIRCULATION AND THE MEDITATIVE MIND

We have talked in class about the glands and the Endocrine system before. This body system is of major importance and interacts with the nervous system to coordinate and integrate the activity of the blood cells. The Endocrine system influences metabolic activity by means of hormones, which are chemical messengers released into the blood to be transported throughout the body. This differs from the Nervous system in that it transmits signal with electrical impulses. The Endocrine system is slower in delivery yet the responses tend to be much more prolonged. It is of major importance that our bodies have clean and flowing systems in order to maintain health and they all must work together as a team. Endocrine hormones are sent directly into the blood stream to travel around the body that is why circulation is so important, both to get the signals to the gland and to flush and remove the hormones from the system. What is interesting about our mind and body is how it works together. The mind and it's release of hormones is fascinating. The mind does not know the difference between an event that is happening outside the body (that may need a response of hormones), like a big dog running at us, and one happening in the mind, like when we get home and retell the story of the big dog. Each time the mind will release hormones that raise stress levels in the body. Meditation helps us to gain control over this part of the mind so we can begin to reduce the release of these unneeded hormones.

Our meditation will be: TWO STROKE BREATH TO STIMULATE THE PITUITARY (Praana Praanee Praanayam pg 155)

See you soon.

Brian Siri Sant Singh

Tuesday September 29, 2009

2009-09-29T04:38:00.000-07:00

Tonight class at 7:00

Tonight we are returning to the Adrenal glads and the Kidneys to rid the body of stress.

Kriya: STRESS SET FOR THE ADRENALS AND KIDNEYS (atm pg 350)

In order to stay on track with our busy lives it is important to have an edge.We can be eating well, sleeping enough, but if our glandular balance and in particular our adrenals and kidneys are not at top performance we may not have the energy to get to our destination with ease. This set works the breath and the body and leaves you feeling free from stress.

We will follow with a Praanayam meditation EIGHT STROKE BREATH FOR ENERGY AND STRESS RELEASE
"This breath will make you watch and count the breath and that will force you to relate to your breath. Eleven minutes of eight-stroke breating can give you enough energy to balance your (daily) consumption of (pranic) life and take you out of stress." Yogi Bhajan

Saturday September 26, 2009

2009-09-26T05:06:00.000-07:00

Class today at 10 am

Todays Kriya Kundalini Yoga for eliminating tension and pain
is a great set that stimulates the navel center, the shoulders, and breaks patters of tension that we build in the body. When this tension is with us the physical body as well as the 9 other bodies are effected, creating shifts in our mood,our focus and in or ability to project.
We are off center at this time and need to get back to the zero point. SHUNIAA.

When we get off center our world seems out of balance and it is difficult to focus on our higher feelings and sensitivity one can become fearful and feel unprotected. If the universe seems hostile, uncaring, and non-responsive it is easy to become filled with cynicism, despair, and hopelessness. Those feelings occur when he aura that surrounds the body is weak and small. If we extend the aura, that outer arc or the aura acts as a filter and a connector to the universal magnetic field. One way to do this is with todays meditation
THE DIVINE SHIELD MEDITATION FOR PROTECTION AND POSITIVITY ( pg 418 TAT)
It uses the inner seed sound MAAA that activates the power of the Heart Center This opening will make you fearless, and happy, nothing will stop you as you pursue your goals. It will eliminate the feeling of loneliness and separation from your soul.

See you all soon

Brian Siri Sant Singh

Tuesday September 22, 2009

2009-09-22T04:15:00.000-07:00

Tonight, class at 7pm

The breath is the key to our health. With the power of breath and the presence of strong prana we can work to stimulate the body and build a strong immune system that protects us from disease. With the breath stimulated you feel full of energy and in control, when the lungs and circulation are in excellent shape the breath and its flow in the body will also determine your emotional base.

Tonight's Kriya: NEW LUNGS & CIRCULATION ( The Aquarian Teacher pg 371 372)
Rebuilds the lungs and improves circulation throughout the body.

