The holidays have a funny way of bringing out the best in us and the parts of us we thought we’d already healed. One minute we’re sipping tea by the fire feeling deeply grateful, and the next we’re overwhelmed by family dynamics, travel chaos, or the sheer amount of “togetherness” December holds.

Mantra moves the psyche. There is a teaching that when you recite the words, if you use the tip of your tongue, different meridians, like constellations on the roof of your mouth, get stimulated and change your biochemistry. Personally, this is a little outside my realm of understanding, but I have seen the power of mantra firsthand. It can totally change the trajectory of your thoughts and in turn, the trajectory of your life.

This meditation is one of a class of meditations that will become well known to the future medical society. Meditation will be used to alleviate all kinds of mental and physical afflictions. But it may be as many as 500 years, however, before the new medical science will understand the effects of this kind of meditation well enough to delineate and measure all its parameters.

The quantity, quality, and circulation of the breath creates the foundation of a vital and creative life. It is a barometer of how much energy we normally run on, and how much reserve capacity we have created for emergencies. The breath is both gross and subtle. The gross aspect is the blend of oxygen, nitrogen, and other elements that constitute air. The subtle aspect is the prana or vital force that energizes the mind, body, and consciousness. Most people do not breathe cor

How long should one sit in meditation? The science of yoga teaches us that specific lengths of meditation time reveal different results.

A regular meditation practice is very beneficial, but in Kundalini Yoga, we encourage you to practice the same meditation at least 40 days