Ana Brett . Ravi Singh . June Kundalini Yoga News
"Courage is fear which has said its prayers." --Dorothy Bernard |
News & Notes
 Happy June dear yoga friends! We've been talking numerology lately, so we just
want to remind everyone that we're halfway through a "10," year, which
means that you'll be called upon to "keep up." In Chinese astrology it's
a "Tiger metal year," challenging, and turbulent overall. That means we
have to be flexible and adaptable, open to change. We need nerves of
steel and above all we need to be noble. In fact you can use words
associated with the number 10 as mantras to be great through life's
challenges this year. When your feel that your pinciples are being
threatened, say to yourself, "I will be noble." When you feel that
you're at the end of your tether, or that circumstances seem way too
daunting, say to yourself, "Victory." Above all, use your Kundalini Yoga
practice to cultivate the capability and consciousness to persevere and
prevail. As a matter of course, in our Spiritual Practice and
self-discipline, we want to TRAIN HARDER THAN WHAT WE ARE TRAINING FOR!
When we create a habit of going up against it on our yoga mats, our
life in the world becomes a walk in the woods!
 Blue Ridge Mountain Yoga Retreat July 30th - Aug. 1st (All Levels / 5
SPACES LEFT) Come
join us this July 30th to August 1st at beautiful Dahlonega Retreat Center in the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains in Georgia where the air is super fresh, the nights are cool
and the stars shine bright! This
will count for 15 hrs. of our 200 hr. Teacher Training Certification.
Thanks for the great response thus far.
As stated we have 5 spaces left! To register please e-mail us at ravianayoga@aol.com
or call us at 1.800.243.9642. We are asking a non-refundable
$350 deposit. The total cost for the retreat is approx. $630. This price
includes lodging and meals.
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Kundalini Yoga in
Memphis June 4 - 6
Prosperity, Creativity, Conscious Communication
Public Classes for All Levels
June 4th - 6th is the fifth session of our 200 hr. Teacher Training Certification
at Give Yoga in Memphis! In this session we're going to focus on Prosperity, Creativity, & Conscious
Communication. Classes open to the public are:
Friday June
4th, 5 - 7 p.m.: K. Yoga to be a Master Manifester $45/ Saturday June
5th: K. Yoga for Creativity & Consciousness 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 / 2
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - $55 ea./ $90 both / Sunday June 6th: K. Yoga
Superset: The Great Voice Opening the Throat Chakra 9:30 - Noon - $65
for for more info and to register contact
Olivia 901.493.1431 / olivialomax@yahoo.com
***New York City Teacher
Training!***
We
are very happy to announce that we are planning a New York City 200 hr.
Teacher Training Certification, set to begin this September
(tentatively 9/11-12). If you are interested in receiving updates,
please write to us at ravianayoga@aol.com. We'll be sending a more
detailed announcement very soon.
New Store on
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have updated our store on www.raviana.com. In addition to all major credit
cards, we now
accept Paypal!
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Also, check out our friend
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700voices.com for more info!
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Kundalini
Yoga & The 12 Steps
 Dear Ravi & Ana. I have most of your dvds. I
follow the 12 Step Path as a compulsive overeater and alanon
(spouse/child of an alcoholic). Would it be possible to match up you
dvd's with each of the 12 principles? I would like to meditate on a
principle and do the matching dvd for 40 days until I work through all
12 principles. It would also give me a chance to experience all the
dvd's as I often have trouble deciding which one to do as they are all
so cool. Thanks for your time!
Thanks for writing and for your proactivity and
creativity with regard to your Kundalini Yoga practice. We have matched
up the principles of the 12 Step Program with Kundalini Yoga practices
from our DVDs:
1.
Honesty -
Those who speak the truth are granted the Power of the Word, everything
they say resonates in the Universe and generates blessings! Kundalini
Yoga Focus: The Throat Center Exercises on A Journey thru the Chakras
2.
