Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is a potent and effective system of self-transformation,personal development and mindfulness. Kundaliniyoga is a physical and meditative ancient discipline that combines postures, breath, focus, mantra and meditation. The combination of this ancient technology helps to balance the glandular system, strengthen the nervous system, expand lung capacity and purify the blood. It brings balance to body, mind and soul. This resulting in less stress, better sleep, a kinder, happier, healthier attitude to ourselves and others.
It is a powerful, gentle and dynamic yoga that creates an overall sense of well being and a heightened sense of awareness. When life gets challenging Kundalini Yoga helps you handle the inner pressure and stress bringing you to your own calmness and balance.
To practise Kundalini yoga you don’t need to be supple, strong or young - you become that. You NEED to be YOURSELF and come with the ability and strength you have, just now. Kundalini yoga suits all ages and is practiced from each individual’s own ability.
A Kundalini class:
Kundalini + is a more challenging class.
Yoga for Men is a class with just men and will be focusing on exercises for the back and shoulders, overall suppleness, managing tension & stress, finding balance and improving sleep. A chance to start something you may have not tried before and gain confidence in it. Come as you are! Men and women are attending all classes.
"Kundalini Yoga is simply the uncoiling of yourself to find your potential and your vitality and reach your virtues. There is nothing outside. You are the storehouse of your totality." Yogi Bhajan
Mindful Yoga
Mindful yoga is a calm and therapeutic form of Kundalini yoga. Mindful yoga is conducted gently and each participant does it to their own ability, listening to their body. The postures are held a shorter time and there are more rests during the krya. It can be done on the floor or a chair. Mindful yoga suits you if want a gentler restorative class. This is a suitable class if you have certain ailments, such as with knees, hips, back, neck, shoulders or headaches. It also helps reduce stress and improve sleep. A gentle Mindful Yoga class has the same structure and has all the components as a Kundalini class.
Mindful Yoga:
Many sit on chairs in the regular Mindful Yoga class.
"Work within your limits, and your strength and endurance will steadily grow." Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra is an ancient technique in which you learn to relax consciously by being lead in a specific guided meditation. Through the systematic practice of Yoga Nidra, threefold tensions can be released; Muscular tension, Emotional tension and Mental tension. The practice of Yoga Nidra is a deeply relaxing experience.
Yoga Nidra has many benefits such as:
The physical benefits of Yoga Nidra:
The mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of Yoga Nidra:
More reading:
www.yogamag.net/archives/1991/fnov91/nidrastr.shtml
In Yoga we find peace within, never without.
Kundalini Yoga is a potent and effective system of self-transformation,personal development and mindfulness. Kundaliniyoga is a physical and meditative ancient discipline that combines postures, breath, focus, mantra and meditation. The combination of this ancient technology helps to balance the glandular system, strengthen the nervous system, expand lung capacity and purify the blood. It brings balance to body, mind and soul. This resulting in less stress, better sleep, a kinder, happier, healthier attitude to ourselves and others.
It is a powerful, gentle and dynamic yoga that creates an overall sense of well being and a heightened sense of awareness. When life gets challenging Kundalini Yoga helps you handle the inner pressure and stress bringing you to your own calmness and balance.
To practise Kundalini yoga you don’t need to be supple, strong or young - you become that. You NEED to be YOURSELF and come with the ability and strength you have, just now. Kundalini yoga suits all ages and is practiced from each individual’s own ability.
A Kundalini class:
- Tune in
- Warm up
- Krya (a specific series of postures, movement and breath for a particular purpose)
- Rest with vibrations of the gong.
- Meditation
- Tune out
Kundalini + is a more challenging class.
Yoga for Men is a class with just men and will be focusing on exercises for the back and shoulders, overall suppleness, managing tension & stress, finding balance and improving sleep. A chance to start something you may have not tried before and gain confidence in it. Come as you are! Men and women are attending all classes.
"Kundalini Yoga is simply the uncoiling of yourself to find your potential and your vitality and reach your virtues. There is nothing outside. You are the storehouse of your totality." Yogi Bhajan
Mindful Yoga
Mindful yoga is a calm and therapeutic form of Kundalini yoga. Mindful yoga is conducted gently and each participant does it to their own ability, listening to their body. The postures are held a shorter time and there are more rests during the krya. It can be done on the floor or a chair. Mindful yoga suits you if want a gentler restorative class. This is a suitable class if you have certain ailments, such as with knees, hips, back, neck, shoulders or headaches. It also helps reduce stress and improve sleep. A gentle Mindful Yoga class has the same structure and has all the components as a Kundalini class.
Mindful Yoga:
- Tune in
- Warm up
- Krya (a specific series of postures, movement and breath for a particular purpose)
- Rest in the vibration of the gong
- Meditation
- Tune out
Many sit on chairs in the regular Mindful Yoga class.
"Work within your limits, and your strength and endurance will steadily grow." Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra is an ancient technique in which you learn to relax consciously by being lead in a specific guided meditation. Through the systematic practice of Yoga Nidra, threefold tensions can be released; Muscular tension, Emotional tension and Mental tension. The practice of Yoga Nidra is a deeply relaxing experience.
