Tag: meditation

A Top Down Class

 

 

How do you master this yoga? You treat it with immense respect. You tell your sub conscious what you want to do. You start conditioning it before you even get here. You try not to think for this whole class. And if you do all the postures and everything with respect, the understanding of this invokes the whole vibration to the beginning of this practice, and brings it to you now. In that space you build the fire that creates the kundalini. .

Members - The Determination to Achieve Your Souls Destiny

 

 

Can you remember that you are Infinity? That’s the mindset that enables you to commit to your Divine Purpose so powerfully that you are ready to give your life for it – that is the mindset that allows untold Divine blessings to pour forth through you. .

Integral Hatha with Pranayam with Amelia K. Chapman

 

 

The class focuses on intention. We will focus on the power of intention in movement and integrity within the asana and the self. We will begin with the breath and incorporate movement as meditation. We will then move into some accessible, but powerful asana and guided visualization, followed by music-assisted relaxation and gong meditation.

The style of the class is Integral Hatha with pranayam, meditation, low impact vinyasa flow focused on strength, integrity and intention. Sukh called it Kundalini/Hatha fusion

Teachers Bio: "I would come back to the asana in times of stress, whenever I needed to still my mind, or I was hoping to foster change. I really began to deepen my practice during my Music Therapy Internship- I found that asana helped to melt away the business of the day and still my whirring mind. The ability to be present to whatever was happening within body and breath became a space of sanctuary; an ongoing reminder to slow down, breathe deeply, and continue on. As I continued to journey, my practice evolved from an experience to an integral part of my day to day.

Amelia is a graduate of Seaside Yoga Sanctuary's Integral Awakening Teacher Training program, earning her Certificate in 2013. Amelia explored meditation, guided relaxation and breath work as part of her Bachelors from Duquesne Univeristy. She has also attended a 10 day Vipassana Meditation course in 2012, and has deepened her yoga studies with Gabriel Benjamin, Melina Mezza, and Christina Sell, Sukhmandir Sing Khalsa, Justin Bench, and many others.

Amelia approaches teaching Asana with a strong sense of alignment and anatomy; she offers modifications, tips and adjustments with sensitivity to the student\'s individual strengths and areas of growth. Amelia\'s background in Music Therapy and work in clinical settings comes through in a hands-on, person-centered approach. In addition to work in the community, Amelia has taught yoga in clinical settings, including forensic and hospital. Her classes often feature breath work, meditation, guided relaxation, chant and mantra work, live music and a creative approach to asana. Amelia currently teaches with Seaside Yoga Sanctuary, offering Hatha yoga, Restorative yoga, Partner Yoga, and a closed, 6 week Beginner Series.

Amelia studied Music Therapy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2008 with a BS in Music Therapy and a minor in Psycholgoy, then went on to complete a six month internship at Saint Elizabeths hospital in Washington, DC. Amelia obtained the MT-BC credential in 2010, and has been continuing her education and professional development as a Music Therapist, ever since. Amelia co-facilitates a monthly community drum circle with Cathy Rivera, MS, MM, MT-BC in Seaside, CA at Seaside Yoga Sanctuary.

"As a Music Therapist, I work closely with individuals and their treatment teams to develop music-based interventions that align with the goals, desired outcomes, musical preferences, background, and experience of each person. I especially enjoy encouraging clients to explore expression through creation- whether it is through song writing, composition, improvisation, learning an instrument or musical play. Always, we focus on the process of music making- the lessons learned, benefits gained, conversations along the way and personal growth that come are part of that process."

Members - Preliminaries of Kundalini

 

 

You have to control your mind, you have to control your thoughts and we do that with imagination. We use our minds to imagine hallow legs, sphere surrounding our body, etc., and this eventually becomes reality, if you focus on it. From Mark 11:23 “Truly I say to you who ever says to this mountain, be taken up and cast to the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes what he is saying is going to happen, it shall be granted. Therefore I say to you all things that you pray and ask believe that you have received them and they shall be granted you.” This yoga is very much like that, it is an affirmative. You have to believe that what you are doing is actually happening. .

