Heather’s Kundalini Yoga Blog Kundalini yoga, passion, joy, fulfillment - sharing lessons I’ve learned

       I woke up at 3:30am and prepared for my morning practice of Kundalini Yoga and meditation. I felt a need to put in one of my DVD’s of the master himself Yogi Bhajan and listen to a lecture and do a set on elementary fundamental stress. Here is what came to mind.  First, in childhood we learn ways in not to be our true selves. A family member may be controlling or manipulative or just not in tune with how to parent a soul.  At a young age we build up an inner level of stress, because we are not free to be who we truly are as a soul.  Through out the aging process our stress levels build up and we don’t have the tools to deal so we RUN.  Our human nature is to leave when we can’t comprehend our stress. People move to another state, get a divorce, or quit their job.  The running or leaving is a tool learned to escape really the underlying issues at heart. One souls purpose in life..and that is where Kundalini Yoga practice can help…we chant Sat Nam-true identity-throughout the class-and we do yoga sets designed from 5,000 years ago to release, renew, and change built up blocks in the personality of a soul.

          It’s about 4:15 am and I start doing the physical exercises and surprised to remember most of them require rhythm. Pounding the floor like a drum, moving the upper body in a dance, moving the shoulders to release calcium and magnesuim build -up….then it hit me.. What have we taken out of our children’s lives-especially in public schools…music, dance, exercise…and those that do have programs-are they well put together-I don’t know?  I work  with children every day and it seems like we are missing  some form of the equation to a healthy well-balanced child…the stats show differently that our children are very sick with weight and emotional issues and maybe we just need to get them back to the primal movements of music and dance?

            Reflecting on my past I know there were many times I ran away from a person or problem because my stress level was too high and I didn’t have the tools or inner awareness to know running only makes it worse. Until you address your elementary stress it is not going anywhere.  Tune in for more…if you like this site …share..the more we come together..the better this society will be…Sat Nam!