“Yoga was made for a person to be healthy, happy, and holy.
Kundalini Yoga was made to be healthy, happy, and holy and aware!
The secret of your soul is awareness”
Yogi Bhajan
What is Kundalini Yoga?
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is considered the most comprehensive of yoga traditions. This technology precisely and consciously
combines breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, body locks, and postures to strengthen the nervous system, to balance the glandular system and the subtle
system of chakras and meridians within the body. It brings balance to the body, mind, and soul.
It is also known as the Yoga of Awareness as it’s primary objective is to awaken the full potential of human awareness in each individual, It is a dynamic,
powerful tool that s designed to give you an experience of your soul, It is also meant to clear any inner duality, create the power to deeply listen,
cultivate inner stillness, and prosper and deliver excellence in all that we do.
For thousands of years, this sacred science and technology was veiled in secrecy, passed along verbally from master to chosen disciple. It is only in 1969
that Yogi Bhajan started teaching it openly.
Kundalini Yoga is a householder path as opposed to a renunciate's path of celibacy and removal from society, which was the usual path of a yogi. It is
designed for people who have to cope with the daily challenges and stresses of holding jobs, raising families, and managing businesses. It is a path for
everyone who wants the skills to cope successfully with the challenges of our times.
Kundalini Yoga is not a religion. When we apply the technology of Kundalini Yoga to our bodies and minds, it has the effect of uplifting the spirit. It is
for everyone. It is universal and nondenominational.
What makes Kundalini Yoga unique (that is, different from other styles/schools of yoga)?
It's efficiency and effectiveness, its power.
Kundalini Yoga is quick.
Kundalini Yoga is the original and most powerful of the twenty-two schools of yoga, all of which are beneficial. The Yoga Sutras (writings) say that what
you can achieve in 12 years of Hatha Yoga, plus 6 years of Raj Yoga, plus 3 years of Mantra Yoga, plus 1 year of Laya Yoga can be accomplished in a single
year of perfectly practiced Kundalini Yoga.
What is the difference between Kundalini and Hatha Yoga?
Hatha Yoga is the physical branch of the yoga tradition. Practitioners leave class with a deeper connection with their bodies, muscular flexibility,
strength, relaxation, concentration, and overall well-being and health.
Kundalini Yoga facilitates a change physically as well as emotionally and spiritually. Kundalini yoga works on the body, mind and spirit, it is a place of
transformation.
Who founded the school and when?
Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, arrived in the United States in 1969 with a stated purpose: “I have come to create Teachers, not to gather
disciples” The same year he founded 3HO nonprofit – the healthy, Happy Holy Organisation, based on his first principle: “Happiness is a birth right”. In
1971, The Kundalini Reasearch Institute (KRI) was formed and went on to formalize the certification and training of teachers internationally. Through
the Aquarian Teacher Program, Yogi Bhajan has trained thousands of KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga Teachers. In 1994, the International Kundalini Yoga
Teachers association (IKYTA) was created to further spread the teachings, uniting Kundalini Yoga Worldwide.
How would you describe a typical Kundalini Yoga Class?
The typical class is 60-90 minutes: 5-10 minute warm-up, 30-45 minute kriya, 5-15 minute layout, 11-31 minutes of meditation.
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is probably the most formalized style of yoga currently taught throughout the world. In any class, anywhere
in the world, you can expect it to include six major components:
1) Tuning-in with the Adi Mantra
2) Pranayam or warm-up
Pranayam practices range from One Minute Breath, Breath of Fire, alternate nostril breathing, Sitali Pranayam, and suspended breath techniques, to
name a few.
3) Kriya
Kriyas are complete sets of exercises that are performed in the sequences given by the Master, Yogi Bhajan. They can be simple short sequences or
they may involve vigorous, even strenuous exercises, and strong breath techniques such as Breath of Fire
4) Relaxation
5) Meditation
They are multifaceted ranging from the simplest to more elaborate forms. They often involve movement or mantra, and generally have an eye focus
in addition to mudra (hand position) and asana (body posture). Many include mantra and chanting. The use of mantra throughout the practice
is very effective in attaining two particular goals of the practice—expansion of the Self and elevation of the spirit. Mantra also supports those new to
meditation, who find silence and absolutely stillness very challenging.