"A Kundalini Yogi examines and breaks the habit to ignore the breath. Think of the breath in broader terms then simply respiration. Consider that the breath and its movements are connected to the movements of all the emotions and thoughts." (ttm pg 90)

" You start conscious breathing and you have all the answers. You breath consciously: you inhale consciously, you exhale consciously, and you'll get all the answers. So long as you are unconsciously breathing, you are unconsciously living. What is the idea of conscious breathing? With conscious breathing you can work and can talk, but you are always into that Self of that Creator as a creature. You enjoy the unison-ness of god within you. You and the Supreme Self are united. That is the character we all have to build to survive." Yogi Bhajan

We will follow this with a powerful breathing meditation THE BASIC BREATH SERIES
( The Aquarian Teacher pg 385) )This was originally taught by Yogi Bhajan in June 1969 , it gives a quick lift in energy, and increases clarity, and a sense of balance.

I look forward to seeing you all soon

Sat Nam

Brian (SIRI SANT SINGH)

Saturday September 19, 2009

2009-09-18T03:54:00.000-07:00

Today we will be working to ready the body for deep meditation in celebration of the Fall Equinox happening on Sunday September 20th,

Yogi Bhajan always spoke of the importance of spending the Equinox and Solstice times in meditation - how consious people throughout history always celebrate these sacred annual transitions.

Todays Kriya: PREPARATORY EXERCISES FOR THE LUNGS, MAGNETIC FIELD & DEEP MEDITATION.
This Kriya is said to begin by purifying the blood and expanding the lung capacity. As we increase the amount of oxygen we bring into the body the blood is energized with Prana and delivers this deep healing energy to each and every cell.
The breath is the key to our health both physical and mentally. With this Kriya we will stimulate the Heart and Lung meridians that run in the arms and chest, building up our electromagnetic fields and stimulating our circulatory system. As we work, our thyroid and parathyroid glands are stimulated (these glands are located in the anterior neck, on the trachea just inferior to the larynx) They are both important blood regulators, helping to maintain the proper balance of temperature, and chemical secretions. As they are stimulated they begin to enlarging the upper magnetic field of the body. With this we can sit in meditate with a clear and direct focus.
Todays Kriya has a wonderful meditation build into it where we will deeply focus on the Crown Chakra increasing our sensitivity and receptivity to infinity.

Sat Nam

Brian (Siri Sant Singh)

Tuesday September 15, 2009

2009-09-15T04:39:00.000-07:00

CLASS TONIGHT AT 7pm

THE MAGNETIC FIELD & HEART CENTER (The Aquarian Teacher pg 369)

This set works on coordination and repair of the nervous system by stimulating the Heart Center. Your normal feelings of happiness, connection, and well-being depend on the balance of your individual psycho-electromagnetic field. If it is strong, your muscles obey the message nerves, and the message nerves give good perception to the brain. Proper maintenance of the nerves depends on the basic elements and hormones in the constitution of the blood. This set will work to balance the blood. Open the heart center and bring our Vitality up from the navel center to become Virtue at the heart center.

We will use the opening of the heart center to project a meditation for PROSPERITY

This meditation provides guidance, and the way through any block. The future is clear, without anxiety. Every cause has an impact and an orbit of effects. Tis meditation allows you to use the Neutral Mind to intuit all the expected and unexpected impacts of the mental thoughts you feel now, or that were a part of you in the past.

Mantra: HAR HA-RAY HA-REE WHA-HAY GU-ROO

This is the shakti mantra plus the bhakti mantra. It expresses the three qualities of the word HAR, The Creative infinity, SEED, FLOW, and COMPLETION, unto the infinite. This mantra can bring you through any block in life.

Saturday September 12, 2009

2009-09-11T04:43:00.000-07:00

CLASS AT 10 AM

As Mercury is in Retrograde we are facing a time of extra stress.
The key issue here is one of focus. Mercury's retro phase tends to bring unforeseen changes and blockages, but the aggravation and frustration that many of us experience during these periods is often due to our own inability to roll with the punches.
The stress that this frustrations puts on the body is intense, and todays Kriya works to reduce the damaging effect of this stress.

Our Kriya will be the:EXERCISE SET FOR THE KIDNEYS
(the Aquarian Teacher pg 355)

Followed by a meditation to balance the chakras, and relate us to the higher order in the universe. This mantra the ADI SHAKTI OR MORNING CALL is the cornerstone of morning sadhana. LONG EK ONG KAAR'S

EK ONG KAAR SAT NAAM SIREE WHA-HAY GUROO
one Creator created this Creation. Truth is His Name. Great beyond description is His infinite wisdom

Yogi Bhajan says, "All mantras are good, and are for the awakening of the divine. But this mantra is effective, and is the mantra for this time..."

