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“If God has blessed you with a desire
for conscious living, and He has given you a spiritual path, then
take that path! Walk on it! Excel in it! Grow with it!”
- Yogi Bhajan
Dear Awareness Center Family,
Happy New Year. There is nothing like the beginning of January...it's
a time to wipe the slate clean and renew our commitments to
ourselves and our lives. It's also a time when fear and insecurity
can arise and our minds bring up questions like "New Year's
resolutions? Who am I kidding? If I haven't lost that 15 lbs.
in the past 10 years, why would it happen this year?"
Your thoughts create your reality. Don't keep repeating the
same mistakes. It's time to circumvent those old negative thoughts
and patterns. Are you ready to do the work that it takes to
change? The ironic thing is that it's actually harder to stay
stuck and unhappy than it is to have a personal practice and
free your mind. Wake yourself up this year by becoming devoted
to your own well-being and peace. Change your emotion and commotion
to devotion to your practice and watch your
life transform.
Sat Nam,
Wahe Guru Kaur, Guru Darshan Singh
and "Team Awareness"
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EVENTS
Sadhana: 40-Day Group Practice
Jan. 1st - Feb. 9th, 4:30-6:45 am.
FREE! Start the New Year off with 40 days of group morning
sadhana. This daily spiritual practice consists of reading the
“Jap Ji," practicing a short yoga set, and chanting
the Aquarian Sadhana chants. Whether you decide to participate
for one day or 40, you are always welcome.
“We clean our house so we can use it. We do sadhana
so we can use our life.”
– Yogi Bhajan.
Eight
Weeks, Eight Women:
A Community Women's Series
Sundays 11:00am-12:30pm,
Jan. 7th - Feb. 25th
$90/series or $15/class
We are happy to announce a new yoga series especially for women.
Eight classes, each taught by a different woman, will cover a
topic related to women's spiritual and emotional health, and will
be provided in a supportive and uplifting environment. Please
call for more information.
Jan 7: Building a Community of Sisters
Jan 14: Moon Center, Cycles
Jan 21: Menstruation, Mind & Moods
Jan 28: Sexuality
Feb 4: Motherhood & Pregnancy
Feb 11: Menopause
Feb 18: Food & Digestion
Feb 25: Maintenance of a Yogic Lifestyle
A New Year- A New You...
Strengthening Your Immune System
Sun. Jan. 14th 2007, 1:00-3:00pm
$45; or $36 if paid by Jan. 8th
This workshop is designed to give you the capacity to help
adjust and support your immune system so you can deal with daily
stresses more consciously and effectively.
Master Teacher, Gurutej Kaur will give you ways to support these
intricate systems through movements, breath work, chants and meditations
to help your system respond positively to changing seasons, climates
emotions and unexpected challenges of life.
Six-Week Beginner's
Series
with Dr. Santokh Singh Khalsa
Six Wednesdays, Starting Jan. 17th, 7:00-9:00 pm.
$69
Each week includes a set focusing on the specifics of postures,
breath work, hand positions, and a lecture on one of the following
subjects: history of Kundalini Yoga; mantras, mudras, and breathing
techniques; relaxation & stress reduction; chakras; yogic diet;
and healing.
Free Information
Night for
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Level 2: Conscious Communication
Wed., Jan. 10th 7:00-8:30pm
Join us this Spring for a dynamic course that will challenge,
uplift and transform you. The ability to apply conscious communication
is a vital part of being a great teacher, a mature trainer and
an excellent human being. Taught by three visiting Master Teachers.
We will be hosting an Info. Night to answer all your questions
and give you a sense of the immense benefit of this important
training, the first of its kind in Southern California. The training
will be held Feb. 16-18 and March 16-18,
2007.
Visit our website at
www.awarenesscenteryoga.org
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Soul Flow: Creative
Dance
Fri. Jan. 19th, 7:30-9:30 pm.
$15...or 2 for $25
Join Haridass Kaur/Basia for a wholesome and soulful evening!
This fun evening includes creative dancing with a healing
journey through the chakras, flowing music, group interaction
and playfulness, and a meditative closing circle.
Sacred Breathing Circle
Theme: "Devotion:
Create Your Personal Practice"
Sat., Jan. 20th, 5:00-7:30 pm.
$35
The Sacred Breathing Circle is a journey into the Self. It allows
you to identify and release mental, emotional and physical blocks
and bring light to areas that need healing. Experience an ancient
pranic technique, called the “Healing Breath,” that
promotes healing and regeneration on all levels. Please come
prepared for a short Kundalini yoga set.
This popular event is led monthly by Wahe Guru
Kaur.
Prosperity Yoga
with Financial Guru Nam Kirn Kaur
Sat., Jan. 27th, 1:00-4:00 pm.
$40 pre-paid; $45 at the door
Nam Kirn Kaur is a KRI-Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She
brings with her an extensive background in Wealth Management,
helping businesses and individuals meet their financial goals.
She has a sensitivity to prosperity-minded meditation with
over 20 years of personal practice. Open yourself to attract
and receive abundance and prosperity.
New Class!
Weds.,
11:00am - Gillian/Atma Kaur
We are so happy to welcome Atma Kaur back to the Awareness Center!
Her warm smile and gentle presence are a welcome part of our family.
Relax and renew yourself with this mid-day, mid-week class.
New Teachers!
Tuesday, 7:00 am - Donna/Guru Bachan
Tuesday, 7:30 pm - Al/Devmurti Singh
Featured AC Teacher:
Gillian/Atma Kaur
It gives Gillian great joy to share the technology
that Yogi Bhajan has given us all to integrate body, mind and
spirit. Gillian started teaching soon after taking Dr. Khalsa's
beginner's series in 1995, then became IKYTA-certified in 1998.
The major components of Kundalini Yoga- posture, pranayam, meditation,
sound current and deep relaxation- form the structure for her
intuitive classes. Inspirational texts from multiple sources may
be shared, or current life experiences and how yoga or meditation
has helped bring insight or maintain balance. Beginners are always
welcome.
Atma Kaur is full of gratitude to be able to return to the Awareness
Center after an extended leave of absence. She continues to be
the primary care giver for her son who suffered a severe spinal
cord injury Memorial Day, 2005. During her leave, she taught for
the Girl Scouts, where Kundalini Yoga is incorporated into the
Stress Reduction Badge. Additionally, she led an 8-session Kundalini
Yoga series for women at Options for Recovery at UCLA Medical
Center.
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"The time has come not to search for God, but to be God. The
time is not to worship God, but to trust and dwell in the working
of God.”
– Yogi Bhajan
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