KUNDALINI Yoga Boot Camp » Meditation

The Best of Times Begins With Each Breath

Jai Gopal — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:39:15 +0000

Now more than ever the times demand this positively charged energy. Your energy. The 40 day kundalini yoga bootcamp gives you the platform to make the necessary changes and clear your sub-conscious mind of the patterns that cause you to waste your precious energy on useless events, like stress, commotion in relationships, fear, worry and anxiety or just texting too much : ). [...]

Take a weekend to make big decisions.

Jai Gopal — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:33:32 +0000

Patience pays. The illusion of not enough time is so prevalent right now. The most important thing you can do is to slow down-- especially before making big decisions. Don't let anyone pressure you into making a big decision before you are [...]

How To Digest A Problem

Jai Gopal — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:59:46 +0000

All problems are finite because they relate to the finite world of this and that. When you close the eyes and breathe slowly and deeply, you have an opportunity to induce the infinite vastness of your spirit. The breath is a charge of life (prana) and it is the connection with the infinite part of [...]

Stop and Go

Jai Gopal — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:14:21 +0000

I often tell classes when I have them in a rest period, to drop all tension from the previous exercise. What happens after a tough pose or movement is that the mind wants to stay ready so the student keeps the body tense in anticipation of another tough exercise. When you're done with something, an action, a job, an exercise, then you should drop everything associated with it and become neutral. There's a time for action and a time for rest. The applies to everything in life. The mind is, in part infinite and we often carry around much more than we need anticipating the next tough thing in our [...]

Stopping The Mind

Jai Gopal — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:19:33 +0000

“In Kundalini Yoga you are given a perfect key for the lock of consciousness. The incessant intellect acts like a file that rubs off the levers from the key. Intellectualizing the Truth to suit your own circumstances and to cater to your fears will never work.” –Yogi Bhajan

I remember starting out meditating [...]

Spiritual Food

Jai Gopal — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:14:03 +0000

The other night I was reading this meditation pamphlet by Elsie Sechrist I had bought several years ago at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz. It’s been on my shelf for years but I just looked into it. She made an interesting point that really stuck with me. She said, [...]

Embracing Troubles: Bits of Wisdom from Boot Camp and Aquarian Teacher's Training

Jai Gopal — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:08:43 +0000

I’ve been absent a while and for that I apologize. A new boot camp always becomes all consuming. This newest program as been a great success thus far. As we’ve finished this first week, the seventeen or so strong souls who’ve come out have been there nearly every day with great dedication [...]

The Five W's of Yoga Boot Camp

Jai Gopal — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:34:47 +0000

Who: You

What: Kundalini Yoga Boot Camp -

A daily movement breath and meditation course to help you focus, change, remove bad habits, project yourself into who and what you truly want to be.

Why: Because we live in a fast-paced, stressful, distracting world and you need some leverage–some help to access, focus and use all of [...]

All About How To Combat Headaches

Jai Gopal — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:40:18 +0000

The following is excerpted from various lectures given by Yogi Bhajan. Meditation to combat headaches is at the end. —————————————————————————————————————-

EXCERPTS FROM YOGI BHAJAN’S TEACHINGS

HEADACHES

To measure how young you are: Get into Frog pose: Put your hands on the ground. Now come up with your butts in the air, keeping knees and [...]

Meditation for Gur Prasad – (Blessings & Grace)

Jai Gopal — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:09:08 +0000

“Gur Prasad – How can we experience this understanding? Gur Prasad is the blessing, the grace, the transforming touch of the Guru, the teachings embodied. Grace alone completes our full merger with the Infinite. This experience is a gift from the Guru. ”

“When your merger is complete with Gur Prasad, what is [...]