September , 2016

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1 September , 2016 A Weekend Retreat at the Fabulous Stonehouse Farm (visit) 90 Minutes West of Chicago ($250 adv / $275 reg - single day $150) For Complete Details of Wahe Guru Fest, Visit: For Details Regarding Meals and Housing, Visit: 30% check-out for: Moksha Members, My Area Yoga, Lotus Rising Attendees, Wed. Workout in the Park

2 Kundalini is the natural presence of awareness that resides within each of us. Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan is considered one of the most comprehensive of yogic traditions. And, for one weekend in September at Stonehouse Farm you can immerse yourself into this sacred science through its dynamic postures, pranayam, mantra, music and meditation! The purpose of Kundalini Yoga is transformation. It is a technology of changing and strengthening your radiance to give you an expanded life and greater capacity. It is a technology of self-experience. You learn to heal yourself and others. And, Wahe Guru Fest offers the perfect opportunity to heal with the power of the word, chanting, mantra, meditation and sound healing with gongs, bells and singing bowls. In the midst of it all you may find yourself saying, Wahe Guru! Wahe Guru* is a mantra of the Infinity of ecstasy and dwelling in the Creator. It expresses the indescribable experience of going from darkness to light; from ignorance to true understanding. Literally, it means, I am in ecstasy when I experience the Indescribable Wisdom. Wahe Guru balances the energies of the generating, organizing and transforming principles. It is the gurmantra, which also triggers your destiny. While at Wahe Guru Fest don t be surprised if you hear a yogi exclaim Wahe Guru when something goes amazingly right! And, don t be surprised if you hear a yogi exclaim Wahe Guru when something goes very, very wrong, too! Wahe Guru is a mantra that empowers your ability to be neutral in the midst of all situations; positive or negative. And, that is the definition of a true yogi - one who is swayed neither by praise nor by slander; by the positive or negative in any situation. Come experience the profound peace of practicing Kundalini Yoga kriyas, the deep psychological rest of chanting sacred mantras and the use of sound as a tool for attunement and healing. Raise your Kundalini at Wahe Guru Fest at Stonehouse Farm, Sept ! * Pronounced WHA HAY GOO ROO. Friday Night 7:30 pm - Opening Circle with Shakta & Stonehouse Staff 8:00 pm - The Healing Power of Triple Gong & Mantra Kundalini Yoga, Meditation & Chanting with Shakta Kaur & Siri Bahadur Singh. We begin our weekend by experiencing the deep healing power of the gong. The gong is a beautiful reinforced vibration that impacts the body by releasing blocks, reducing tension and clearing the mind. After some light Kundalini Yoga we use three Paiste symphonic gongs to allow an inflow of healing and energy to cascade into the body. Your mind will have no defense to the gong after 90 seconds! At the close of our session we use primal sounds (mantra) to remind us that the entire universe was built on sound, on vibration. And, as we vibrate a particular combination of sounds, we tune into a different level of intelligence, or, consciousness. As we vibrate, so we become. As

