There are yoga poses that look fun. I call these party poses because they’re fun to show off at parties. They are also good for you and are usually the ones others can’t or won’t do, right? Then, there are the ones that are fun only when they are over. Don’t think I need to elaborate on those—the ones you hate to do but after doing them, you feel great. Then there are the ones I call the Energy Guru poses that give you energy on the spot—the ones that make life fun.

Getting stuck in some dark, angry, depressed or anxious state is not fun. What can change your state of mind, heart and being into a more open powerful state is fun. Think about this if you knew you could invest 2-3 minutes and make $1000s. Would you do it? If you thought that if you invested 1-3 minutes in you because you could change your energy state from depleted or reactive, to energized and clear, would you make that investment? I hope you are smart enough to say, yes, to that one so here is your chance. A gift of a fun yoga pose and exercise.

You can continue to read this even if you have done something similar or are familiar with it already (there really is more than one). This fun yoga pose or exercise will not be meaningful unless you have invested 1-3 minutes in you. Fun to me is something most of us have not been taught. We know how to manipulate numbers, i.e., the stock market; we know how to manipulate others; we know how to manipulate the pollution in the environment, but we don’t know how to manipulate our own energy except with pills or cheap energy drinks. Fun is knowing that you are not a slave to your emotions. Fun is knowing that energy is energy and you are an alchemist of your own domain. You have the power to change your own states at will without trashing yourself. You now have the power to know that you can go from glum to fun at your will. That is true power. Those who can’t control their own energetic states are always be looking outside for ways to get more. The so-called energy drinks literally kill your adrenals, taxes your heart and who knows what else. It is agreed that they are not good for you.

Okay, I want to give you another majical exercise so you know that the last one wasn’t just a fluke. For all non-believers and those who want more, here is another exercise. This one is to get you over taking yourself so seriously. Oh, just so you know, no one looks good when doing this, so go somewhere you won’t be seen, or even better, get others to do it with you.

Here’s how to do it. Inhale in 4 equal parts through your mouth starting from as low in your diaphragm as you can (NOTE: when stressed, your diaphragm will be tight and it will be hard to breathe deeply), then exhale by sticking your tongue out as far as you can and opening your eyes as wide as you can. For extra effectiveness, do this with someone you love, or hate, or in-front of a mirror. If this doesn’t make you laugh at yourself and life, you are dead. It is called Dragon Breath and it is for getting rid of the anger and the dragons we carry around that are eating us from the inside. Opening your eyes this wide will give you another gift, which we will speak of later. For now, do it and then let me know how it works for you. Do this in the middle of a fight, maybe, but not with your boss. You aren’t fighting with him/her anyway right? Let me know what happens to the fighting energy. It is majical and very fun.

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I could write on and on about what you can do, should do, must do, and could do. We have all been frustrated with and in our relationships especially regarding a juicy relationship for couples. I had one of my students write me an entire letter the other day on all the ways she hated everything about her husband. It took me two sentences for me to get back to a place of willingness to see what could change. It went from hate, hate, hate to I don’t know what to do.

These are three very simple rules that I hope you will apply to your relationship with you and your relationship with everyone ESPECIALLY your beloved. They sound so easy and at times they will be; at other times you will not want to do any of them. These are the times that you want to reread this and listen to Nike’s “Just do it.”

Write these three relationship for couples sayings on a piece of paper or on your phone or pad but carry them around till they are yours.

1. Chose to be kind to each other. Life is hard enough as it is. Kindness costs little and reaps big benefits. “Do onto others as you would have them do unto you.”
2. Rejoice in your differences. They will make things juicy in the long run. Have patience in the short run. They will widen your vision and experience.
3. See the humor in your relationship and in the life around you.

Here is something that will break up fights and help you to see the humor when you have lost yours. Believe it or not, this is a yogic breath. Those yogis are such wild beings.

Dragon Breath

This breath is used to release frustration, anger, upset and to give you a sense of humor.

Inhale in 4 equal parts through your mouth with your eyes closed, unless you are driving. Then the fun part—exhale by sticking your tongue out as far as possible and open your eyes super wide.

