Watching the draft shoots with the team
Milena Rodriguez dancing and trying different moves with music composed by Santiago Cañon
Jana Villas Boas filming and trying out different takes.
I started working on this outfit a while ago and now we are getting ready to shoot on November 12th here in Buenos Aires at Espacio Despierta in Chacarita.
To view more about this story you can click here and enjoy!
Tango in Union Square, New York
Little did I know that my last visit to Buenos Aires would lead me to start dancing tango in New York. And even less did I know that this trip would be the one that would answer my question about how to spend more time there, close to my family and friends, in my birthplace, which had called my heart during my last visit in 2011. First let me tell you some details about how I got here. I have lived in New York since 1999 and in 2009 I traveled India for six months. This deep and far away inward and outward journey transformed my life completely. Yoga was a big part of my life even before then. I have always wanted to got to India and I didn’t really know I was going there. I was originally hired with a three year contract as the head of Fashion department at Academy of Design, in Sri Lanka, but I left. Only once I spent two weeks in Sri Lanka I came to the conclusion that I would had to deviate my spiritual path for this job to later come back to the path where I left it, very difficult decision to make, but I quit. At the stage I was at in my spiritual path back then, I was not strong enough to withstand peoples criticism about the lifestyle choices and eating habits I had.
The mother Ashram
And anyways, for whom was I there? For my self, my higher self or for the image that this prestigious position would gain me in the world?
I had closed shop in New York and didn’t really have any reason to come back. India popped up in my head, but where would I start the trip without prior planning or preparation? I traveled there anyways, and had the most amazing trip of my life. I connected with the land to such an extent that I didn’t want to leave when my six month visa expired. Smriti Chackravarti , the beautiful yogini and teacher I studied Yoga and Pranayama with in Varanasi sent me back.
Smrit and I in Bodh Gaya, India
She said it was time to depart India, otherwise I would never leave. Smriti sent me back to absorb the teachings I had received, and asked me to share them with people in my own way. My heart felt so big and warm from this experience that I had the urge to share it with the whole world in a creative way. I focused on sharing the wisdom with children. If only I could have had this wisdom accessible to me on a daily basis as I was growing up, what a fortunate blessing for my life, even if not recognized consciously at that time. That is how I was inspired to write Learn Play Practice, a Yoga book for children, their parents and teachers to explore the techniques of Yoga in a safe, fun and artistic way.
Yoga book for Children cover by David Sepulveda
It was a great collaboration with my friend and Yoga teacher Beth Maderal, my Yoga Smriti Chakravarti and Girls Public Prep, the school where she developed a Yoga program for the core curriculum. Spanish, English and German editions of the book are available online and we offer workshops in schools and studios.
Upon my return from India my values and priorities had change drastically and during my visit to Argentina in 2011 something unexpected happened. For the first time in 13 years I felt my heart and my land vibrating together. My land called me to come back, spend time with my family, share the wisdom with my people and reconnect with my roots on a deeper level. But HOW? No idea, really no-idea. The question was out there tingling in my auric field, tapping in my head once in a while with no answer for it. My antennas were up, internal communications connected to my energetic ears and eye. The answer had to appear around me at some point, I hoped. In the meantime I decided to stay in New York and build my base there. It took me 18 months to completely, physically and spiritually arrive from India, and a total of two and a half years to settle back in New York. For the first year I missed that land and my teacher so much, I would sob only from reading Indian biographies or stories. I was in pain and confused for some time, but something was clear: I had the mission to share the wisdom I had acquired in India in my own way. And that has been my focus and commitment while in New York, until the answer I was looking for came to me last June when I was in Argentina.
Before I continue revealing the story I want to make you aware of the word that inspires me the most these days: INTEGRATION. After presented with the answer to my question: How to spend more time in Argentina? I came to decode the fact that there is a maturity point in our spiritual path when it is the right time to integrate insights from within into our outside realities on a deeper level. Almost like a mirror: going from deep within to deep without.
Yes I found the way , or better said it found us, and as a result of it I am moving to Buenos Aires February 5th. Upps, my flight to Puerto Rico is about to land and I have to turn off the computer for now. I will carry on later, no pun intended.
For now enjoy this meditation which has helped me connect with the flux of my heart and once connected to it the answers I am looking for become more lucid. ENJOY!
Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh also known as neck lock. Bring your chin slightly back and down, extending the neck so the natural curve in the back of your neck straightens up
Eyes: The eyes closed, looking up, focusing at the Brow Point.
Resource from Kundalini Research Institute
Mantra: SAT KARTAAR As you say SAT, the hands are pressed together in Prayer Pose at the center of the chest. As you say KAR, the hands are extended out from the shoulders, half-way towards the final position. Fingers are pointing straight up. As you say TAAR, the arms are fully extended out to the sides and parallel to the floor, fingers pointing up. Make the transition from step to step a flowing movement.
You can view this video that has the Adi Mantra to tune in and the track fro the meditation.
Time: 11 MINUTES
Comments:
If you feel your heart is closed and there is no flow of love, and you want to open your heart, do this meditation.
Resources and credits: Meditation KRI, video form Spirit Voyage
Sister reflection of WORLD TECH by Nethunting (Gema Requena)
“We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by.”
― Julia Cameron
by Belen Requena Moreno
The inward change that I see happening all over is touching many levels of society such as: individuals, communities, businesses, corporations and governments. It is an organic and sophisticated shift taking place at a time in which we are called to connect to our selves, our core on a deeper level. I see this shift or evolution sometimes being activating voluntarily by people and sometimes imposed by nature or the law of physics when it is needed but not activated. And one way or another the process involves becoming lighter, first on a material, physical level to then continue on a energetic, mind and soul level. The main purpose, to connect with our higher self, our light, our love, the person that we are without all the layers, armor, crusts that we have accumulated over time due to our fears. But why would I want to connect to my Self many might ask themselves? and for what reason ? you might ask yourself.
A few answers I discovered over time through my Yoga and meditation practice. You can add your own too. These apply to communities, businesses, corporations and governments as well as individuals. Terms may vary to relate accordingly.
to identify what and who resonates with you
to feel confident about yourself
to find your own way to express your creativity
to identify the connecting factor of the different things you do
to make evolving connections with people, places and spaces
At first this might seem a hippy, esoteric conversation. Although if you observe around you with this question in mind you will start to notice that this evolving inward shift takes different shapes depending on the environment it is working on, in this way it can cause a positive impact on the people involved. With limited budgets, massive layoffs, lack of resources for trainings and the impact that these have from individual level to government level people seem to start valuing their workforce, network of people and own skills more than before, making better quality choices in a more focused manner to attain better results. Sometimes having limitations as the ones above can be very refreshing for our productive and creative process.
Creativity is a major factor playing in this shift and it can lead into waves of liberation and discovery into our lives, businesses, communities and governments. A relaxed mind is key in order to see the connections we wouldn’t normally see and let this energy flow in our body, and for that I will share a meditation with you after this article. We are also used to follow and obey rules and formats since childhood, but are we given the space to connect to ourselves and develop our intuition? Logan LaPLante was lucky he got the space and he is doing it on a daily basis, he is 13 years old. I watched his video and wanted to share it with you.
As an artist myself I approach this limitation technique and collaboration as the basis of my work. The materials I used are 90% recycled or donated to me and when I start developing a concept I go into my studio and look at what I have. I went through a conventional BA Fashion Design program at FIT, where I was trained to work in the Fashion Industry. My main focus with my art work, now that I remembered I am an artist after going to Nick Cave’s For Now exhibition
at Mary Boone Gallery in New York, is to tell stories through costumes and characters that I develop based on my intuition and reflection of other people, from experiences I have during my Yoga practice and from my everyday insights.
Some projects I am working on at the present time, have been traced from childhood memories, or have been developing for years in my mind like Monika Grev.
Monik Grev by Patricia Buraschi. Photo: Hanna Agar
One of the aspects I like the most in the whole process is when I collaborate with Hanna Agar, an amazing photographer and retoucher from Wisconsin who has made her home in Brooklyn. There is nothing more valuable to my creative process right now, as when I am able to share an idea and brainstorm with other artists, thinkers and innovators about their expertise and how they can contribute to the project. I try not to limit myself to fashion to express what I need to share. What I love about it and works for me but it is its malleability to combine very different materials into a 3D form that becomes alive when worn.
By going all over the place with this article today I want to share with you that new opportunities, new trends, new profiles, new careers are at the reach of your hands and available right now. It only takes practice to get comfortable with the idea that you are an endless source of valuable gifts and another mountain of practice to find your own way to share it with the world!
