![]() He saw that this practice was exactly what people needed at this time on the planet. Until 50 years ago this kind of yoga had never been taught publicly as it was considered to be ‘too powerful’. Yogi Bhajan, the Master who brought Kundalini Yoga to the West in the 1960s, predicted the rise of technology and technology related illnesses from overstimulation of information and so on and he decided to bring these otherwise hidden teachings into the light of day. Because the world is constantly changing at a much faster pace, it’s only natural that our spiritual practice follows suit. I’m sure we can all agree that things that can seem normal today were not considered that way or even likely to happen only two or three years ago. Why you think Kundalini Yoga is growing so fast? We opened our doors at the current location in 2017. Before leaving, she proclaimed the idea of RA MA Mallorca and so it came to be. Guru Jagat, founder of the RA MA Institute in Venice, California, had been invited to teach a workshop on the island. Incidentally, Kundalini Yoga teachers all take spiritual names. I interviewed Nam Satya Kaur of the RA MA Institute about how it arrived in Palma and what Kundalini Yoga has to offer. ![]() For me, no other yoga is as powerful an agent of transformation and inspiration, especially when it comes to creativity. ![]() It was the first kind of yoga I practiced and I feel incredibly fortunate to have found it. These elements combine to make Kundalini Yoga feel especially intense. This is because Yogi Bhajan, who brought Kundalini Yoga to the West, taught that tying hair on top of the head and covering it enables yogis to harness energy, clear the mind and focus. Women, and sometimes men, cover their hair. Kundalini Yoga devotees usually wear all white when they practice, although you don’t have to. ![]() There are often pauses between kriyas to enable yogis to experience the benefits. They work by generating and organising energy to direct a yogi to a state of great awareness. Kriyas are used to do things like strengthen the nervous system, balance the glandular system, purify the body and calm the mind. In Kundalini Yoga, you practice a series of kriyas or combinations of posture, breathing and sound, a mantra, that have a specific purpose. Kundalini Yoga is very different from the postural yoga most of us are familiar with – Vinyasa Flow or Ashtanga, for instance. So it’s wonderful but perhaps not surprising that we have our own excellent Kundalini Yoga studio, the RA MA Institute in Santa Catalina, Palma. As I observed in my last yoga-related post, Mallorca is rapidly becoming yoga island. Kundalini Yoga is the fastest growing form of yoga on the planet right now. ![]()
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