Dharma within the Dharma
by Yogi Bhajan
Subject we are talking about today is called, "Dharma within the Dharma." I'm not going to deny that totally in the world at large there are 22 religions. And my own experience of study is that every religion is better than every other. But to me religion is just nothing but a shopping center & man is just like a customer...
2009 3HO Featured Events
International Peace Prayer Day
June 20
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
Sponsored by Peace Cereal
and 3HO Foundation
Khalsa Youth Camp
June 29 - July 12
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
Khalsa Yourth Camp is founded on the teachings of Yogi Bhajan - to share his vision of "Building Leaders of Tomorrow".
Quote of the Month
Give us strength, encourage us in spirit. Elevate us in radiance so we can be healthy, happy, holy and blessed with the bliss of our life and love so that we can smile, communicate and be as a spirit shining in Thy name to all human beings. Sat Nam.
- Yogi Bhajan -
Community Corner
Have your event featured here and in the Aquarian Times magazine.
2009 Events and Workshops
April 3 – 5
3 Day Kirtan Workshop with Snatam Kaur and her teacher
San Leandro, CA, USA
April 4
White Tantric Yoga®
Chicago, IL, USA
April 6, 13, 20, 27
Power of a Woman
A Teleclass Workshop
Phoenix, AZ, USA
April 9 – 14
KRI Teacher Training Level 2 Module: Mind & Meditation
London, UK
April 11
White Tantric Yoga®
Oakland, CA, USA
April 11
Uplifting afternoon of devotional chanting & singing!
Lewisville, TX, USA
April 11
Become the Breath: a workshop Journey in Conscious Breathing
Phoenix, AZ, USA
April 14 – 19
KRI Teacher Training Level 2 Module: Conscious Communication
Ojo Caliente, NM, USA
April 17 – 19
Rocky Mountain yoga Conference
Beaver Creek, CO, USA
April 18
White Tantric Yoga®
Los Angeles, CA, USA
April 24 – 26
"A gift of New Beginnings" 3 days of Workshops with Krishna Kaur
Birmingham, MI, USA
April 24 – 26
Childplay Yoga Teacher Training - offering children an opportunity to play at yoga
Berlin, Germany
May 2
White Tantric Yoga®
New York, NY, USA
May 9
White Tantric Yoga®
Toronto, Canada
May 13 – 15
Yoga for Youth Teacher Certification
Center for Happiness, MN, USA
May 15 – 18
The Yoga Journal New York City Conference with teachings from Gurmukh Kaur
Asheville, NC, USA
May 16
White Tantric Yoga®
Eugene, OR
May 16 – 18
Radiant Child Yoga Teacher Training
Centerville, MA, USA
May 22 – 24
Sacred Chant Weekend with Snatam Kaur & GuruGanesha
Asheville, NC, USA
May 22 – 24
Yoga for Youth Teacher Certification
Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 23
White Tantric Yoga®
Mexico City, Mexico
May 23
Spirit Rising - Personal Wellness with Ayurveda
Chicago, IL, USA
May 23
Spirit Rising - Natural Healing for Women
Chicago, IL, USA
May 30 – June 6
Join Yoga Yoga on the white sand Caribbean beaches at Maya Tulum!
Maya Tulum, Mexico
June 5 – 12
Ancient Alchemy - Kundalini Yoga Retreat with Siri Datta
La Val Dieu, France
June 5
White Tantric Yoga®
Tel-Aviv, Israel
June 18 – 27
3HO – Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
June 19
3HO – Annual International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association Conference
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
June 20
3HO – International Peace Prayer Day
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
June 28 – July 4
KRI – Teacher Training Level 2 Module: Stress and Vitality
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
June 28 – July 5
3HO – International Women's Camp
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
June 29 – July 12
3HO – Khalsa Youth Camp
Guru Ram Das Puri, Española, NM
Visit the 3HO Events page for more listings.
