Kundalini Yoga-The Flow of Eternal Power-A Simple Guide to the Yoga of Awareness

'The kundalini experience does not mean yu have gone into a deep brathless trance and are beyond this world...It integrates you more fully with reality and gives you a broader vision and sensitivity so that yu can act more efficeintly.'-Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D.

This is the definitive guide to kundalini

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yoga-taught for thousands of years, and revealed to the West in recent decades by the master Yogi Bhajan. This 'sacred science' is surprisingly simple to learn and, practiced regularly, it can strengthen the nervous system, balance the glandular system, and harness the energy not only of our bodies, but of our minds and emotions. Fully illustrated with photographs, this gentle introduction to kundalini yoga covers:

Poses and positions ranging from beginners to more advanced levels
Diet and lifestyle
Breathing and stretching techniques
Chanting and meditation exercises
General guidelines that help us gain the greatest benefit from yogic practice

Kundalini yoga can help you handle stress, improve your health, overcome depression, feel more energetic, enjoy your life, and love yourself more deeply than ever before. With this guide , you can begin to bring yoga into your dailylife today-and discover a new way to meet your physical, psychological, and spiritual challenges.

Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa was the first woman to study with Yogi Bhajan in the United States. He is the leader of the Sikh religion in the West and the founder of 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization), which has 300 kundalini yoga center around the world. Shakti has been teaching kundalini yoga for nearly 30 years, and was ordained as a minister of the Sikh Dharma in 1974.

Contents

Section One Things to know (and a few things to try)
You are here-how to read this book
Chapter 1 What's it all about
Chapter 2 One goal
Chapter 3 Tuning in
Chapter 4 Breath of life
Chapter 5 Mantra: 'Magic words'
Chapter 6 Conquer the mind, you conquer the world
Chapter 7 Mysterious kundalini: 'Where there's mastery, ther's no mystery'
Chapter 8 Chakras-Energy centers, where are you at?
Chapter 9 Stress, stamina, and nerves of steel
Chapter 10 Healing
Chapter 11 Let's talk about food
Chapter 12 Creatures of habit
Chapter 13 Drugs
Chapter 14 Sleep
Chapter 15 How to get up in the morning
Chapter 16 Sadhana: Your spiritual bank acount
Chapter 17 Woman is spelled 'Double-you-O-man
Chapter 18 Four teachers-things your mother never told you
Chapter 19 My spiritual teacher, Yogi Bhajan
Chapter 20 Communication-The snake that poisons everybody
Chapter 21 Happiness
Chapter 22 Life is a movie
Chapter 23 Other paths of yoga
Chapter 24 Tantric yoga
Chapter 25 The ten bodies
Chapter 26 Going home
Section Two Things to do
General guidelines for th epractice of kundalini yoga
1 Manta and Meditation
Key to pronunciation
How to chant
Invoking the flow of eternal power: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
the seed sound: Sat Nam
Raise the kundalini: Chakra meditation
Meditation for change: Sa-ta-na-ma
Ckhange of habit: Breath meditation
Mantra of protection
Mediatation for positive communication
Meditation for effective communicatioin
My favorite mantra: 'Long Ek Ong Kar's'
Meditaton to clear the past, present & future
'May the force be with you': Pavan guru
Shout it in the shower: Ang Sang Wahe Gkurku!
'The persian wheel' meditation
Sadhana mantras for the Aquarian age
2 Kriyas and pranayam (Exercises & breathing)
Energy up! Mul Bandh and Sat Kriya
Sharpen your mind: Basic breath series
Loosen-up, tune-up: Kriya for elevation
Easy set
Balance your glands: Angles
Stretch in the morning
Breathe and move in the morning
Sweat and laugh...(anytime)
Digestion and elimination
How to give a foot massage
Things to do at bedtime
Three stress meditations
3 Take care of yourself as a woman
The maginficent seven
A conscious act
Disease prevention for women
The power of foods
Yogic tidbits for women: Foods, health
GGM: Gace of God Meditation
4 Recipes
Yogi tea-The original
Goden milk
Ginger tea
Kitcheree
Potent potatoes
Spicy beet-sweet potato casserole
Saffron rice
Ghee
Sources and resources
Glossary
Index
Poems by the author-Prana; You are what you eat; Sleepy time song; Sadhana; Choose your words; Past lives; The choice; The Persian wheel (Gatga)

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