 Hey Yoga Friends! We hope you are enjoying an amazing fun and yoga filled summer! If not...get going! It's not too late to unroll your mat under a tree and Kundalini!
My goodness we loved our first visit to the UK in June!!! It was beyond awesome meeting all the wonderful yogis who attended our classes and we plan to come back to see you again very soon!
This Newsletter features our first annual survey (see below) so that we can get your invaluable feedback about going forward. We can't wait to hear what you think!
Mercury is in retrograde from July 14 to August 8. The impassioned energy of Leo is incited by Uranus in Aries. These firebrands explode us out of our comfort zones and point us in new directions for change. This Mercury in retrograde prompts us to reacquaint, reaffirm, realign, reappraise, rearrange, reassess, recall, redirect, recharge, reconceptualize, reconnect, reconnoiter, reconsecrate, reconsider, recontextualize, reconvene, regroup, recover, recrystallize, rectify, redecorate, rededicate, redeem, redefine, redeploy, reintegrate, reduce, reinforce, reevalutate, refuel, refine, reinvent, reiterate, and remaster our concepts, character, capabilities, world view, and working plan. See the Meditation of the Month for a great practice to achieve all of the above!
Fri. Jul. 13th to Sun. Jul. 15th - Memphis, TN - Kundalini Yoga 200 Hr. Teacher Training: Module 5: Maps of Consciousness. Learn deep mysteries about the chakras as well as Tantric Numerology and the Yoga of the Ten Bodies. Remember that you don't have to sign up for a whole Teacher Training course to attend individual sessions. info: OliviaLomax@yahoo.com / 901.493.1431 / giveyogamemphis.com
Teacher Trainings This Fall
We our happy to announce that we will be offering two Teacher Training courses this Fall, one in Syracuse, NY, and one at Yoga Soul Center near Minneapolis, MN. For info on the Syracuse training contact Dr. Pam Denton: drpamdenton@gmail.com. For info on the Minneapolis Training contact: Angad Kaur: 651.452.5789 / tarisa@yogasoul-center.com Your Destiny is to use your gifts to heal, uplift, and inspire. No better time than now!
Are You Ready for a Breakthrough?
Treat Yourself to a Phone Consultation with Ravi Ravi has a few openings later this month for one on one phone consultations. Do you have specific goals for which you would like to apply the most appropriate inner technology? Would you like some clarity with regard to the person you're meant to be and your mission on this earth? Do you have an emotional or physical health issue which has resisted your best attempts? Ravi Singh will draw upon his long experience as a Teacher and Spiritual Adviser and provide counseling and a personal Meditation practice for going forward. Each consultation will consist of two phone conversations. The first for fact finding, the second to present Ravi's "findings," and strategies for going forward. The overall consult is $108.
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 Our 1st Annual Survey
The Spotlight's on You!
Change is the means by which the Universe expresses itself. There are always lessons to be learned and experiences to be had. May we all play the game of life with character and Consciousness!
In this advent of the Aquarian Age the Universe is shining a spotlight on people on the Path to see how we handle the test of the times. Also, to let us know that WE ARE ALL STARS!
New forms of media are part of this Aquarian shift. Because we want to continue to give you the most effective tools for your Kundalini Yoga practice, we would greatlly appreciate your invabluable input to our questions below. Simply reply to this e-mail and let us know what you think!
1. How do you prefer to do your Kundalini Yoga practice going forward?
A) DVD's
B) Downloads and streaming video
C) All of the above
2. In what form would you prefer our upcoming Kundalini Yoga book?
A) A real hold in your hands book?
B) An e-book
C) All of the above
3. What do you feel you need to work on most in your K.Y. practice and life?
4. What is the length of time for your perfect K.Y. workout?
5. Whch type of workshops do you feel most inspired to attend?
A) A weekend workshop at a studio near you?
B) A retreat in some exotic locale?
C) A retreat somewhere drivable?
6. Which format of Teacher Training would you prefer?
A) One weekend a month in your neck of the woods?
B) A two week event in some exotic locale?
C) A two week event in your corner of the country?
D) Other
7. In terms of music downloads, do you prefer:
A) Mantras you can chant along with?
B) Instrumental music as featured on our DVD's?
C) A combination of both?
8. For our newsletters going forward:
A) Are you happy with our current format?
B) Would you like them shorter or longer?
C) Which subjects would you like to see more of?
D) Suggestions for improvement?
