We had a successful conclusion to the 2019 Art & Yoga mentorship. Here’s a three-minute video where you can see some of the art made and hear from some of the participants. For those of you interested in next year’s mentorship you can register or find out more here for the single payment option, or here for the payment plan.
read more »My first encounter with Yogi Bhajan was in 1979 at Women’s Camp. Those weeks living beneath the cotton woods, meditating with the master transformed my relationship to my self and my mind. I remember the strange feeling that there was nothing to do, nowhere to go—complete peace within my self. I felt a deep security, the only thing I could not live without, my soul, could not be lost. Twenty years later, on the same campus in Espanola during the Level Two course Conscious Communication, I sat and learned at the physical feet of Yogi Bhajan for the last time. […]
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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 »
