Where There's Anxiety, There is No Compassion

…in a relaxed state we become compassionate, and when we’re compassionate as a simple state of being, then our presence works. Our presence simply uplifts the others we come into contact with, simply by being there. Yet another example of how being excellent and living up to your best and brightest self helps the world around [...]

Life Is A Wave of Challenges

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 [...]

Going Bananas

This is really interesting. The lovely and talented Jamila just forwarded this to me so I got it off an email. It’s all about how good bananas are for you. I find it HIGHLY interesting that Yogi Bhajan has said that the banana is the perfect food and the only thing [...]

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

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 [...]

Charging for Yoga Classes: Greed or Good Practice?

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 [...]

Original Yogi Tea Recipe

Can’t believe I didn’t have this one up here before. I thought I put it up with the mung beans and rice recipe.

Anyway, enjoy.

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Yogi Tea
1 Gallon Water
30 cloves
30 whole green cardamon pods
30 whole black peppercorns
1 lg finger of fresh ginger, thinly sliced
5 sticks cinnamon
1 teabag, Black Tea
*Milk and Honey to taste (*optional)

Bring [...]

All About How To Combat Headaches

The following is excerpted from various lectures given by Yogi Bhajan. Meditation to combat headaches is at the end.
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EXCERPTS FROM YOGI BHAJAN’S TEACHINGS

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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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Victory: What it means to be a spiritual warrior

I have often struggled with what it means to be a warrior of a peaceful nature. Having been trained as an officer at West Point and then serving in the Army for five years, I constantly question what it means to truly be a peaceful warrior in this life. At first I rejected [...]

Meridian Set

To adjust the meridians in the body (channels of energy.) Got this from my teacher Harijiwan. It’s a favorite kundalini yoga set of his and goes hand in hand with the hip set. Makes a great warm-up. Takes only about 5-6 minutes and is also a great de-stress exercise for the [...]

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