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read this book for my yoga class, There is a chapter on each of theth chakras, I did gain a few insights and ideas ie breathing techniques to help myself improve in certain areas, but there was a lot of stuff that is hard to take seriously.
Overall it's a feelgood book that could probably help you improve in all aspects of your life, if you let it, A good book on the eight chakras and some basic exercises to "open" them, Gurmukh is a very wellrespected teacher of kundalini yoga "the yoga of awareness", and I think her videos do a better job of introducing kundalini practice and I definitely recommend those.
This book is a good supplement to the videos for those who want to learn more, Gurmukh, an internationally renowned yoga teacher, outlines the spiritual and physical practices of Kundalini Yoga, which she has taught for the last thirty years, With illustrated, stepbystep instructions, she teaches the basic principles of the ancient art of yoga, and explains the eight chakras, which are the energy centers of our bodies, and the source of the eight human talents.


Kundalini Yoga is a great way to get your body and mind into shape, In The Eight Human Talents, Gurmukh gives you all the tools you need to increase your creativity, intuition, compassion, health, and prosperity, All you need is a belief in the possibility of change and a commitment of as little as three minutes a day,

From teachers and waiters to Hollywood celebrities, Gurmukh has helped thousands of people find happiness through the healing movements and meditations of Kundalini Yoga and she can help you, too! A great introductory book to learn about our chakras and exercises to keep them in balance.
She is an inspirational instructor and I enjoy reading about the chakras but some of the anecdotes are extreme referencing crippling dependancies and people battling serious demons and thus distract from the points.
And admittedly I couldn't finish the book, She was telling yet another tall tale sounding anecdote that was discussing someone with flipper like appendages and it was the last straw, I just can't take the book seriously, Better to attend her classes and then the dose of crazy is tempered with the rest of everything else and the actual yoga, This is a book about Kundalini Yoga, which is an ancient Sanskrit practice, The 'Human Talents' refer to the energy chakras in our body, which each represent certain energies and intentions and feelings, etc, I would love to believe in it, I truly would, We're all looking for ways to feel better, I do take it all with a grain of salt, I tried many of the yoga exercises in this book, specifically designed to help with whatever physical and/or mental ailments are discussed in certain chapters.
And, sonofagun, those poses and breathing techniques made a difference, So much so, that I now regularly attend Kundalini Yoga classes in my neighborhood, Negative aspect of that: doing those rather strange poses and techniques 'Breath of Fire', anyonein front of strangers fills me with dread and anxiety, Hmm something I need to work on I believe Gurmukh would suggest that to be possible, Perhaps I'll start doing it more at HOME, Kundalini yoga, meditasyon hakkında bilgi sahibi olmak isteyenlere tavsiye ederim, Müthiş bir kitap Amazingly empowering for every individual, I'm learning all about the different chakras, which is cool since I'm now teaching a yoga class series on the chakras, I'm onlypages into this book, but it's delightful, The explanations of the talents and shadow emotions related to each chakra are really fascinating and easy to relate to, Stories are employed to illustrate the manifestation of the chakras, and it really gets you hooked, I hate to admit it, but I usually have a hard time paying attention when I read yoga philosophy, This is so different and conversational and has just the right amount of asana and pranayama mixed in, The Eight Human Talents is partstory and partinstruction manual for the practice of Kundalini yoga, I've only ever practiced hatha yoga and this is very different from what I've learned, I've tried a couple poses and this is definitely going to take some practice,

If I learned anything from this book, it is to breathe deeply, One of Gurmukh's main points is that by connecting with the breath, we reconnect with ourselves,

Also, don't be afraid to try, even if you fail, "If we can make one step towards happiness, towards healing, towards change, miracles begin to happen, The Kundalini Yoga and Meditation in this book are a way of making those small steps towards happiness, If you will try even one thing from this bookone breathing exercise, one stretch, one meditation know that somewhere I am cheering right out loud for you, because I know that making that first step is the hardest thing to do.
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Some of Gurmukh's stories were saccharine sweet, but I enjoyed most of them, "We are powerless over every other person on the planet, and we only have power over our own lives, No matter how problematic the people in your life are, you are always the solution, " pg.