9. Do you have any other feedback about something we didn't cover here?
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Specials of the Month
 
Our Two Newest DVD's!!!
Here is a list of all our 22 DVD's and links to Amazon.com where many of these are on sale! Give the greatest gift of all to the people you love: health, peace of mind, insight, creativity, inner strength, and Spirit!
- Yoga Total Tune Up - Four 20 min. segments. Powerful stuff!
- Yoga Cleanse - Perfect workout for your winter detox and more!
- Navel Power - For personal power, focus, will, stomach of steel!
- Warrior Workout - a non-stop high energy feast.
- Ultimate Stretch Workout - for longer leaner lines!
- A Journey thru the Chakras - Climb the ladder of lights!
- Am/Pm Yoga - Start and end your day on a high note!
- Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond - A Kundalini "must have," featuring the classic basic spinal series + the Five Tibetans! A great daily practice!
- Fat Free Yoga - One of our most popular. Great to do during change of seasons to recalibrate the glands!
- Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout - Move thru the chakras, literally! Two sets: half hour chakra workout and sacred movement.
- Yoga Beauty Body - Featuring the "Magnificent 7," + much more!
- Yoga Bliss Hips - Let your energy flow in new and exciting ways!
- Yoga House Call - Yoga for long term issues, quick sets, more!
- Yoga Quick Fixes - Yoga fixes for on-the-spot self-healing, quick sets plus. Featuring Delete Depression, Headache Helper, more...
- Yoga for Beginners & Beyond: Stretch, Strengthen, Be Stress Free - Kundalini/Hatha fusion. Embody the basics and grow your Kundalini practice!
- Kundalini Yoga for Energy & Super Radiance - Kundalini Yoga to be the bright being you were born to be!
- Kundalini Yoga Cardio, Stretch, & Strengthen - Get set to sweat and grow!
- Kundalini Yoga Transformer All-In-One Workout - An amazing inner/outer workout. Featuring "Born Free," and more!
- Kundalini Yoga Solar Power All-In-One Workout - An amazing set to open the solar plexus plus Awaken Your Senses.
- Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Beginners & Beyond - Grow you inner life and burn brightly in this world!
- Kundalini Yoga Body Electric All-In-One Workout - Optimize your energy. Streamline your body. Glow!
- Kundalini Yoga Flow Bootcamp All-In-One Workout - Turn the tables on inertia. Move your energy, move your life!
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 Father Question
Dear Ravi and Ana, Firstly I must say a huge THANK YOU for the wonderful DVD that you produced that is Kundalini yoga beginners and beyond. It is truly exceptional. I do it nearly every morning and I have noticed so much difference in myself as a result.
Recently though I have been getting an over-riding vision during the program - my father comes into my head. He is 74yrs old and is very active although he is under a lot of pressure - as he still has to run a business, a home and he is a full-time carer for my mother. He has done intermittant yoga practice at home for almost 40 years and does love yoga very much. All I see is my father doing what I am doing with your DVD. Do you think this is OK for him to do? Obviously he is aware enough to listen to his body and not push or strain or force - but he does love yoga when he does and I just can't escape this feeling for him.
I would appreciate your thoughts and recommendations. With Many Thanks & Happy Blessings!
Thanks for writing and congratulations on beginning your Kundalini Yoga practice! According to Yogi Bhajan, who brought Kundalini Yoga to the West in 1969, for a person to be able to find and embrace Kundalini Yoga they have to have what is called "Perfect Destiny." That means they have had to have done something very meritorious over lifetimes. This usually takes the form of Spiritual austerities. To lead your father to Kundalini Yoga would be an amazing gift and could be considered the icing on the cake of a lifetime of yoga practice. All forms of yoga, healing, and self help methods are based on the energy of healing and Spirit called Kundalini. Kundalini Yoga is the most direct means to access and integrate this energy. Perhaps you can do the first couple sessions with your father to make sure that he can go at his own pace, etc, and be creative with modifications if necessary. Otherwise, our recommendation is - full speed ahead! We wish you and your Dad joy, health, and abundant blessings!
