It has been a year since my friend Alun took his life and I spent the days afterwards chanting akal for him… although I don’t know who it helped and comforted more, me or him. I’d come across suicide before, but never … Continue reading
The Life Cycles and Lifestyles module gives a fascinating insight into the stages of human life and what to expect from our psyche as we move through our life experience. Here are my notes from one of Karta Singh’s level 2 Life … Continue reading
Not so long ago, I posted about kundalini yoga’s suggested foods to support women. Well, keeping the balance even, here’s a list of suggested foods to restore, support and heal men. Must-have foods for men Pistachios and saffron improve vigour and … Continue reading
After 40 days of practicing Subagh Kriya, Nish and I wanted to keep its energy of prosperity circling us, so we continued for another 40 days with 11 minutes of the first ‘Har’ meditation. That’s the only one in the Subagh … Continue reading
What an utter delight is Sahibi Kriya to Master Your Domain. It has just the right combination of energetic, core-strengthening, aura-building kriyas balanced by a sweet meditation and topped off with a delicious variation on savasana. It’s such a great reset … Continue reading
I love the random nuggets of information that are scattered throughout the kundalini yoga manuals – blink and you’ll miss them. Here’s one such nugget, a remedy for some pretty serious digestive ailments. Orange peels and olive oil… who knew?! … Continue reading
‘In yoga, this is how it is: 12 years of hatha plus six years of raja yoga plus three years of mantra yoga, plus one year of laya yoga is equal to the effect of just one year of kundalini … Continue reading
Sidak Kaur discovered naad yoga – the yoga of sound – 12 years ago when she was a kundalini yoga teacher, and now she trains naad yoga teachers! I’m lucky enough to have her as a teacher on my own journey into naad … Continue reading
We have to be ready to die at any second. That’s one of the most important things I learnt from Karta Singh. When he said that, in his usual eyebrows-arched, cheeks-puffed, zap-of-lightning kind of way, I thought, ‘Yeah, I’m ready … Continue reading
The three gunas, or qualities, that form the foundations of this maya of reality, including our own selves, are sattva = purity, rajas = passion and tamas = inertia. A sattvic person is dedicated to the spiritual path: truthful, wise, luminous, healthy, devoted and shining, … Continue reading