A Kundalini Solstice Yogi Bhajan often taught special meditations for the Summer and Winter Solstices. He said that these were special days for the human psyche to re-set itself for the seasonal changes. While Winter Solstice is usually December 21st in most parts of...

Give Me Some Skin One of the many distinguishing (unusual!) aspects of Kundalini Yoga is the presence of sheepskins used to practice and meditate upon. While other yoga students are busy buying petroleum based yoga mats and bags, Kundalini students are investigating...

Talking with Your Chakras When is the last time you talked with your chakras? Probably in the last hour or so. Every time we speak, we usually speak from a combination of two chakra energy centers. Every chakra has a specific frequency that informs our energy. From...

Kundalini Yoga: Keeping It Hot I’ve taught Kundalini Yoga in some pretty hot places: Costa Rica, Bali, Mexico, and of course, Austin Texas. Sweat trickling down your back as you do Sat Kriya and giving Breath of Fire a new meaning in 105 degree heat. And some people...

All the Breath You Need: Managing Your Emotional Energy Anxious? Depressed? Low energy? Can’t calm down? Just feeling really off? Maybe you need to take a breath. Or several breaths. After all, one of the most powerful experiences in the practice of Kundalini Yoga...

The Six Secrets of Kundalini Yoga Kundalini Yoga is one of the most powerful yoga practices available to spiritual seekers, primarily because it is taught and practiced in the format of a kriya, or a prescribed sequence of postures, breath, sound, and movement. The...

With Every Breath:  Silent Mantra and Simran In the practice of Kundalini Yoga, students are often instructed to use a silent mantra with the breath as they inhale and exhale, or as they move from left to right or up and down (“Inhale Sat, exhale Nam.”) The silent...

Your Eyes Have Secrets: The Drishtis of Kundalini Yoga   Unlike most styles of yoga, the eyes are usually closed when practicing Kundalini Yoga. More accurately, the eyes are not simply closed but are specifically focused inside the body in a gaze or what is...

Ten Kundalini Yoga Tips for Great Sleep!   If you have been practicing Kundalini yoga for very long, you know that it helps you sleep better at night.  There are dozens of scientific research papers published on the effectiveness of yoga in reducing insomnia and...

The Most Important Stretch in Kundalini Yoga   When we talk about yoga and postures and stretching and flexibility, most people focus on the wrong things – like their hips, their shoulders, or their hamstrings.  And indeed the yoga postures that people work the...

Meet Your Master Does your momma tell you what to do? Your boss? Your government? Who do you allow to be in charge of your life, and who is your master? For many people, it is their mind that tells them what to do. Their mind is the boss, the mind is the master. And...

Meet Yogi Bhajan, the Master of Kundalini Yoga It is human nature to focus on personalities. From electing presidents to People magazine to Dancing With the Stars, we want to make people bigger than life. We are a celebrity-obsessed culture and even the practice of...

The Perfect Yoga Practice For the beginning Kundalini yoga student, one of the most common questions is: How often should I come to class or practice yoga? “How often” means there is a measurable number, an amount of time, or a finite quantity that you can achieve,...

When we talk about yoga postures and flexibility, most people focus on the wrong things – like hips, shoulders, or hamstrings.  And the yoga postures that people work the hardest to perfect are often about major muscles and joints. Yet the yogis have said that the age...

For any type of yoga, the most important indicator of success is the ability to commit to a daily practice. In Kundalini Yoga teacher training, we learn that in life, the first step to happiness is commitment. With commitment, all things are possible. Without it,...

Kundalini Five Finger Tune-Up Kundalini Yoga works fast. You can reset your mood, vitalize your body and refresh your mind in minutes. The breathing technique known as Breath of Fire is excellent to make a part of your daily life, whether if it’s just a...

When I first did Kundalini Yoga in 1973, my body was blown away by Breath of Fire, my mind was psychedelicized by the Gong, and my heart was stolen by Yogi Tea, a delicious spicy drink served after every yoga class in the Kundalini Yoga ashram I visited. Sipping the...