Yoga and meditation can help a lot, my main goal when sharing this techniques is to hope they become as valuable to you as they did for me overtime 🙂 Yes overtime, with lots of practice.
Below I am sharing a meditation to rest your mind from Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan
So first things first, scroll to the bottom of this article to TUNE IN
Ong Namo Gurudev Namo x 3
Photo: Alina Schwarcz
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®
Lecture July 16, 1990
Posture: Comfortable Meditative Posture
Mudra: Rest your hands in your lap, right hand resting in the left. The right thumb rests on top of the left.
Eyes: Tip of the Nose, also called Trikuti Drishti
Mantra: Har Singh Nar Singh Neel Narayan.
Chant with the tip of
the tongue and the upper palate.
Har singh nar singh neel naaraayan,
guroo sikh guroo singh har har gayan,
whaa‐hay guroo whaa‐hay guroo, har har dhiayan, saakhat nindak
dusht mathaayan
God the Protector takes care of the universe.
Those who live in God’s consciousness and power, chant Har Har. Meditate
on Wahe Guru and live in that ecstasy.
Those who vibrate God’s Name and relate to God,
all karmas are cleared.
To end: Inhale deep, exhale; inhale deep again, suspend the breath, exhale. Inhale again, hold the breath and pull tight, with a powerful breath, let it go.
Time: 11 minutes
Comments: Har means God, Singh means lion. Narsingh means male lion. “Harsingh, Narsingh Neel Narayan.” Neel you all know is blue; Narayan means spotless. Mind cannot be arrested; the warrants and the handcuffs of the mind are when you put your eyes at the tip of the nose. The mind, poor thing, becomes useless, you know that? When the optical nerve sits, fixed, the mind cannot move.
–Yogi Bhajan
Enjoy! and as usual feel free to connect with me.
Tendencias: Nuevos Profesionales by Nethunting is the WORLD TECH perspective of this topic.
Soul Tech/World Tech [Technologies of the Soul and the hue-man beings, that make the systems of the Self shine and perform harmoniously, and provide techniques how to integrate the technologies of the outside world and inside of the Self in our lives to bring happiness, holiness and health to us.]
Resources for meditation: The primal force of life lecture by Yogi Bhajan http://www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org © The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
Resources for audio: Sikh Net
Ascenso by Don Rimx
Peeling away log by log
branch by branch
until you find the root of the heart
with no more bad than good emotions
equal, so they are Sunya
in balance with who and how we are
years of existence, lives
it is time, keep walking forward and feeling the beat of your drum
and when your mind is gone
your heart is up
your waters running, cleansing, invigorating
that is when the fireworks come
inside
outside
everywhere
and for TODOS.
For Don Rimx, Kesia and Kye
Sister reflection of WORLD TECH by Nethunting (Gema Requena)
“There’s nothing which can be more precious in you than your own relationship with your own consciousness.” by Yogi Bhajan
Photo: Alina Schwarcz
I want to make a brief pause before I keep sharing more Kundalini Yoga techniques, to introduce you how to tune in before you start your Kundalini Yoga and meditation practice. Yogi Bhajan was a very special Master in a way that he never initiated students, he always said came to the United States to create teachers and not students. With enormous compassion and commitment he held the space and share the tools and techniques for transformation to occur in people’s lives. And with this in mind I am sharing this information with all of you today. We tune in to connect with the wisdom of the teachings, not a particular person or teacher, but the root where these teachings are coming from. The teachers that we encounter or become serve as a vessel to share this wisdom. To tune in we use the Adi Mantra: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, by chanting it we open a safe space to practice.
My first Kundalini Yoga book was Kundalini Yoga: Guidelines for Sadhana ( Daily practice)
and it is from it that I am sharing the meaning of the Adi Mantra.
Ong is the infinite creative energy in motion and manifestation
Namo has the same root as the word Namaste which means reverent greetings. It implies bowing down.
Together Ong Namo means “ I call on the creative infinite consciousness”, opening yourself to the universal consciousness that guides all action.
Guru is the teacher or the embodiment of the wisdom that on is seeking. Dev means divine or of God, in a non-earthly, transparent sense. Namo closing the mantra, reaffirms the humble reverence of the devotee. Taken together Guru Dev Namo means “I call on the divine wisdom”, whereby you bow before your higher self to guide you in using the knowledge and energy given by the cosmic self.