Tuesday September 8, 2009

2009-09-08T03:57:00.000-07:00

CLASS TONIGHT AT 7 pm

Tonight we will work the chakras.

Chakra means "wheel" They are energy centers, or energy vortices. The exist as dynamic energies. Understanding the chakras can help us to understand the way energy is processed by a human being.

There are Eight major Chakras that we focus on in Kundalini Yoga. Seven of them correspond to areas of the endocrine system or to nerve plexes in the physical body, and the eighth corresponds to the aura or magnetic field of the body.

1. Root Chakra MULADHARA (EARTH) located at the end of the spine between the anus and the sex organs.
Its energy is survival, security, habit, and self-acceptance.

2. Second Chakra SVADISTHANA (WATER) located at the sexual organs.
Its energy is feelings, desire, and creativity.

3. Third (NAVEL) Chakra MANIPURA (FIRE) located at the area of the navel point or solar plexus.
Its energy is your will power.

4. Forth (HEART) Chakra (AIR) located in the middle of the chest on the breast bone at the level of the nipples.
Its energy is love and awakening from "me to we"

5. Fifth (THROAT) Chakra (ETHER) located in the throat.
Its energy is the word, and speaking and hearing the truth.

6. Sixth (THIRD EYE) Chakra located between the eye brows.
Its energy is intuition, the union of opposites.

7. Seventh (CROWN) Chakra located at the tenth gate at the crown of the head.
Its energy is transcendence.

8. Eighth Chakra located in the aura or electromagnetic field around the physical body.
Its energy is radiance.

About to nights Kriya YOGA FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ( Physical Wisdom pg 22) Yogi Bhajan says: "There is a very powerful psychic power under the Navel Point. It sits there like a cobra snake and when it wakes up, it travels through the six centers of the body and awakens them with its touch. When it touches the seventh center, the man knows all. When it ingle-mingles with the aura, it delightfully enlightens the arch line and makes everything work out for the person."

We will follow with a powerful meditation to strengthen the nervous system, and prepare the body for the stresses of daily life.

Saturday September 5, 2009

2009-09-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

Class Time 10 am
Sat Nam!!!!!

We will continue to work on the heath of our body systems during the transition to fall.When we mentally state the names of the body's organ systems, the lymphatic system is probably not the first to come to mind. Yet without this quietly working system, our cardiovascular system would stop working and our immune system would be hopelessly impaired. This system actually consists of two semi-independent parts. 1- a meandering network of lymphatic vessels and 2- various lymphoid tissues and organs scattered throughout the body. The lymphatic vessels transport back to the blood any fluids that have escaped from the blood vascular system. The lymphoid organs house phagocytic cells and lymphocytes, which play essential roles in the body's defense mechanisms and its resistance to disease.

Todays Kriya: KUNDALINI YOGA FOR THE LYMPH SYSTEM is a dynamic and vigorous set that works the entire body by refreshing the lymph tissues. You will work hard, sweat, and feel amazing.

We will then be working with an equally amazing meditation:
TO SEE THE UNSEEN
(Self Experience pg 42)

Through this meditation the brain will create its own form of morphine to give the body endurance. The metabolism will change, the glands will secrete, the nervous system will be strengthened, and the brain will renew itself.

"You will see the Unseen, a little bit. You will hear the Unheard, a little bit. You will know the Unknown, a little bit. You will get a taste of it and you will keep going." Yogi Bhajan

Tuesday September 1, 2009

2009-09-01T03:55:00.000-07:00

Class tonight at 7:00

STA NAM HAPPY SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!

With the change of seasons happening it is important to keep track of our health.
During times of change stress can build in the body and effect our immune system making us susceptible to colds and fatigue.
Tonights Kriya: STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 1 ( Physical Wisdom pg 4) works to release stress and build self control.

" It is self-control which matters in life. Life is not given to you for any other reason but to experience your own creativity and your own self in the dignity of its existence. Yogi Bhajan

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. ~Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588

We will follow this wonderful set with a Praanayam meditation THREE STROKE BREATH FOR HEALTH, ENERGY, AND RADIANCE( Praana, Praanee, Praanayam pg 159)

We are responsible for our health and energy, so by working with the breath, the source of life, we can increase the Praana we bring into to heal.

HOW MUCH PRAANA WE GET THROUGH THIS EXERCISE DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE CONSCIOUSLY PARTICIPATE AND USE OUR SELF CONTROL.

