Transformational Yoga Studio

I have been practicing yoga of one kind or another for many years.  A few months ago I happened to pass Transformational Yoga Studio one morning on my way to the Post Office.  I was very excited to have found a yoga studio so near where I live, so I checked out some of the classes on the website.  The ones that fit best with my schedule, time-wise, were evening classes called “Kundalini”.  I had no clue what this might be, but figured “well, yoga is yoga – how different can it be?”  Boy, was I surprised.

Kundalini yoga focuses on breathing and aligning the energy centers in the body so that energy can flow unimpeded, as it is meant to do.  This flow connects us with every other living being in the universe – we are all a part of the same whole.  This was something I had felt for many years but never thought I could find a practice that would incorporate my beliefs.  Kundalini yoga was it!

Since I began taking classes in, my life has changed.  I am more healthy, happy and peaceful – physically, mentally and emotionally.  I’ve learned to “let go” of all the negativity, stress and unhappiness that other people project and to live a more centered and focused life.  The practice of Kundalini yoga showed me the way.  Kundalini is all about “you” – whoever, however you are.

We focus on ourselves. It’s true we pay reverence to the creative force, whatever name you may give it – God, Great Spirit, or whatever you choose to call it.  Kundalini does not replace or displace whatever religion you choose to follow.  But it does allow you to live life in a more “god-like” way.

It’s something any one can do.  You don’t have to be in tip-top physical shape.  All you have to do is give it an honest try.  Once you begin to reap the benefits, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it!  I urge everyone to give it a try and see if it doesn’t change your life, too.

I have never done yoga and been living in India my entire life, I am 45 yrs old and never been out of my country. When I met Nirinjan I thought she was just another pretty, young, spoiled American woman here to have a visit. I am a seamstress here in India and after getting to know her while making her clothes, I realized she was the real deal. Nirinjan introduced me to Kundalini yoga and I thought it was odd thing since I have ever done it.

Over the next three months while she was in India and I watched her dedication to my own heritage. I started to wonder why I wasn’t so passionate and what she got from it? She awoke everyday at 1:30am and went to The Golden Temple and washed the Marble Floor to clear her karma, with a bunch of locals. She told me with her big energy smiling “That serving was going to help her life and I should come and join her everyday."

At that time my life was a disaster as I had been in a very abusive marriage for 10yrs where my husband was beating me and my daughter on a daily basis. It took me sometime to tell Nirinjan but I would show up at her hotel and do yoga with her with bruises on my arms and even crying. She never judged and said “keep up & come with me to wash the floors”.

As I did the yoga and fire-breath I started feeling better and seeing things in a different way. Then I tried getting up and going with her to wash the floors and it made me feel even better. Soon I started my own 40 days of washing the marble floors.  Then believing it or not with the Kundalini Yoga and Nirinjan’s assistance and after 40 day of marble washing I had strength to leave my abusing husband and protect my daughter & son. Ten years of suffering and the Kundalini yoga and a little service to a higher cause I escaped!!!

I went through a hard time after Nirinjan left but I never forgot the Kundalini Yoga and continue to uplift myself and make me strong so I never fall back into abuse again. Thank you Nirinjan and we are waiting for your return and you have a home in India any time you come.