Do this in front of a mirror and it will change your mood. You can’t take yourself seriously when you do this. Or, do it with your partner during a fight or just to get over something. You really only need to do this 3-5 times but you can do it longer. Have fun. It actually helps to balance your thyroid and parathyroid.

Things I have found helpful to remember. My little love multiplier list.

1. Count your blessings together, and they will multiply.
2. Speak to each other with kindness (even when you don’t feel it) and it comes back to you.
3. Take your time with sex.
4. Make time and give space to feed and build intimacy physically, mentally and spiritually. Get really naked with each other. Let the other in…

And above all, enjoy. We forget that we got into these things because we liked, loved and truly saw each other. Let each other in and delight in this gift. Or… when the juicy dries up, either revitalize it or it will die a natural death with neglect.

If you want more, try yoga for couples

In Joy and Delight I send you love, love, love.

Gurutej Khalsa

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Relationship Advice: What Is the Secret in Choosing the Right Partner?

The hardest thing when you are “in love” is to see the person clearly, right? We see what we want to see—what we fall in love with, which is the essence of the person. If your love lives in, and to their essence, you are in good shape and don’t need to read this article. If you are having doubts or have a pattern of picking what we call “losers,” which means people that don’t match up or have the same values, ideals, hopes and consciousness as you do, here are some relationship advice I, and others, have found easy and great markers to take a look at.

Here are some relationship advice you just might want to follow when making a commitment to and with someone. It doesn’t matter if it is a marriage or a moving-in-together. Yes, one is easier to get out of, but the longer you live together, the more entwined your lives become.

1. Check out and listen to what the people you love around you think and feel about the person you are thinking of being with. Listen even if you don’t want to or think you need to.
2. If the person you have chosen treats you nicely and everyone else badly, he or she will treat you the same way in time.
3. If he/she treats you badly but always feels bad and makes it up to you, this will continue and quite possibly get much worse with added stressors.
4. Do you want this person to be the mother/father of your children even if you think you don’t want any?
5. Is this person kind and gives back to the community? Any community?
6. Are you both open to change? Change is essential to a thriving relationship. Have you witnessed this capacity during your relationship thus far?
7. At times you may need outside advice. Don’t hesitate to find help; there are people specifically trained to solve a couple’s problems. Are they open to this? Find out now.
8. Don’t think I even need to say , but will. If your Potential Partner is addicted to anything—drugs, alcohol, sex, negativity, gambling—then addiction will come first. You are not the cure! You are not the cure!

Does he yell at you? Is she always freaking out? Does your partner always have to have it his or her way? These are just a few relationship advice I can give and I could go on and on about the road signs. But I want to tackle a key issue in every relationship.

In my Book The Slice of the Beloved the first quarter of the book is about YOU—your relationships with yourself, which comes first. This is an important relationship advice to take in and that is how important I feel this is. It’s about YOU. How do you take care of you? How do you de-stress yourself? Do you do the things you love? Do you exercise? Do you take time for you? Do you value you? Do you meditate? If you don’t value and take care of YOU, then you cannot expect that the other person is going to do this or that for you. It is 100% guaranteed that this will NOT happen.

We sometimes think or wish we were in a relationship for security or so someone will truly love us. I know women and I’m sure there are men (I just don’t know them), who have also “traded up” for security. One of these women told me, “They give you their black American express card to do as you want with.” The price you pay is you ask no questions about what they do in any aspect of their lives.” This is an arrangement and it has a name, and that name is not good or great for a relationship. “Relationship” means you relate hopefully in deep ways. Remember that how you see YOU and how you treat YOU is how others will treat you. Value YOU. Do things that build that value. Choose YOU; feed yourself first so you have what it takes to give to others. Remember, on planes they say, “The oxygen mask will drop down. First put your mask on and then put the put the mask on any children traveling with you.” That safety rule holds in life. Oh, and that’s not just for the children in your life.

