admin
3 Kundalini Yoga Tips for Monday Mornings
Here you are, walking into work after a fantastic weekend. Hiked and biked for two days. Cleaned the yard to seasonal perfection. Finally moved all that stuff out and into the garage. Partied out of town with your best friends, overeating and over-shopping. Partied IN town, overeating and over-shopping. In essence, you had so much FUN doing something out of the ordinary, you just can’t quite get to the idea of ‘WORK’ on Monday morning.
Admit it, no matter how good you look, you are in the “Monday Morning Blahs”.
Here are 3 simple yogic things you can do to change your energy around work on Monday morning.
1. Bless and drink at least a pint of water. Then, go to the bathroom and release whatever is in your bladder.
Wash your hands and then switch to cold. Rinse from your fingertips to as high up to your elbows as you can.
Rub the cold water in for a moment. Let it flow on your wrists for a bit longer than you want.
If you can, rinse your face in cold water at least 3 times.
Dry your arms and face and run the wet towel over your neck and throat.
See if you are in the same space you were a few minutes ago.
2. Take 2-4 minutes to re-center:
Sit with your spine straight and hold ‘Bear Grip’ at the heart center. The left hand is in front of the heart, palm out. Right palm faces the heart. Curl the fingers in to grasp each other in a fist. Close your eyes and focus at the third eye point.
Ideally, inhale, pull on the hands and begin Breath of Fire. Pull on the hands and do Breath of Fire for at least 1 minute.
If you can’t do Breath of Fire, just pull and deepen your breath. Continue up to 3 minutes.
Do 3 good inhales and exhales at the end. Continue to pull. Pull hard!
At the end, sit for one more minute, hands comfortable in your lap. Center and slow your breath.
One last deep inhale. Stretch up as high as you can and hold.
As you exhale, shake your hands rapidly, moving them back down to your lap.
Open your eyes and look at Monday feeling refreshed, with the courage of a Bear.
3. You don’t need a lot of room for this one, but you may need a quiet place, unless your coworkers know you’re a yogi.
Stand up and bend forward, grasping the ankles tight.
Walk!
Walk all over.
If you have little room, walk in place.
Keep changing direction and walk.
This is, “Elephant Walk”. Your blood is totally circulating to the head and back, pumped by your movement.
Continue for 1 – 3 minutes.
Breathe!
Elephant Walk back to your starting place.
When you inhale up, be slow and deliberate. Don’t lose your focus.
Continue to stretch above your head, until your stretching fingers pull you up on your toes. Stretch straight up and inhale and exhale 3 times, in the stretch.
Relax the arms down.
Still standing, shake your arms and legs rapidly. Shake off the negative effects of the weekend!
One last inhale.
Center.
Exhale, and see if you aren’t ready to start the day!
Try one or all 3 of these suggestions to help you break out of those Monday Morning Blahs.
In a few minutes you can be fresh and ready to go.
~ SAT NAM ~ 
Kundalini Yoga at Summer Solstice
- This is a drug and alcohol free environment
- Everything is strictly vegetarian
- Vitamin B15 will help you to oxygenate at altitude, the site in the Jemez Mountains is over 7,000 feet.
- Bring organic skin and bug protection
- Drink at least 80 ounces of water a day
- Bring an attitude of gratitude and you can’t miss!
Man Who’s Beard…
“Man who’s beard reaches his navel can never be insulted.”
- The Siri Singh Sahib
Photo is from the 1977 India Yatra, on the road to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
This gentleman was kind enough to let me take his photograph.
May you be inspired to grow beyond his beard!
Blessings.
~ SAT NAM ~
Stress? Who’s Got Stress?
This comes from the Summer that KWTC and just about everything else going on, were STRESSFUL.
That was the lovely time when the Siri Singh Sahib recommended the simplest thing:
“1 ounce of Rose Water in 6 ounces of Water first thing in the morning.
Takes your stress.
Gives you strength.”
Dang, if it didn’t work! I noticed a difference in 5 days. Do give it a try!
NOTE:
Be very careful of the Rose Water you use. It should only be distilled rose petals, not oil or extract or perfume. On initial search at Amazon, I only found 1 brand that is acceptable. On secondary search, there are many more. Shop carefully, you’re going to be drinking the stuff.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
That Summer, just to amp it up (tone it down?), I put together my own blend for the essential cold wake-up shower. Being hot weather, that cold shower was sometimes BARELY enough to change the space.
Here’s my “formula” for a more stress free wake up. Your mileage may vary.
Get a bottle of good .
Get a bottle of .
Get a small bottle of ; NOT the extract or flavoring.
Get a bottle of . You know those flower remedies. If not, !
Take the cap off the Almond Oil.
Add 4-6 drops, up to a 1/2 tsp (Yikes! You’re STRESSED!) of Peppermint Oil.
Add a half dropper of the Rescue Remedy.
Shake well.
Take the cap off the Peppermint Soap.
Add 4-6 drops of the Peppermint Oil…Seriously, that’s all you need! It IS Peppermint Soap, after all.
Add a half dropper of the Bach Rescue Remedy.
Shake well.
*Go easy on it. You can always add more later, if you don’t feel it is strong enough.*
Head to the shower.
Shake both bottles before using.
Oil up.
Take a COLD shower and scrub with that soap.
Feeling better?
Other than smelling REALLY FRESH, you may feel like the light got turned on inside. Kind of, walking around with a major glow. YES!
Stress? Please post a comment!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Here are the ingredients:
In Memoriam: Jose Arguelles
Jose Arguelles is known for quite a lot of accomplishments in his life. Wikipedia has more information.
He affected us with his announcement of the Harmonic Convergence in the 80′s. We’re still dealing with that one.
In class, the Siri Singh Sahib spoke briefly about the Harmonic Convergence and the Mayans:
They were “extremely accurate” in their work. When their work was finished, they looked at each other and disappeared.
I know he said more. This is what stuck in my head.
Now that the Mayan language has been translated, scientists are stunned at their astronomical accuracy while using “primitive” tools. We awaken slowly.
Jose published a book in 1987, “The Mayan Factor.” It is still a good read, if you don’t understand where all this 2012 “panic” is coming from. Don’t be put off by his correlations with the I Ching. We know a lot more now, than we did then.
It appears many teachers are leaving before the End Time. The ball is in our court! We need to take the Teachings and RUN!
Pardon. We need to take the Teachings and FLY!
Blessings.
~ SAT NAM ~
Translator
Give
 |
