So I decided last week to re-take level one teacher training with my teachers Tej and Harijiwan in Santa Monica. We had our first weekend of the 9 month course last weekend and it was AMAZING. I took alot of notes and want to share some of them here with you.
Alot of what I wrote down were great ideas and ways to express concepts of Kundalini yoga when you are teaching..
*In a posture, the importance of focus is in this order:
1. Mantra ( we are literally made of sound on an atomic level so guiding the energy of the breath with internal or external mantra (literally meaning mind- vibration) is the most powerful tool.
2. Breath ( the quality of the breath is the quality of fuel for the body and brings the power , the prana , to the posture.)
3. Movement / Form ( I found it interesting that this was last in importance. completely opposite focus of a lot of Hatha Yoga I am familiar with.)
* More Breath- More Prana - More Flexibility ( Have the students increase the power and focus on the breath often)
* If one person's Kundalini rises in the group, everyones aura changes ( It is my understanding that when Yogi Bhajan taught kriyas, he would have the class hold the posture / meditation until the color of the collective aura changed to blue)
*In most forward stretches in Kundalini Yoga, the heart leads and the head follows.
Thats all for now, more soon!
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