Those of you who have kids and also love to listen to music by Snatam Kaur will probably love the two new products that Snatam is about to release. The first product is called "Shanti the Yogi - Mountain Adventure - Yoga, meditation & music for children"
In this beautifully filmed and illustrated DVD, Snatam Kaur takes children on a mountain adventure with Shanti the Yogi. They will have a positive experience of yoga, mantras in motion, music and play. As children enter Shanti’s world through the beautifully presented story-telling and illustration, they are also guided through yoga and movement by Snatam Kaur in a children’s yoga class setting. The joy-filled music that the children sing with Snatam Kaur was made specifically to accompany the yoga, story, and mantras in motion on this DVD.
Snatam Kaur spent years sharing her unique musical yoga story-telling with children around the world and has finally captured it on film for children to take home with them. This is a children’s yoga adventure that parents are sure to love too!"
Last week I wrote a blog post about my good friend Sahaj Singh who was attacked and seriously injured by a person attempting to steal his wife’s car (while she and her kids were inside the care)…all the while right in their garage at home. I just read the below story written by my other friend Guru Dham Singh who works with Sahej Singh at the Espanola Emergency Medical Service and it remind me of similar feelings that I have felt when viewing violence on TV or hearing about things.
In our lives it is common for most of us to create "our own world" of which we don’t think can be affected by things from the outside. When we watch TV and hear of violence, murders and other bad things we consciously or unconsciously thing that this would never happen to us. It’s like we can’t relate to it in "our world". This is one of those situations that is a clear reminder that we must always be prepared and aware. It’s not that we should be fearfull or afraid, but it is more about awareness and not being naive to think that we are immune from violence such as this.
Here is the story by GuruDham Singh Khalsa of his recount of the day:
A talk about the science of Siri Guru Granth Sahib, followed by a Sakhi inspiring us to practice Shabad Guru. This is a video with Guru Jodha Singh from Los Angeles.
Today we all remember the days around June 6th 1984 when thousands of innocent Sikhs were killed and the Akal Takhat was Martyred. Every 6th day of the month we gather in our sangat for a special Gurdwara to remember the sacrifices that were made during this time.
Tonight in Gurdwara Shanti Kaur told some inspiring and educational stories related to the events before, during, and after Operation Blue Star. As she told the stories I was transported to another time, and listened with all my full focus, trying to hear all the details. I was living in India at the time, but I was still young and didn’t understand the extent of what was going on.
“Although Yogi Bhajan had assured me many times that it was not my fault, as a mother I felt terribly guilty and responsible for the way my son James’ life had turned out.
After a fifteen-year separation from James, I was shocked when I saw him again. He had gained a huge amount of weight, and even worse, when I visited his apartment and saw the conditions in which he was living, I was horrified. I saw paper bags full of newspapers strewn around all over the place as well as other signs of an abnormal situation. Continue reading ‘Getting the Guru’s Advice’
Here is another excerpt (story) from the upcoming book on Sikh Dharma by Shakti Parwha Kaur and Sikh Dharma International. I love how the book is presented with personal stories and showing Sikhi from an experiential perspective, rather than in a scholarly or intellectual way; coming from the heart rather than the head.
By MSS Sadasat Singh Khalsa
My first encounter with the Guru (in this lifetime) was in February, 1973.
I was living at Ahimsa Ashram in Washington, D.C. doing Teacher Training. In those days Teacher Training in Washington meant teaching the morning Kundalini Yoga class and then going to the restaurant, The Golden Temple Conscious Cookery, to wash dishes and scrub pots and pans until midnight, then go home, get up for sadhana and repeat the process day after day. Continue reading ‘Destined to Stay’
In early 1900 till around 1950’s there used to be a much different culture in America. People used to be more family oriented, close together, respectable, mannerly, good natured etc. Over the past 50 years these good parts of American culture have slowly seeped away. This very same thing is happening all over the world as this "western / modern" melting pot has slowly eroded away on all cultures.
Jugat Guru Singh (Chardikala Jatha) tells the story of Guru Gobind Singh and the Goldsmith. Then he explains the moral of the story about the power of following the lifestyle Guru Gobind laid down for his Sikhs.
Those of you who have kids and also love to listen to music by Snatam Kaur will probably love the two new products that Snatam is about to release. The first product is called "Shanti the Yogi - Mountain Adventure - Yoga, meditation & music for children"
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