Espanola Ashram Monthly eNewsletter
(a HGRD publication available the first week of every month)
Winter Solstice Sadhana in Florida, December 16-23
Who's Going to Winter Solstice?
Yogi Bhajan Quote

 Yogi Bhajan

"Any negative word you say negates you a hundred times more than it negates anybody else."  ~ Yogi Bhajan, June 26, 1998

White Tantric Yoga in Espanola
Our White Tantric Course was a success with 127 people attending.  Many thanks go out to Dhanwant Kaur, who did a great job administrating, all the monitors, those who helped with registration, the cooks who made lunch and all the other sevadars who made this a wonderful day.     

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Weekly Akhand Path

Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji
We are happy to announce that the new day sevadar who will be overseeing the weekly Akhand Path is Har Nal Kaur. She can be reached at 505-850-2008 and can assist you in signing up for a reading spot.  Wahe Guru!

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Community's Growth

Donate today to your Community's Growth Fund   

Webinar on Sopurkh Shabad January 3, 2015
Taught by Sat Kirin Kaur, NYC
Saturday, January 3
12 noon - 2:30 pm, NYC time
10 am - 12:30 pm, NM time
This shabad has the power to enrich your relationships, bring saintliness to your partner, child, or sibling, and help you get through impossible relationship odds with ease.
$30 - pay via Paypal, to:  majesty@gmail.com
Be sure to say that you are registering for the SOPURKH webinar
Espanola Community Market

The Espanola Food Co-op (ECM) is now open: Wednesdays & Fridays, 3pm-6pm Saturdays,10 am - 4pm. Go Organic, Go Local!

Locally grown organic chard

Visit their website for more info. (You don't need to be a member to shop at ECM.)

Guru Nanak Dev Birthday Gurdwara
Sonia Kaur (pictured) and other members of the Santa Fe sangat cooked a delicious Langar in our Langar kitchen in honor of Guru Nanak Dev Ji's birthday in November.

Food for Health

Vegan Macaroni and Cheeze

Vegan Breakfast "sausage"

 Ashram Baby Photo Gallery
                     
Siri Deva Singh and his grandson, Amrit Hari Singh
Hari Dharam Kaur and her grandson, Gobind Nanak Singh
Uncle Gurvinderpal Singh, with Nidhan Singh & Sangeeta Kaur
Links to
What's Happening
Talk Radio Show about Ashram Life
  
at 3HO:
"Yogic Living" Newsletter
  
at Sikh Dharma:
SDI Website
 
Journey to the Heart of Sikh Dharma -
classes begin in September
  
 
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 

Ashram Contact  Information

Phone Number: Ashram Office (& Akhand Path Schedule):
(505) 753-6341
 
Ashram Mailing Address:
HGRD Ashram
1A Ram Das Guru Place
Espanola, NM 87532
 
Ashram Secretary:
Swaran Kaur Khalsa,
(505)753-6341
  
Ashram Website:
  
Ashram Classified Ads: Send text (30 words or less) to: Hgrdads@gmail.com   
  
Send articles and photos for the Ashram Monthly Newsletter, to: kirpalk@3ho.org 
  

Your Community            December, 2014

Ashram Events 
Dec 6 - Akal Takhat Remembrance Gurdwara, Wish&Dish Langar - Rehiras 5:30 pm, Kirtan 6:00 pm
Dec 12 & 13 - Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - 7 pm, Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe. Music by Sahib Simran Kaur & Hari Rai Kaur.
Dec 13-First Annual Santa Fe Book Swap,10am-4 pm, Red Thread Studio, Santa Fe. Hosted by Hari Rai Kaur & Sahib Simran Kaur.
Dec 13 - Trio School Recital, Craft & Bake Sale, Langar Hall, 10:30am-1 pm. Admission Free, everyone welcome!
Dec 13 - Espanola Light Parade, 6 pm, along Onate St.
Dec 16-23 - Winter Solstice Sadhana, in Florida
Dec 25 - Christmas Day
Dec 31 - New Year's Eve - Ransubhai Kirtan Program, in the Gurdwara, details will come later in ashram bulletin.
Kundalini Yoga Classes, in the Gurdwara, 6 pm Monday & Thursday evenings, by donation.  Be there!
Thanksgiving at HGRD

