Private Sessions/New to Yoga? Welcome! FAQs
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PRIVATE SESSIONS
PRIVATE SESSIONS WITH ATMA KAUR
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON/WILLIAMSBURG
Private Sessions for individuals, couples, and families.
Yoga Healing helps to control debilitating symptoms, pain, and balance the emotions. Sessions produce a deep state of relaxation, freeing the body's energy for health and well-being. The benefit is immediate and is often experienced as the release of symptoms and stress. Sessions are $54/hour, other payment options are available.
Email: atma2@verizon.net
Call: (757)595-3746
NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH CLASSES & PRIVATE SESSIONS
Seek Balance Kundalini Yoga Studio
Linda DeLoatch (Har Sharan)
Call: (757)404-8199
Email: HarSharan@cox.net
website: www.seekbalance.com
NEW TO YOGA? WELCOME! FAQs = Frequently Asked Questions
We are excited to welcome you to Kundalini Yoga and Meditation!
Frequently Asked Questions:
WHAT IS YOGA?
Yoga is a tradition and a science with roots in ancient India that has evolved over centuries to embrace the wisdom of many places and times. Although it means something different to each person, it is rooted in oneness or returning to the Source. Throughout history, it has been split into various “schools” focusing on different aspects of yoga. Each branch is of the same tree, the tree of the Self. Yoga means union.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KUNDALINI YOGA AND HATHA YOGA?
Hatha yoga is the physical branch of the yoga tradition and focuses on the structure of the body to help relieve stress and to provide strength in one’s mind and body. In learning the asanas (yogic postures) of Hatha yoga, a sense of health and vitality is created to help prepare for meditation. Hatha yoga can decrease stress, regulate metabolism, and heal many physical ailments. Practitioners leave class with a deeper connection to their bodies, muscular flexibility, strength, relaxation, concentration, and overall well-being and health.
Kundalini yoga uses breath, yogic postures and meditation to help maintain a healthy spine helping to strengthen the nervous and glandular systems. Each class can help one become aware of much more than just the strength of the body. It helps to facilitate a change physically as well as emotionally and spiritually. Kundalini yoga is yoga for the mind, body, and spirit.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I TAKE A YOGA CLASS?
As often as you like! Everyday is a great day to practice.
WHAT RELIGION IS YOGA?
Yoga is not a religion at all. It is a science of the breath and movement.
SHOULD I EAT BEFORE CLASS?
It is ideal to practice on an empty stomach, or at least 2 1/2 hours after eating. If you are very hunger, sometimes just a piece of fruit or a light snack, such as a fruit smoothie or protein drink an hour or two before class can hold you over until mealtime.
WHAT SHOULD I WEAR?
Comfortable clothes you can move easily in are best for yoga. Tank tops or T-shirts and loose, stretchy pants work best. Yoga is practiced barefoot. You can change into your clothes upon arrival.
WHAT SHOULD I BRING?
A yoga mat, shawl or light blanket, and an sometimes an eye covering are recommended. You may also want to bring a meditation pillow. You may also use a studio yoga mat and blanket.
DO I NEED TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE?
No. Just come a few minutes early to check in at the desk and acquaint yourself with our studio.
WHAT IS KUNDALINI YOGA?
Kundalini Yoga balances the nervous and glandular systems. You’ll chant (the use of sound as an exercise for the body and mind), do physical postures and meditate to heal physically, mentally, and spiritually. You’ll experience your highest consciousness so you can find sacred purpose in your life.
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE WEAR TURBANS?
Some people choose to cover their heads with natural cloth to stimulate the pressure points on the head as an additional way to balance themselves, to improve the circulation to the brain. Turbans are wrapped a specific way to help a person to be calm and kind.
Some people also wear a turban as an article of their faith. For a person who practices the Sikh religion, they may choose to wear a turban to help them to remember to be kind and helpful.
WHAT IS SAT NAM RASAYAN?
SNR is an ancient yogic healing art based on a specific meditative state of consciousness. This transcendent state produces a subtle healing by relaxing people at such a deep level that blocks and resistance to life dissolves. Self-limiting concepts and attitudes start to drop away.