Come by work hard and feel the creativity grow.

Sat NAm

Brian Siri Sant Singh

Saturday August 29, 2009

2009-08-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

KRIYA FOR MORNING SADHANA
(The Aquarian Teacher pg 362)

This Kriya will work the entire body and help you to gain the strength of a daily practice or Sadhana.

Sadhana is a self-discipline by which we energize and balance the body and clear the mind and subconscious. Sadhana is also a spiritual practice in which we confront the tendencies of our soul, spirit and intuition. Sadhana, in its essence, is a process of refinement, development and mastery. ( KY Sadahana Guidelines 2n ed pg 21, 22 )

We will also be doing a meditation to rid us of all negative thoughts. The replaying of bad energy that block us on our personal path toward infinity.

sat narayan wha hey guru, hari narayan sat nam

Sat" means "Truth"
"Narayan" is one of the many names of God, the universe or infinity.
"Wahey guru" is a way of addressing the God, universe or infinity. (lit. the wonderous one who enlightens).
"Hari narayan" is again one of the many names of God, universe or infinity..
"Satnam" again, a way of addressing the God, universe or infinity. (lit. "Sat" means "Truth" and "nam", "name").

Tuesday August 25, 2009 class at 7pm

2009-08-25T04:07:00.000-07:00

KRIYA: CREATING INTERNAL BALANCE (Self Experience pg 7,8)

Todays Kriya will work to bring clarity and internal balance to your system. It balances the mind and the body and fills you with a crystal clear energy that motivates you to achieve your highest aspirations. We will work to balance the glandular system.

"Exercise can bring you emotional release and can tire you out so you can sleep. You exert yourself, sweat, and then deeply relax. This is very good, but to achieve your total excellence, you must be able to control the chemistry of the blood. That is where Kundalini Yoga comes in. It is only through control of the chemistry of the blood, that one can sustain one,s excellence over the long run. Glands are the guardians of your health and their secretions are vital to the strength and emotional balance needed in life." (Self Experience pg 8)

"If the glandular secretion and the blood chemestery are not right, it doesn't matter how powerful and wonderful you are, you are a handicapped person" Yogi Bhajan

Our meditation: FOR POWER AND CONTROL ON OWN CALIBER(Praana Praanee Praanaya pg 127)

Will work to stimulate the Pituitary gland or the master gland. "If you correctly and rhythmically practice this exercise, you will become a saint..." Yogi Bhajan.

Saturday August 22, 2009 class at 10 am

2009-08-21T04:40:00.000-07:00

Todays Kriya: AWAKENING TO YOUR TEN BODIES (The Aquarian Teacher level 1 pg. 337, 338)

For the most part human beings identify with their physical body. When we start to do yoga our bodies are energized and we are often, during bow pose or triangle, reminded quickly of how are bodies feel. We often think of ourselves in physical terms or perhaps at best, as a physical body and a mind. The truth is that the human being is made up of ten bodies. The physical body, three mental bodies and six energy bodies.

The ten bodies are:

1. The Soul Body: Your connection to your inner infinity. When the soul body is strong you live from the heart and not from the head.

2. The Negative Mind:Helps you to give form to the creativity of your Soul Body, with the gifts of containment, form, and discernment. It instills in you a longing to belong driving you to connect to your own God self, giving you patience to be obedient to your own inner guidance.

3. The Positive Mind: Sees the positive essence of all situations and beings. It is expansive and allows resources in. It gives you a strong will and allows you to use your power easily and humbly.

4. The Neutral Mind: From here, the Meditative Mind, you look at the whole play of life with compassion. This mind evaluates the input of your Negative and Positive Minds (as well as the rest of the bodies) and gives guidance within 9 seconds. It is a very intuitive vantage point, and allows you to access your soul.

5. The Physical Body: This is the temple where the 9 bodies play out their parts.

6. Arcline: It gives you the ability to focus, to be concentrated, to meditate. It give one the ability to use the intuition of your sixth center to protect yourself, so that you can deal with the stresses of life without shutting down the heart.

7. Aura: This is the electromagnetic field of the body. When strong, it acts as a container for your life force, and allows that life force to build up to a level where you feel confident and secure. When strong your presence will uplift.

8. Pranic Body: Through the breath, your Pranic Body continuously brings the life force and energy into the system. Allowing one to feel fully alive Fearless and at one with all of creation.