- Tune in
- First short yoga sequence suitable for all
- Guided Meditation of Yoga Nidra
- Sound vibrations
- Meditation
- Tune out
Yoga Nidra has many benefits such as:
The physical benefits of Yoga Nidra:
- Slows the metabolism and allows deep rejuvenation
- Slows heart and respiration, reducing blood pressure
- Blood flow is increased as relaxed blood vessels dilate
- Relaxation of the entire muscular system helps aches and pains
- Endocrine system begins to recuperate and return to homeostasis
- Sleep is improved tremendously
- Reduces chronic pain and suffering
- All of the above factors greatly facilitate healing
The mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of Yoga Nidra:
- Enhances mental focus and attention span
- Improves absorption and retention of information
- Improves creativity and whole brain functioning
- Encourages rejuvenation and peace of mind
- Helps create new neural pathways for positive lifestyle changes
- Painless release of fear and anxiety
- Engenders feelings of healthy self love and acceptance
- Allows us to live more fully in the present
More reading:
www.yogamag.net/archives/1991/fnov91/nidrastr.shtml
In Yoga we find peace within, never without.
Yoga Art
Yoga Art is a kundalini yoga class with an artistic component that gives an additional experience.
Kundalini is a Sanskrit word that means "coiled up". Kundalini is the latent creative energy in every person, it is the creative potential in you, a seed, waiting to unfold. The complementary practices of yoga and art create a place where both the rational and mystical can work together. A regular pratice of yoga and art allows us to be creative, giving us a degree of objectivity which leads to better judgement which, when combined with forgiveness ,expands the self by speaking the languages of both rational analysis and creative intuition.
You do not need to have any artistic experience but instead allow yourself to tune in to your intuition.
All art materials are provided.
Yoga Art class:
Classes , workshops & prices
“Three mantras you should never say: (1) I don't know. (2) I'm not ready. (3) I can't do it. ” Yogi Bhajan
Breath Walking
Breathwalk has it's foundations in Kundalini yoga and is the science of combining specific patterns of breathing synchronized with your walking steps and enhanced with the art of directed, meditative attention. Breathwalk is simple, natural and effective giving you an immediate path to physical and mental fitness. People who Breathwalk often report that it enhances their efforts in other exercise or meditation endeavors.
Breathwalk gives you exercise, personal growth, meditative experience, stress mastery and a clear mind to feel your spirit more easily.
We meet at an arranged meeting point outside in the beautiful Orkney countryside. The class structure:
The class is 75 -90 mins. We walk on easy walking grounds and walk at a calm pace. Here the Orkney weather will be our greatest challenge, so dress accordingly!
"Keep up and you will be kept up." Yogi Bhajan
Yoga Art is a kundalini yoga class with an artistic component that gives an additional experience.
Kundalini is a Sanskrit word that means "coiled up". Kundalini is the latent creative energy in every person, it is the creative potential in you, a seed, waiting to unfold. The complementary practices of yoga and art create a place where both the rational and mystical can work together. A regular pratice of yoga and art allows us to be creative, giving us a degree of objectivity which leads to better judgement which, when combined with forgiveness ,expands the self by speaking the languages of both rational analysis and creative intuition.
You do not need to have any artistic experience but instead allow yourself to tune in to your intuition.
All art materials are provided.
Yoga Art class:
- Tune in
- Warm up
- Krya (a specific series of postures, movement and breath for a particular purpose)
- Rest in the vibration of the gong
- Meditation
- Tune out
Classes , workshops & prices
“Three mantras you should never say: (1) I don't know. (2) I'm not ready. (3) I can't do it. ” Yogi Bhajan
Breath Walking
Breathwalk has it's foundations in Kundalini yoga and is the science of combining specific patterns of breathing synchronized with your walking steps and enhanced with the art of directed, meditative attention. Breathwalk is simple, natural and effective giving you an immediate path to physical and mental fitness. People who Breathwalk often report that it enhances their efforts in other exercise or meditation endeavors.
Breathwalk gives you exercise, personal growth, meditative experience, stress mastery and a clear mind to feel your spirit more easily.
We meet at an arranged meeting point outside in the beautiful Orkney countryside. The class structure:
- Tune in
- Awakener
- Alignment
- Breathwalking
- Balance
- Inner walk
- Tune out
The class is 75 -90 mins. We walk on easy walking grounds and walk at a calm pace. Here the Orkney weather will be our greatest challenge, so dress accordingly!
"Keep up and you will be kept up." Yogi Bhajan
Meditation class
What is Meditation? Meditation in Kundalini Yoga contains specific, practical tools that carefully and precisely support the mind and guide the body through the use of breath, mantra, mudra, and focus. The range and variety of meditation techniques in the Kundalini Yoga tradition is truly extraordinary. Yogi Bhajan passed on hundreds of meditations tailored to specific applications. There are meditations that reduce stress, work on addictions, increase vitality, and clear chakras, to name a few. While there exist many, many styles and approaches to meditation, what sets this approach to meditation apart is its precision, effectiveness, and practicality. - (3HO)
In these classes we will still follow the structure o f a Kundalini class, but in these there will be a focus on longer meditations of a variety of forms, all within the tradition of Kundalini Yoga.
What is Meditation? Meditation in Kundalini Yoga contains specific, practical tools that carefully and precisely support the mind and guide the body through the use of breath, mantra, mudra, and focus. The range and variety of meditation techniques in the Kundalini Yoga tradition is truly extraordinary. Yogi Bhajan passed on hundreds of meditations tailored to specific applications. There are meditations that reduce stress, work on addictions, increase vitality, and clear chakras, to name a few. While there exist many, many styles and approaches to meditation, what sets this approach to meditation apart is its precision, effectiveness, and practicality. - (3HO)
In these classes we will still follow the structure o f a Kundalini class, but in these there will be a focus on longer meditations of a variety of forms, all within the tradition of Kundalini Yoga.