6) Close
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is considered the most comprehensive of yoga traditions. This technology precisely and consciously
combines breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, body locks, and postures to strengthen the nervous system, to balance the glandular system and the subtle
system of chakras and meridians within the body. It brings balance to the body, mind, and soul.
It is also known as the Yoga of Awareness as it’s primary objective is to awaken the full potential of human awareness in each individual, It is a dynamic,
powerful tool that s designed to give you an experience of your soul, It is also meant to clear any inner duality, create the power to deeply listen,
cultivate inner stillness, and prosper and deliver excellence in all that we do.
For thousands of years, this sacred science and technology was veiled in secrecy, passed along verbally from master to chosen disciple. It is only in 1969
that Yogi Bhajan started teaching it openly.
Kundalini Yoga is a householder path as opposed to a renunciate's path of celibacy and removal from society, which was the usual path of a yogi. It is
designed for people who have to cope with the daily challenges and stresses of holding jobs, raising families, and managing businesses. It is a path for
everyone who wants the skills to cope successfully with the challenges of our times.
Kundalini Yoga is not a religion. When we apply the technology of Kundalini Yoga to our bodies and minds, it has the effect of uplifting the spirit. It is
for everyone. It is universal and nondenominational.
What makes Kundalini Yoga unique (that is, different from other styles/schools of yoga)?
It's efficiency and effectiveness, its power.
Kundalini Yoga is quick.
Kundalini Yoga is the original and most powerful of the twenty-two schools of yoga, all of which are beneficial. The Yoga Sutras (writings) say that what
you can achieve in 12 years of Hatha Yoga, plus 6 years of Raj Yoga, plus 3 years of Mantra Yoga, plus 1 year of Laya Yoga can be accomplished in a single
year of perfectly practiced Kundalini Yoga.
What is the difference between Kundalini and Hatha Yoga?
Hatha Yoga is the physical branch of the yoga tradition. Practitioners leave class with a deeper connection with their bodies, muscular flexibility,
strength, relaxation, concentration, and overall well-being and health.
Kundalini Yoga facilitates a change physically as well as emotionally and spiritually. Kundalini yoga works on the body, mind and spirit, it is a place of
transformation.
Who founded the school and when?
Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, arrived in the United States in 1969 with a stated purpose: “I have come to create Teachers, not to gather
disciples” The same year he founded 3HO nonprofit – the healthy, Happy Holy Organisation, based on his first principle: “Happiness is a birth right”. In
1971, The Kundalini Reasearch Institute (KRI) was formed and went on to formalize the certification and training of teachers internationally. Through
the Aquarian Teacher Program, Yogi Bhajan has trained thousands of KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga Teachers. In 1994, the International Kundalini Yoga
Teachers association (IKYTA) was created to further spread the teachings, uniting Kundalini Yoga Worldwide.
How would you describe a typical Kundalini Yoga Class?
The typical class is 60-90 minutes: 5-10 minute warm-up, 30-45 minute kriya, 5-15 minute layout, 11-31 minutes of meditation.
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is probably the most formalized style of yoga currently taught throughout the world. In any class, anywhere
in the world, you can expect it to include six major components:
1) Tuning-in with the Adi Mantra
2) Pranayam or warm-up
Pranayam practices range from One Minute Breath, Breath of Fire, alternate nostril breathing, Sitali Pranayam, and suspended breath techniques, to
name a few.
3) Kriya
Kriyas are complete sets of exercises that are performed in the sequences given by the Master, Yogi Bhajan. They can be simple short sequences or
they may involve vigorous, even strenuous exercises, and strong breath techniques such as Breath of Fire
4) Relaxation
5) Meditation
They are multifaceted ranging from the simplest to more elaborate forms. They often involve movement or mantra, and generally have an eye focus
in addition to mudra (hand position) and asana (body posture). Many include mantra and chanting. The use of mantra throughout the practice
is very effective in attaining two particular goals of the practice—expansion of the Self and elevation of the spirit. Mantra also supports those new to
meditation, who find silence and absolutely stillness very challenging.
6) Close