9. Subtle Body: This allows one to see beyond the immediate realities of life to the sublime universal play that lies beyond. When strong you have a great finesse and powerful calmness.

10. Radiant Body: Gives you spiritual royalty and radiance. giving you strength and courage in the face of any obstacle.

The ten bodies are powerful capacities of the psyche. Each body has specific gifts that manifest when strong, and certain deficit tendencies that surface when weak.

"If you understand that you are these Ten Bodies, and you are aware of those Ten Bodies, and you keep them in balance, the whole universe will be in balance with you." -Yogi Bhajan

The above descriptions of the ten bodies came from The Aquarian Teacher level one text book pg.201-203

We will follow with the LAYA YOGA MEDITATION

Mantra: The (Adi Shakti Mantra) version for Laya Yoga.

Laya Yoga is: Merging the finite with the infinite. The use of the sound and mantra with rhythm and a sensitivity to its subtle structure. Yogi Bhajan said that the eleventh body was represented by the sound current, the wellspring of infinity from which all mantras originate.

Ek ong kaar-(uh) saa-taa-naa-ma siree wha-(uh) hay guroo

This eight part (ashtang) mantra corresponds to the body's eight energy centers (7 chakras, plus aura). These eight words are the "code" letters or the phone number of the direct line to connect you, the creature, with your creator. It was the first mantra Yogi Bhajan taught in the United States. This mantra creates a responsive interrelationship between you and the universal creative energy.

Tuesday August 18, 2009 class at 7pm

2009-08-18T04:07:00.000-07:00

AWAKENING OUR SUN ENERGY FOR CLARITY AND FOCUS

In today's world it is easy to be pulled in many directions.
We are continuously be stimulated by outside forces designed to grab our attention and weigh us down.
One can become overwhelmed by this, losing focus of what is and what is not important.

Yogi Bhajan always said that if something you are doing is not leading you into your higher consciousness then it is not something worth doing. If we make it a focus to rid ourselves of the habits that pull us away from being centered we will learn to live in bliss.

Tonight's Kriya is named after the energy of the sun SURYA KRIYA(KRI The Aquarian teacher pg 352, 353)
When you have a lot of "SUN ENERGY" you are energetic, expressive, extroverted, and enthusiastic. It is the energy of purification. It holds the weight down. It aids in digestion. It makes the mind clear, analytic and action-oriented. The exercises systematically stimulate the positive pranic forces and the Kundalini energy itself. This will build the strength of your body and your ability to focus on many tasks.

We will end with a meditation to FIGHT BRAIN FATIGUE ( Self Experience pg 35)
This balances the diaphragm and fights brain fatigue. It renews the blood supply to the brain and moves the serum in the spine. It also benefits the liver, navel point, spleen and lymphatic system.

I look forward to seeing you all tonight!!

Sat Nam

Brian (Siri Sant Singh)

Saturday August 15, 2009 class at 10 am

2009-08-14T03:59:00.000-07:00

"THE POWER OF KUNDALINI YOGA lies in the actual experience. It goes right into your heart and extends your consciousness so you may have a wider horizon of grace and knowing of the truth. Ultimately you come to understand your existence in relationship to the universe and understand you already are, and this brings you to the practical experience of infinity. You can then radiate creativity and infinity in all aspects of your daily life." Yogi Bahjan. ttm pg 20

"THE ALTITUDE AND ATTITUDE OF KUNDALINI YOGA Longitude and latitude are given to everyone. Altitude and attitude are given by Kundalini Yoga. When the spirit rises to penetrate through all the chakras, the man knows he is Brahm. That's why they say Kundalini Yoga is dangerous. It's dangerous because it takes away from man the ability to be exploited by another." Yogi Bahjan. ttm pg 20

Todays Kriya:ABDOMINAL STRENGTHENING ( Sadhana Guidelines 2n edition pg 134, 135) is about the navel point and awakening our Kundalini energy, the nerve of the soul. When the soul is awakened what else can remain.

We have been working to balance the Prana and Apana in the body. Prana is the life force of the atom. Apana is the eliminating force. The positive and the negative forces within us. These forces are governed by the ida on the left side of the body and the Pingala on the right. As these two are joined at the Nabi Chakra at the forth vertebra under the power of Kundalini Yoga they create Tapas or a heat, this heat is the filament of the Sushmuna, or central spinal channel and draws the Kundalini energy to rise up the Shushmuna, through the six chakras.

