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APRIL 12, 2020 Laughter Yoga: Daily Practices for Health and Happiness. MADAN KATARIA, M.D. There’s a reason why people claim that the key to life is laughter; You can feel all of your stressors and muscle tightness melt away while giggling uncontrollably. Laughter Yoga, a practice dedicated to invoking spontaneous...

About Breathwalk: From, Yoga International magazine: “Attention, multitaskers: Want to exercise and meditate at the same time? Try Breathwalk, a form of walking meditation that incorporates pranayama and mantra techniques from the Kundalini Yoga tradition. The late Yogi Bhajan introduced this practice to the West in the early 1970s. Since...

Breath of Fire (Agni Pran)Breath of Fire is one of the foundational breath techniques used in the practice of Kundalini Yoga. It accompanies many postures, and has numerous beneficial effects. It is important to master this breath so that it is done accurately and becomes automatic. Doing Breath of Fire:...

"The 3rd Chakra: The Will of the Spiritual Warrior" The Third Chakra is the center of energy, will power, and a sense of control and coordination. It is associated with the region around the Navel Point. It is fed by the fire from the solar plexus and ruled by the...

By Shabad Kaur and Shiva Singh “By thinking and thinking nothing happens...Though I may think a thousand times.” -Guru Nanak, Japji Sahib You can think all day about being motivated, but what does that accomplish? Probably not much. The Manipura (3rd Chakra) is located in the space between the navel...

Sadhana: Calling on the Infinite Within "What is sadhana? It’s a committed prayer. It is self-enrichment. It is not something which is done to please somebody or to gain something. Sadhana is a personal process in which you bring out your best." -Yogi Bhajan Sadhana means daily spiritual practice. It...

Kundalini Yoga and Healing By Hari Kaur What Is Healing? Healing, from the perspective of Kundalini Yoga, is different from curing. Curing is removing the illness, problem, or issue. Healing means to make whole. A person who is healed may also have an illness or disease. When your body is...

Overcoming Cold Depression By Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, based on the teachings of Yogi Bhajan Cold Depression is our single biggest challenge as we enter the Aquarian Age. It affects vitality of spirit and leads us to behave in ways we would not otherwise. Yogi Bhajan, the Master of Kundalini...

By Julie Hurley, reprinted from Natural Awakenings Magazine, August 2012

Yogini Gretchen Cline of Third Coast Yoga has been an educator for most of her professional career, which spans almost 30 years. In fact, part of her ascribed spiritual name, Gurubanda Kaur, means "teacher, transforming wisdom". The rest means "locked or strong foundation" and "the lioness who walks in beauty".

The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation announced data demonstrating that a specific meditation performed daily for eight weeks increased brain activity in areas central to memory and actually improved cognition in patients suffering from memory problems. The results of the study, conducted at the University of Pennsylvania, were published in an early online version of an article that appeared in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease¹ (Volume 20:2, April 2010).