The Determination to Achieve Your Souls Destiny

 

 

Can you remember that you are Infinity? That’s the mindset that enables you to commit to your Divine Purpose so powerfully that you are ready to give your life for it – that is the mindset that allows untold Divine blessings to pour forth through you. .

Preliminaries of Kundalini

 

 

You have to control your mind, you have to control your thoughts and we do that with imagination. We use our minds to imagine hallow legs, sphere surrounding our body, etc., and this eventually becomes reality, if you focus on it. From Mark 11:23 “Truly I say to you who ever says to this mountain, be taken up and cast to the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes what he is saying is going to happen, it shall be granted. Therefore I say to you all things that you pray and ask believe that you have received them and they shall be granted you.” This yoga is very much like that, it is an affirmative. You have to believe that what you are doing is actually happening. .

Member - A Summer Solstice Class

 

 

It all comes back to remembering who you are and taking that chance to realize that you are infinite, that you have the energy of all creation within this human form. Taking that chance that this is really true and expanding your consciousness, expanding your ego sense to be able to understand it, to live in it, and to rejoice in it. Otherwise you stay in the dream, this little dream of your own ego.

The Grace to make your Soul’s Journey with Nihal Kaur

 

 

“Grace is the strength of Character to be you, and never let yourself down, or anyone else down.“ - Yogi Bhajan

Guru Ram Das. Guru Guru Waheguru. Sat siri. Sat Nam. We're about to rock a class on grace, grace as it pertains to our identities. Lift the sternum into the thumbs, elongate the head. Take a few deep breaths.

Let's synch our breaths together, squeeze out all the air, inhale inhale inhale, hold the breath, exhale. Ong Namo Gurudev Namo. Inhale deeply, connect with the sweet breath, connect with your soul right now, the base frequency beneath all experience. Connect with the soul's destiny, the bright light, all you we're meant to be.

Feel yourself being fully capable to be everything you are here to do, everything you are here to be. Breathe long and deep. Bring the legs together and stretch them into infinity. The neck comes into alignment. Keep the pelvis tilted up so the pelvis stays on the floor and keeps your back safe.

Blossom with each breath. What's perfect about the block? What is the opportunity to learn? How can I grow right now? This is grace. This is what blossoms us into learning what we have been resisting. Keep blossoming. In every moment whether we think there's something wrong or not, we have the opportunity to remember that we are divine, and that we belong to the divine.

In my myself I am yours. Even when life throws us a curveball, we can say "That's weird, but divine, I belong to you." Feel your gorgeous center. Resplendent.

Inhaling forward, exhaling back, inhaling Sat, exhaling Nam. It's the power of the rhythm with the breath, with the Mantra, that makes Kundalini Yoga so effective. The rhythm, with breath, with mantra. The three together catalyze your energy, catalyze you at a cellular level, in a way that you can experience your greatness in a way that you've never seen before. Catalyze your greatness and stick to it.

Your neck is the sacred bridge between your heart and your body. Show your love here, your conscious breath, your conscious motion. When you come into being with the truth of all things, you realize that it is always the choice to be a victim or a winner. It is how we tell the stories of our lives that creates new desires in ourselves to be liberated. Allow the self to be liberated and spoken.

This is called "Developing the power to win". This is a strong and fluid motion. Feel your body gaining strength. Do it as you listen to the mantra - "I am thine in my myself". Let your rhythm sync up to the rhythm of the music. Go within, and contemplate the very possibility that you belong to the divine. I am think in mine myself, Waheguru."

Members - Agitate the Energy Build It Up then Capture It

 

 

Pranayama is to warm up and get the nadis open and then to contain the energy so that the energy builds. Kundalini is very simple, it follows basic physics, compression creates heat, and you hold the compression, and more heat turns into lite. We compress and contain all this energy and from the center it comes out, it fills the nadis and goes out to the auric fields.

A Summer Solstice Class

 

 

It all comes back to remembering who you are and taking that chance to realize that you are infinite, that you have the energy of all creation within this human form. Taking that chance that this is really true and expanding your consciousness, expanding your ego sense to be able to understand it, to live in it, and to rejoice in it. Otherwise you stay in the dream, this little dream of your own ego.