Illustration by Belén Requena Moreno
Ong Namo Gurudev Namo
“ I call on the creative infinite consciousness, I call on the divine wisdom”
How to tune in:
Sit in a comfortable position with your spine straight. If your hips are tight and your knees hurt, sit on a few folded blankets or a sturdy cushion to elevate your hips, this will release the tension from your knees.
Close your eyes focus in between your eyebrows and focus on your breath, take 3-5 deep inhales and exhales.
Bring your hands together and place your thumbs in the middle of your chest. Try to feel your heartbeat with your thumbs.
Inhale deeply, exhale.
Take one full inhale and chant Ong Namo.
Take one half inhale and chante Guru Dev Namo.
Repeat the chanting 2 more times.
Inhale deeply and hold your breath for 5 seconds, exhale.
Now you are ready to start your Kundalini Yoga practice.
Enjoy!
P.S: If you are interested in finding more about this practice this book is a great basic tool, it explains you all about group Sadhana, its effects, why we want to practice during amrit vela (early hours of the morning) and it has great Kriyas and meditations as well. It’s worth while getting a copy!
Form Moll to On– #OOTD by Nethunting is the WORLD TECH perspective of this topic.
Soul Tech/World Tech [Technologies of the Soul and the hue-man beings, that make the systems of the Self shine and perform harmoniously, and provide techniques how to integrate the technologies of the outside world and inside of the Self in our lives to bring happiness, holiness and health to us.]
Bibliography: Kundalini Yoga: Guidelines for Sadhana (Daily practice) by KRI
Sister reflection of WORLD TECH by Nethunting (Gema Requena)
“Now our lives are at a crossroads. On one side we are part of the material..and on the other side we are looking to the spiritual side of ourselves. Question is, do you go with today’s trends or do you adopt your own way of life and come out of it and be so? That is what this time demands. Find the truth, become the master of your energy and be you.”
inspired by the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
by Hari from Hari NYC
Over and over life keeps pointing me to the fact how we are all intertwined at an molecular level and if we are lucky we will have many chances to perceive the connection very tangibly. A very recent example in my life has brought to my attention the simple fact that meditation is available for all kinds of people, and all kinds of people are practicing it all over the world. This might seem like an obvious statement, but even I find myself surprised at this fact.
I was recently honored to host David, a very dear person to me, visiting New York for the first time. David is a singer and tanguero, Yoga and meditation were not part of his conscious reality before this trip happened. I showed him my lifestyle, brought him to my friends, the Yoga studio where I teach (Hari NYC), we went to Sadhana for Guru Ram Das birthday with Kirtan led by Satrkirin Kaur Khalsa and I introduced him to my mentors and teachers.
As he was planning the visit he found out he has family here too, so we went to visit Tío Amado and Norma in Queens. During dinner, Tío Amado showed us the beautiful sculptures he carves out of thick branches he find on the street. Native American faces, eagles, Buddha like hair do’s….he told me he just “sees” these shapes in them….hhmm!Beautiful. I understand his sculptures as a dialogue his soul is having with his higher Self.
At one point in the evening Tío Amado leaves with David after giving him a massage to help him release this really bad shoulder pain he had for a few days. After about half an hour, I notice it was getting late and I asked Norma to take me to them. We go to the basement where we meet them again and David comes out carrying a CD in his hand, Healing Mantras from Deva Premal. And he says: Tío Amado meditates early in
the morning before going to work. I look at him and I say: Of course he meditates! I started laughing remembering the sculptures . This is when I started realizing the magic that was happening in front of David’s eyes. That meditation time is when Tío Amado allows to be guided by his own heart beat, by his souls spark and vibration. And the sculptures to me are the material manifestation of this process in his life.
I love to be a spectator of this opening doors for David, constantly getting very tangible conversations or situations about meditation and how it benefits peoples lives since he arrived in NY, and from people he loves and strangers alike once he went back to Buenos Aires. Like the person who brought a mandala book to be printed by his print shop, or the Kundalini Yogini that brought him a Yoga manual to reproduce it 50 times, or the friend that told him he also meditates in the morning in his home’s backyard, or the tenant that arrived from Germany who is a Yoga teacher…and so on.
All these hints tells me not one type of human is the “Meditator” kind.
