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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 : ). [...]

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 [...]

Life Is A Wave of Challenges

Jai Gopal — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:50:34 +0000

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or as a curse. — Carlos Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan

If you take everything in your life neutrally, as a challenge, then you’ll be able to [...]

Kundalini Yoga Makes the News

Jai Gopal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:04:03 +0000

Fox news phoenix did a piece on Kundalini yoga, “The Mother of All Yogas.” They actually did a decent job on it.

Everything is Everything

Jai Gopal — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:52:15 +0000

We just got back from Summer Solstice in New Mexico and as always it was spectacular. It was a quick trip this year as my girlfriend Jamila and I both had pretty tight schedules. We moved into the new loft on Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles the day after driving about 14 [...]

The Law of Success

Jai Gopal — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:21:43 +0000

I have this little book called The Law of Success by Parmahansa Yogananda and it’s the greatest bit of wisdom. Very to the point, it’s multi-layered in its depth. The following is a great excerpt about Destiny. Enjoy

YOU CAN CONTROL DESTINY

Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it [...]

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 [...]

Charging for Yoga Classes: Greed or Good Practice?

Jai Gopal — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:23:09 +0000

This was in response to a post on the kundalini yoga teacher’s forum, subject: knowledge should be free. The gist was that this person thought it was hypocritical to charge for passing on spiritual teachings. The following is a response.

Many people believe that spiritual knowledge should be free. In many ways it [...]

Why do Teacher’s Training?

Jai Gopal — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:44:52 +0000

The following is written by my teacher, Harijiwan about the teacher’s training experience. I will be participating as an apprentice in this teacher’s training. I urge anyone who has the will and the means to do it. It will certainly change your life.

Join the Golden Chain -

by Harijiwan Singh Khalsa

In [...]

THE BEST QUOTE About 'What Yoga Is' That I Have Seen

Jai Gopal — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:11:06 +0000

Of course, this comes from the Yogi Bhajan everyday calendar. I try to mix things up in terms of sources, quoting others to give some balance. But when you’re talking about kundalini yoga all the time, it’s hard not to also talk about The Master, Yogi Bhajan. That said, this quote really [...]