| Developed some 4,000 years ago, Kundalini yoga awakens the kundalini energy and consciousness through the system of chakras and the eight energy centers in and around our bodies. Known as the ‘Yoga of Awareness’ it truly lives up to its name by developing a more intricate and responsible connectedness to the self, the surroundings and the interpersonal relations.
Kundalini yoga teaches one to energize one’s physical life through the glands and organs, nerves, respiration and circulation; and your mental life through breathing and meditation. It creates a bonded relationship between intentions and performance.
In Kundalini yoga classrooms, although there are levels of proficiency, there is often no actual separation between advanced students and beginners. Practitioners do what they can and (without judgment) feel good about that; we are not in a Kundalini class to prove anything. Attending class, one can expect to become calmer, more flexible, energetic, inspired and focused.
Each class consists of warm-ups, stretching, rapid diaphragmatic breathing (known as ‘breath of fire’), long deep diaphragmatic breathing, alternate nostril breathing, movement, asana, mudra (hand positions) and sound. Class ends with a deep relation to the sound of the ancient gong. |