Gema mentions in her article Public Branding 1.0 – 2.0 – 3.0 : “The public space and surroundings is one of the elements that goes along and influences with the changes of our trends” I strongly believe these hints and gifts the universe places in front of our lives, enacted by other people that cross our daily life could be a way our higher Selves communicates what is best for us or to point where we need to pay more attention to keep evolving.
In her article Gema also says: “Interaction with the surroundings and the immediate on the go will be two qualities that go along with this trend called MIMMI” MIMMI has the intention to connect Minneapolis with its community participation on a physical and emotional level”
In my focus of observing and sharing about our Soul and Higher self I take this quote inside our bodies and decipher it for you in this way: Through meditation and continued practice of awareness as we go about our day, we will be able to start hearing the voice of our Soul and our intuition guiding us. In my own experience their job is to guide us to live to our highest potential this time around, from wherever we are standing at any given time it speaks to us.
I keep reminding myself: Give yourself a chance today. Give the others the space to change.
This topic comes in handy to share a Kundalini Yoga meditation called Long Ek Ong Kar or Morning call I am doing Thursdays at Hari NYC until November 21st. I am also teaching it to teenagers for 11 minutes as part of their class and I am in awe of the results I have been observing in them. The one that surprised me the most is this young boy who is very active and moves out of postures a lot throughout the class. He sat and chanted Long Ek Ong Kar for 10 out of 11 minutes before he started moving around and asking how much longer he had to go to reach the end.
I like the explanation about this mantra on Hari Singh’s site, so here it is. There you will find a lot of additional information about it. I am sharing the basics of the meaning and how to practice it here. You can practice it by itself after tuning in with Adi Mantra: Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
EK ONG KAR SAT NAM SIRI WHAHE GURU
This meditation is practiced every morning at the beginning
of the Aquarian Morning Sadhana (daily spiritual practice).
THE WHEEL OVER WHEELADI SHAKTI ASHTANG MANTRA MANDALA
THE BENEFITS
* Strengthen your mind-set to be successful.
* Gain the drive and inspiration to pick up new skills.
* Achieve greater control over your thought patterns.
* Establish a profound connection with the subconscious mind.
* Improve your capacity for creative thought and problem-solving.
* Experience the Isolated Seer, be aware, detached and care-free.
* Refine your skill to become still, grateful, and to surpass limitations.
Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed while you practice
Before starting the mantra remember to tune in
THE POSTURE
1) Sit with the legs crossed on the floor or sit on a chair with the feet flat on the floor.
2) Hands are on the knees with each thumb and forefinger touching. Palms are turned up.
3) Eyes are closed.
4) Spine is straight. Pull the chin back, but not down in order to align the neck straight with the spine.
5) Inhale and exhale deeply 3 times. Inhale deeply and begin chanting..
REPEAT
IMPORTANT: Pull the navel back sharply toward the spine during the expression of these 3 sounds, EK, SAT, and WHAA. Observe all the sounds resonating like a gong throughout the cranium. Keep your spine straight and maintain the neck lock. Continue for 11 or 31 minutes. Then, inhale deeply, hold the breath for 10 seconds, relax.(See ONG – The Meditation.)
The word sounds and the chakras affected:
EK means One: Affects First Chakra
ONG means Creator: Affects Second Chakra
KAR means Creation: Affects Third Chakra
SAT means Truth: Affects Fourth Chakra
NAM means Naam-Name-Identity: Affects Fifth Chakra
SIRI means Supreme: Affects Sixth Chakra
WHAHE GURU means Indescribable Wisdom: Affects Seventh Chakra
ENJOY!
Please connect with me if you have any questions: patricia[.]buraschi[@]gmail.com
Public Branding 1.0 – 2.0 – 3.0 by Nethunting is the WORLD TECH perspective of this topic.
I dedicate this article to my soul family in New York, who constantly shows me appreciation, love and commitment to our friendship. I also dedicated to the great mysteries of life, who teach me how everything is in perfect balance even in those situations that we live as otherwise.
Soul Tech/World Tech [Technologies of the Soul and the hue-man beings, that make the systems of the Self shine and perform harmoniously, and provide techniques how to integrate the technologies of the outside world and inside of the Self in our lives to bring happiness, holiness and health to us.]