"In practical reality, these chakras are imaginary and nothing else. This Kundalini is just a Kundalini and nothing else. It is not very important. These Pranas and Apanas are just there. Everything is set in us. We lack nothing. We use these terms simply to make the process clear so that we can get on with it..." Yogi Bahjan. ttm pg 21

So with that said we will tune in, work hard, and wake up the NATURAL energy in each of us, leaving a different person than when we came.

We will end our practice with: THE MEDITATION FOR PROSPERITY II ( Teachers training manual pg 439 ) We can all use some prosperity today, "This meditation stimulates the mind, the moon center and Jupiter. When Jupiter and the moon come together, there is no way in the world you will not create wealth." YB

This meditation can only be done for up to 11 minutes, it is so powerful in bringing prosperity that more then 11 minutes would be GREEDY.

Tuesday Aug. 11,2009 Class tonight at 7:00

2009-08-10T18:55:00.000-07:00

The most basic way for us to start to heal the body is with the breath.
It is said that only 11% of the general public know the proper way to take a deep healing breath.

When we are born, the doctor slaps us on the butt and we take our first breath, bringing prana deep into our lungs. As we grow we continue to breath and at the end of life our final action is a deep exhail, we exist on a breath. The yogi's say that we are each given x amount of prana at the time our soul enters the body, when this prana is used up we die. By working to become aware of our breath we can master the tool given to us by our creator to extend our life and maintain optimal physical and mental health. In Kundalini Yoga, Pranayam (breathing exercise) is the bridge between the mind and body working to heal and strengthen both.

With stress building in the body day by day it is easy for us to lose touch with the breath and allow disease to manifest in our systems. If we are not balancing our Vayus (Pranas) we are not allowing our internal energy to distribute properly in the body thus allowing external pathogenic factors or (EPF'S) to enter our systems and make us sick. Stress weakens our resistance to these EPF's and leads to disease in the body, confusion in the mind, and a disconnection from our soul.

With tonight's Kriya: KRIYA FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE (KRI teacher trainer manual level 1 pg 306)
We will work to balance the systems in the body linking them with an awareness of the breath to fortify our health.

We will finish with the: MEDITATION FOR PROJECTION & PROTECTION FROM THE HEART (KRI teacher trainer manual level 1 pg 437)

This meditation gives you an enchanting, magnetic personality and uses the Mangala Charn Mantra to surround the magnetic field of the body with protective light.

AAD GURAY NAMEH
JUGAAD GURAY NAMEH
SAT GURAY NAMEH
SIREE GUROO DAYVAY NAMEH

I bow to the primal wisdom
I bow to the wisdom through the ages
I bow to the true wisdom
I bow to the great, unseen wisdom

Saturday August 7, 2009 class at 10 am

2009-08-07T06:34:00.000-07:00

Sat Nam,

Todays Kriya is about Prana, ACHIEVING EQUILIBRIUM: BALANCING THE VAYUS
Prana: The subtle life force, the sub-atomic energy. The first unit of energy. Prana is the motion and coding of life energies through the realms of the mind and body.

Prana is the breath of life, the energy we receive each time oxygen is taken into the body, the life force that permeates each and every cell in our body, sent to us from the universe, the creator, on each and every breath.

Prana with a capital "P" divides itself into different frequencies or different types of motion within the areas of the body. These are the VAYUS. Each of these subdivisions of Prana has a natural home in the body. If too much of a particular Prana accumulates in an area away from its normal functioning or too little is there when it is needed, that creates disorder, an illness of body, mind or emotion.

"This set of exercises is to activate the ha-tha (sun-moon or Pingala and ida) and the Shushmana through a pure physical force. It is the best set because you are moving all the airs of the body and bringing an equilibrium to the entire glandular system. If you just practice this one set alone, you will be surprised how much control on your mind, body and soul and how much combination you can achieve. All these exercises open up the vayu channels. If you are lazy in their practice, they will not benefit you. Activity must create harmony with time space." YB Praana, Praanee, Praanayam

Though there are many subdivisions of Prana, these are the five major VAYUS of the body.

UDANA: Located in the throat & head region, it resides in the larynx and upwards into the head. it throws the air up and out. It is about projection. It is active in all forms of speech as well as in expelling through vomiting. It interacts with all the senses in the head.