WHY DO WE CHANT?
Chanting is not religion specific. Most yogic chants are in either Sanskrit or Gurmukhi, both ancient languages of the yogis. The shape the mouth makes and the placement of the tongue as the words are spoken actually stimulate pressure points in the mouth, bringing about a meditative state of mind by shifting energy in your brain.
WHAT IS A KRIYA?
A kriya is a set of specific postures and chants to bring about a specific outcome such as increased love, prosperity, flexibility, etc.
FAMILY YOGA
Family Yoga is a class where families can gather with their children (all ages) and do Kundalini yoga and meditation together. So much fun and a great workout! Yoga, meditation, dancing, and topic study. Bring everyone: dads, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts and uncles! Children under 16 are free! Any baby over 6 weeks old is welcome.
HOW FAR ALONG DO I NEED TO BE TO TAKE PRENATAL YOGA?
We recommend you take prenatal classes once conception has occurred, or as soon as you are aware you are pregnant. If you do attend a regular class, let the teacher know you are pregnant, and avoid any postures that involve pressure on the pelvis, navel, or heavy breathing.
HOW OLD SHOULD MY BABY BE FOR THE MOMMY AND ME CLASS?
We recommend bringing your baby once he/she is 6 weeks old.
CAN I BRING MY CHILD TO CLASS WITH ME?
Yes. Kundalini classes are open to anyone. Please just be aware of your child’s presence. In most classes, babies not yet crawling are most welcome. We do advise Mamas bring their crawlers and walkers to the Mommy and Me classes so both can enjoy a full yoga class designed just for them.
WHAT IS CHILDREN'S YOGA?
One is for children ages 3-7, and the other is focused on ages 8-12 Children’s yoga encourages play and introduces some basic kundalini and hatha practice. You can stay in class with your child if you wish, or take your own class at the same time!
WHAT IF I'M RUNNING LATE?
Kundalini classes are open to all latecomers. We would prefer you get some practice rather than no practice.
WHY DO WE USE SHEEPSKINS?
Sheepskins were traditionally used by rishis (yogis) meditating in remote and secluded areas throughout history. When meditating on wool, a person’s electromagnetic field is less influenced by the vibrations of the earth—thus higher states can be achieved with less distraction.
WHAT IS HATHA YOGA?
Hatha yoga is the path of physical yoga or the yoga of postures, and is the most popular branch of yoga in Western culture. Hatha yoga considers the body as the vehicle for the soul. It uses asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation in order to bring the body to perfect health and open it for the more subtle spiritual elements of the mind to emerge freely. The practice of Hatha Yoga will result in the union of the body and the soul. It aims to make the body perfect and fill it with prana (life force).
WHAT IS JIVAMUKTI YOGA?
Jivamukti Yoga is our attempt to integrate the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of yoga practices that originated in India into the modern lifestyle--without losing sight of the ancient and universal goal of the practice, which is liberation. As you learn to flow from asana to asana, you'll discover that your yoga practice makes a real impact on the way you live your life.
WHAT IS BUDOKAN?
Budokon, recently featured in the LA Times, is a holistic training method that combines the classical martial arts, Hatha yoga, and meditation, all designed to explore the maximum potential of the mind, body and spirit. By exploring the physical, emotional and spiritual body through movement and meditation, the student works toward achieving truly sustainable health, wellness and personal power.
WHAT IS FLOW YOGA?
Flow yoga is a fluid and powerful class, interweaving breath, rhythm, energy movement and playfulness. Creating a unique Tantra experience, the yoga of energy and transformation works at a moderate pace in the Vinyasa style, linking movement to breath, building heat, strength and flexibility. All levels welcome.
WHAT IS ASANA?
Asana is Sanskrit for physical posture.
WHAT IS PRANAYAM?
Prana is Sanskrit for life force, and the gross manifestation of prana is breath. Yama is Sanskrit for control, so pranayama means breath control. Operating under the understanding that breath is the source of life, by learning to control the breath, we learn to control ourselves. We use pranayama in preparation for--and often in conjunction with—meditation, as well as during asana practice.