Recommended Product
The Journey Home
At long last the sequel to Be the Lighthouse is finally available and here's a sneak preview just for you! Follow Akal Sahai Singh through 1000 days of Bound Lotus, several Solstices and numerous twists and turns in this thing we call life. The Journey Home retails for $15.95 USD and wholesale pricing is available. Order The Journey Home
Updates
Online Spiritual Name Request
Your spiritual name defines your destiny and is a sacred technology of claiming your spiritual identity. The practice of receiving a spiritual name, initiated by Yogi Bhajan and continued now by Nirinjan Kaur, is an opportunity for a rebirth in consciousness. To request a spiritual name online, hear how to pronounce them, and/or print out hard copies of the updated Spiritual Name Request Forms in 6 different languages for your Kundalini Yoga students and friends, go to: SpiritualNames.3HO.org
“When you call a person by the destiny name (spiritual name), you pray for that person, and that person is blessed by your prayer each time. Destiny name is the first step to connect you to your destiny.”
~Yogi Bhajan
Aquarian Times magazine
Help keep Aquarian Times Magazine in print by donating today. Your tax deductible donation of $11, $26, $54, $108 or more is greatly appreciated. Please make checks payable to 3HO Foundation and mail to 6 Narayan Ct, Española, NM 87532 or contact Ajeetpal Kaur for more information at (505) 629.1703. Thank you.
Look for the next issue of Aquarian Times in early May themed as Embracing the Aquarian Age. Contents include: 'A Time for Truth in Person and in Business', 'The Soul Sings it Way Home,' 'Cats-Eye: The Gem of Transcendence,' excerpts from the 'Quantum Technology of the Shabd Guru,' excerpts from three great lectures about the Aquarian Age by Yogi Bhajan, a 5-page Kundalini Yoga set, the Numerology forecast for Summer 2009, and the 3HO IKYTA Teachers Directory.
The August issue is in production and the topic is Inner Guidance: How do you find your touchstone? How do you know the difference between the voice of your ego and your soul? What do you do when you don't know what to do? What is your experience?
Receive multiple copies of Aquarian Times to share with your students, friends, and family. The only cost to you is for shipping and handling; please visit the Aquarian Times website for more details or contact Prabhu Prakash at YogaInfo@3HO.org or (888) 346.2420
Sikh Dharma International
Immerse yourself in the splendor of the Shabad Guru; a Japji Sahib Course, a Gurbani Kirtan Course and a Bliss Yatra to India.
July 2009
Japji Sahib Course
with Ek Ong Kaar Kaur
July 5 – 7, Española, NM
Experience the message and method of Guru Nanak's Japji Sahib.
Gurbani Kirtan Course
with Snatam Kaur
July 7 – 14, Española, NM
Awaken the inner voice through ancient singing techniques.
November 2009
Bliss Yatra
By Sikh Dharma International November 9 – 20, India
Journey to India's holy cities to meditate at the holy shrines.
For registration and course details, please visit Sikh Dharma or contact Sat Jiwan Kaur (505)629.4721.
Kundalini Research Institute
The Kundalini Research Institute and The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings IS introducing a new daily quote service from The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan. These quotes are taken directly from the women’s teachings, to serve and uplift you in your daily life. We hope it inspires you to be—or to serve—a graceful, noble, invincible woman!
Click here to subscribe now!
Yogis List
Prosperity is a click away! Sell your products and services on Yogis List or find something you are looking for.
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Global Happenings
Mama Meditert
Kundalini Yoga for Mothers to be by Jasmin Myers featured in the February issue of Yoga Aktuell (Germany).
Sat Nam Rasayan®
Article featured in the in the February issue of Yoga Aktuell (Germany).
Free Class with Gurmukh
Recorded at her home studio in Hollywood, Golden Bridge. Please enjoy this invigorating free class with Gurmukh Khalsa.
The Strange Alchemy of
White Tantric Yoga®
by Tommy Rosen
A personal account of Summer Solstice and White Tantric Yoga® featured in L.A. Yoga Magazine.