3 we vibrate, the universe vibrates with us. And, as we vibrate we are healed. Saturday Morning 3 Concurrent Sessions 8 to 11 am Nervous System Regeneration to Heal Stress Pranayam, Gong & Chanting with Siri Bahadur Singh We focus first on the movement of prana (life force) through warm-up exercises. Next, with deep pranayam we expand the first unit, the seed energy. A slight change in this seed vibration can change our entire universe! After managing our energy with pranayam, the body, mind and etheric space is prepared to respond to a lengthy gong session. This combination of practices totally rejuvenates and balances the three nervous systems of the body; parasympathetic, sympathetic and voluntary. We then reach a state of stillness shuniya or zero. Into this stillness a seed bij is planted to create a new rhythm or pattern of being. We are recharged and revitalized as we end with uplifting group chanting! The Art of Listening Deeply Meditation, Chanting & Listening with Crown of Eternity aka Harnek Singh & Harnek Kaur By listening deeply we open a space of great understanding, self-experience and self-transformation. This is an inner journey deep into the Self, listening consciously with ears, mind and heart. The yogis call listening sunni-ai. Sunni-ai translates as deep listening. It means hearing the sounds, the words, the subtlety all that is below the surface at the same time. Sunni-ai is intuition applied to listening. Deep listening, like radar, senses the shape and momentum of the present moment. Come attune yourself to the sound current with powerful meditations, chanting and listening techniques shared by Crown of Eternity. Open yourself to a deeper sensitivity that will connect you to life in a whole new way. The Healing Power of Our Words Chanting, Yoga, Affirmations, Meditation and the Gong with Shakta Kaur. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1, Bible) The power of the word and the technique of positive affirmation has been available to humanity for thousands of years. Your words increase in power through repetition. And, positive affirmations as found in mantra can be used to elevate your mood, enhance your range of feelings and command your state of mind. Come discover how to make your words more effective (whether spoken or not!). We learn tips for creating positive affirmations of our own. And, we augment the power of our word with Kundalini yoga, the gong and special meditations to heal any limiting beliefs or outdated rationalizations. Brunch 11 am Saturday Afternoon Noon to 1:30 pm Noon - Breathwalk Chant as You Walk! With Shakta Kaur Many spiritual traditions use walking as a form of meditating and connecting with nature and themselves. Kundalini yogis have a walking meditation practice called Breathwalk. With Breathwalk you synchronize your breath with your footsteps and enhance the experience with directed, meditative attention. Today we practice a Breathwalk that uses sound both out loud and silently in our head. This particular Breathwalk is designed to take you From Depression to Clear & Connected. And, we use two mantras as we Breathwalk: Sa Ta Na Ma chanted silently and Wha Hay Gu Ru chanted in a whisper. This Breathwalk is guaranteed to heal even your most funky depressed state. And, you do it with the power of your own vibration! Drop-In - Yogic Numerology Reading With Siri Bahadur Singh (fee is $99, 60 minute reading) 3 Sessions Available - 12 Noon, 1 pm, 2 pm

4 We all come into our lives with both challenges and gifts that help us walk a path of being fulfilled and connected to the Divine. When we are under stressful circumstances our challenges are more pronounced and certain aspects of our selves get out of balance. Our gifts are there to sustain and serve us and to bring us to a space of balance and grace. Find out what this means for you and how you can use your yoga practice to find a delightful way to live the life you love to express 3 Concurrent Sessions 4 to 6 pm Opening the Energy Centers and Keeping Them Open Meditation & Chanting with Siri Bahadur Singh Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam Siri Wahe Guru is chanted each morning by thousands of Kundalini yogis worldwide. It is called the Long Chant or Morning Call. It was the only mantra Yogi Bhajan taught his entire first year in the United States. It means, One Creator created this Creation. Truth is His Name. Great beyond description is His Infinite wisdom. Today we use the Long Chant to open our chakras. We learn how to change gears within the chakras, how to recognize when they re working and when they re not. And, we discover the Unknown of our Self that is waiting to be welcomed into our lives. With Morning Call we heal and find the Life that we Love to Live! Kundalini Mantra Yoga: Why Chanting Works! Yoga, Meditation and Chanting with Shakta Kaur. Kundalini Mantra Yoga is about tuning yourself; changing yourself from the inside. It is about breaking your attachment and identification to the human world. You begin to dis-identify with the finite-ness and identify with your subtle-ness. Ultimately, mantra brings you to the understanding that there is just one-ness. You begin to find mantra overriding your thoughts! We call that becoming one with the mantra. Shakta shares some secrets of sacred chanting, explains the science of naad and teaches a chanting meditation that can--quite literally--change your life. Come to heal and command your state of mind. Experience your finite Self merging into the larger Infinite, expansive Self. And, understand your true reality that you are One with all. Kundalini Yoga for an Open and Loving Heart Yoga, Meditation and Chanting with Crown of Eternity When your heart is open life just flows! When your heart is open your intentions for inner peace, unity, and healing are amplified! Today we focus on strengthening the heart and lungs, plus, the immune and lymphatic systems. Most importantly, we detoxify the mind; processing and clearing stagnant emotions and subconscious blocks. Only then can love and compassion can more easily infuse our relationships. Only then can we act from the heart; from the anchor of a nourished relationship to our Soul. After opening the heart through a healing Kundalini Yoga practice we let it soar with live cosmic renditions of sacred chants. Your mind will dissolve in sublime stillness to the sound of the gong. And, you ll re-awaken with a heart ecstatic in its unlimited capacity for love! Saturday Evening 8:00 pm - Extended Deep Relaxation and Sound Healing Gongs, Bells and Cosmic Chants with Crown of Eternity Delve deep into the healing space of relaxation and sound as Crown of Eternity (Harnek Singh and Kaur) envelope you in waves of sound from multiple gongs, bells and Himalayan singing bowls. The rhythmic sound oscillations facilitate the movement of prana throughout the body. It becomes a full body sound massage that allows you to release stress, worries, fears, anxieties and any other negative feelings that drain your health and life force. Deeply relax as the body enters a state of healing and receptivity. Participants of these extended gong relaxations have described out-of-body experiences, seeing beautiful colors through closed eyes, past life impressions and a general sense of expanded awareness. This is a vibrational experience like no other! 9:00 pm - Fire Building by Stonehouse staff 10:30 pm - Lights Out

