FREE Class at Bozeman Public Library

Sat Nam friends!

I’m honored to fill in as a substitute instructor for the Bozeman Public Library’s FREE Yoga Class on Tuesdays.  I’ll be there for the months of May, June, and July 2012.  Come and check it out!  Although primarily a Mommy & Me Yoga Class, all are welcome.  It’s a short class, just 45 minutes long.  Hope to see you there!

Transformation Workshop

The Kundalini Yoga Collective of Bozeman is looking forward to putting on another workshop!   We had so much fun and such a great turnout for our recent Immersion Weekend that we decided to do it again!  This time, we’ll practice kriyas (yoga sets) and meditations for transformation so you can live the life you want to live fully and wholly from your heart center while re-aligning with your Destiny.  Our “Transformation” workshop will be held on Saturday, May 5, from 1 pm-7:30 pm at Montana Lotus Yoga.

Pink Full Moon

Sat Nam!  I hope you can join Rajdev and I for this special meditation on Friday evening!  According to the Farmer’s Almanac the name “Pink Moon” came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.  On this “pink” full moon we meditate, set our intentions, and re-align our worldview to a more heart-centered space.

Feeling Good Today~ A Kids Yoga Music Review

As a parent of two children I’m always happy to find an album of music that is not only fun for the kids, but enjoyable for the adults as well with an uplifting message.  Snatam Kaur’s “Feeling Good Today” is a perfect fit for a kids yoga class, jamming out in the car, and playing around or dancing in the house.  Sing-songy enough for the little ones to love, intricate enough for the parents to appreciate, and varied enough to suit a range of moods, this album has become a quick favorite in both my home and the studio.  Snatam weaves her melodic voice of an angel with the Children’s Kundalini Choir for a truly unique sound.  Yogic mantras and yogic philosophy are playfully arranged with a lightness of being while preserving the spiritual integrity of the mantras.  The first track “Feeling Good Today” sets the mood and is a great way to start a day with your child!  My favorite verse: “God inside is lighting up my way, and I can see that light in your eyes too, and I am feeling good today!”  Track 2 “The Sun Shines on Everyone” introduces the concept of spreading peace, life, and love to everyone and praying for everyone, not “making choices” about who we would like to pray for.  The third track “I am Happy” is a mantra Yogi Bhajan gave to the children to use when their parents were fighting or in crisis so they could have an experience of remaining stable and unaffected.  Simple, catchy, and upbeat, it’s an instant favorite!  Track 4 “Gobinday” celebrates the eight aspects of the Infinite.  Things really start to get groovy in track 5 “Make the Love Grow!”  One of my favorites to have mamas dance to in prenatal yoga, this song starts slow and sweet and gets you up and bouncing and swinging your hips all the while grinning as you sing along “This is the way we make the love grow!”  Track 6 is a wonderful song for improving self esteem and honoring one’s self with “I am the Light of the Soul.”  Track 7 “Sa Ta Na Ma” celebrates the cycles of life and makes a classic Kundalini Yoga mantra more accessible for children.  Track 8, “Adi Shakti” creates awareness of and honors the divine Feminine force of the Universe.  And finally, the last track is Snatam’s lovely kids version of “Long Time Sun.”  I love to end my Mommy & Me classes with this one!

Parents with older children will also appreciate “Shanti the Yogi:  Mountain Adventure,” a kids yoga dvd with Snatam Kaur as teacher.  Incorporating storytelling, simple yet elegant imaginative drawings, mantra, movement, yoga and meditation, Snatam leads the children through a beautiful kundalini yoga practice in real time as they use their imagination to follow Shanti on her journey up the mountain.

Kundalini Immersion Weekend in Bozeman!

Sat Nam Bozeman!
The Kundalini Yoga Collective of Bozeman is excited to invite you to our upcoming weekend immersion.  On Saturday, March 24 from 2pm-6pm and Sunday, March 25 from 6am-2pm we’ll be teaching classic Kundalini Yoga Kriyas and Meditations in a workshop-style setting.  Suitable for beginners and seasoned yogis alike, these kriyas (yoga sets) and meditations are not only some of our favorites as teachers and practitioners, they are staples in the Kundalini Yoga practice.  You’ll experience the unique teaching styles of all five of Bozeman’s Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructors while deepening your personal practice over the weekend.  The immersion will be held at Be The Change Yoga (438-2 E. Mendenhall in Bozeman).  Cost is $108 for the weekend or register by March 10 and pay only $82.  For more information or to register, please email satnambozeman@gmail.com.

Saying Goodbye to Community Yoga

Sat Nam, dear ones.

I am saddened to report that Community Yoga is closing it’s doors on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 (see letter below).  Our last Kundalini Yoga Class at Community Yoga will be tomorrow, Monday, January 30.  I am grateful for the experience of teaching there and for the new friends I’ve made (both instructors and students).  I hope you’ll continue to join me for my Friday early evening class at Bozeman Yoga Center.

To All of our Friends and Supporters of Community Yoga,

We are so sad to let you know that next Tuesday, January 31, will be our last day.  It has been an honor and privilege to get to know you and have you in class and in the studio.  We just couldn’t keep our heads above water as a Yoga Co-op.  It’s a beautiful concept of acceptance, equality and diversity of all schools of Yoga that may some day re-emerge on the Bozeman scene.  For now, we will miss all of you.

Autmun Benedetti’s LOVE workshop on February 14th at 4 p.m. WILL BE HELD AT THE STUDIO, however.  We hope you can make it.

If you have questions, please email us.

From all of your teachers, friends and fellow members at CY,

Namaste.

Dancing For Birth™

It is with great joy that I am able to offer yet another movement class to the childbearing women of Bozeman!  After taking an instructor training in August 2011 and completing certification requirements in the Fall, I am pleased to announce that I am ready to begin offering regular Dancing For Birth™ classes at Birth Place.  Please do contact me at (406) 595-2547 if you are interested in joining a class.

Dancing For Birth™ is a fun and uplifting dance workout for prenatal and postpartum women. Weaving together African Dance, Belly Dance, Caribbean Dance, and Latin Dance, Dancing For Birth™ teaches women how to use world dance moves to facilitate more comfortable pregnancies, labors, and births while encouraging optimal fetal positioning. Postpartum women can wear their baby in a wrap or sling and use the same dance moves to stretch, strengthen, and tone their bodies after childbirth while bonding with their babies.  Moves such as “Birth Goddess,” “Dilation Gyration,” and “Rock the Baby” empower mothers with techniques that they can use in labor to help baby navigate his/her way through the pelvis at the time of birth.

Participants report experiencing low levels of discomfort, few or no interventions, brief labors and high levels of satisfaction during their births.  Babies whose mothers take Dancing for Birth™ classes love the motion of dancing and are easily soothed after birth by being held while the mother dances.  Mothers regain their pre-pregnancy shape and tone more quickly when they continue Dancing for Birth™ classes with their baby after the birth.  One of the only classes where pregnant and postpartum moms are together, it serves as a valuable resource for expectant mothers to learn from those who have gone before them.