Kundalini Yoga Resources
Kundalini Yoga in the Loop
Chicago, IL, USA
3HO Kundalini Yoga
Spirit Rising Yoga
Chicago, IL, USA
3HO Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga Peru
Yogi Bhajan's Teachings
Global Community – Personal Blogs
Yogagems
Yogi Bhajan's Teachings
Global Community – Personal Blogs
Sikh Karas
Custom designed and engraved
Marketplace
Ongnamo Versand (Germany)
Kundalini Yoga CD, DVD, Books
Marketplace
Share your stories with the Global Community. Please submit your news, articles and blogs to Liv Kaur.
Organizations founded
by Yogi Bhajan
3HO Foundation
Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization
3HO IKYTA
International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association
Aquarian Times magazine
Serving the Aquarian Age
KRI
Kundalini Research Institute
White Tantric Yoga®
A one–day meditation workshop
LYF Foundation
A legacy of service through the preservation of Heritage Properties
Prosperity Technology
Getting started on your path to prosperity
Breathwalk®
Breathing, walking and meditation into specific exercise patterns that create vitality
Miri Piri Academy
A unique Aquarian school founded by Yogi Bhajan
Khalsa Youth Camp
Healthy, happy, and holy outdoor camp environment
Sikh Dharma International
Creating a spiritual way of life
SikhNet
Connecting Sikhs worldwide
Hacienda de Guru Ram Das
The 3HO Mother Ashram in Española, NM
More Resources
Welcome to the world of 3HO
April 2009: Healthy, Happy, HOLY
Featured Community
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
By Devinder Kaur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
On October 6, 2008, the PranaShanti Yoga Centre opened its doors. On the day that marks the anniversary of Yogi Bhajan's passing, we also celebrated the opening of a space for healing and community. The goal was and is simple, “to provide an oasis in the city – a home that heals your body, calms the mind and strengthens the spirit.”
The concept of PranaShanti started many years ago as a newsletter that I created for my yoga students. I chose the name PranaShanti, with Prana meaning “breath” or “life force” and Shanti meaning “peace.” My idea was to help spread some of the yogic tips and techniques that I thought were helpful and uplifting. I included tips on meditation, yoga, lifestyle and foods. Because people are often happy when eating, the recipe section was a huge hit. This may also have been because of the cookie recipes that my mom provided.
Over time I started to use more sophisticated software and created a more professional-looking newsletter. I continued to offer it to students in a printed format, but soon, with the increased demand for the newsletter and the cost of printing, I switched to an email format, which is also more environmentally friendly.
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Message from the 3HO Chief Executive Officer
Sat Nam,
Greetings to you on this first day of April 2009. I hope that this email finds you Healthy, Happy and ready to read about the Holy of 3HO within this month’s eNewsletter. There is much information to explore and to be inspired by, and we thank you – the 3HO Global Community – for your ongoing contribution to the 3HO eNewsletter that keeps us connected worldwide and learning from each other’s stories, experiences and wisdom.
I would like to share with you some of the exciting changes that 3HO will be bringing to you in 2009 and beyond. Based upon your requests (you asked and we heard you), here are some of the exciting things in store for the 3HO Global Community:
- A Global Community of Living Yoga. A new dynamic website to connect the 3HO Global Community and serve as a global resource for all your 3HO and Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yoga Bhajan® related interests.
- Advertising Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yoga Bhajan® in Yoga Journal. Within the last quarter of 2009 and extending through 2010, we will be launching a monthly advertising campaign in the extremely popular US magazine, Yoga Journal.
- Yoga Center Partnership Program. A global network for Kundalini Yoga centers to connect with each other and receive valuable resources and services from 3HO Foundation International.
- Partnership Programs. For individuals, organizations and businesses, the use of the 3HO service mark that identifies the user as being a part of the Global Community and an international organization.
- United Nations. 3HO has long been a Non Governmental Organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. We are now researching and developing opportunities for the 3HO Global Community to connect to and participate in the work of the United Nations.
- Aquarian Times Magazine. This is now a publication of 3HO Foundation International and created in collaboration with the 3HO Global Community.
- IKYTA Teacher Training Associate Membership. A new IKYTA Membership category for Teachers in Level 1 Teacher Training. Begin to receive valuable discounts while you are in a teacher training program, including additional discounts to the Solstice Sadhana Celebrations and International Women’s Camp.
