Good Stuff Coming in March: Special Events & Concerts!

Bring on the Spring! Bring on the joy! Take a look at all this good stuff coming to Yoga Phoenix in March:

• Double Gong Special Event with Sangeet & Hari Nam: Tuesday, March 1


• Chakra Balancing Special Event with Adi Singh - 5th and 6th Chakras: Tuesday, March 8


• An Evening of Meditation For Women and with Women with Harpal Kaur Meaghan: Tuesday, March 15


• Free (by donation) Community Meditation: Saturday, March 19


• Full Hour of Chakra Gong Healing with Jaap Kaur: Saturday, March 19


• Food As Medicine Series--Cooking with Dr. Khalsa with Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa: Tuesday, March 22


• Kirtan/Chant Meditations Concert with Sat Kartar Kaur: Saturday, March 26


• Coloring your life with Bliss Special Event with Sevak Singh: Tuesday, March 28

Double Gong Event with S.S. Sangeet Kaur and Hari Nam Singh

Revitalize and strengthen your nervous system by relaxing to the sound of two gongs! Experience the play of Shiva & Shakti energies with the husband & wife teaching team of Sangeet Kaur & Hari Nam Singh. Sangeet will play Jupiter Gong and Hari Nam clears and releases blocks with Symphonic Gong.

Tuesday, March 1st @ 7pm
$15
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Food as Medicine: Cooking with Dr. SiriChand Khalsa

Food as Medicine: Cooking with Dr. SiriChand Khalsa
Macronutrients: Foundations for Vitality
Tuesday, February 22 at 6:00 p.m. (in the kitchen)

Cooking classes feature macronutrients building blocks for the body & are structured for all culinary levels. Taste these fresh seasonal whole food treats and learn more about your body uses food.

Visit her food blog, Luminous Foods to learn more and see a preview for the upcoming classes.
Cost: $20 (includes class and prepared meal)
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Yogic Lifestyle--Celestial Communications, Movement and Mantra

Join Guru Simran Singh for an experience of sound, movement, and joyful expression! The essence of bhakti yoga is mantra; the practice of chanting. When we chant we experience an opening of the heart that translates in feelings of joy, bliss and happiness. We will focus in this class on correct pronunciation and the restoring of the original voice, opening up our voices and our hearts.

Tuesday, February 22
7:00 - 8:30 pm
$15
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White Tantric Yoga : Ram Das' Experience

Local Teacher, Ram Das Kaur, shares about her first White Tantric experience:

Adventurous by nature and captured by the novelty of something new, White Tantric
Yoga attracted my curious side. I had just completed my first month of yoga teacher’s training and been hearing about the upcoming White Tantric Yoga Course from yoga teachers and other community members. Various explanations loomed conversations for weeks prior to the event. A common response was “you won’t be the same person”. I thought to myself “well, that couldn’t hurt” and looked forward to the transformation.

The morning arrived and I wondered who the new person would be to walk out of the room at the end of course. My partner and I settled into our cozy temporary home for the day and looked at one another with anticipation. At that point, I noticed an amazing sense of beautiful lightness and graceful ease in the room that quickly settled me. We reached a 62 minute exercise with the arms up at 60 degrees, a sometimes challenging exercise. With the aid of keeping the eye contact with my encouraging partner and the support of the people diagonal in my line I moved through the exercise and remembered to my breath during the times when I felt like giving up.

In the end, part of me changed indeed. My mind felt light, my worries few and I felt great. The day marked the beginning of years of transformation aided by the clearing effects of the Mahan Tantric and I am forever grateful. Wahe Guru!

Full Hour Chakra Gong Healing

Want to relax? Have some stuff you need to let go of? Full Hour Chakra Gong Healing with Jaap Kaur is coming right up! This special event has been known to create deep, restorative relaxation and better sleep that can last for days. Plus, there's pie afterward!

Saturday, February 19
7:00 - 8:30 pm
$15
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More about this month's event:
Gong to Clear the Chakras, Mind, and the Path to Infinity
February Focus -- Sixth energy body, stronger arc line, connection to inner truth & intuition. Feel protected, covered, self-trust, self-reliance, & self-reverence. Allow the gong to open, clear, and balance all the chakras, aura and radiant energy body. Let stress go, and leave only vast inner space for healing, prosperity and infinity.

Afterwards share healing pies and conversation in a state of higher consciousness with like-minded people.

Bring thick comforting padding for a full hour layout on the floor.

White Tantric Yoga : Guru Ardas' Experience

Local Teacher, Guru Ardas Kaur, shares her experience with White Tantric Yoga:

My first White Tantric experience was at Yoga Phoenix. I was really amazed at how many people could sit in the sadhana room AND everyone was dressed in white clothing! I never knew you could find all that white in February! My partner was really a good partner. She gave me good tips and support. The first exercise was holding your arms in the air, braced against your partners. This was for 62 minutes. I'll never forget that one! Just being around people that participated many times, and listening and sharing was a great experience for me.

Other experiences for me were in New Mexico. When I prepare for Solstice mentally as well as physically, I consider this a complete experience. This includes my driving time over, my arrival and my tent set up. I've got great stories about my tent set up! Being at White Tantric and connecting with other like minded people is awesome. You could be sitting in an area with folks from Tennessee on one side, and folks from Ontario on the other side. Much learning is involved. I also enjoy listening to stories about the old days from folks who started doing tantric 30 to 35 years ago.

For the past few years, I have had the privilege of being a monitor for White Tantric at Yoga Phoenix. Not only am I in service, but I'm still participating as well and still feeling the effects.

Sat Nam, Guru Ardas Kaur

Archer Pose for Strength, Determination, & Focus

Archer Pose is a great posture for building the strength of the body and for increasing personal focus and will. As you hold this position, like a skillful archer, imagine your target on the horizon (a life goal, a dream, or a change you wish to make), set your focus, and aim!

Try this:

• Stand with the legs spread two to three feet apart. Turn the left foot 90 degrees toward the left. Turn the right foot in 45 degrees to the left.
• Bend the left knee to the point that you cannot see the toes. You will feel a stretch in your thighs and hips when in proper position.
• Keeping your torso facing the same direction as you started in, raise your arms as if aiming a bow and arrow.
• Extend the left arm straight out towards the left leg, parallel to the ground. Make the left hand into a fist.
• Pull the right arm back and parallel to the floor, bending at the elbow as if pulling the bowstring back to the shoulder. Bring the right hand into a fist. The right fist will be near your right shoulder and you should feel a stretch across the chest.
• Turn your head to face the left fist and focus the eyes towards the horizon, looking over the left fist.
• Hold for 1- 3 minutes, breathing long & deep. Then repeat on the other side.