1. Get Educated Have you ever been in a class and wondered what the benefits are of placing our body in these strange positions? There are so many great yoga resources out there, you only need to get out your iphone, use our dear friend the ‘internet’, lie in the sunshine (with sunscreen on of [...]
By Nina Isabella In her wonderful book Gentle Birth Choices, Barbara Harper talks about the profound benefits of regularly practicing deep guided relaxation during pregnancy. Harper states that during labour, women experience an altered state of consciousness. Knowing this gives us the superb opportunity to work with the body's innate desire to rest during labour. [...]
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. [...]
It’s oh so easy to get caught up in our day to day lives and forget what our motivation is for the decisions that we make. Are our decisions based on what we value the most? In this mad world, we feel compelled to know more, to do more and to be more. With the [...]
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 [...]
This is a lovely little kriya that Yogi Bhajan recommended we do every day-without even getting out of bed—to start your day, energised! You can begin with 30 seconds for each posture to work up to 2 minutes. Source: Sexuality and Spirituality, Guru Rattana, Ph.D, 1989 Yoga Technology Press Always begin by tuning in with [...]
The beauty of Kundalini Yoga is its dedication to inspiring women to be physically smart, mentally stable and spiritually fantastic! Yogi Bhajan believed that through the empowerment and upliftment of women, the consciousness of the world would shift. “A Woman's Book of Yoga’ is a great read and a practical resource book that is written [...]
When we enter the healing peaceful state of meditation or hypnotic trance, we enter a very special place within our mind . We have opened a door into our minds where the theta and alpha brain waves can occur simultaneously. This cannot happen when we are awake or when we are asleep we can only [...]
In the yogic tradition the date of 11.11.11 is when we move into the Aquarian Age. What a blessing and what an extraordinary time in history. We are alive at a time when we are seeing and experiencing such transformation, change and perhaps for some uncertainty. For the past 21 years we have been in [...]
Written by Billie Atherstone (Kinesiologist, Bowen Therapist, Yoga Teacher) I think we may of all, at some stage in our lives and perhaps right now, have felt the financial pinch. There are so many obvious expenses in our lives as well as those sneaky expenses which we forget about or choose to not notice. I [...]