Join us for the 2020 Teacher Training Open House

Dear Divine Souls and Teachers,

I hope this email finds you and your family staying safe and healthy. Our prayers go out to everyone who is affected by the Covid-19 virus. Indeed so many of us are affected in various ways as our health, family-life, spiritual practice, work, and economy are impacted by this unprecedented situation.

Many of you have expressed interest in our Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Program scheduled to begin this July 4. As we continue to observe this situation unfold, I wanted to send an update on what we are currently planning.

1. The Teacher Training is still on! We are continuing to watch the situation and will most likely do some parts, or possibly the entire training online. We will share more details as we get closer to our start date as we observe how things are unfolding.
2. In preparation for the TT Program, we will hold the OPEN HOUSE – Saturday, April 18^th , 10-1pm. We will however, hold it on Zoom, so that everyone can attend from the safety of their home. The Open House will include an introduction, short check-in, a yoga class, group meditation as well as Q & A session. We are planning to hold the session from 10am – 1pm, so please respond to this email to RSVP if you are able to join us.
   

This is exactly the moment when we need to practice Kundalini Yoga, both for our own benefit, as well as to help support those around us. As so many people panic about the circumstances, we,  as yoga teachers in training have a sacred responsibility to stand strong, balanced and grounded in our practice, to serve as buoys of safety in a sea of uncertainty. We are all in this together, so practicing yoga and meditating now is literally a community service to help the world stay calm as we patiently work through this together.

So if you are ready to do this important work, I invite you to join me for the Teacher Training Open House on Zoom on Saturday, April 18^th.

Please RSVP as soon as possible to my email: gitanjali@motherdivinefoundation.org.

Sending you Peace, Light and many Blessings
Humbly in Gratitude and Service,
Gitanjali Kaur
Trainer and the Course Producer

Announcing the 2020 Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training at Sat Nam Yoga – starting with a 3-day weekend, July 4th, 5th and 6th and graduating November 22, 2020.

This program will offer you a deeper understanding of the ancient practice of Kundalini Yoga, and give you many tools you can use on the yoga mat and in your personal life! It is life-transforming experience and is suitable for everyone – both those interested in becoming a teacher as well as those looking to deepen their personal yoga practice and knowledge.

We encourage you to sign up to join the training if you…

• …want to feel healthier! The techniques taught in this program will provide you with a lifetime of benefits and tools that allow you to maintain your flexibility, balance your glands, tone your muscles, control your mood and level of energy in just a few minutes.

• …need to keep up and adapt to the changing world around you! The world is changing fast, and Kundalini Yoga helps to raise our consciousness to a level where we can adjust and cope with what’s in front of you.

• …want to live your life to your fullest potential!  Kundalini Yoga will help give you the perspective, stamina, courage and insight to manifest your highest vision.

• …want to serve those around you and live in alignment with your spirit’s purpose. The world needs us now more than ever, to serve and lead our communities.

• …want your life to change! Kundalini Yoga helps you align with your own personal truth, and live in alignment with your authentic self. When you create this shift in your being, it changes you and how your life unfolds in front of you.

Visit our teacher training page for more information about the course, the exact dates and tuition costs and to learn more about the trainers who will support students in their growth to become certified Kundalini Yoga teachers. Meanwhile, for more information, to be added to our teacher training email list, or to reserve your spot, please email Gitanjali.

 “Raaj Yog is that state in which you are a king, (or a queen) of earth and heaven, both, and that is what Sikh Dharma is.
That is the yoga of Chardee Kalaa,(Invincible Spirit) and that is what Kundalini Yoga is. And that is what Tantra Yoga is…Raaj Yog is the basic philosophy, mentality and the dimension in which the mind and the dimension of the mind
unite to achieve sovereignity of Godhood.”
-YB, July 20, 1980

Free Community Event about Wellness and Healing Modalities with multiple Presenters like Dr. Jack Kura-Acupuncturist&Chiropractor, Barbara Pacula-Bio-Puncturist, Two Nutritionists, Eugene and Sam, and many others.
We start at 10:30AM with Meet&Greet with Tea & Snacks and Pot Luck Vegetarian Lunch served at 1:30pm.
Great Speakers, Healers, Presenters and Open Community Brain-storming Session on Wellness, Self-Care and Life Styles
Raffle Tickets throughout the day and Raffle DRAWING in the late afternoon. Wonderful Prizes!
RSVP recommended as the space is limited, but NOT Required.
Bring your friends and family. All are Welcomed-including children.
Stay an hour or two or the whole day.
Cozy, warm floors and gong sessions included.
Donations from the heart are appreciated.
Check our Facebook and make your reservations there.

Wellness Event – Fb Page

Dear Yogis, Spring Sat Nam Greetings to you all,

April is a very special month at Sat Nam – it is a time when we celebrate the anniversary of opening our doors to the public. This year, we celebrate 13 years of serving the community by offering a safe space to practice Kundalini yoga helping our students learn more tools to deal with pressure, stress and depression….so they can live happy and healthy lives through awakening of the Kundalini Energy within. Thank you to all who have been a part of it all all these years! And now, a few Spring studio updates:

Spring Schedule Updates:

• Gitanjali is teaching on Mondays and Fridays,  at 5:30pm
• Olga Sahej on Wednesday at 6:30pm
• and Pauline on Sundays at 12:15 after the Gong meditation experience with Marc
• Additionally, the Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teachers Training is starting here on May 4^th and will run through the Summer with Graduation on Oct 6^th
• Throughout April there are NO classes on Tuesdays or Thursdays or Saturdays

View The Full Schedule

Updated Class Rates:

As of May 1, our prices will be:

• $20 for each individual single class
• $135 for the 10 Class Card
• $150 for the 30-day Unlimited Class Card

Please note: No yoga student is ever turned away because of money – we can barter – we will gladly accept you help in exchange. So just ask.