Faith - The
abiding belief that the Unseen is more powerful than the seen.
Kundalini Yoga Focus: Rise & Spine on K. Yoga for Beginners & Beyond
3.
Courage - When your Heart is bigger than your brain.
Kundalini Yoga Focus: Navel Power DVD
4.
Integrity - A set of core values which don't waver
through life's ups and downs. Kundalini Yoga Focus: Kundalini Yoga Transformer
5.
Humility - Offering up your greatness to the One who
made you great. Kundalini Yoga Focus:"Bowing exercise," on K. Yoga for Energy & Super Radiance
6.
Self-Discipline, Perserverance: Creating a habit of
unbending intent.
Kundalini Yoga Focus: Navel Power
7.
Love: Joyous Caring. Knowing that the other is you. Kundalini Yoga Focus: Heart Center Exericses
onA Journey thru the Chakras
8.
Service - (see Love) Kundalini Yoga Focus: Awaken Your Senses on Solar
Power Workout
9.
Trust - Belief in people's innate capacity to be human.
Kundalini Yoga Focus: Foundation Segment
on A Journey thru the Chakras
10.
Responsibility - You can change the world one conscious
act at a time.
Kundalini Yoga Focus: Our Yoga Cleanse DVD
11.
Acceptance - Having done your best, let go and let God.
Kundalini Yoga Focus: The Delete Depression
Segment on Yoga
Quick Fixes,
12. Unity, Spiritual
Awareness - Everything is connected. We're all in this together. Kundalini Yoga Focus: the manta chant
on Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout. Any and all of our Kundalini Yoga Meditation DVD.
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Specials of the Month - Many of our titles are currently on sale on Amazon.com
for as low as $11.99!!! If you buy more than one title on Amazon.com, you
get free shipping! (click on link to go to Amazon)
 Kundalini Yoga Solar Power All-In-One Workout - 10% off on Amazon! (click on link toShine like the sun, energize, stretch, and transform your life! Experience an all-in-one Kundalini Yoga workout you will love for life! This DVD features techniques which target the all-important solar plexus, known as the "moving center," for balance on all levels, energy, & the ability to open yourself to fulfillment & live in the rhythm and flow of life. From yoga newbie to expert, this is the yoga experience you've been waiting for! Featuring the powerful "Awaken Your Senses," et as well as a new mantra chant to open your heart.
 Kundalini Yoga Transformer All-In-One Workout - 15% off on Amazon! Transform Your Body. Feed Your Soul. Change Your Life! Ana & Ravi take you to a new level of fitness and self-growth. Included are an in-depth yoga workout & two profound sets plus meditation to purify your past and liberate you from old habits and feelings which detract from your fulfillment. As in all the Ana & Ravi DVD's, inspiring music will enhance your workout. Kundalini Yoga is the perfect practice to help you live long, seize the day & prosper! Featuring the "Born Free" set which will take you from the mundane to the miraculous!
 The Kundalini Yoga Meditation & Breathing DVD - 20% off on Amazon! TRANQUILITY WITHOUT TRANQUILIZERS! Calm Your mind and emotions. Redefine yourself from the inside out. Transform your life! Meditation is a must in the context of the lives we lead! As an antidote to constant activity and information overload, our minds crave this type of inner activity the way a dry sponge is starved for water. This DVD features 13 Meditation segments which include: The All & Everything Meditation, Deep Meditation into Stillness, Rewrite the Book of Your Life, and Breath Purification Series. Bonus Material includes a Sitting Primer, Mantra Primer, Commentaries for each of the techniques and much more! As with all of Ana and Ravi's DVD's, this program features amazing music. This DVD will keep you uplifted and inspired and will be a friend for life!
 Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond - $11.99 - Two 25 minutes sets: Rise & Spine for back health and everything else, and The 5 Tibetans, for youth & health everyday, plus meditation, & more! If you would like to introduce Kundalini Yoga to friends and family this is the one to give them!