• Feed yourself meditation so you can see.
• Feed yourself good food so your moods stay even and you feel good.
• Feed yourself the right to do the things you love on a regular basis. It will make you more loving.
• Feed yourself exercise so you have the strength to do what needs to be done.

Do all this with love and you will cultivate the grace necessary to relate from your heart. Exhaustion closes your heart and never helps with communication or connection. Be the lover. Breathe life into your life so you have it to breathe into and see what is right for all involved.

“Don’t sell yourself short; you deserve the best.” This relationship advice will help you truly feed you.

You deserve to get your essence back in bright and powerful, love. Deserve, then desire. If you desire first, you may not get what you truly deserve. Clear your intuitive centers so you can be receptive to what is—not what you want or hope it can, or will be. When things are what you want them to be, say yes, yes, yes. You have a platform to build from.

Deep love and Blessings to you

Gurutej Khalsa

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Do you know? I didn’t either, though I’m a Kundalini Yoga teacher, till I realized that my mission in life was to make everyone their own yoga energy guru. What does that mean. Okay this is the story. I realized after years of teaching people how to have better lives with Kundalini Yoga, meditation, diet, community etc., that we know so much about so many things but we don’t have a clue about us. We know about changing our clothes, our sheets, taking care of our cars and our homes but we don’t know how to take care of our rented home called our body.

What you know even less about is how to adjust your minds or your emotions. Can’t tell you how many thousands of times I have heard, “I just can’t shut off my mind, Can you help me with that?” I kept hearing these pleas everywhere I went—that and “Oh, my God. I need to get up from my desk during the day but there is so much to do. I don’t even drink water because I don’t want to have to go to the bathroom.” It’s the just one more thing complex. Then at the end of the day our minds are toast and our bodies are twisted and in pain, or emotions frayed and we aren’t bringing our best self home or anywhere else.

I said to myself there has to be a way that I can take all I have learned as a yoga energy guru and share it with others in a useful way. What people also kept telling me was, “I just don’t have the time to do that (whatever I suggested) it will take too much time. So I needed to make something that could be done in the office, or in the car or in the bathroom AND have a big bang for the 1-3 minutes I was asking them to invest. I can do this, I thought, and I did. I created these wonderful flip charts with 18 exercises that you can do all day long to reclaim your energy.

1. The Kundalini Yoga Release Flipchart has 18 exercises that will help you release stress, challenging situations or things you are obsessing about.

1. The Kundalini Yoga Rejuvenate Flipchart is 18 exercises that will allow you to rejuvenate your mind, breath, body and spirit.
   

Here are two you can do right now so you have the experience. Taking my word as an experienced yoga energy guru is one thing but having the experience yourself is quite another.

Release

Squatting

Claw Dance: Two steps for radiant, charismatic energy

Round and tighten fingers in long-clawed-like hands.

Come up tall on your toes swinging the arms out to the sides and up over the head in a big arc motion.  Breath in on the way up while saying “WHO”. Next, squat down while the arms are swinging downward in a big arc. Exhale saying “LA” on the way down. Keep repeating these 2 steps.

Round up and tighten fingers to mimic long claws.

Starting tall on tip toes, swing the arms up over the head in a big arc motion. Inhale on the way up while saying “WHO”. Exhale saying “LA” while squatting down and swinging the arms down in a big arc.

Keep repeating these 2 steps.

1-2 minutes

Gift:

Strengthens thighs and increases energy. Replenishes your energy field and expands awareness. Helps clears the mind when facing challenges.

Release

Pounding Har: Beat anger and clear cobwebs

Sit on heels on a mat, or at your desk if the room is sound proof.

Powerfully and rapidly beat the floor or desk surface with palm of hands while saying “HAR” with each pounding. Make the sounds from deep within the abdomen. For added benefit, pump lightly by pulling the navel in toward the spine with each “HAR”.

2-3 minutes

Gift:

Helps release anger and frustration. Uses sounds and powerful motion to clear “debris” and stimulates all the nerve endings in the hands.

So for your sake, try these; use these and share them so you can become your own energy guru; so you can know how to shift your energy at any time; so you can know how to clear your mind, rejuvenate or release your body and open your soul so you can enjoy this hueman experience you are having.

