After Art & Yoga Retreats many participants write to me to ask how they can continue the practice of getting up early to practice. If you can maintain a rhythm of going to bed early and getting up early, that is the easiest solution. But, we practice Kundalini Yoga to be able to live full human lives, so don’t give up what matters most to you to get to bed early. (Do eliminate staying up late for wasted time like to watching bad movies or worrying about things). Here are a few things that help me maintain a consistent practice [...]
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I arrive at the girl’s shelter with my yoga mat, ipod, speakers and a large thermos of tea. The girls’ knees bounce nervously up and down as I ask, “How are you today?” “Frustrated and annoyed” they answer. We talk about how uncomfortable it is to feel this way. “Inner anger can mess up our relationship with ourselves and everyone else. Removing this stored anger in the body makes it easier to control our temper, and allows us to leave past frustrations in the past,” I explain as we warm up. The girls in this locked facility are in state [...]
read more »The first day back from teaching in New Mexico, I did nothing but sleep, eat, and email from my back porch. The next day,my friend Susan Brown (Sat Dharam) and I rented a U Haul to drive to Vermont and bring home the eight 6’ x6’ canvases and the projector that is ,”Wherever You are is the Center of the World.” The show was a success with record numbers for the opening and our artist talk (which included a three gong bath),Tom’s gave a talk on Dreams- click to him wax eloquently about Magritte.. And our friend, the poet Patrice [...]
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"Art & Yoga is a beautiful, clear and useful book. It presents an accessible practice of yoga and art for healing oneself and one's community"
Deepak Chopra"...a beautiful and simple guide for how to bring the practice of Kundalini Yoga into the practice of art. When you conscientiously call your spirit into the service of your art it brings deep fulfillment and joy"
Snatam Kaur"...creates something rare and difficult to achieve: a marriage between soul and spirit-a marriage between the soulful longings of our bodies and psyches to live in and on the earth, and the powerful calling of our spirits to soar into the transcendent realms"
Stephen Cope"So many within the art and healing community long for a book integrating the traditions of yoga, contemplative practice, and creative expression, that longing is realized here with clarity, precision, and visual elegance. Art & Yoga inspires and invites participation and discovery; it is an exercise of the embodied intelligence and imagination carried by the deep streams of the respective traditions, and renewed through their partnership which Hari Kirin has embraced as her life's work."
Shaun McNiff, Lesley University Writer of many books on how art heals and creativity enhancement"Hari Kirin gives us a way to touch our hearts, express our souls and bring new dimensions of joy and creativity into our yoga practice and our lives. A must read."
Gurucharan Singh Khalsa Director of Training, Kundalini Research InstituteThis book is for anyone interested in yoga and the arts. It explains how to create a daily Art and Yoga practice. It provides step-by-step guidelines for producing art and doing yoga as complementary practices individually, in a group, or in community. Yogis will find creative exercises to deepen their experience of yoga, while artists will discover simple, yet profound yoga and meditation practices that will help their creative flow, focus, and intuition. Along the way, we will draw inspiration from the teachings of Yogi Bhajan, nature, artists of the past, and recent developments in healing and spirituality.
There is no need to know how to draw, paint, meditate, or do yoga to use this book. The art exercises are designed to make the experience accessible and fun, while also introducing a variety of inexpensive, safe, and easy-to-obtain art materials. Any experience you bring to the process will be helpful. If you teach yoga or art or if you work as a healer, you'll find inspiration and practical ways to deepen your professional practice. read more »
