Are you interested in yoga? If this is the case, it is important that you know the different types of yoga in order to determine which one is the best for you. Additionally, learning more about the various types of yoga will help you find out who among the gurus (or yoga teachers) is the right one to follow. There are basically four types of yoga, one being Kundalini Yoga, which is taught by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa among others.
About Kaur Khalsa
Kaur Khalsa teaches Kundalini, one of the four types of yoga. She is a pioneer in the area of pre-natal yoga. In addition to this, she is the director and co-founder of the Golden Bridge Yoga Center, which can be found in Los Angeles, California. Her extensive and impressive portfolio includes three DVDs and two books she has authored.
During the many years she taught Kundalini Yoga, she was able to develop a clientele made up of a number of celebrities. She has privately instructed Courtney Love, Annette Benning, Rosanna Arquette, David Duchovny, Madonna, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Eventually, through her teacher’s guidance, she gave up these private classes. By the year 2000, she released and published one of her guides, entitled the, “Eight Human Talents: The Yoga Way to Restore the Balance and Serenity Within You.” In the year 2002, she co-founded the Golden Bridge Yoga Center with Gurutej Kaur.
About Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini, as mentioned above, is one of the four major types of yoga. This type of yoga is a combination of physical, spiritual, and mental disciplines, which aim to develop strength, character, consciousness, and awareness. Practitioners refer to this particular type of yoga as the “yoga of awareness” because it is focused on expanding one’s intuition and sensory awareness in order to raise the individual consciousness while combining it with God’s infinite consciousness.
As a form of both yoga and meditation, the goal of this particular type of yoga is to cultivate and improve the creative spiritual potential of a person to speak the truth, to uphold values, and to focus on the consciousness, as well as the compassion, required to serve and heal other human beings.
About the methodology
Each of the yoga Asana series involved with Kundalini is completed in conjunction with a particular breathing technique. This combination intensifies and amplifies the effects of various poses. Its purpose is also to free the energy trapped in the lower body, therefore allowing it to move freely in an upward direction. The sequences in this type of yoga, called Kriyas, may be comprised of rapid and repetitive movements partnered with a specific breathing strategy or it may include holding a pose while performing a particular breathing manner.
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