- World Market. A fundraising program that promotes your products or services to the 3HO Global Community, which supports a yogic lifestyle, and in return, gives you the opportunity to donate a percentage of the sales that are generated from 3HO promotions.
We hope that in these new programs and innovations you will recognize 3HO Foundation International’s commitment to working in partnership with the 3HO Global Community. This commitment is grounded in our tradition and is the heart of everything we do and how we do it. We pride ourselves on being partners with and serving EVERYONE.
We encourage you to take the time to contact us with your questions and input regarding 3HO because the challenges we face today are shared concerns that can best be addressed in community. In this time of need and great change, the interconnected world demands a freshly recast consciousness and a revolution in ways of being, and ©the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan give us that. Together we will accomplish what no single organization or person can solve or do alone.
“The greatest miracle is unity” ~ Yogi Bhajan
In unity,
Bhajan Kaur
3HO Foundation
April 2009: Healthy, Happy, HOLY
Artwork by Ong Kar, Australia
To Be Holy – Ajapa Jap
By Dev Suroop Kaur, NM, USA
To be holy! To revel in our own inner purity, sensing the alignment of our experience of Infinity and projecting that purity and light all around us. Chanting and evoking the meditative experience of sound through mantra is a delightfully direct means of experiencing our holiness – our wholeness – and cultivating a happy and healthy state of being...
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Holy
By Krishna Kaur, Los Angeles, CA, USA
I remember the feel of the tears rolling down my cheeks upon hearing that the organization behind the incredible yoga class I had just taken for the first time was the Healthy Happy Holy Organization, also known as 3HO.
It was late June in 1970 on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder and I had just returned weeks before from my first time in Africa...
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The Global Oneness Project
The Global Oneness Project
Exploring how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world. Since 2006, we've been traveling the globe gathering stories from creative and courageous people who base their lives and work on the understanding that we bear great responsibility for each other and our shared world.
Where is God?
By Dhyan, United States, Canada, and India
He is in the womb of the Earth
that nurtures millions of unseen living beings
He is in the vast sky that showers rain
to quench the thirst of plants, animals and human beings...
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Holy at the Workplace
By Ad Sach Kaur (Ulrike Reiche) and Mahan Kaur (Dagmar Völpel), Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Frankfurt am Main – Frankfurt – im Volksmund auch „Mainhattan” oder “Bankfurt“ genannt. Wenn du in Frankfurt den Main von Süden nach Norden überquerst, ist es, als ob du auf einen anderen Planeten reist. Plötzlich stehst und gehst du zwischen den Bürotürmen der Banken – du legst den Kopf unwillkürlich in den Nacken – genauso, wie wenn du das erste Mal als Tourist in New York bist...
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Share your stories with the Global Community. Please send your news, articles and blogs to Liv Kaur
Eco-3HO
The Green Team
By Joshua Sandstrom, Oregon, United States
The goal of the 2009 Summer Solstice Green Team is to continue our outreach and education toward a more sustainable and ecological yogic lifestyle. Our vision of the Aquarian Age is one where all humans have chosen to live in harmony, not just with each other, but with their environment as well.
We are focusing primarily on reducing the waste created at Solstice and demonstrating simple ways to Green Up our own lives. This is done through showcasing a simple, easy-to-use composting, recycling & waste management system. We’re also using nontoxic cleaning supplies, recycled paper products and biodegradable cups, bowls and utensils throughout the event...
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SEVAlicious!
Team 3HO's March Service Project
Bienvenidos Outreach in Sante Fe is dedicated to serving the homeless and seeks to break the cycle of poverty and suffering by taking comprehensive action. Team 3HO volunteered for a morning by packing food boxes to be given to those in need, clearning out food storage units and refrigerators, and beautifying the grounds.
Service: An Act of Power
By Liv Kaur, New Mexico, United States
“If nothing we do matters, then the only thing that matters is what we do”
~Joss Wheddon
This is one of my favorite quotes and one I live by. In a world where the daily chaos can seem overwhelming, what with the global economy in shambles, wars in many countries, and murder in our schools, it can be easy to feel disillusioned and disempowered. Often we say, “But what can I do? The chaos is too big (or too far away) for me to have any affect.”
