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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Written by Billie Atherstone, Kundalini Yoga Teacher at Kundalini House There is one thing in life which we often overlook but is the foundation for living a happy and healthy life. It's the breath. We can do without food and water for some time, but we can't live without the breath. When we breath correctly [...]
Recently I worked with a woman who was having issues in her relationship. Her partner was often ‘needing space’ in order to regain her own self/refill her batteries. Through talking with her about how she felt when her partner spent time away she came to the awareness this was pushing her buttons of feeling unlovable. [...]
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, [...]