By Atira Tan Anusara Inspired Yoga Teacher 500 hours YTT In our busy lives today, with our day-to-day responsibilities of relationships, children and work, it can be challenging finding balance in daily life. We live in a society that encourages us to do things quickly and be productive, and our state of happiness and validation [...]
In this day and age we are constantly reminded about the importance of a healthy heart, watching what we eat, weight training, cardiovascular workouts and getting regular check ups. However, most of us forget about the very important and significant, lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is a circulation system for transport and ‘drainage’. We are [...]
My favorite aspect of Kundalini yoga today (because it always changes) is the breath work. Before any actual poses - sitting and focusing on the breath allows us to drop into the here and now, reacquainting ourselves with our higher-self. It feels good to get reconnected! In Kundalini yoga we tend to use a lot [...]
Life is about balance, how many time have we heard this? It's not easy in this culture, especially this time of year. A major part of being able to balance is to do with our 3rd chakra or the navel point. Whether you’re winding down or gearing up, it always helps to be in balance. [...]
What is your favorite aspect of KY and how do you bring it into your classes? The thing I love most about KY is the way it makes me feel, both during and after a class. Stretching my body, my will and my being! I love how KY opens me up to joy and delight [...]
As a Kundalini Yoga teacher, and a transpersonal counsellor who uses meditation as a therapeutic intervention, I am continually amazed by how profoundly this range of interventions can bring about deep, lasting change. I find it exciting that Western science has caught up with what yogic texts have been teaching for thousands of years. I [...]
Kundalini House welcomes a new yoga teacher, Atira Tan, to our community of yoga teachers. Atira is an Anusara Inspired Hatha Yoga teacher, and has been practicing yoga for 13 years, and teaching since 2007. She is also an Expressive Art Therapist, Sacred Dance Facilitator and Meditation and Pranayama Teacher. Having taught internationally in Asia, [...]
Written by Sarit Musat, Massage Therapist Scoliosis is a condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side and appears as an ‘s’ or a ‘c’ and almost always involves a bend to the right. The cause can be unknown or it may be a result of a certain vertebrae anomalies at [...]
Written by Elinor Bester The powerful and gentle therapy that is the Bowen Technique is a natural and holistic treatment that can be useful in all stages of bringing a new child into the world. Bowen is a soft tissue relaxation technique that is performed by doing a series of gentle rolling moves in specific [...]