Forbidden Fruit
Hi Ana and Ravi, I have a question about a tough relationship situation that I'm in. I am a clothing designer and have been working for years to build my dream career. This also includes my dream relationship as well..and a lot of times these are intertwined meaning that I have dated other people I've met through my work and in some ways it can work very well b/c we are building our lives around the same things together. I recently started my own company with some partners, one of whom I really like. I have known this person for about 4 yrs now. I never felt anything for him before, but also never spent a lot of time with him before outside of work. He has been going above and beyond with my projects (even when I tell him that the payday will be in the future or never!) and has a great attitude about art and life. I realized I am starting to fall for him,however he has a girlfriend! Whether or not he likes me back....I can't say for sure but I feel like there might be something there too. I am not the kind of person who would interrupt a good thing...and plus I wouldn't want that energy back if I were in her shoes. However, he is putting in sooo much energy into this, he has given me kisses on the cheek after we rock a show, and I just generally feel the chemistry between us. What is your advice on how to handle this? I am in love with what I do, am grateful to finally have some momentum going in my business, but it is taking all my will power to spend so much time with him and hold myself back, not to mention, I think just my presence is annoying his girlfriend. Should I stay and use my willpower to be as professional as possible (at the risk of constant temptation or just being left out) or should I not mess with temptation and just set my sights elsewhere (at the risk of having my business suffer a setback?) Thanks very much for your time and insight... We encourage you to act from Higher Consciousness and in a manner which creates the least karma for yourself and all concerned. Until the person you described is free and clear then you really have no choice but to keep your relationship with him purely professional and to stay neutral. After all, why ruin a good thing with unnecessary entanglements? It is not correct to "run energy," with someone if they are involved with someone else. If he is available down the road then other options can be considered. Until then it is best to make no assumptions and to simply wish the best for him in his current situation. Rather put all of your passion into your design work. You have worked so hard to get this far and are on the brink of realizing your goals. We also encourage you to go out of your way to be friendly with your friend's girlfriend and to work on making her feel welcome. That will help to undo any suffering which the thought forms you have been putting out may have inadvertently caused. At various times in our lives, we fool ourselves into thinking that we are just insignificant pebbles in the great stream of Consciousness and that what we do and how we live doesn't really matter one way or the other. The fact is that these selfsame pebbles create huge ripples in that stream and everything does matter. The only way to live is with conscious integrity. The most powerful decisions in our lives occur when there is a tug of war between our Excellence and inertia, Depth and desire. When we make conscious decisions we garner tremendous power and grace and everyone in our lives benefits. We wish you joy, health, and abundant blessings! |
 Meditation to Communicate With Your Fearless Self
Sit in Easy Pose with your palms facing forward and your elbows bent as if taking a double oath. Your thumbs are at the base of your little fingers, and your fingers are slightly spread. Close your eyes and try to look down at your chin through closed eyes (this is the "Moon" Center" which relates to the element water and, in the context of this Meditation, emotional healing.). Watch the movie of your mind on a screen in your chin. Be a witness to those thoughts which you continually obsess over and those thoughts or memories which are the cause for pain or deep regret. Be the dispassionate but compassionate witness. Let the vibration of this mantra heal the unhealable. "You will never have a nightmare if this is perfected." 11 min. As you are doing this mentally recite the last four lines of Jap Sahib (see below). Not only think this mantra, but hear it resonate in your mind as well.
To end inhale, hold the breath, and tighten every muscle 3x.
(This mantra is not as hard as it seems. If you would like a sound file so that you can hear it pronounced, simply reply to this e-mail with your request. Also, print it out and carry it around with you. We know that this is very unfamiliar territory for many of you, but the effort you put into memorizing this will be rewarded a thousand times!)
Chatr-a Chakr-a Vartee / Chatr-a Chakr-a Bhugatay / Sayumbhav Sigh-bung
Sarab-a-da Sarab-a Jugatay / Dukalung Pranasee / Dialung Saroopay
Sadaa Ang-a Sangay Abung-gung Bibootay
Translation:
You! In every direction and dimension.
Self-illumined. Beautiful beyond words.
My friend for life.
Suffusing the Universe with joy.
You walk beside me
Shielding me from the pain of birth and death.
Jewel of Compassion,
Solace of my soul,
You are my hope and protection.
Your Radiance is Eternal!
This mantra is the last four lines of Guru Gobind Singh's powerful poem, Jaap Sahib. This mantra helps us to be fearless, and removes anxiety and phobias. It helps us to seal the Victory of Self over every limitation imposed by our minds, emotions, and the embedded patterns of a painful past.
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We wish you an exhilarating, fun, and joyful July!
 All Best, Ana Brett & Ravi Singh 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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