Blessings to all Energy Gurus,

Gurutej Khalsa

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Balancing Chakras: Third Chakra – Yellow for True Power

Many people have asked: What is Chakra? Even when they already have the answer, they often associate the word with the Third Chakra or the Solar Plexus Chakra which rules the entire abdominal area and is also called the solar center. It requires the sun or sunlight to activate it. In other words, the color yellow. What do we say when someone is afraid or we want them to do something truly crazy? “You are just yellow belly.”

When I think of yellow, I think of sunlight, dancing, daffodils, sunflowers, chiffon, my favorite doll dress, fields of wild flowers, lemons, golden berries, eggs sitting in their white dresses, and dancing skirts of yellow swirls. Yellow may be a power color, a primary color, but it is also the “power of happiness” color. It is the “wake up” color, the burst-forth-with-energy color—your navel and mine.

Yellow is there to uplift and give you Energy with a big E. It is bright and alive; it wants to dance with you. It wants you to get out and dance with life. When you want to be in your power and be able to empower others, then it is the time to…

1. Paint a wall in your living space yellow and see what happens.
2. Wear a yellow blouse, tie, scarf or, yes, even a skirt, and see what happens to you and your day.
3. Get a Yellow Chakra Pillow

Yellow will not let you sit still but it will make you delightfully happy at the core of your being through the Solar Plexus Chakra.

Look at the things that are yellow in your life; your surroundings. How do you feel around them? What do they tell you? What do they give you? Yes, I want you to tune into this color for it is springtime somewhere, right? The crocuses are bursting through the snow, giving hope. Yellow will help you be aware of energy if you pay attention. Make it the focus of your attention today. Don’t be a yellow belly. Take the risk to get powerful and able and willing to empower others if you want True Power. That is what this Third Chakra is about—Earth Power.

When we say someone is yellow, it is not a compliment. It means you are a coward; you live in fear. But here is Yellow as a color that is actually an antidote for your fear. Let me know that you have made friends with this meditation, meaning you must do it for 40 days and then tell me if it works. Just 11 minutes for starters and don’t be afraid of this commitment. Lose fear and gain love. Yellow is both the dance-upward and downward color for the Third Chakra wherein the Yellow Chakra Pillow can also be a support tool.

Love you (in a Juicy Yellow dancing embrace without fear).

Jump into that which will give you light!

Gurutej Khalsa

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I took the time to write this book and share it with all women out there because you can easily learn about the Moon Centers and unearth the gifts inside each of them. It wasn’t as easy as picking up a book for me. I learned about them at a women’s camp, I don’t remember exactly which one. Yogi Bhajan spoke about the Moon Centers for about half an hour. We found it interesting at the time, but that was all.

Some ten years later, while sorting out my notes, I found this amazing material again and decided to study it, try it, and share it. If you are a woman, knowing about The Moon Centers gives you power over your negative emotions. If you are a man, it gives you the key to understand women of all ages. You learn to listen to the voice of their emotions.

For instance, if your energy is in the Clitoris point and it is in a challenged state, it’s not advisable to go on a first date. Why? Because this makes you want to be with people you know well, who make you feel comfortable. You want to be with your girl friends and do things that are comforting to you and them. If you go on a blind date then, you won’t feel interest for the other person. You will sit there wishing to be at home curled up on the sofa watching your favorite movie for the tenth time or at Nina’s pajamas party.

The Moon Centers gave me the power of choice. Knowing which Center my energy was in and in which of the three states I was in (positive, neutral, or challenged), saved me from a lot of drama and trauma, as I like to say. I knew why I felt this or that way, and I knew how to make the most of it. I didn’t need to change or hide the emotions once I understood them. It was exhilarating! I wasn’t crazy. Now it’s your time to benefit from the Moon Centers. It’s all in my book, The Moon She Rocks You.

Wahe Guru blessings to you.

Gurutej Khalsaa

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Just think what you could do with that time—one extra month in your life each and every year you do this.