References: Long Ek ong Kar meditation from Hari Singh’s website
This SOUL TECH article is a sister reflection of WORLD TECH La nanotecnología del cuerpo y el alma: el “human” tech by Nethunting(Gema Requena) and article Internet dentro de mi by guest collaborator Pedro Mujica
It is indeed a challenge to give feedback to our ongoing conversational articles of WORLD TECH-INSIDE TECH to SOUL TECH. Sometimes a bit more difficult than others to “download” the SOUL TECH view information that is activated in my in my brain in relationship to the articles Pedro Mujica and Gema Requena have write from their perspectives. But in general only a few minutes pass before my brain sends me a signal, a blinking light inside of me, pointing me to an example to share with you from the SOUL TECH perspective.
Patience seems to be going slimmer as technology keeps evolving and self trust I believe many times go hand in hand with it. Today Yogis and Saints are mixed in between us, taking the train during rush hours to go to work, to pay their bills, to feed their families, to finally get to the weekend to take a breath and hopefully relax. Thousands of years ago certain spiritual practices were meant to do in isolation, in the caves or Mountain tops, to get to know the deepest secrets of humankind and spirit with no distractions. But then how would the wisdom be incorporated into society and carried on for the benefit of all? We don’t have time for that, the time to share has come!
Potato cauliflower curry by Nati Andra Cocinando
In Kundalini Yoga, the householder Yoga, we need energy to go on with our busy lives and for that one of the things we do is to incorporate Ginger, garlic, onion (Trinity roots) which are part of the rajasic foods in Ayurveda tradition, known to be stimulative to our body and minds, and therefore useful to keep our energy up and be able to take care of our daily responsibilities. There are also many meditations and Kriyas (complete actions) and pranayamas (breathing techniques) that support our lifestyle and cultivate peace of mind and a strong physical and energetic body.
Like Pedro tells us in his article: Internet dentro de mi and I mentioned in SOUL TECH on Interdependence, religion and spirituality have been pointing to the Self to remind us to search there for all the wisdom that there is. But who wants to do the work of getting up in the Ambrosial hours of the day (4Am-7AM) when most of the living beings are still asleep? The Sun and the Earth are at an ideal angle to each other at that time, during which we are more prone to receive blessings from the Mother Earth and G.O.D (Yogi Bhajan’s acronym Generator, Organizer, Destroyer). Sadhana (daily practice) takes a lot of patience and commitment and if you are curious and intrigued enough, you will find the courage to do it and find out for yourself that indeed a lot of answers come to you from the inside.
When the conversation between You, your higher self and G.O.D is ON it doesn’t
Photo: Alina Schwarcz
end when your practice finishes, because your day becomes your Sadhana and your Sadhana becomes your life. Don’t be discouraged, there is no rush or set timeframe for this to happen. Once you start the journey you won’t believe how beautiful you are and your strength will multiply by millions and at the same time your Ego will fight you back. Have trust and set your intention clearly in your minds eye. It is starting a relationship with YOU, have you met yourself before? deeply, lovingly with compassion? have you ever thought about this? The impatience and anxiety we carry in our blood makes us jump from one place to the next, one relationship to the next, but we you don’t know enough of ourselves. How can we think of relating to another human and expect a miracle that life will make it all magic and seamless and effortlessly? This is not to say to leave all World Technology outside of your life, that is already inevitable and why would we want to do that anyways? It is useful. That would be equal as being in the cave or mountain top like the Yogis thousands of years ago. This is our reality, integrate, integrate, be patience. We are worthwhile the journey and the effort to get to know ourselves. The outside World will come full on to thank your inside world in infinite ways! After all this modern day Yogis might be the scientist that are coming up with all the technology in an effort to give you a glimpse of how beautiful you are inside. OH! One more thing...remember you are unique and the sight of yourself is the only expression like it in the whole world….Doesnt’ it itch to try?
I recently finished taking a Level II Kundalini Yoga module on Conscious Communication, where we did a meditation that I believe it is great to start understanding how we can impact our lives and the environment we interact with each time we take a breath.
I dedicate this article to all my teachers who share wisdom with me and trust me to pass it along to others with my own words and through my own experience. Thank you Alina Schwarcz, Natalia Andra ad Sole Rebel for sharing your perspective of this article through your arts.
Soul Tech/World Tech [Technologies of the Soul and the hue-man beings, that make the systems of the Self shine and perform harmoniously. And how to integrate the technologies of the outside world and inside of the Self in our lives to bring happiness, holiness and health to us.]
