6 Months to Prosperity

6 Months to Prosperity

How does the program work?

This program is designed to work in a way that suits you best by allowing you to create the intensity that fits your current circumstances. There are six meditations, breathworks and Kriyas (set of yoga exercises), one for each month.

Kundalini yoga is a powerful practice that combines movement, meditation, breathwork, mantra and mudra. Practicing a Kriya even just once can have enormous benefits, so imagine the effects of repeating a practice every week, twice a week or even daily. In this 6 month program we give you the tools to do just that.

You can decide how often you will practice each routine based on your own schedule. It’s good to challenge yourself but it’s important to set yourself realistic goals. We recommend getting into the habit of having a daily practice (known as Sadhana in the yogic world) as it’s one of the most effective tools towards self improvement.

Sadhana can be any practice that promotes personal growth and wellbeing, the key is consistency (do something every day) and discipline (keep doing it even when thenovelty wears off!). And the best way to stick to this daily practice is to create a plan that works for you and your life.

Your sadhana could be doing all three routines (breath work, Kriya and meditation)first thing in the morning, every morning. This is the traditional practice but it is also a very challenging thing to do, especially if you lead a very busy life.

Alternatively you could choose to do one routine each day at a time that works for you, choosing shorter routines on days you know you will be busy and longer routines at your quieter times.

With each daily repetition the physical practice becomes easier as your body gets used to the movement, on the other hand, the mental motivation to repeat the practice each day can become quite a challenge. Having a daily practice requires a lot of discipline; discipline to quieten the thoughts in your head telling you to skip it today, discipline to get up a little earlier to fit in a morning practice, discipline to get home from work and instead of sitting down with a cup of tea, rolling out your yoga mat. This is why it is so important to build a daily practice that works for you rather than follow someone else’s daily routine.

At the end of the 6 months you could start the program all over again or choose your favourite practice and follow one of the suggested challenges below. According to yogic philosophy, the length of time that you commit to a daily practice can have various levels of transformation:

Choose one Kriya and practice consistently for:

40 days – breaks any negative habits that are getting in the way of your personal growth.

90 days – establishes a new habit in your conscious and subconscious minds that will change you deeply.

120 days – confirms the new habit, which gets permanently integrated into your psyche.

1000 days – become master of this habit, no matter the challenge.

Kundalini Yoga Practices

Kundalini yoga is a combination of lots of ancient yogic practices, from the very early ascetic practice of Tapas in the Vedic period (c. 1500 BC) to the Tantric practices of the early Middle Ages ( 600 CE) to Hatha practices of the later Middle Ages. It combines Sikh and English mantras, concepts from Chinese medicine and of course ancient understandings of Kundalini – a dormant energy force, activated through yogic practices. Kundalini Yoga has a distinct style and routines, here are a few common practices:

• Before we begin any yoga practice, we tune in with the Adi Mantra to bring our attention to the importance of the practice and our inner teacher:

Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo (I bow to the universe, I bow to the Devine teacher within)

• We close each practice with three long Sat Nams (truth is my identity), the Sat is long and the Nam is short (signifying a long life and short death).

• In almost all exercises we keep our eyes closed with the eyes rolled in and up towards the brow point (the point between the eyebrows). There are some exercises that call for the gaze to be at the tip of the nose or crown of the head

• At the end of individual exercises we suspend the breath (either holding it out or in) and apply the root lock/ mula bandha ( squeezing the pelvic floor muscles in and up and pulling the navel in and up)

• In many exercises and meditations we apply the neck lock/jalandhar bandha (sitting up tall, pull the chin toward the back of the neck, keeping the head level and centred)