Kundalini Yoga

I just did my first Kundalini yoga session last night using a new DVD called Ultimate Stretch Workout. I enjoyed it very much. It incorporates some chanting and some breathing techniques that I was not familiar with. I would have felt more comfortable with the chanting part if hubby had not been in the next room with the door open. There's a sort of singing meditation at the end that I had trouble with. It goes 'Guru guru wahe guru, guru Ram Das guru'. Guru means spiritual teacher, and this mantra invokes Guru Ram Das, the patron saint, as it were, of Kundalini yoga. I didn't feel comfortable invoking Ram Das, but found that when I substituted Jesus and Buddha, my spiritual fathers, I felt much better with it. I have no problem with a mix-and-match spirituality, so doing a kundalini workout while praising Jesus and Buddha felt perfectly fine to me. (I haven't updated it in a while, but I have a separate blog devoted to my spiritual practice called Present Moment, Wonderful Moment. Maybe mentioning it here--and this new addition to my practice--will inspire new blog entries there! In fact, come to think of it, I probably should have posted this entry there! Oh well!)

My only other experience with yoga has been ashtanga or power yoga, and I am sick to death of sun salutes!

I like the workout so much I ordered another of Ana and Ravi's workouts, Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond. 202 five-star ratings at Amazon can't be wrong!

For today, though, it's back to regular old weight lifting--hello Jari Love! Then after that workout, we're going to do a bit of shopping for some black earrings.

My citizenship ceremony is tomorrow at 2.30!!!

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Update: Just finished Get Ripped with Jari Love and drank my first Nutrient-Rich Shake. (See entry below). I didn't have the maca powder because the purveyor no longer stocks it and haven't sourced it elsewhere yet; also left out the probiotics. It was tasty and really hit the spot after a tough workout. Hooray for new things!