 Fat Free Yoga - $11.99 - Four 20 minute sets: Start Your Engines, Burn Baby Burn, No Impact Aerobics, Your Life is In Your Own Glands. Also: 2 meditations and more! This DVD will keep you young, healthy, hormonally balanced & trim!
Warrior Workout - $14.49 - Updated with the Matrix. A perfect workout for 2010!  A non-stop energy feast! For circulation, elimination of toxins, and to be a hero in your own life!
Ultimate Stretch Workout- $12.99 - The best of both worlds combining the great dynamic elements of Kundalini Yoga with deep stretching of Power and Vinyasa. Also,a heart-opening mantra chant.
 Yoga for Beginners & Beyond: Stretch, Strengthen, Be Stress Free! $14.49 - This program features a fusion of Kundalini Yoga and traditional yoga moves (presented Kundalini style!). Segments include: Standing Warm-Ups, A Yoga Flow Salutation Sequence, The Challenge, Nerve Strength & Core Power, Upper Back & Neck Stretch & Strengthen, A Be Stress Free Meditation, and an uplifting mantra to chant along with. The best of both worlds: Kundalini Yoga's dynamic aspect with the focused intensity of Power and Ashtanga Yoga. |
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Kundalini Yoga Cardio, Stretch, & Strengthen - $14.49 - is also the best of both worlds: an amazing Kundalini Yoga set with its spiritual depth and power, as well as a complete fitness experience: stretching, in-depth ab work, an effective and a fun dance-influenced cardio routine, and more!
Kundalini Yoga for Energy & Super Radiance- $14.49 - Live on fire. Shine like the sun! This is a Kundalini Yoga "old school" workout with cutting edge music and more. Features a complete whole body workout including some extended exercises which will test you, and bring out the best in you!
Navel Power - $15.95 - for a Stomach of Steel & Personal Power and to develop the will to take a stand: turn negatives into positives and prevail! Also, the meditation on this will help you magnify your abundance.
Yoga Cleanse- $14.49 - Purify your body: purify your mind and emotions.
Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout - $15.95 - 2 yoga sets and movement work. A perfect balance of flexibility and strength work and fun low impact cardio dance.
A Journey thru the Chakras - $14.49 - Climb the Ladder of Lights. A Great Inner/Outer Workout.
Also, please note that many of these items are for sale on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca |
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Questions of the
Month
Wash That Man Right
Out of Your Aura
Hi Ana, I was wondering if there is a kriya
or meditation that will assist with letting go of a past relationship. A
way to seperate the other person's energy from your own and create
clarity and desire to move forward.
I broke up with my ex-bf
over a year ago, and I'm still deeply in love with him, even though
Spirit makes it clear to me in meditation that there is another wanting
to come into my life. I know I must first let go to allow space for the
new to come in. My heart just struggles with it. And also my ex's energy
continues to surround me and I believe he is not fully letting go of me
either even though he is not choosing to be with me. Any advice? Thanks...
Sat Nam.
Thanks for writing. As women we are ruled by the moon, which
reflects. Thus, aspects of our external circumstances get imprinted onto
our psyches and auras. The good news is that we have enhanced intutive gifts.
Conversely, we can be drained or compromised energetically if we're
around people who project negativity. There is a meditation specifically
for clearing past relationships. It is the Sa Ta Na Ma Meditation which
is on our Yoga Quick Fixes & Yoga House Call. Ideally, do a 31
minute version: 5 minutes out loud, 5 whispered, 10 silent, 5 whispered,
5 out loud. One minute sitting in silence before getting up. This
should wash that man right out of your aura! :)
P.S. You may be wondering why the double standard? Does this actually mean that men get to have as many partners as they want? The answer is far from it. We all have to be accountable. According to Yogi Bhajan, if men are not very discriminating with regard to the people they are involved with sexually, their chakras and aspects of their energy bodies can be permanently compromised.
