Gracing myself with a fascinating Kundalini Class

After a long time of practicing my own yoga kriyas at home only, I have been feeling a desire to attend a group class but unfortunately there is currently no prenatal kundalini class offered in all of Munich proper. There are lots of prenatal classes - don't get me wrong here, but I believe because Kundalini is a special type of yoga, there seems to be less of a demand for it and serves quite a niche community. At least my colleagues from the Kundalini Yoga Center here in Schwabing explained to me that they used to offer prenatal classes but that it was hard to get a critical mass of students.

Anyway, the class I attended this morning with another pregnant woman from my Kundalini Teacher Training, really showed my that I was missing the sense of community in a group class for a reason. The teacher was very focused on dance and music which was exactly what I needed to get out of my head. I have been obsessing over the decision of what to do if the little man does not turn instead of being in the moment and this song reminded me to start trusting that what is happening is happening for a reason. She artfully chooses beautiful music and mantras, a nice mixture between traditional kundalini music and for instance the gayatri mantra which is not typically used in such a setting but which I am completely in love with and which I could listen to for ages. Even though the class was not a dedicated prenatal class, the instructor made it a point to show us variation and alternatives for each one of the poses that might otherwise have been difficult for us.

The underlying intention of the entire class was releasing fears and anger and that way, opening our heart centers and even though we were not able to participate in all of the poses or had to modify, the energy in the room was so fierce that we could feel it strongly and the class really affected us greatly.
We started the kriya off with 3 minutes of loud snoring to release all tensions in the throat chakra - felt great ;-) Thank you so much to Simran who helped me relate even more to Gurmurkh's quote below:

"Consciousness is on its way- nobody wins alone, we all win together" 

Now, this was just a teaser for the upcoming Yoganight that will be hosted for the first time ever in Munich this Saturday, on the longest day of the year. For the summer solstice. Seventeen different yoga studios will open their doors and give interested students a taste of what they offer in terms of yoga, meditation and other special classes. Exciting stuff!

Due to my pregnancy, I didn't want to try any super challenging, physical classes and thus decided to check out the following three studios that are close by in my neighborhood:

Sharanam Yoga

Yam Yoga

Maha Shakti

All of them offer meditation, pranayama and soft (yin) yoga classes  - very curious to explore. Stay tuned and I will update you on the classes I observed this weekend.