![]() ![]() Breathe deeply, and continue for one to two minutes. Imagine you want to touch your ears with your shoulders. Exhale as you roll your shoulders around to the back and down. ![]() Inhale and roll the shoulders forward and up toward the ears. Make sure the spine is straight and your neck is in line with the spine. >Shoulder Rolls: Place hands on the knees again. The entire spine is loosened and adjusted. Breathe rhythmically and powerful for 1-2 minutes. Inhale to the left and exhale to the right. Keep the upper arms parallel to the ground as you swing freely from side to side. Straighten the spine, and begin twisting side to side as far as you can in each direction. >Twists: Still sitting in easy pose, bring your hands up to the shoulders with the fingers in the front and the thumbs in the back. In this exercise, you are loosening the vertebrae of the lower spine, and stimulating the energy of the pelvic area. Exhale and relax the breath and the pose. Feel each vertebra of the spine curl and uncurl. Focus on rocking the pelvis forward and back, as well as moving the mid and upper spine. The shoulders curve forward, the chest caves in and the spine is rounded.Ĭontinue in a rhythmic forward and backward manner. Inhale and flex the spine forward, chest out and shoulders back. Now, take hold of the outside ankle with your two hands. Relax the shoulders and slightly tuck the chin. Straighten the spine by pressing the chest slightly forward and lifting the ribcage. >Lower Spine Flex: Start by sitting on the floor with the legs crossed and tucked in. On the outbreath, feel the tightness releasing. One effective way to help muscles relax more deeply is to direct your inbreath into any tight areas and visualize yourself relaxing more deeply. A “good” hurt feels like a muscle offering resistance, then relaxing and unwinding. As best as you can, apply your meditative mind to each moment spent in Kundalini Yoga.įeel the difference between a “good” hurt and “bad” hurt. It is essential to create an internal awareness during yoga, not only to reap the greatest benefits, but also to prevent injury to the body. Here are a couple of easy exercises that bring flexibility to your spine and rejuvenate your brain. After the restful period, most Kundalini Yoga classes end with breath or mantra meditation-the icing on the cake, so to speak! In short, there are sets for every aspect of you as a human being.Īfter the yoga set, a Kundalini class will culminate with a deep relaxation, which is supported and uplifted by divine music, and often times the sound of the gong. There are literally hundreds of these yoga sets, or Kriyas, to choose from: yoga for your back, your radiance, your mind/heart balance, your ability to keep up through hard times. ![]() Each Kundalini Yoga class is unique, but each will contain a “set” of postures that work on specific areas of the body, mind and spirit. Then, we warm-up and stretch out our bodies using movement and strong breathing. Translated, it means: I salute the Divine guidance within me and all around me. ![]() The tune for Kundalini Yoga is: Ong Namo, Guru Dev Namo, repeated three times, one per each deep breath. So, what does a Kundalini Yoga class look like? First, we tune in using a centering technique to call upon our inner guidance. Yoga is the science of the self, and kundalini is the awakening of the self. Kundalini comes from the root word, kundal, which means “the lock of the hair from the beloved.” The uncoiling of this “hair” is the awakening of the kundalini, the unlimited potential that already exists in every human. But, Kundalini Yoga, as taught by my teacher, Yogi Bhajan, is much more simple and close to home than you might think. In the past, the Kundalini energy has been referred to as “serpent power,” and other exotic sounding terms. People who do yoga, or have at least some understanding of yoga, are often curious about Kundalini Yoga. ![]()
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