To overcome the
tendency to obsess, and hold on to old , unhealthy relationships, we
recommend the Sat Kriya
exercise (work up to 11 min.) . Among other titles, it's on our Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond
The Turban Questiona
Dear Ana & Ravi, I have a question for you: I've seen many Kundalini Yoga Teachers with turbans. What do you think about it? Why don't you wear it? However I prefer this manners. I want to thank you because after I bought and practiced your dvds. I decided to attend a Teacher Training in my country.
Thanks for writing and congratulations on studying to be a Teacher of Kundalini Yoga. We don't wear turbans (Ravi did for many years as a way of honoring Yogi Bhajan) because we feel that it's important to keep a very clear distinction between Yoga and religion. We want Kundalini Yoga to be as accessible as possible to people. Kundalini Yoga is for people from every faith or belief system. It's even great if you don't know what you believe! We want to be sure that students know that they don't have to belong to a certain religion to partake of these amazing Teachings. Yogi Bhajan taught that Teachers of Kundalini Yoga should keep their heads covered to keep one's energy contained. It's a personal choice. As with anything else in life, we encourage you to experiment to see how that feels for you. We wish you joy, health, and many blessings!
P.S. Just for the record: the lineage of Sikh Masters were yogis extraordinairre. Kundalini Yoga and any great Spiritual tradition go together like hand and glove. If you feel so inspired, we encourage you to research the amazing lineage of Sikhism. The book Guru for Aquarian Age is a good start. Nevertheless, belief in, or familiarity with Sikhism is not required for the practice of Kundalini Yoga.
Sanskrit
Resistant
Hi about the so darshan
chakra kriyha..i am one of those who doesn't like to chant something in
another language...so do i have to do it because of the sound vibration?
why does it work? why do i have to do it in another language?
Thanks
for writing. Everything in Kundalini Yoga is the way it is because
that's how the most powerful benefits can be arrived at. It was
designed over thousands of years by very remarkable people who had the
ability to gauge through direct perception the cause and effect of
combining movement, poses, mantra, breath, etc. The phrase, "if it
works don't fix it," has never been more apt. The mantras in Kundalini
Yoga are not a religion or philosophy, they are based on the science of
vibratory effect. The techniques in K. Yoga are uniquely suited to the
human condition. Actually, the mantras in K. Yoga are not in "another
language," at all. They are in the most personal language of the human
soul. It's Universal! We hope you are inspired to practice So Darshan
Chakra Kriya. The gifts and healing it will give you are priceless!
Please keep us posted. (the mantras in K. Yoga are in Gurmukhi, which
is an updated version of Sanskrit). |
Meditation for Exalted Overview
Your hands meeting along the lengths of the little fingers, palms facing up, sternum level. Your fingers are spread. Raise the middle fingers so that they meet at the inner edges of the tips. Your elbows are lightly contacting the base of the ribs. Your eyes are 1/10 open so that you can barely see your hands in the downward field of your gaze. Inhale in 8 parts through your nose and exhale with a whistle through puckered lips. Practice this for 3 - 11 min. As you inhale in 8 parts think Sa-Ta-Na-Ma twice, and as you exhale, tune into the transcendent sound of the whistle.
This technique works on the parasympathetic nervous system to give us our overview back. From this elevated vantage we can put our life in perspective and remember Infinity, rather than let mundane concerns overly engage us. Techniques such as this are not meant to be an escape from our problems, but can serve as tools to help us deal more effectively with the exigencies of life as we know it. This technique can also be used as an effective preparation for any kind of meditative or devotional practice you're involved in. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time afterwards to ground yourself. |
We wish you an exhilarating, fun, and joyful June!
 All Best, Ana Brett & Ravi Singh
www.raviana.com / ravianayoga@aol.com
Disclaimer: The advice we give is in no way intended as a substitute for medical counseling. Please consult your physician before beginning any exercise program or nutritional protocol
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