| Current Events... September 2, 2009 | |
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| go | Farewell Akal Dev Kaur: Off to Portland!
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| go | Welcome to Bess Cameron - Hatha
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| go | Healing Power of Triple Gong and Mantra |
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| go | The Business of Yoga Tele-Class - New dates! |
| go | Three (Level 1) Teacher Training Courses with KYL |
| go | Level 2 Vitality and Stress - Registration Closes Sept. 10 |
| go | Yoga Trance Dance |
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| go | Yoga Class Schedule |
| go | Yogi Bhajan Quote |
| go | Moon Watch |
| go | Just For Fun |
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Oneness of Heart |
| Come to KYL during the next eight weeks to experience something we call the ‘Oneness of Heart.’ Yoga and meditation often brings you to a feeling of completeness, of wholeness and of truth. This is the connection to ‘all that is’ that yogis have been speaking about for millennia. It is that feeling of connectedness to something larger than our ‘self’ that can provide a touchstone of peace during our busy day-to-day lives. We hope to see you often during the months of September and October to experience the larger sense of ‘Self’ available through ‘Oneness of Heart.’ | |
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Yes - Classes Open on Saturday and Sunday No - Closed on Monday (Sept. 7) |
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Lucky Portand! |
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Akal Dev Kaur (Sarah Humphrey) is making a major life change this month in her move to Portland, Oregon. To celebrate her new life, late last month Akal Dev along with friends and family gathered for a ‘Good-Pie’ party (... complete with an outrageous number of delicious pies!). Shakta recalled a personal story about Akal Dev handing in her registration to take Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training two years ago. “As she handed me her check and paperwork after class one day, Akal Dev was crying, saying quite emphatically, ‘I need this course. I’m a mess.’ What we came to know was that her compassion was unparalleled and we watched as her confidence grew by leaps and bounds as she progressed through the course.” Akal Dev wasn’t 3/4s of the way through Teacher Training before Shakta heard her say, ‘I can teach forward bends better than that!’ And soon, she was... at KYL! ” We wish Akal Dev all the best as she journeys to her new home in the Pacific Northwest. May beauty, grace, happiness and prosperity continue to light her way. |
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Hatha Yoga on Monday Evenings at 6 pm |
| We are very happy to welcome Bess Cameron (aka Lakshmi) as KYL’s newest Hatha Yoga teacher. Bess has practiced yoga for over 20 years in the Chicagoland area with a number of well-known instructors including Becky Love, Brunette Eason, Rosalia Holt and Susan Witz. She has studied and practiced at the Sivananda Yoga Center, Temple of Kriya Yoga Temple and the Himalayan Institute. Bess is constantly attending workshops to further her understanding of yoga, breath work and meditation. Bess begins teaching at KYL on Monday, September 14, at 6 pm. Please join her for a deep and inspiring classical Hatha Yoga session. Class Schedule | |
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with Shakta Kaur, Sanjam Singh, and Hari Dev Singh Friday, September 11 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm ($15 in advance) |
Join us on Friday night, September 11 (also October 16), for our monthly session of the ‘Healing Power of Gong and Mantra.’ This will be a very special Healing Power of Gong and Mantra on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11/01 attack on America. On this evening of remembrance we heal ourselves, the planet and, at the same time, we will send healing energy, protection and kindness to anyone who continues to react from the pain of this day eight years ago. Each month 40+ beautiful souls gather at KYL to celebrate this once-per-month experience that was recently described as ‘exquisite.’ We begin each ‘Healing Power of Gong and Mantra’ evening with light Kundalini Yoga and then move into deep relaxation with not one, not two, but three Paiste symphonic gongs. (Your mind will have no defense to the gong after 90 seconds!) After the gong we use primal sounds (mantra) to remind us that the entire universe was built on sound, on vibration. We tune into a particular combination of sounds in mantra to tune into and achieve a different level of consciousness.
Come heal yourself and others at KYL’s ‘Healing Power of Gong and Mantra.’
Click here to register.
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"Attack on America" |
| "You must have watched the tragedy, right? So it came true, that it is only one thought which makes an enemy. It is the thought of animosity against the openness of the United States. We do not know how many people have died, but actually the heading on TV that “America Is Under Attack” was correct. This is first time in the world that civilians have been attacked. Every rule has been broken... continue | |
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New Dates
with Shakta Kaur and GuruMeher Singh
"You know how to teach, do you know how to reach, those who
need you?"
Five Wednesdays - 4:30 pm Pacific / 5:30 pm Mountain / 6:30 pm Central / 7:30 pm Eastern September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 2009 IKYTA MEMBERS' RATE - $189 (Regular Rate $199) |
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This is the fourth time that Shakta and GuruMeher have offered their
‘Business of Yoga’ tele-class series. And, now, it is a new and improved
version, expanded from the original four classes to
five classes in order to better integrate all of the material
offered.
