Espanola Ashram Monthly eNewsletter 
(a HGRD publication available the first week of every month) 
In this month's newsletter...
Event Calendar
Chilean Yoga Festival
Valentine Meditation
Meet & Greet Tom Udall
Welcome Back!
Congratulations
Computer Corner
Astrology
Prayers requested
MPA
Yogy Bhajan
Kirtan Kriya Article
February Energy Reading
Grow Sweet Potatoes
Walk 5 Miles
Missal Duties
Sangat Birthdays
New Baby

Congratulations to
Hari Bhajan Kaur & Siri Chand Singh on the birth of their son, Gobind Nanak Singh Khalsa born January 9, 2014

Full Moon Healing Ring of Tantra Meditation
Full-moon meditation, Thursday, February 13 at Jivan Joti Kaur's home
Rehiras: 5:30
Meditation begins: 6:00 pm
Its a Potluck, so bring something yummy to share.
Info: satsangeet@gmail.com or jivanjotikaur@gmail.com

 Valentine's Day Yoga/Dance w/RAVI!

Friday, February14
5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
in the Langar Hall
Valentine's Day Yoga Fundraiser: Come fall in love with your Soul through yoga, meditation and dance with Ravi Kaur.  All donations go towards the Espanola Women's Shelter.   

   Ashram Talk Radio

Tune In to the

Ashram Radio Show,

hosted by our very own Sat Nirmal Kaur Khalsa at 10 am every Saturday morning  

Amandeep Singh 
on Guru Nanak  

Join us Friday February 14, for a FREE CLASS at Anthony's at the Delta, 6:30 to 7:30 PM.

 Amandeep Singh, teaching

February 15-17: Weekend Course on Guru Nanak (the attend-in-person version of the course is sold out, but you can still sign up to watch it live-streamed.)

For more info

 Beginning Gurmukhi
 Beginning Gurmukhi       

taught by Siri Sevak Kaur 

Dates: Wednesday nights, 
Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26;  
Mar. 5, 12, 19,  2014
Time: 8 - 9:30 p.m. EST
Fee: $155;  $65 if repeating
Camino de Paz Farm School Open House

On Sunday, Feb 23, from 1 - 4 pm, Camino de Paz is having an open house, and we hope you will consider coming by. Camino de Paz is located just across the river from the Gurdwara/Ashram property, and is a Montessori school for middle school age students, grades 7, 8 and 9. Our program includes a working organic farm and goat dairy. Students from the 3HO community, who have attended include SatKartar Singh Khalsa.

ASHRAM COMMUNITY GROWTH FUND
Support your ashram community
Sat Nam Kaur, Joe and Jonathan Amrit Sadhana Singh arrived home to Juneau on Feb 10, and wish to thank the Espanola Sangat, from the bottom of their hearts, for all the prayers, love and support extended during the first few weeks of JASSS' life. Love, hugs and blessings
The Desert Sage Café
Great News - EVERY DAY
IS DOSA DAY
In addition to the regular menu, Dosa are NOW available Monday through Friday, noon - 2 pm at the Desert Sage Café.  Come on over and get your Dosa today!
Phone: (505 )672-8135
   Restaurant Review:

Pizza Centro at Santa Fe Design Center, 418 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe 

Gurbani Kaur and Ram Das Singh, recommend this restaurant and the pizza with flash-fried eggplant, roasted red peppers, gorgonzola cheese and balsamic glaze.  Sounds good! Check out their website

Escape to the Movies with Shakti Parwha Kaur

   capsule movie reviews 

Her current movie reviews include: Nebraska, August:Osage County, Frozen, Philomena, Last Vegas, Captain Phillips

Links to
What's Happening
at 3HO:
  
  
 
at HGRD (Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram):
Facebook
Website 
 
at MPA( Miri Piri
Academy):
MPA Facebook
Website
 
at LYF Foundation:
Website
Rental Website 
 
at Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology: 
website 

HdGRD Contact  Information

Send in photos, articles, announcements, etc. for the
Ashram Monthly Newsletter 
  
Our Ashram Office Address:
Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram
1A Ram Das Guru Place
Espanola, NM 87532
  
In the Ashram Office:
Swaran Kaur Khalsa,
Ashram Secretary
 
Ashram Office & Akand Path Schedule phone number:
(505) 753-6341
 
Ashram Website:
  
Ashram Classifieds - send text(less than 30 words) to:
Hgrdads@gmail.com       

Your Community                                            February 2014

February Ashram Events 

Mon & Thurs evenings, Kundalini Yoga Class in the Langar Hall,6 pm.

Thurs, Feb 13 - Full-moon meditation at Jivan Joti Kaur's home, 6 pm, followed by a Potluck Meal, so bring food/drink to share.

Fri, Feb 14 - Free Class, taught by Amandeep Singh about Guru Nanak, at Anthony's at the Delta, 6:30pm

Sat, Sun, Mon; Feb 15,16,17 - Course by Amandeep S, available live-streamed

Mon, Feb 17 - HdGRD Board Meeting, 7 pm at Kirpals home. 

Sat, Feb 22 - Art w/Heart class, Guru Kiren K's home, 10am-noon

Sun, Feb 23 - Open House at Camino de Paz Farm School 

Hari Charn Kaur, representing KRI, and Guruka Kaur, representing IKYTA, attended the recent Chilean Yoga Festival

Sunday Gurdwara Class

Learn what we do in the Gurdwara ceremony and why, including how to use the chauri sahib, how to say Ardas, how to take a hukam, etc. 

Hari Dharam Kaur. will teach on Sunday afternoons, after langar, 1:00-2:00 pm, in the Gurdwara, beginning 2/9/14. By donation to the Guru. All are welcome -  see you there.  

