Lots of people ask “why meditate?” I’ll give a more scientific answer below, but I’ll start by sharing my personal experience. I had been taking Kundalini Yoga classes for several months before I did my first 31-minute meditation. Most of the meditations in my regular Kundalini Yoga classes were three to five minutes, and […]
This series is inspired by the movie Supercharged. SuperCharged (you can watch it here) explores the science of bioenergetics (energy flow through living systems) and how we can increase our cellular energy beyond diet and nutrition. It explores different ways to improve our health and wellbeing through natural energy sources such as water, grounding, light,
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It’s that time of the year when we set out with our New Year’s resolutions and since the #1 New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, I thought we’d start there. Last year I wrote “How to Lose Weight in Four Steps” and while it still applies, for the month of January, I’m including a
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Hack #1: Probiotics, prebiotics and microbiome: what they are and why they matter When I started my functional medicine program a year ago, one of the things my doctor “prescribed” as part of my supplement regimen was a good probiotic. They aren’t the first to talk about this–the wellness and nutrition circles have been
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“You do not know if you have lived faithfully to your wedding vows until your last breath.” ~Yogi Bhajan* Earlier this month while I was in San Francisco, I went to my teacher Siri Vedya’s Kundalini Yoga class in the Haight Ashbury district. I’ve been taking classes from Siri Vedya since 2007, and a
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In this series, I’m excerpting sections from The Aquarian Teacher, by Yogi Bhajan. This is the book we used from my Kundalini Yoga teacher training. During Kundalini Yoga teacher training, we were introduced to the five stages on the path of wisdom. These stages are excerpted from page 218 of “The Aquarian Teacher” by Yoga
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I’m not sure if it is the pandemic, or the civil unrest erupting from the Black Lives Matter movement or just the culmination of four years of a Trump presidency, but in the last two months, I have been approached over and over by US citizens asking for advice on how to move to Greece.
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Whether you are new to Kundalini Yoga or just want to learn a bit more, here are 7 quick facts to get you started! Kundalini Yoga is often referred to as the yoga of awareness. It is essentially a technology of energy and energy management. Unlike many forms of yoga, Kundalini Yoga places a
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As originally published by 3HO. The word “seva” means selfless service, but when I reflect on it, I think I get as much out of my acts of seva as the people I’m serving. Some of my first volunteer positions were in homeless shelters in San Francisco, and today I volunteer to support the refugee
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I recently went back to my Kundalini Yoga teacher training book “The Aquarian Teacher” and started re-reading it. It’s fascinating how much more I understand now after 10 years of teaching and practicing Kundalini Yoga have passed. I thought I’d start sharing parts of the book with you. The section is about understanding the mind
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