I taught a friend of mine a kundalini yoga set today. He wanted to see if yoga could help open up his chakras. So I read his energy before doing the set – his chakras were very shut down on the back. After the yoga and meditation, I did a second reading. The chakras had [...]
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After spending some time with the Gaiam Yoga Club, here are a few second thoughts on it. I was impressed with it when I first tried out the program, and I still think it is a good way to learn yoga. The club is definitely something you’ll need to commit time and attention to if [...]
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OK, it’s really not fair of me to target “gym yoga teachers” because I am one of those gym yoga teachers (currently subbing at a chain I will not mention so they won’t get on my case about publicizing their company on my blog). Gym yoga isn’t always bad – it depends on the teacher, [...]
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I recently saw an ad on Craigslist for free meditation classes. They did not include a link to their website, but I gleaned from the email address provided that the organization was Brahma Kumaris, an organization that describes itself as a “spiritual university” teaching Raja Yoga. (Raja Yoga, i.e., “royal yoga,” is the yoga of [...]
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