PRANA: Located in the chest region Prana with a (small P) accumulates between the base of the heart and the neck. It is linked to the function of the lungs and inspiration. When you are filled with prana, your ready for life, filled with energy and your mind takes on a sense of positivity.

SAMANA: Located in the stomach region, rules the region between the heart and navel and governs much of the body's metabolic activity. It tends to organize, systematize, and decide where things go. People with two little samana or upset samanahave a sense of mental confusion, confused emotions, and an inability to know what is really true for the emotionally. Strong samana allows you to discriminate, and gives you emotional clarity.

APANA: Located in the intestinal region, having is abode below the navel and governs all the functions related to elimination.
It is associated with elimination through the rectum, bladder, colon, and genitals. It even flows down and leaves the body through the feet. Powerful apana is needed these day to deal with the elimination of toxins. Some one with to little apana will tend to be slow, lazy and have a sense of heaviness, confusion or stupidity. Someone with strong apana has a sense of security and the ability to put one foot in front of the other.

VYANA: located in the entire body, It is like the subtle connecting tissue (fascia). It governs the overall coordination and movement of the muscles and joints throughout the body. When this is strong there is a sense of interconnectedness and flow. When vyana is disturbed one part of the body may feel isolated or disconnected from the others. The mind has a difficult time staying with any one thought. Ideas constantly change, and thoughts are scattered.

Our meditation will be a wonderful Praanayam,
EIGHT-STROKE BREATH FOR ENERGY AND STRESS RELEASE
" This eight strokes will make you watch and count the breath and that will force you to relate to your breath. Best procedure is that you do this exercise every evening. Eleven minutes a day of eight stroke breathing can give you enough energy to balance your (daily) consumption of (praanic) life and take you out f stress. Is it possible? Do you have eleven minutes?" YB

Tuesday AUG 4 2009 Class tonight at 7:00

2009-08-04T05:27:00.000-07:00

Todays Kriya: PREPARATORY EXERCISES FOR THE LUNGS, MAGNETIC FIELD & DEEP MEDITATION.

This Kriya is said to begin by purifying the blood and expanding the lung capacity. As we increase the amount of oxygen we bring into the body the blood is energized with Prana and delivers this deep healing energy to each and every cell.
The breath is the key to our health both physical and mentally. With this Kriya we will stimulate the Heart and Lung meridians that run in the arms and chest, building up our electromagnetic fields and stimulating our circulatory system. As we work, our thyroid and parathyroid glands are stimulated (these glands are located in the anterior neck, on the trachea just inferior to the larynx) They are both important blood regulators, helping to maintain the proper balance of temperature, and chemical secretions. As they are stimulated they begin to enlarging the upper magnetic field of the body. With this we can sit in meditate with a clear and direct focus.

Tonight's Kriya has a wonderful meditation build into it where we will deeply focus on the Crown Chakra increasing our sensitivity and receptivity to infinity.

Sat Nam

Brian (Siri Sant Singh)

Saturday August 1 2009: CLASS AT 10 am

2009-07-31T04:04:00.000-07:00

Sat Nam all.

This Saturday we will be doing an amazing Kriya and Meditation that moves the body, stimulates the navel point,
makes you sweat and removes blocks in your system.

The body is in a constant quest for balance, called homeostasis. When we hold onto stress and create tension in the body we block the natural flow of Prana and Apana creating disharmonies. The Kriya REMOVING BODY BLOCKS originally taught by Yogi Bhajan on March 19, 1986 is a wonderful way to break away this stress and tension.

We will work hard so bring some water and a cushion to sit on as well as a mat and blanket for under your back. We will be doing back rolls and the floor can be hard.

Following the Kriya is a deeply healing meditation that also works to open digestion and remove blocks in this vital system. We will be chanting GUROO GUROO WHA-HAY GUROO GUROO RAM DAS GUROO

I hope you all have had a wonderful week, I look forward to doing Yoga with you.

Best

Brian (Siri Sant Singh)

Wednesday July 29 2009

2009-07-29T04:50:00.000-07:00

SAT NAM,

WHAT A GREAT CLASS LAST NIGHT!

We created a strong healing and meditative space, thank you all so much for working in the heat.

A few of you asked at the start of class about music, and for the name of the artist who sings the closing song we play.

Her name is Snatam Kaur, and all of her work is amazing, uplifting and healing.

