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 ~ 
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- 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
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Tantric Meditation
Yogi Bhajan referred to this meditation as a Tantric Meditation. Pumping the navel point will allow you to move blocked emotional energy. We suggest 11 minutes for beginners and expand to 31 minutes.
To Begin: Sit in easy pose with your hands in Gyan Mudra (thumb and index finger meet at tips). Focus your eyes at the third eye point. Chant the word HARI (God) continuously while pulling the navel point each time you chant the word Hari.
Keep Up and You Will Be Kept Up
Yogi Bhajan
Kriya for Health and Vitality
Sodarshan Chakra Kriya
The meditation we’re suggesting today is an advanced one, not for beginners. This meditation works with the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is the master gland controlling the other glands. Mastering this meditation will increase intuition and the pranic powers. Start at 31 minutes a day and expand to 62 minutes.
Straighten the spine and focus the eyes at the tip of the nose. They eyes are 9/10 closed (very important detail). Place the left hand in gyan mudra (thumb and index finger together). The thumb and index finger of the right hand will be used to block the nostrils, one at a time.
Use the right thumb and block the right nostril. Slowly inhale through the left nostril. As you inhale you will repeat a mantra while pumping the navel point. Mentally repeat WHA HE GURU (Wha Hey Guroo) 16 times while pumping the navel on every sylable (total of 48 pumps per cycle.
Unblock the right nostril, block the left nostril and slowly exhale through the right nostril.
Repeat for 31 to 62 minutes. When finished, inhaled and hold for five to ten seconds.
The video below is from one of Yogi Bhajan’s classes. We were fortunate to be at this class when it was taught. In this variation, Sodarshan Chakra Kriya, Yogi Bhajan begins with the left nostril. He gives an incredible description of the mantra, ‘Wha He Guru’.
He says that Wha is a water sound. He -is the word for God and is a fire sound. Guru, is the sound of light. It shatters the limitlessness of human thought. Alchemically, we are mixing water, fire and light in this process, which he says creates Ether.
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Meditation & Mantra
Enjoy this video lecture by Yogi Bhajan. He talks about locking the optical nerve to achieve a focused mind. One can lock the eyes between the brow, at the tip of the nose or at the chin.
Aligning the Soul, body and mind through this method allows the subconscious mind to release negative thoughts. Mantra (sacred prayers) permeates and transforms negative thoughts.
Clearing your subconscious daily will allow your intuition to guide your intelligence. It will also eliminate your need to dream at night!
There are two ways to live life. You can magnetize yourself, all will come to you and the Universal Mind will serve you. Or, you can chase everything.
When our ego blocks our identity and our essence, there is not enough money and not enough time. A regular meditation practice allows us to cleanse our reactive mind and live in peace and clarity.
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