Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga is one of the most powerful and effective forms of yoga.  It stimulates optimal health and a radiant sense of well being with simple yogic techniques that can be practised by anyone.

Kundalini Yoga helps to balance the energy systems in the entire body, including the brain, the glandular and nervous systems. It is a dynamic system combining breathing, movement, stretching, the use of sound and rhythm, relaxation and meditation.   When the body and mind are at ease, inspiration flows freely and peace of mind is realized.
Until recent years, Kundalini Yoga was the exclusive and secretive domain of yogis in the far-off Himalayas and India.  In 1968, Yogi Bhajan came to the West and began to teach this powerful, health-giving science openly. In 1970, he founded the Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO) to spread and to serve these teachings. Nowadays, through the efforts of Yogi Bhajan and the other teachers of the 3HO Foundation, Kundalini Yoga is practised by tens of thousands of people in 31 countries, making 3HO the largest yoga teaching organization in the world.

In Kundalini Yoga we encourage students to tune in to their bodies and not do more than they're ready for. By the same token, we encourage people to do more than they thought they could


Breathing (Pranayam)
Exercising the breath is a fundamental part of yogic practice. The lungs are our largest organs, but most people only use 30 percent of their lungs. Long, deep breathing helps to build our lung capacity and thus our patience and endurance. Breathing through the nose has a calming effect compared with mouth breathing, which stimulates the secretion of stress-producing chemicals in the body. Breath of fire is a rapid, abdominal breath that releases toxins from the body and expands the capacity of the lungs.

Mantras In both the ancient science of the yoga masters and the theory of quantum physics, vibration is central to all existence. In Mantra Yoga, we create certain sounds that have been shown to have natural, healing attributes. When we chant a mantra, it affects us in three ways. One is through the impact of its meaning. Another is through the subtle effect of its sounds on the nervous system. Thirdly, subtle meridians, at the roof of the mouth are stimulated, which in turn affects the hypothalamus and the pituitary, the master gland of the body, for greater efficiency and higher awareness. Chakras Chakras are our energy centers. They are the openings for life energy to flow into and out of our aura. Their function is to vitalize the physical body and to bring about the development of our self-consciousness. They are associated with our physical, mental and emotional interactions. There are seven major chakras, and the aura is often referred to as the eighth chakra.