   The ashram Thanksgiving Wish and Dish Gurdwara was a day to remember with beautiful uplifting kirtan and a feast of delicious dishes contributed by our langar team and sangat members. The children followed it up with an entertaining talent show with some amazing musical performances. (Photos courtesy of Jivan Joti Kaur)

How to join the Ashram Facebook Page

The ashram Facebook page is a lovely way to stay in touch and/or communicate in an informal way, with our local sangat members.  Thank you Abhai Raj Singh for establishing it! To join, go to this Link and click on the "Join" button, in the upper right hand area of the page. Once you are approved by our ashram site administrators, you are in, and can post text and photos, and see the text and photos posted by other members. It is a closed group, and only locally known ashram members are approved to join, which keeps it cozy, and just for our local sangat community.  Join Today 

Mukta Kaur at a recent SuperHealth Training which she facilitated in Bogota, Colombia

Yogi Bhajan Story - Prone to the Unknown Throne    By Hari Jiwan Singh 

The Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, said, "When you truly have faith in the fact that the unknown has more in store for you than the known, the real spiritual journey begins. Until then, it's all preparation,"  Read Entire Article

New Ashram Member
Harbhajan Singh (formerly of Taos)
 

My Journey to the Master - One day in 1976, The "GURU" took me by the hand and I walked into the Golden Temple Emporium in New Haven, Conn. From there on, my life changed forever.(Harbhajan Singh wants everyone to know that he has moved to Espanola, and is now living here.) Read Entire Article 

Computer Corner - How to Find Stuff

by Guruka Singh 

When you want to find someone's phone number or email address do you open your contacts and scroll down till you find their name? So slow. The fastest way to find anything on your phone is to use global search. Global search means that you can search all your emails, all your texts, all your apps, songs, web pages and more from a single search bar. It's hands down the fastest and easiest way to find anything on your smartphone.  Read Entire Article

GMO Health Risks - Why We Don't Want them in our Langars - According to Local Healers, GMO foods:

  • Disturb your genes
  • Disturb the coordination of your nervous system
  • Create an imbalance in your endocrine/glandular system
  • Play havoc on your DNA
Learn More about the health risks of eating GMO food.  To avoid GMO's, eat organic. Let's upgrade our Langar Program to non-GMO food. Donate to our Healthy, Happy, Holy Langar fund here >
Allah Allah

Sat Purkh Kaur and Abhai Raj Singh - "Allah Allah" Music Video

This is my first music video, after many years of making music. I'm pleased to present Devta Kaur dancing, as we chant the different names of God. We are all one in the Naam. This song is from my latest album ONE: Light, Love, Life. Enjoy!  Sat Purkh Kaur   


Hari Singh chats with Giday Woldengabriel, a recipient of a Principal Investigator Excellence (PIE) Award at an awards breakfast at LANL.  Woldengabriel is one of two LANL scientist that were recognized for their outstanding work in helping small businesses with their technical expertise. 

The Chardhi Kala Jetha recently played kirtan at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. Gurufateh Kaur's son, Himmat Singh (above, left), and Rajinder Kaur's son, Guru Prakash Singh (above, right), were part of the Jetha that day.

Gunpati Kriya Meditation with Yogi Amandeep Singh

Gunpati Kriya Meditation with Amandeep Singh

This beautiful 6 minute meditation is followed by an even more beautiful 12 minute guided deep relaxation, to release childhood trauma. Very nurturing, soothing, healing, relaxing.  Highly recommended.

Monthly Forecasts, for December, 2014

Nam Hari Kaur's Numerology for December

Power Path December Forecast

Radiant Body Kriya and Meditation
Radiant Body Kriya and Meditation
Practice this wonderful kriya to keep your light shining, throughout this Solstice/Holiday Season

Ashram Missal Duties - December 2014

Date

Setup

Langar

Clean up

Akand Path

11/30 -12/6

   3

   4

   1

   2

12/7-12/13

   4

   1

   2

   3

12/14-12/20

   1

   2

   3

   4

12/21-12/27

   2

   3

   4

   1

12/28-1/3/15

   3

   4

   1

   2

1/4/15-1/10/15    4   1   2   3

 

*****December Birthdays *****
                  To view list of sangat members with 
                       November birthdays Click here

 

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