MUDRA ( hand posture) : Interlace your fingers so the left Mercury finger ( pinky finger) is on the outside. Extend your Jupiter fingers (index fingers) up straight. Cross the thumbs, so right is over left. Place this mudra in front of your heart center so the thumbs are very close to the chest, and Jupiter fingers are pointing straight up toward the ceiling. The elbows will be bent.
EYES: Closed or 1/10th open
FOCUS: -You can record this section and play it as you meditate.
Build an image of yourself. You are still and radiant. Your breath is slow deep and meditative. Imagine you are sitting on the top of Mt. Everest, so all he world is around you. Consider your spine is like a tube of light. There is light between the base of your necj and the base where you are sitting. now it is sending out light rays. You can send waves to the entire globe with each thought. Your prayer is like a stone, which is dropped in the middle of some water. It creates waves and ripples. Feel yourself as the waves and ripples go on and out unto Infinity. The power of your soul is the pure power. Let the power of your soul vibrate out. It has no limit or boundary. With each breath and with the ripples of your heartbeat, project, bless, and be blessed. Merged in Infinity and let Infinity find you too.
TIME: Do it for 11 minutes.
TO END: Do heavy Breath of Fire, holding the position, to awaken yourself out of the meditation. Continue for 1 minute. Then stretch your arms out to the sides, forearms bent up at about 45-degree angle, palms down. Begin circling just your hands, right hand counterclockwise and left hand clockwise, in 6-inch (15 ctrs) circles. But don’t just circle them. Stop every so often as the hands are up and out to the sides, and flutter your fingers a little, as if you are sending off energy to the environment and space around you.
Back in the studio in between assisting births, teaching Kundalini Yoga and playing the Digeridoo: Tumblr page
Urban Asanas Sunday January 6th 10-1130am
Start your Sunday in an energizing empowering way as a gift to yourself and later go out into the world and share it with others. All are welcome.
Hari NYC Thursdays January 10,17,24 & 31st at 7pm-830pm
Kundalini Yoga + meditation class+ Didge relaxation after work. During this class you will experience the science of Kundalini Yoga on a physical and energetic level. A Didgeridoo relaxation with deep grounding vibrations will follow to absorb the benefits of the Kriya and prepare you for a meditation, which will calm your mind and nurture your soul. All are welcome. We’ll have a sweet time 🙂
Guest Artists: Naomi Ruth and Dilcia Gonzalez (aka Soul Rebel)
At this special event, Gnocchi del 29, we come together each month to to build community and celebrate abundance and prosperity in our lives. Gnocchi del 29 is a platform for artists of various media to exhibit their work. Our motto: Love, Prosperity and Art at the end of each month
Love+Prosperity+Food Combo $15
Menu
Gnocchi + Halloween squash sauce + toasted sesame + parmesan cheese
Red+White wine+herbal tea
Chocolate Chip cookies
This month you will be introduced to two New York City artists who are intent on bold self-expression and empowering conversations with their art and their communities: Dilcia Gonzalez-Queiro (aka Soul Rebel) and naOMi ruth. The acknowledgment of shamanic expression in their histories and present lives has influenced the current work of both women in subtle and obvious ways. Guests will have the opportunity to view and listen to their work, as well as witness and participate in a live art performance that incorporates the fascinating spirit of human experience and connection in ways that are likely to surprise and the delight the artists and their beloved community.
Dilcia Gonzalez (aka Soul Rebel) is a walking and traveling artist, and New Yorker, by way of the island of Kiskeya, known to most as Hispaniola or the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The daughter of a folk art painter and a professor, she has always been supported in the value of artistic growth and expression. An illustrator by trade, Soul Rebel’s voice can be seen as well as heard. She focuses on an organic approach to painting, allowing the mediums to form their own images, in a form of divination, if you will. There is a lot of focus in the energy that can be captured whether in a portrait of a human, or other living beings, and in the abstract expression of different marks on a page. She is also a storyteller through graphic novel, trying to capture the voices of the long gone ancestors of the caribbean people, as well as those yet to come.
naOMi ruth is a poet, astrologer, and jane-of-all-grades teacher whose creative identity continues to expand and manifest in accordance with her belief that human beings are limitless. she has called Brooklyn home base for 12 years and finds in her voice and story a brilliant bouquet of nomadic living. her work in all forms reflects the belief that the word is love, and that there is gladly little else to do, be or talk about.
Patricia Buraschi 