The Long Time Sun Song, is on the CD "Grace"

Her music is available on iTunes as well as Amazon.com

I hope to see you all on Saturday for a vigorous work out designed for REMOVING BODY BLOCKS......

More about this class to come.

Love to all
Light to all
Peace to all

Brian (Siri Sant Singh)

Tuesday July 28 2009 THE SPINE, THE MIND AND MEDITATION

2009-07-28T05:48:00.000-07:00

Class tonight at 7:00 pm

Age is measured by the flexibility of the spine: to stay young, stay flexible.
Tonight's Kriya works with the subtle energy of the spine by increasing flexibility and the circulation of cerebral spinal fluid.
As we bathe the brain in fresh cerebral spinal fluid we gain greater mental clarity, and prepare ourselves for deep meditation.

I love tonights Kriya!!!!!!!!! THE BASIC SPINAL ENERGY SERIES

It is simple, straighforward, with moments of movement, and moments of rest.
If your focus is on both, you will feel the body begin to change as the kriya progresses.

Our Meditation to follow is the : SEVEN-WAVE "SAT NAM" MEDITATION

SAT: Truth
NAM: Name

It is said that as you build this meditation " The mind will be cleansed just as the ocean waves wash the sandy beach."
This is the bij (seed) mantra meditation.
Bij mantras such as Sat Nam are sounds which can totally rearrange the habit patterns of the mind. We all have them and could not function without them. But often we change and we would like our patterns to change. By vibrating the sound current Sat Nam in this manner, you can activate the energy of the mind that erases and establishes habits.

Come, work hard, and refresh your mind, body and soul.

Sat Nam to our first day!

2009-07-25T17:17:00.000-07:00

Whahey Guru!!!!!

Our first Union City Kundalini Yoga class was a great success!!

Thank you all so much for coming out to get our center started.

We had an impressive turn out, that I am sure will grow into an amazing community.

Today was a wonderful experience for me, I was humbled by all the hard work and incredible energy everyone brought.

To share the amazing teaching of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan has been a dream of mine for some time. To have it manifest in such a great way, with so many wonderful people in such an amazing place was awesome.

We will continue our path toward becoming truly healthy and happy on Tuesday evening at 7pm

with a class focused on the mind and meditation.

Peace to all

Light to all

Love to all

Brian (Siri Sant Singh)

Saturday July 25 2009 Class time 10 am

2009-07-22T06:24:00.000-07:00

I am so excited about bringing Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bahjan to Union City New Jersey.

I would like to thank St Johns Episcopal Church for their support in making this happen.

Classes begin this Saturday July 25, at 10 am.

We will get started with a wonderful Kriya to release stress from the body by focusing on the adrenal glands and kidneys, followed by a meditation to capture the radiant healing energy of the Cosmos.

Kriya: Stress set for Adrenals and Kidneys

Meditation: Healing with the Siri Gaitri Mantra: RAA MAA DAA SAA ,SAA SAY SO HUNG

In order to stay on track with our busy lives it is important to have an edge.We can be eating well, sleeping enough, but if our glandular balance and in particular our adrenals and kidneys are not at top performance we may not have the energy to get to our destination with ease.

This set helps to reduce stress and create balance.

"Certain Mantras are to be cherished like the most rare and beautiful gem. The Siri Gaitri Mantra is such a find."

The Siri Gaitri Mantra is called a Sushmuna ( the central channel of the spine) Mantra because of its eight sounds that stimulate the kundalini to flow in the central channel of the spine working into each chakra. As this happens ones metabolic leveles are adjusted and a new level of energy is brought to the body. The sound from this mantra balances and activates the Neutral Mind.

RAA, is the energy of the Sun. It energizes and purifies.

MAA, is the energy of the Moon. It is cooling and nurturing.

DAA, is the energy of the Earth. It is secure, personal and grounding.

SAA, is impersonal infinity. The cosmos in all of its open dimensions and totality.

SAY, which is the totality of experience and is personal.

SO, is the personal sense of merger and identity.

HUNG, is the infinity, vibrating and real,

(So and Hung) together mean "I am Thou"

In mammals, the adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are the star-shaped endocrine glands that sit on top of the kidneys; their name indicates that position. They are chiefly responsible for regulating the stress response through the synthesis of corticosteroids and catecholamines, including cortisol and adrenaline (epinephrine), respectively.