Think…

1. how much more money you could make.
2. how much more time you would have with the people you love.
3. how much more time to pursue your passions doing what you love.
4. how much more time to complete the projects that never get done.

But before I even get into this, I want to tell you my story and what inspired this book. I was taking this very extensive course for authors and the person teaching the course, Steve Harrison, had us fill out a very extensive form which he looked at before our one interview with him. Of all I had done in my life (and it is a very extensive list), he was most impressed by the fact that I had slept for only 3-4 hours each night for 35 years. He asked if I would write a book about how I did this, and the benefits it would give others if they followed this system.

He was also impressed by the fact that I was 63 and looked amazing (as others say) and feel great (see my pictures at www.gurutej.com). I can do handstands, headstands, rollerblade hills, and much more. I also have a very clear, concise, and productive mind. I imagine if I had looked haggard and spent, he would not have been as impressed with the 35 years I spent getting only 3-4 hours of sleep each night.

Don’t let this scare you. I’m not asking you to do that. I was part of a consciousness experiment in the 70s.

Why am I telling you this? Because you too have asked how you can do more and have more energy and clarity to do what you want and need to do in your life.

This program, The 13^th Month, is designed and based on what I have learned, with the imperfections taken out. You get all the goodies with the stuff that didn’t work removed. This is an exceptional program for exceptional people. If this is what you want, then proceed and ask me how you can achieve The 13^th Month success goals. Otherwise, turn tail and run away. Only when your passion is greater than your fear will you be able to make changes in your life.

Gain An Extra Month Each Year!  Spiritual Healing!

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You can use the color Indigo to embrace your capacity to see. It is the color of the third eye. It is the color of the city’s night sky. It is the color that can blow your perceptions wide open. This is why Indian women wear jewels or fake jewels now over their third eye to call that light into activating their intuition. We all long for intuition.

Many people have said to me, “I don’t know which voice is my intuition.” Pay attention my dear ones to the voice that tells you which way to go, or what not to say, or what to say, or so much more. That is the voice. Get to know its frequency. Get to know and become friends with its wisdom.

The more quiet you can become, the more you can tune in and the more it will tune into you.

5 Things that can help you with expanding your intuition…

1. Meditation. Almost any kind, though I have favorites that I find most effective, like when you don’t know what to do. You can view this on YouTube www.youtube.com/theenergygurus under meditation.
2. An easy helper is my Indigo Chakra Pillow. http://gurutej.com/store/chakra-pillows/
3. Speak more slowly and listen to yourself. See if what you are saying is worthwhile or just talking to prove you are alive.
4. Listen to others from your third eye. See into them.
5. Do Sun Gazing. Look at the sun at sunset with eyes 9/10 closed, then practice looking at the sun from your 3^rd eye as it sets. It will feed you.

In one of my classes the other day, this delightful angel of a woman, who is Mexican, said “I view this” instead of “I see this.” I loved it for it was so true. How we view is how we respond. She didn’t “see this” but she was able to “view it.” We put all life through our very own View-Masters. Does your View-Master need cleaning? Does it need some new vistas?

Indigo is a color of depth whether you’re wearing it, looking at it, sleeping with indigo sheets or an Indigo Chakra Pillow. Let the depth of this color feed your depth. http://gurutej.com/store/chakra-pillows/

If you could see anything, what is it you would choose to see? What is it that is not available to you now would you go for? Knowing this desire will allow you to at least invite the unknown over for dinner or a play date. This is the best place to start. Innocence blows the doors off the Divine. All you are trying to do is catch a glimpse of that wily One. That one glimpse of it can serve you. It’s that one bright light that will light your internal flame.

Wahe Guru.

Gurutej Khalsa

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1. the protection
2. the comfort
3. we have given up on our bodies
4. we have given up on our lives
5. it doesn’t really matter to us (a lie)
6. we wish we could wish it away
7. dealing with it is too hard

I want to extend a hand to you and say I know there is partial truth to all these things. This life is unpredictable and sometimes scary. That is where the line: “It’s not the life that matters, it’s the courage you bring to it,” came from. We need courage and I don’t mean the essential oil (though I use that too), to make life worthwhile.

