Auricular Acupuncture to Support Treatment Auricular Acupuncture, or Ear Acupuncture, is having its heyday on social media – though I’m sure it has had many similar moments over the past few hundred, or even thousand years. This therapeutic treatment is as accessible as it is effective for many health concerns. link At Kundalini House, we [...]
An Evolutionary Jump: Virgo Total Lunar Eclipse and Pisces New Moon March Astrology Blog by Gil Dwyer March is a bridging month full of endings and beginnings with a concentration of planets in Pisces and Aries. Retrograde Jupiter in Cancer will turn direct on the 12th of March bringing a forward motion and confidence back [...]
Can 12 Minutes of Kirtan Kriya Support Brain Health and Reverse Cognitive Decline? Science, Practice, and Lived Experience By Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Karen Hewitt As a Kundalini yoga teacher, I am deeply curious about the science behind the practices we teach. I love the places where ancient wisdom and modern research meet, because they [...]
Burnout and the Nervous System: What’s Really Happening by Tara Hearne Burnout Isn’t a Personal Failure; It’s a Nervous System Issue! Burnout doesn’t always look dramatic Sometimes it shows up as keeping up with work, caring for others, and getting things done, all while quietly feeling depleted and exhausted inside. You may be functioning, even [...]
Exploring Pathways to Trauma Recovery: The MANTRA Study An introduction to the MANTRA study on trauma-sensitive yoga and CPT therapy Experiences of sexual violence in adulthood are more common than many people realise, and their impacts can be long-lasting. For some, the effects may include changes in mood, sleep, concentration, emotional regulation, or a sense [...]
A Journey Inward Simon’s Story as a Healer by Simon Murray Recently I met with my Qigong Master to work on our ongoing book project (watch this space!). Towards the end of the session, he casually stated that I was now a Master. No big celebration or ritual, just a “you are here” moment. My [...]
Begin From the Ground Up Spring Chakra Awakening Challenge : Week 1 — The Root Chakra (Mūlādhāra) As we begin our Spring Chakra Awakening journey, we start where all healing begins — with the Root Chakra, or Mūlādhāra, the foundation of our energy system and the ground of our being. The Root Chakra is our [...]
Unlocking Deeper Sleep — Unlocking Deeper Sleep: A Path to Rest That Truly Restores If your sleep isn’t leaving you refreshed, you’re not alone — and you’re not out of options. Rachel Hanrahan’s Deeper Sleep program is designed to guide you, gently and expertly, into the kind of rest that truly restores. Rachel’s Deeper Sleep [...]
The month begins with both Saturn and Neptune relatively recently arrived in Aries travelling approximately a degree apart all month. The stern disciplinarian Saturn has been in Aries for a week and will travel close to Neptune purifying us with its Aries fire. While Saturn retrogrades into Pisces in September and Neptune follows suit in [...]
Between the Lines: How Psychoanalysis Helps Us Hear Ourselves by Ann Shenfield Recently someone I don’t know well, casually mentioned the difficulties they were having in their family then as she continued she said, "When I tell you this, you’ll probably start psychoanalysing me.” I’ve noticed lately that this is how people use the word around me psychoanalysing as [...]