We look forward to welcoming you at the studio. Sat Nam!

Kundalini Yoga is awesome – a dynamic blend of physical postures, breathing, movement, stretching, meditation, mantra and relaxation, the combination of which activates the glandular system, strengthens the nervous system, expands the lung capacity, and purifies the bloodstream. Both safe and effective, it brings balance to the body, mind and soul. There is something for everyone, regardless of age, fitness, occupation and experience. Here are some great reasons to incorporate Kundalini into your wellness and spiritual practice.

10 Great Reasons to do Kundalini Yoga

By Guru Tera Kaur

Kundalini Yoga is the Yoga of Awareness. It is the householder’s yoga—for people who are active in the world. Most other systems of yoga were developed by those living the renunciate life. Kundalini Yoga gives you tools to expedite your spiritual growth and healing.

Practice gives you an experience beyond the limits of time and space—an experience of the depth of your soul and true identity. This direct experience of your higher self builds a platform of strength, radiance, and security on which to build your life.

Kundalini Yoga also provides more well-known benefits: increased flexibility, expanded lung capacity, a strong core, and stress alleviation. Here are 10 more great—and perhaps unexpected—benefits of Kundalini Yoga:

1. Inner Guidance
Kundalini Yoga develops the power of the intuitive mind. Your intuition is the voice of your own inner GPS. Every person has inner guidance available to them and can choose to listen and live with its support. When you clean out the subconscious mind and learn to listen through deep meditation, when your thoughts and feelings resonate with the soul, you can sense the guidance of intuition that is always present.

As you develop your internal guidance system, you can use it as a touchstone when faced with the decisions, questions, and choices life brings you.

2. Sacred Sound
Kundalini Yoga is known for the sacred chant music that is part and parcel of the practice. When we consciously regulate the sounds we make through the use of mantra, breath, and rhythm, we can produce profound effects on our health and well-being, not to mention the pure joy that is experienced when we chant from our hearts and souls.

Sacred sound, or Naad Yoga, is based on the experience of how sound vibrations affect the body, mind, and spirit through the movement of the tongue, the mouth, and changes in the chemicals in the brain.

 3. The Golden Chain
Kundalini Yoga has been taught for thousands of years, transmitted from Master to student. When you chant Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo to begin a Kundalini Yoga class, you become linked to the long line of spiritual masters who have preceded you.

You are calling on this lineage and the teacher within you for guidance, protection, and wisdom. This lineage is called the Golden Chain. It is a transference of spiritual awareness that guarantees that the teachings of Kundalini Yoga remain pure, unadulterated, and effective.

4. Turn Karma into Dharma
The practice of Kundalini Yoga takes you out of the cycle of karma. Your positive intention to grow and put yourself through Kundalini kriyas (exercises) burns off karma. The more you practice, the more present, conscious, and intuitive you become. Walk the path of dharma rather than living in response to karma.

5. Protection from Negativity
Kundalini Yoga practice fortifies and expands your electromagnetic field, or aura. It is the energy field that surrounds you, and that alerts you to positive and negative influences in your environment. A weak aura can let in negative influences, and even attract them. A big, strong, bright aura can protect you from negativity and keep you centered in the light of your true identity.

6. Emotional Balance and Neutral Mind
Kundalini Yoga strengthens the nervous system, balances the glands, purifies the blood, and cleans out subconscious thought patterns. This gives you greater awareness and ability to choose how you respond to your thoughts and feelings. Through practice, you can train your mind and body not to react emotionally—not by repressing emotions, but by developing a buffer zone, a time and space in which to process and make conscious choices about your responses.

Develop the neutral mind, the place where the positive and the negative are evaluated in an instant, and you can act from that state of non-attachment, compassion, and neutrality. Act, don’t react.

7. Deep Relaxation that Heals
Kundalini Yoga works to strengthen and balance the nervous system. When your nervous system is weak, you are susceptible to unhealthy reactions to stress. During a Kundalini Yoga kriya and the deep relaxation that follows it, all the nerve endings in the body are given a tune-up. You experience a deep rejuvenating state of total relaxation where healing can take place. Regular practice gives you extra stamina and resilience in the face of everyday stress.

 8. Kundalini Yoga Lifestyle
Because Kundalini Yoga is specifically geared for the householder—people who have jobs and families and busy lives, it works quickly, is effective, and includes a vast array of lifestyle information. You can choose to attend a weekly yoga class and reap the benefits found there.

You can also choose to dive into a whole body of ancient yogic teachings on personal hygiene, yogic diet, numerology, child-rearing, authentic relationships, conscious communication, selfless service, and much more.

9. Community Connection
Being together with like-minded souls is a powerful support tool in the quest for spiritual growth and higher consciousness. Kundalini Yoga centers and studios welcome yoga students and teachers to create community. Celebrate special occasions with group meditations, sacred chant concerts, pot luck get-togethers and community service projects.

3HO Foundation International sponsors worldwide Kundalini Yoga events, as do local Kundalini Yoga centers. As you make positive changes in your life, the connection with and support of a spiritual family is a priceless gift.

10. Befriend your Soul and Manifest Your Destiny
Kundalini Yoga gives you an experience of who you are when the grip of ego is released. It allows the depth of the soul to be felt and known. Begin to access your truth and create a strong connection to your soul and your soul’s work in this lifetime.

Kundalini Yoga is an experience of uniting the finite self with the Infinite. Once you gain this experience, you no longer have the need to look for your security outside of yourself. Your security comes from knowing who you are in relation to the Universe. You know who you are, and you can be you. You can leave the pain of past wounds behind, and manifest your soul’s destiny.