5 Sunday Morning 4:30 am - Early Morning Group Sadhana with Live Music 4:30 am Japji (meditative prayer)* 4:55 am Kundalini Yoga Kriya (set of exercises) 5:50 am Aquarian Sadhana mantras** 6:55 am Hukam*** and the Long Time Sunshine Song 7:00 am Breakfast "When a person gets up in the morning and does the sadhana, do you know what accompanies that person? All the angels, all saints and sages come to listen. Their souls fly to those places to listen where God is chanted." Yogi Bhajan Early morning group sadhana begins at 4:30 am when the rays of the sun are hitting the earth at a 60-degree angle. Why get up at this time? Because this is the time when all of the great spiritual teachers appear to bless, elevate and transform each one of us. Doing group sadhana at this time develops group consciousness. At the beginning everyone has a different vibration. Some are still dreaming; others are already worried about their day. The more people there are the more these individual differences are balanced out. The happiness of one person balances the sadness of another. The individual auras merge and form a group aura. When everyone s energy has intermingled and merged, it is easier to communicate and be on the same wave length. And, this effect is experienced throughout the rest of the day, too! Finally, from Yogi Bhajan, "When we meditate in a state of unisonness and tune into the mantra Wahe Guru,... we erase the akashic record of cause and effect. However, this can only happen when the planet earth and the self are passing through the twilight zones of Time and Space. These are from 4 am to 7 am and 4 pm to 7 pm of local longitude and latitude. In the morning it is called the Amrit Vela, the ambrosial hours, and in the evening it is called prayer time. Any meditation done in the state of unisonness at that time gives us a clear tomorrow and erases the cause of sorrow which we seed through our thoughts. Through meditation we stand redeemed. It is called Moksha, nirvana, redemption, or liberation. * Japji is a prayer which relates the conscious mind to the soul. Jap is often translated as song of and -ji as the soul. As a result, Japji is called the song of the soul. ** Yogi Bhajan gave a specific sequence of mantras on June 21, 1992 with instructions to use them for morning sadhana in this particular order: 1) Long Ek Ong Kar, 2) Wah Yantee, Kah Yantee, 3) the Mul Mantra, 4) Sat Siri, Siri Akaal, 5) Rakhe Rakhanahaar, 6) Wahe Guru Wahe Jio and 7) the Guru Ram Das chant. *** A hukam is the divine order of the day. 2 Concurrent Sessions 8 am to 11 am Inner Assessment and Mental Re-Boot Yoga, Meditation, Sound Healing with Siri Bahadur Singh Come re-boot your brain so that it adjusts back to an optimal mode of balance in the body! Come use your breath in broader terms than simply respiration. Yogis constantly examine and break the habit to ignore the breath. We consider how the breath and its movements are connected to the movements of all our emotions and thoughts. With deep breathing any loss of memory and feelings can be restored. Peace can be brought back to our daytime tasks and nighttime sleep. Once the brain becomes balanced re-booted peace is re-stored. Then it is possible to find our strength and move more efficiently with the flow of life. Then we, too, can become conscious co-creators of peace, service, healing and unity. Prayers, Blessings and Self-Healing Yoga, Meditation and Ecstatic Dance with Shakta Kaur and Raj Inder Kaur