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Women's Technology
Be the Woman You were Born to Be...
By Guru Kaur, London, United Kingdom
“I’m going to make a woman out of you.” I was sitting, having a cup of tea with one of the most elegant, charming, caring and strong women I’d ever met, admiring the view from the window of her guest cottage, which nestles in the foothills of the Himalayas, looking way out to the horizon on the plains below. We’d been talking about this and that, getting to know each other a bit. But I certainly wasn’t expecting that from her...
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©(2001)The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
Healing the Body, Mind and Soul
Samadhi - Enlightenment
Yogi Bhajan describes the experience of samadhi, or enlightenment in the following poem from Furman Khalsa-Poems to Live By
THE BELOVED
When I joined myself to Truth
I got drenched with the color that never fades!
The rhythym of my breath
Became the very sound of God' NAme.
And sitting perfectly in chardi kala,
The True Guru took me by the hand.
My burning desires:
My attachment, greed and pride all vanished
My lust and passion, my flaming anger,
Were all destroyed
When the True Guru held my hand.
I perfected the Yoga of Sat Nam
Divine Radiance filled my Destiny.
My Master showed me the invisible Path
And, merged in Light, my Lotus bloomed,
Light flowed everywhere...
Effortlessly!
I became the Beloved when I learned how to love.
Oh People!
I became majestic and God came to live within me.
Beloved.
I became the Beloved.
It just happened.
God did it.
When I joined myself to Truth,
I became filled with Light.
Inside...
Outside...
Light and more Light
Drenched in Light...,
The True Guru held my hand.
chardi kala means a state of kundalini risen
From "The Aquarian Teacher Level One Textbook" by Yogi Bhajan,
published by the Kundalini Research Institute
©(2003)The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
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Sacred Eats
“Warm Me Up” Chili
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A raw chili that will keep you warm and ready for Spring!
- 4 portobello mushrooms, cubed
- ¼ cup leek, minced
- 1 medium carrot, finely chopped
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup chopped red bell pepper
- ½ cup chopped any color bell pepper
- 1¾ cups tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- 1 cup corn
- ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked for a few hours
- 1½ tbs chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 garlic clove
- Jalapeno pepper, to taste (optional)
Serves 6
Toss mushrooms and leek in a little oil, tamari (soy sauce) and lemon or lime juice to soften up. Set aside while assembling the rest.
The Base
Place chopped veggies in a large bowl and set aside.
The Sauce
Blend all the sauce ingredients until smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings. If desired, add jalapeno pepper, depending on how hot you like it.
To assemble, pour sauce over the chopped veggies. Add the strained mushrooms and leek. Mix well. Place in a bowl, covered, in the dehydrator at 110 degrees F for 4 hours. Then remove the cover and leave for another hour. (If you don’t have a dehydrator yet, pop in the oven on very low heat for an hour.)
Submitted by the Eden Project in Cornwall
Breaking bread together is a blessed and sacred act. To honor that consciousness, the 3HO team in Española is taking turns cooking up a recipe to share with the rest of the team. Yum! If you have created a wonderful vegetarian dish and would like to see it featured in our e-newsletter or on our website please send it to Livk@3HO.org. Be sure to include who the credit goes to!
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®
Magnetic Field & Heart Center
1) Heart Center Opener. Sit in Easy Pose. Hold the arms up at a 60 degree angle
with wrists and elbows straight, palms facing up. Begin Breath of Fire for 1 minute.
Then inhale, hold the breath and pump the stomach in and out 16 times. Exhale,
relax the breath. Continue the cycle for 2 to 3 minutes.
This exercise builds the psycho-electromagnetic field. If the elbows bend, the psycho-
electromagnetic field will not be strengthened properly. If the exhale after pumping
the stomach is rough or gasping, then the magnetic field is very weak.
2) Immediately sit on the heels with arms parallel to the ground at the sides. Let
the hands hang limp from the wrists. Begin Breath of Fire for 3 minutes. Inhale,
hold, exhale, and relax.
The second exercise is for the heart.
Get entire set
©(2003)The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
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