My daughter had been a great inspiration to me—fighting for her life and living each moment fearlessly and joyously. No complaints, just creating her own road map with great heart and lots of support.  I’m sure she had moments; we all do. It’s not if you hit the mat; it’s how fast you pick yourself up.

Do you have the courage to even think you want to lose the physical, or mental, or physic, or soul weight you are now dragging around like a big ole dead cow? First component you need is support.

1. For support you need YOUR person
2. To Succeed You need YOUR  plan to include some things  you love.
3. Time in nature and to feed your true nature
4. Great alive food; alkaline diet
5. Moving this beautiful body of yours in a way you love; use your person to do it with.

I want to share a piece of my ebook , Get Your Essence Back, to inspire you and support you.

Let’s uncreep the fat. Let’s get that fat to crawl away in shame. We are funny. We hate receding hairlines but love receding waistlines. I want to help you allow yours to creep away by focusing on what you want and aligning your life behind that instead of with what you don’t want.

Before you go on this adventure to get your essence back, you need some fortifications to take with you. No, it’s not food; these are good for you and have zero calories.

What is the first component? You must say, “yes.” You must be an accountability person.

This person must be someone who…

• cares about you and gets you.
• must not bend to diatribes, moods, or any other such assaults.
• must have a sense of humor to cajole or tease oneself as needed.

I want you to take out a piece of paper. Yes, right now, and write down the names of 5 people that can possibly be your support persons. If you don’t have 5 then do 3. Even if you only have 1,  write it down, because that may be what you only need.

Make sure the chosen person is someone who really sees you and wants the very best for you; who is always pushing or nudging you to use your talents and gifts.

Pick up your phone and call this person (or persons) right now. Ask them if they would be willing…

1. to be with you in a journey to shedding the debris of your past.
2. to help you make it fun.
3. to help you laugh at how seriously you might take shifting something into or away from your life.

When you have completed this task, go to http://gurutej.com/store/get-your-essence-back/  and get the ebook, or really say, yes, to this support and get the whole program which will encompass you in my love and support each day. You will get audio, visual and kinesthetic support plus an entire transcript that you can go back to and look up whatever you want. It is up to you. The more support you say yes to, the greater your chances of succeeding in your quest to GET YOUR ESSENCE BACK.

I know you can do it. I know you can succeed. I know you have talents the world needs now. I look forward to supporting you in this journey.

Deep Blessings

Gurutej

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Red is one of the primary colors. My daughter never got to wear red, so when she went to preschool she would often come home with these red socks. I would wash them and return them to the school. One day the teacher said, “I think she just needs to keep these socks. I see her getting her feet wet on purpose so she can put these socks on.” So the red socks became hers.

Red is the color of the mountains and cliffs of Sedona; the color of the dirt in Oklahoma; the color some of our cheeks take on when we are cold or work out; the color associated with fire and fire engines. These all give us clues to to the power of red.

What I want you to do is look behind red. Feel how you feel around the various shades and hues of red. When we say, “I see red,” we know that means we are angry. Yet red holds so much more than that. Why do so many of us paint our toe nails red? Why are there so many red flowers? Why is the red rose the one that speaks of committed passion? What is behind our association with red? What secrets does red hold for you, for the world? How can you use red to heal?

Red is the most grounding of colors. Wear red socks or red pants or red shoes when you need more grounding. At one time, I had many pairs of red shoes. Still have red rain boots and great red strappy red shoes.

I invite you to unfold the gift of red. Get a Red Chakra Pillow (http://gurutej.com/store/chakra-pillows/) it will give you clear, connected energy. It will help to restore and rebalance your Root Chakra. The smells will remind you for apple pie and get you grounded in happy memories. Explore RED.

There are also videos on YouTube on all the chakra pillows except Indigo. That one was lost. You can include them in your Favorites if you feel they will be supportive.

Wahe Guru blessings and a balanced Root Chakra to you.

Gurutej Khalsa

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