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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

It's In the Bag

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Friday, April 8, 2011

Location. Location. Location. The Meditative Mind


Today in the Kundalini Yoga Bootcamp, we worked on the Meditative Mind or as it's also known, the Neutral Mind. It was a powerful lesson on what TRUE STRENGTH is...and I feel its important enough talk about it in Blogalini.

In yogic terms, we have Ten Bodies; one being physical and six being energetic. There are also three mental bodies; the Negative Mind, the Positive Mind and the Neutral (or Meditative) Mind. It's sometimes easier to understand if you think of the Positive Mind as the PROJECTIVE Mind and the Negative Mind as the PROTECTIVE Mind. When the Positive/Projective Mind works in tandem with the Negative/Protective Mind, a balance is achieved and that balance is the NEUTRAL or MEDITATIVE MIND.

Plain and simple: the positive mind shows you what the gain is in any given situation. It gives you the impetus to move forward. The negative mind is protective; it shows you what is not "right" about a situation and gives you caution. Too much or too little of either of these creates IMBALANCE. And when they are working together, you have BALANCE.

The state of grace that IS the Meditative Mind space is what Yogi Bhajan called the "cup of prayer". We all can assume that the positive mind would be the glass half-full while the negative mind would be the glass half-empty. The glass would be FULL and OVERFLOWING in the Neutral/Meditative Mind...and this overflowing cup extends out from you and affects everyone you know and everything you do.

Guru Ram Das, the 4th Sikh Guru and "Lord of Miracles" resides in this Meditative Mind Space which, not coincidentally, is the Realm of the Heart. So when you are residing in this Meditative Mind, you are also living in the Heart which is just about the nicest place you can
build your nest. LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION.

In this location of great heart energy and the balanced mind, one can really being to interact with people. You can give and accept criticism without feeling bad, guilty, angry, or hurt. You are a great listener. You actually HEAR what people say. People can feel your equanimity and they "catch it" like a cold. You begin to drop some of your demoting subconscious patterns that are on continuous replay and you become more of who you really are. You can actually turn off that inner negative chatter that gets in the way of your success. Your life goes on but your perspective is different; you are able to see the big picture and make better choices because you can see everything from a more elevated place. And things just don't bother you as much. What a great place to be!!!

How do you get to this location? MEDITATE. The yogis say "Japa makes tapa". Japa is repetition of mantra or meditation and Tapa is psychic heat. The psychic heat BURNS away karma and cleans things up for you.

Meditation is like emptying the trash. Your subconscious mind is always ON and if you don't have a way to clear out the garbage, its going to start to stink...just like an overflowing trash can. How many times have you passed one of those and thought, I'll just empty it later...and then it smells so bad, you don't have a choice. We don't want our subconscious minds to get to that point because it literally overflows into our conscious minds and then we stand the chance of losing control of our internal balance. So this is a very simplified explanation of what meditation is: It's emptying the trash of the Subconscious Mind.

Meditation actually has some measurable health benefits besides making you feel good and balanced; it lowers blood pressure, reduces the chance of heart attacks and stress related illnesses. It also makes you less reactive and easier to get along with. And with a Meditative Mind and Open Heart Energy, there's nothing in this world that won't come to you at this beautiful location.

If you'd like to dive deeper and experience the interplay between the Three Minds, come to Golden Bridge Yoga on May 7 because Jai Gopal and I are teaching a workshop on Taming the Negative Inner Dialogue. Saturday, May 7 from 2-5 pm. $30 advanced, $35 day of.



Monday, April 4, 2011

BOOTCAMP BUMPS IT UP A NOTCH


SAT NAM everyone.

It's kind of crazy and wonderful over here inside of me as I reflect for a moment in between tasks. I'm teaching the 40 Day Kundalini Yoga Bootcamp with Jai Gopal at the Heartbeat House in Atwater Village and today was DAY 15 and we connected the Head with the Heart....among other things. That in and of itself is reason enough to "take five" but you know, the tremendous rush of energy that we get from participating and teaching this wonderful program is so great that SO MANY MORE THINGS GET ACCOMPLISHED IN A DAY than "usual". Kundalini Yoga gives you access to your strongest, most focused and creative YOU and teaching the Bootcamp bumps it up a few notches. Some interesting data about the experience so far:
  • IT'S MAKES ME FEEL GREAT.
  • I'M HAVING A BALL
  • THE GROUP ENERGY IS REALLY AMAZING. OUR "REGULARS" ARE ALL VERY COMMITTED AND KEEPING UP.
  • I LOVE TEACHING WITH JAI GOPAL AND DOUBLE GONGING.
  • I AM MUCH MORE FOCUSED THAN USUAL AND FEEL VERY POSITIVE.
  • I HAVE OODLES AND OODLES OF ENERGY.
  • and MANY NEW THINGS ARE COMING MY WAY.
Even though we have our "regulars", drop-ins are always welcome and we do offer packages of 10 and 20 classes that make the price more user friendly. Stop on by at 6:15 some morning and see what's going on! www.kundaliniyogabootcamp.com

At the same time, we (Kundalink) are getting ready to launch our new and improved ultra profesh e-commerce website in a about a week. We've got lots of new items and a more concise and user-friendly site to unveil. Gathering and entering information and photographs for a website is a daunting task but I really feel that the Bootcamp has helped me focus and concentrate through this.
FACT: I am not wired naturally for these non-artistic kinds of things.
FACT: technical computer tasks usually overwhelm me
FACT: I wrapped my brain around it and did it.

You'll see the new website up and running by next week...but in the meantime, look at the old website AND if you're in the mood to give yourself a boost, drop by and check out our bootcamp. If you want to save a litle change, 20 class passes and 10 class passes are available. www.kundaliniyogabootcamp.com

You might find yourself becoming more productive and focused!

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