40 Day Global Sadhana:  Heart of Gratitude with Mirabai Ceiba
Heart of Gratitude Meditation, with Mirabai Ceiba

Come and Meet Senator Tom Udall, your US Senator from New Mexico

On Saturday, February 15, from 1:00-3:00 pm you are invited to come over to Hari Jiwan Singh and Sat Bachan Kaur's home, to meet Senator Udall.  All Sangat members are welcome, refreshments will be served. Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall is the senior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 2008, he previously represented New Mexico's 3rd congressional district as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and was the Attorney General of New Mexico from 1991 to 1999. Consider attending, as we would love to have a lot of sangat members there to greet him! If you can make it, please RSVP to Fatehpal Kaur or Sat Gurprasad Kaur. Questions? Call SatSundri Kaur (505)927-8718 

Khalsa Girls Play in Gurdwara
The Girls Play their first Shabad in Gurdwara
Raginis Charanjeet Kaur & Siri Adi Kaur play their first Shabad in Gurdwara, accompanied by their gurbani kirtan teacher, Sada Sat Simran Singh, Sunday, Feb 9, 2014.

Returning Ashram Members

Harbhajan Kaur and her son, Kanwarbir Singh, have moved back to Espanola, after spending some time in California. This photo is from their recent trip to Florida, to attend Winter Solstice. Kanwarbir Singh is turning 7 at the end of this month.Welcome back!

Congratulations, Hari-Amrit Kaur!

Hari Jiwan Singh and Sat Bachan Kaur's daughter, Hari-Amrit Kaur Khalsa, is representing our Sikh community very well in the New Mexican legal community. She's been elected to the Board of Directors of the Woman's Bar Association. 

(Photo: Hari-Amrit Kaur, Hari Jiwan Singh & Sarab Shakti Kaur, taken many years ago)         


2014 New Mexico Legislative Session

Sarb Nam Kaur is again working at the legislative session this year and is pictured here listening to Governor Susana Martinez during her opening remarks for the session.

Computer Corner - The Target Security Breach and
How To Get More Space On Your Hard Drive

by Guruka Singh Khalsa
This month I'd like to share some lessons learned from the recent Target stores security breach and tell you how to do some cleanup on your computer by cleaning out obsolete, space-consuming update files. Read entire article

Evolutionary Astrology - Healing Immersion Amidst a Deeply Shifting World - by Himat Kaur 

At the deepest level where Pluto in Capricorn is pulling up the fabric and infrastructure of societies in these 16 years (+ or -), the message is clear and perhaps unnerving:  Life isn't what you thought it was.  And it is more than we currently think it is.  Whatever that picture was to us, it is changing,...Read entire article   

Rajinder Kaur Prayers requested  

Harbhajan Singh, husband of Rajinder Kaur of Taos, requests the sangat send prayers of love and healing, for Rajinder Kaur's health and support. You can read more about her progress and leave her messages on a new website we've created. Blessings and thank you!

Miri Piri Academy

By Jagat Guru Singh - Sat Nam MPA Friends and Family. We are finally shaking off the dust of winter break and coming to a place of balance in our daily schedule again. We had an amazing four days with our guest teachers for our annual Humanology course this session and by most feedback, it was one of the best ones we have had to date. Read entire letter

"The Aquarian Age is that, doesn't matter what the situation is, you provide positive polarization right on the spot, and you pull the person through the neutral channel, shushmana...up to the height. Up to the crown chakra, the seventh chakra, where you become the umbrella of hope, loftiness, blessing, fulfillment."   Siri Singh Sahib Ji 

3 New Ways Kirtan Kriya Helps Keep Your Brain Sharp 
by Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa 

For the past 12 years, the ARPF has organized, helped design, and fund innovative research on a simple 12-minute singing yoga meditation called Kirtan Kriya (KK). This work has specifically focused on reducing risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and the enhancement of total brain fitness. Our studies utilized recognized methods to measure aspects of brain health and specialized scans such as SPECT and fMRI, as well as sophisticated memory and blood tests, to determine the results of our studies. Read entire article 

Power Path Update - Theme for February: Release

(from the website: Power Path Seminars, School of Shamanism)
We are entering February fully charged, very ripe, a bit impatient, and with lots of psychological and emotional inventory that we have been digesting, filing and restocking our inner shelves with.  We have set our intentions, organized ourselves as best we could, tried to anticipate what's ahead and are now ready for the gate to open so we can move forward in a release of energy that will be very productive for some of us, and could be very disruptive for others.  Read entire article

Food for Health-Green Chili Corn Chowder 

Try Guru Meher Kaur Jr's delicious, tried, true & well-loved recipe for
which is posted on the Espanola Community Market's website -  
It will warm you up on a cold day!
  

How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in New Mexico
by Satya Kaur (of Ram Das Puri) 

Why would you want to grow your own sweet potatoes, as they are easily available in stores?
Well, it is a great garden project that starts in winter, it's a really good way to share the gardening spark of excitement with children, the growth makes a beautiful plant, and it took me 7 years to master all of these steps, so I want to share the wisdom with you now!  Also, freshly dug sweet potatoes are delicious!  Read Entire Article

Yogi Bhajan's Recommendation: Walk 5 Miles a Day

"The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is best. (Riding)a horse gives but a kind of half exercise, and a carriage is no better than a cradle. No one knows, till he tries, how easily a habit of walking is acquired." Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (August 27, 1786) "A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." Paul Dudley White

To heal the Heart, cultivate Gratitude
 

Missal Duties - February 2014

Date

Setup

Langar

Clean up

Akand Path

2/2-2/8

4

1

2

3

2/9-2/15

1

2

3

4

2/16-2/22

2

3

4

1

2/23-3/1

3

4

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

Click to view list of February Sangat birthdays

 Happy Birthday!