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Kundalini Early Morning Sadhana

Sadhana is a daily personal practice. In the Kundalini Yoga tradition, it is suggested that a personal practice be done early in the morning, before the day ahead. At Yoga Yoga, graduates of our teacher training program host free Sadhana classes on the weekends.

Here's a message from Cyndi, a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training graduate and our Sadhana coordinator for Yoga Yoga Westgate:

Sat Nam, Joyful Souls!

As part of our Kundalini sangat we have the beautiful opportunity to participate in group Sadhana. Sadhana translates to "discipline" and refers to our daily practice. When we practice together we are elevated by the energy of the group. Yogi Bhajan gave us the Aquarian Sadhana to carry us through the transition from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age in 1992.

The early morning Sadhana program at Westgate occurs Friday through Sunday beginning at 4:00 am and ending around 6:30 am. If you are a north side Kundalini fan, a modified Sadhana schedule occurs on Friday mornings from 4:30 am to around 6:30 am at Yoga Yoga North.

The Sadhana program includes an early morning mantra (Japji), warm-ups, a Kundalini kriya and chanting of the Aquarian Mantras. Please see the attached PDF for details on the Aquarian Mantras. If you would like more information or are interested in leading the practice, please contact me at smithcj3@yahoo.com.

Hope to see you there!

Mehtab on Youtube!

Here's what Mehtab has to say about the healing effects of the gong:

Mehtab's New Gong Book is in the Studios!

Just released and now available at all Yoga Yoga studios--Gong Yoga: Healing and Enlightenment Through Sound, Mehtab's new book!

This is the first book published on the use of the gong in yoga, how its sound transforms and heals, and how to play. If you love the sound of the gong, you will want to read this book!

Mehtab began playing the gong over 12 years ago in Austin for his first yoga students. "I experimented on them," he said. "And God bless them for putting up with me as I got better and better over the years. As I saw the amazing changes the gong produced in hundreds of people in the yoga classes, I knew I had to write a book about how its sound works on the mind and body, and how to use it both therapeutically and in the deeper practices of yoga."

Gong Yoga tells the history of the instrument, how it is used in spiritual practices around the world, and how the gong became an essential part of Kundalini Yoga and Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound.

Click here to read more!

There will be a book signing at 6pm before the Gong Concert on Friday, August 22nd, at Yoga Yoga Westgate. Click here for more information or just sign up right now!

Kundalini Yoga On The News!

One of yoginis who helped get Yoga Yoga become a reality is now the Managing Director of Yoga Phoenix, a Kundalini Yoga center in Arizona. She was excited to share this video with us: Yoga Phoenix was recently featured in a segment about Kudalini Yoga on the local news!

Straight from Solstice: Tantric Lemonade

Here is a recipe for a lemon drink that was sold at Summer Solstice (I didn’t catch the name of the person making it, so a big thank you to whomever it might be). This refreshing drink really hit the spot after several hours of White Tantric Yoga.  I came home and made it, and when I tested it with my trusty 1070 pH Test Strip paper, it turned a darker purple than the purple that the reference showed for a pH of 10. In other words, this is a very alkaline drink! It’s also very refreshing after spending the day out in the Texas summer heat. 

Enjoy!!
Bir Singh

TANTRIC LEMONADE

1 whole Lemon, washed thoroughly and quartered
1 Granny Smith Apple, washed thoroughly and quartered
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
2 teaspoons (or less) of your favorite salt
Your favorite sweetener, to taste
Sprig of mint, stem removed (optional)
A little crushed ice
Electrolyte Enhanced water

Blend until very smooth; add enough water to make a quart.

Wondering What Happened at Summer Solstice?

Over 40 Kundalini yoga teachers and students from Austin joined 1600 folks from around the world to celebrate the Summer Solstice in the high mountains of New Mexico. The largest Kundalini Yoga event in history, this Solstice celebration had folks arriving from all over Europe, Asia, South America and Africa to join in for a week of yoga workshops and three days of White Tantric Yoga.

Each morning before sunrise, ensembles of Kundalini musicians played as everyone gathered in an open-air shelter to practice yoga and meditation. All through the day world-class teachers held workshops on topics ranging from how to develop a personal yoga practice to managing relationships through yoga. Mehtab and Guru Karam from Yoga Yoga presented classes in the How to Play the Gong, Practicing Sat Kriya, and How to Have a Successful Yoga Center.

One evening program featured a group of Austin Kundalini Yoga teachers (Vedya, Bir, Mehtab and Guru Karam) giving a gong concert. Other Yoga Yoga teachers in attendance at Solstice included Sat Nam Kaur, Raghurai, Christina, Sirgun, Sada Anand, Ellie, Marc, and Allyson. Many of our new Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training graduates joined in for their first Solstice experience (Sat Nam to Cyndi, Robert, Devon, and Nicole!) and others were returning for their second or third visit to the mountains.

If you see one of these 40 spaced-out people in the yoga center over the next few weeks, ask them how they liked Summer Solstice!