In five, 75-minute phone workshops, Shakta
(Chicago) and GuruMeher (Los Angeles) will guide you
to:
• Know your unique identity, your students, and how to reach them. • How to bring yoga to the corporate client. • Immediately expand how much you teach and earn. • Create a personal strategy for your yoga teaching business. • Clear limiting prosperity beliefs. You'll Receive: • Five 75-minute conference calls. • An essential checklist to plan, start, and build your yoga classes. • Ideas worth $1,000's that will help your yoga business. • And you'll leave with your own business plan! Prior students have said this about the course: “This experience was so valuable for me as I am just beginning to teach and all of this information was barely covered in my Teacher Training course. This will help greatly to accelerate the growth towards my vision!” TJ “This is a wonderful, rich, inspiring course with a lot of practical suggestions. It is inspiring me to get going towards my vision of Kundalini Yoga, Ayurveda and Community Building with the very first class I teach!” DG Kaur “Your class was very inspiring and offered many practical tips for jump-starting a yoga business. Thank you very much for a lively, enjoyable presentation!” D Singh “I learned very practical, logical and easy-to-implement ideas for expanding my business. I also gained a better idea of where we are headed as a world community of yogis. Thank you!” P Kaur “This was, simply, grounded direction... affirming what works. Brilliant!” LM
“I learned concrete action steps to help me improve my yoga
business. I gained the confidence to complete those steps in the next 90
days (or less!). It doesn’t get much better than that." V Kaur
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Level 1
Teacher
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Chicago
Tallahassee
PEI Canada
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"Teacher Training is about technology – the technology of
personal change. How to achieve strength, clarity and grace. It is
systematic, comprehensive and complete." - Yogi Bhajan
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We are pleased to announce that KYL is conducting three Level 1 Teacher Training courses beginning this Fall... and we’re going international! If you enjoy weekly classes and want to learn the A’s to Z’s of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan® then one of these Teacher Training courses is sure to be for you! You don’t need to be thinking about ‘teaching’ yoga publicly to take Teacher Training, and this course is perfect for yoga students and teachers of all traditions. Click on these links for more information:
Chicago IL - 10 Weekends over 9 Months (Oct to June)
Tallahassee FL - 9 Weekends over 8 Months (Oct to May)
Prince Edward Island Canada - Two Residential Sessions (New
Dates! -- May and
October of 2010.)
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Join Director of Training, Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. as he returns to the Midwest for the experience that is called ‘Vitality & Stress!’ Registration Closes In One Week - on Thursday, Sept. 10 for ‘Vitality & Stress’ with Gurucharan. Have you made your reservation yet? There are just a few seats available... easy payment plans, too! |
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WHEN: Sept. 18-19-20 and Oct. 9-10-11, 2009
(Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Course begins at 9 am on Friday and ends at
6:00 pm on Sunday. WHERE: The Cenacle Retreat Center, Chicago, Illinois (both shared and private sleeping rooms are available). MEALS: Three vegetarian meals served daily (included in your tuition fee).
Shakta experienced ‘Vitality & Stress’ earlier this summer in Espanola, New
Mexico, with Gurucharan Singh and other senior teachers. She was
especially impressed with the immediate applicability of the course’s
content to both her professional and personal life. In addition to
the course itself, you'll receive:
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276 page ‘Vitality &
Stress’ manual
- 80-page Home Study Guide - Six DVDs of Yogi Bhajan lectures on the topics of ‘Vitality & Stress.’
WHY ATTEND?:
Besides, lecture, kriyas and meditations this course uses a variety of other processes to help identify your stress hot-buttons. You will leave with a tool kit that will help balance and uplift yourself and those around you. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Monthly payment plans are available. Reserve your place now and
prepare for an amazing experience in Chicago this September with
Director of Training Gurucharan Singh Khalsa!
Click Here for more details. Call Hari Dev Singh to arrange an
easy payment plan (312-922-4699).
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Friday - September 25 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm with Maia Bielak |
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Yoga Trance Dance® is a yogic practice which combines yoga and dance to call you back into your body. Starting with prana yogaasanas (breath driven movement) Yoga Trance Dance® establishes a safe and sacred space for your creative energy to flow. Learn to experience the practice of free-form movement while you clear your mind and more naturally relate to your essence, the life force within. The focus is not on your performance. The focus is on cultivating the moment... each moment... this moment... through an exploration of the eternal flow of natural movement. Download Flyer Register Here |
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Raspberry Millet A 'good for you' breakfast treat. recipe |
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CURRENT MOON
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Full Moon - September 4 New Moon - September 18
(Above Dates Adjusted for Central Time Zone)
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Full Moon Waning Moon New Moon |
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Kundalini Classes
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Hatha Classes
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" It’s my prayer that your purity, your piety, your grace can carry you through, so we can enter the Aquarian Era with that sensory system of love, joy, and happiness. It is not far away. The cycles in the heavens are changing, Earth is correspondingly changing and everything you see around you will not be recognizable. This is the year; this is the time. It is now and today. " |
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