I'll have to get back to you on if these exercises deliver on the myriad of promises that Gurmukh makes, So far, I've discovered that my lower back needs to be strengthened and I should work on my neck flexibility,

She ties all of her suggested poses to different chakras and energies found within the body, If that concept is too far out for you, you may be better served with a different introduction to Kundalini yoga,

Recommended for beginners to moderately experienced practitioners, My favorite book about kundalini yoga, Always revitalizes my interest in it, Most of the anecdotes I found very unbelievable, Towards the second half of the book I wasn't really taking it in, just skimming past them, I did find the meditations and breathing exercises useful, though, and I enjoyed reading about the role each of the power centers plays in every day life.
I also liked reading about each chakra's "shadow side, " I have the author's yoga DVD and have found it one of the better available for beginners to yoga, That's what spurred me to pick up the book,

I'm not sure what to think of the book, It's very uneven. There are some terrific explanations of breathing and exercises to practice, There are some interesting insights, Then there are some anecdotes that simply defy reason and are unbelievable, . . as in I literally cannot believe them, Gurumuk was my yoga teacher in LA, I miss her classes and wish I could go, Her book and DVD are the next best thing, so i pretty much read this entire book today, i'll admit i didn't read every word, and i might have skipped the entire last chapter, but i did some of the exercises, it's very conversational for a yoga book, six tenths self help four tenths yoga, that said it must have something worth while if i was compelled to read it in a day, I've tried quite hard to live a more positive life over the past few years and decided to read this book after having it in my house for a few months.
I found every page to be captivating and thoughtprovoking, It will easily be referenced at an almost biblicallevel, This book gave me the comfort and insight I needed, when I needed it, It's daunting to practice selfcare but this book really reminds you of the importance and was never once too "hokey" or unbelievable, Be sure to read every word, A book to hold onto and reread until the information is fully absorbed and put into practice, A gift for oneself. This is probably the best overview of Kundalini yoga I've read to date, I would recommend it both as an introduction to the "newbie" and as a "go deeper" book for someone who wants to know more, It can be experienced and enjoyed on both levels,

A disclaimer: This is a very spiritual Godful book, As an atheist, this is something that I find I sometimes have to work really hard to get past, you know The author has such

a personal and profound relationship with a very specific kind of God, and I neither have that nor aspire to it, and in most cases, that creates a barrierit makes it hard for me to really sink into the book, because there is a part of me that just goes, "But that is not my worldview, and I don't believe any of this" and I can't get past that to the material that is applicable to me anyway.
But Gurmukh achievesI'm not quite sure how to express it, I don't share her religious or spiritual faith, But I drank from the text she provided anyway, and I didn't have to spit God out,

That sounds terrible, Let me rephrase: although her approach to Kundalini yoga, meditation, chakras, all the material she presents is in large part faithbased she is an American Sikh, as many Western Kundalini yoga teachers are and as she discloses on page one of the book, this atheist didn't have a "not for me" reaction as a result.
I'm not sure why. Maybe because it's presented so gently and lovingly, Maybe because I can mentally substitute "Divine" "Creation" "Universe" "Life" "Higher Self" or any of those words for God I know it's a semantics game, . . but it's an important one, Maybe because the underlying message/practice is so clear and faithfree, . . and the faithwhatever it is from yougrows from that

Anyway, Highly recommend this book to anyone, atheist or not, who is interested in learning more about Kundalini yoga, meditation, chakras, . . the world universe.

I'll be rereading this book for months if not years, This is an excellent book for learning more about thechakras and I intend to reread it and practice the techniques described, As a newcomer to kundalini yoga, I find the explanations very clear and simple to follow, Hm. I'm not exactly part of the target audience for this book, as I don't believe in chakras and auras, So a book about "balancing" them doesn't do much for me,
But I did take a class at the author's studio in Hollywood, and I have to say it was a great experience: physically challenging and mentally refreshing.

The author spends some time on her life story, which I found compelling, and some of the anecdotes about her students were interesting,
If aurareading is your thing, you'll like this one, . . if not, best skip it!
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