6 Whenever we want to reach the Unknown we pray. Prayer creates specific projections and frequencies in the mind and aura. The prayer of a human through the power of the word is a manifestation of the divine itself. As we prepare for our departure today we also prepare to take home the knowledge that we can tap into our Unknown to bring health, blessings and healing anytime! After yoga and meditating we move deeper yet with Ecstatic Dance. We totally let go of anything that does not serve our highest and best self! Finally, we ll use the power of a healing circle to chant together. We end by multiplying the effects of our individual selves through the power of our group s projection. 11:00 am - Brunch 12 Noon - Closing Circle with Shakta, Siri Bahadur Singh and Stonehouse staff Your Teachers... Shakta Kaur Shakta Kaur opened Kundalini Yoga in the Loop (KYL) in down town Chicago in She teaches Kundalini Yoga, Meditation and Breathwalk (walking meditation) both at KYL and at conferences and festivals worldwide. She leads 200- and 300-hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training courses both in the US and internationally. Shakta also brings students on yatra to India where she teaches at the Punarnava Ayurveda and Yoga Conference. She has released two DVDs, The Lunar Woman and The Invincible Woman. Before yoga, her background was all business! In 1987 she founded Women in Franchising, Inc. (WIF). In 1993 she founded the American Franchisee Association (AFA). From she served in multiple capacities representing KRI (Kundalini Research Institute) on the Board of Directors of Yoga Alliance (YA) including Chair of the Board and Interim CEO. Shakta@ShaktaKaur.com

7 Siri Bahadur Singh Siri Bahadur is a Kundalini Yoga teacher from Austin, Texas. He began practicing in Dallas in 1973 and taught his first class in He moved into a yoga ashram in Dallas in 1977 where he dedicated his energy to community life. Eventually, he moved to Austin in The very first Master s Touch Teacher Training course taught by Yogi Bhajan in 1996 was a major turning point for him both as a yogi and a teacher. Since then he has taught steadily to people in the US and abroad. He uses music, mantra, gong and pranayam in all his classes and workshops. He frames his classes in ways that relate to and reflect life experience. Siri Bahadur teaches in 200- and 300-hour Kundalini Teacher Training courses plus special workshops on how to play the gong. siribahadur@me.com Crown of Eternity Harnek Singh (Mike Tamburo) and Harnek Kaur (Gallina Tamburo) aka Crown of Eternity serve others through sound, vibration and music as well as with relaxation and energy movement techniques. Currently living in Pittsburgh, PA, they both teach Kundalini Yoga and Meditation and sound therapy. They also run their yoga and vibrational healing center--also called Crown of Eternity! They have 3 CDs; Earth in Space, Vibrate the Cosmos and The Cosmos Shall Clear the Path. The Harneks also own and operate the Sounds Eternal record label. Harnek Singh s hammered dulcimer CD, The Way to Be Free was released in Whether they are bathing you in the complex harmonics of multiple gongs, ecstatic instrumentals or in their cosmic renditions of sacred Kundalini Yoga mantras, Crown of Eternity delivers a heart-centered experience that you will always remember. crownofeternity@gmail.com Raj Inder Kaur Raj Inder Kaur (Anita Dhillon) is a KRI-Certified Instructor of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she teaches both Kundalini Yoga and Ecstatic Dance. Raj Inder Kaur fell in love with the trance-like states induced in the practice of kirtan and noticed that certain electronic music had similar effects. Since 2007, Raj Inder Kaur has performed as DJ Amritaji, consciously and carefully weaving together sacred mantras and electronic music. This musical blend creates a unique experience that is sure get

8 your body and soul moving seamlessly together. Raj Inder Kaur continues to teach Kundalini Yoga and hosts Ecstatic Dance events in Milwaukee. She is happy to share both of these sacred lineages at Wahe Guru Fest! Bhagwati Prem Kaur Bhagwati Prem (Marlene Uy) Kaur is certified in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan at the 200-hour level. She is a graduate of Kundalini Yoga in the Loop (KYL) in downtown Chicago. Bhagwati Prem credits what she learned during Teacher Training with helping her live a calmer, more focused and happier life. Her main interest is on the sound current the mantras and the naad that permeates the Kundalini Yoga lineage. Specializing in teaching those new to Kundalini Yoga, Bhagwati Prem combines her love of this sacred technology with sound healing. She is available for both group classes and private sessions. Bhagwati Prem looks forward to sharing these tools with you at Wahe Guru Fest! marlenel.uy@gmail.com