Transcript Dieting with Kundalini Yoga

Dieting with
Kundalini
Yoga
Presenter: Jolanta Soltis
Typical Diet
• Exercise routines
• Changing eating pattern
Evaluation from the American
Institute for Cancer Research
“On a practical level, such high-protein,
high-fat,
low-carbohydrate
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recent
evidence
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sense
of
accomplishment
in the dieter,
calcium from the bones.”
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carbohydrates, as well as in selected
vitamins, minerals, and protective
phytochemicals.”
http://www.antiaging-europe.com/cntr_diet.htm
Yoga
• Union of the individual's consciousness with
universal consciousness
Kundalini Yoga
• Kundalini Yoga was introduced by
Yogi Bhajan
• It is an ancient form of yoga
practiced for centuries in India and
the East
• Much of Kundalini Yoga was kept
secret until Yogi Bhajan first came
to America in 1969
• process of directing the breath to
arouse your kundalini energy (the
energy of our soul) to expand your
consciousness and open your
connection to your Source
http://www.3ho.org/
Kundalini yoga includes:
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breath (pranayam),
yoga postures (asanas),
sound,
chanting (mantra),
meditation.
The psychic energy symbolized by the serpent form retained by being wound into a
'closed circuit'.
(Rajasthan, 18th century, ink and color on paper)
CHAKRAS
Seven energy centers of the
spiritual body along the spinal column
of the physical body
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Root (prostate/uterus),
Naval (spleen)
Solar Plexus (liver)
Heart (thymus)
Throat (thyroid)
Brow (pituitary)
Crown (pineal)
Kundalini Diet with
Nirvair Singh Khalsa
• 66 minutes video
• 4 sections
http://www.kundaliniyoga.net/wlt.htm
The first section - Exercise
• 35 minutes
• Will help you to lighten up!
• It is clearing and
releasing
• Only 3 times a week
The second section - Meditation
• Two self-nurturing and healing meditations
– 3 minute breath meditation that will allow
you to remain steady in the program
– 11 minute meditation that will help you
clear past events and reduce fear of
the future
• Every day
The third section - Walking
• Yoga style walking and running techniques
• Every day
• From 11min to 30min
The fourth section - Eating
• Information on a healthy lifestyle
– 6 servings of fruits and vegetables
– 8 glasses of water
Good Luck!