When it comes to spiritual healing, Kundalini Reiki is considered by many people as one of most basic yet effective means of today. This is because the practice involves simple and easily understood structures that anybody can practice. 

Many people—who are into spiritual healing—are into Kundalini Reiki because it is far more easier that the practice of the traditional Reiki. Since Kundalini Reiki is derived from the traditional Reiki, majority of its techniques, means of treatments, and principles are pretty much the same. Only that Kundalini Reiki uses simpler methods to achieve spiritual healing in a faster and more convenient manner. 

How Kundalini Reiki works

When we say Kundalini, it usually refers to the opening of various "healing channels" and "chakras" that give people easy access in gaining the energy of the Earth. Here, the "root chakra" serves as the center of energy that paves the way for the Kundalini energy to enter. 

Also referred to as the "Kundalini fire," Kundalini energy is said to flow throughout the person's body and taps into the body's "main energy channel." Once the energy has reached the "main energy channel," the Kundalini Reiki will now exit the "crown chakra," and comes back in a form of cycle. 

In Kundalini Reiki, the energy that has been released from a person through a channel enters the "root chakra," passes through the "crown chakra"—which is usually located on top of a person's head—and stays there for a period of time. During its stay in the "crown chakra," the Kundalini Reiki cleanses the "chakras" in different parts of the body and channels it all throughout the system. 

Here’s the step-by-step procedure how Kundalini Reiki works: 

1. The first step in making Kundalini Reiki work is by opening the channels where Reiki energy will flow. This step is called the "first attunement." This process also prepares the person for the second awakening of the Kundalini Reiki. Here, the person's chakras in the hand, crown, and hand are opened and strengthened at the same time to complete the first phase. This first step is said to be the equivalent of Usui's Reiki 1 to 3 attunements which most people who practice traditional Reiki use. 

2. The second step in making Kundalini Reiki work is the strengthening of the channels. After the initial awakening of the Kundalini Reiki, the channels, where the life force energy is, should be strengthened so it can accommodate the channeled energy. When the channels are strengthened, it ensures the receiving of the energy in a gentle and surely manner. This process also paves that way for igniting the Kundalini energy and enables it to reach its minimum chakra. 

3. The third step in making Kundalini Reiki work is strengthening the channels where the Kundalini fire will reach its maximum limit. Once this is done, the Kundalini Reiki will then perform its task of cleansing the person's spirituality while strengthening and nurturing it. 

For the Kundalini Reiki to work more effectively, the person who's practicing it may also include extra attunements including "balance," and the use of "Diamond Reiki," "Crystalline Reiki," "DNA Reiki," "Birth Trauma Reiki," "Location Reiki," and "Past Life Reiki." 

​Grounding is a process of dynamic contact with the Earth, with its edge, boundaries, and limitations. Grounding is an important exercise that helps us to be solid in the things that we do and helps us from getting winded with the chaos going on around us. It allows us to release any energies that don't serve our higher self or the blocks that prevent us from receiving the things we should get or want out of life. Grounding helps us to manifest things in our lives because we are rooted strongly and it gives us the confidence and the willpower to achieve anything we set our hearts and minds to. When ungrounded, we are left feeling fearful of everything, constantly worried with doubt, anxiety, and no ambitions because of low self-esteem. Also,it makes us feel emotions that may not be our own but rather those around us because we pick up everything around us. For example, you may go to work happy and in a great mood but by the end of the day you could be angry and frustrated. These emotions could necessarily not be yours but rather the emotions of the boss you work for because they were in a bad mood and taking it out on you. Other signs that include being ungrounded are:

• Dizziness
• Daydreaming
• A feeling of being 'Spaced Out'
• Feeling sick
• Heart palpitations
• Eyes flickering
• Weight gain
• Clumsiness
• Static shocks
• Falling asleep when meditating
• Noise and light sensitive
• Forgetful
• Having brilliant ideas that never happen
• Arguing and unable to get your point across

Even if you don't have a higher source or aren't spiritual, it still well worth to be grounded because Grounding/Earthing is all about the awareness that we are still in a physical body. 
Grounding is effective because of the following:

• Brings life in to matter and to be able to bring our healing abilities into the physical.
• Increases balance and stability in our physical and our emotional state.
• Helps bring acceptance that we are here to fulfil a purpose.
• Brings strength.
• Helps in creating a bridge between Spirit and matter.
• Provides an outlet making the release (of energy) easier.
• Allows the attainment of higher Spiritual levels.

A simple little exercise that can help you ground yourself is to imagine your legs as the roots of a thick, solid Oak tree that is sinking into the soil of Mother Earth and firmly rooting your roots into the core of the Earth. Or, you can simply imagine yourself as a huge mountain that can not be moved and your foundation is firmly set into Gia (earth). You can also picture the root chakra color red. 

If you are not able to ground yourself this way there are other methods. Sometimes, it is hard for people to ground themselves with these examples because it is easier to imagine ourselves coming from above to the earth. That is fine also because we need our crown chakra in alignment with our root chakra in order to be grounded. Our crown chakra is what connects us to our higher selves and our divine. You can imagine a bright, white light is flooding your crown chakra and this light starts to flood from the crown all the way to your feet, the root chakra, grounding you into the Earth. 

There are other ways you can ground yourself with activities like yoga, walking barefooted, gardening, fitness, carrying crystals with you, being around nature and animals, eating healthy, and drinking water. 

Once you start grounding yourself, the possibilities are endless!

You ever get that uncertain feeling in your stomach when you are jumping into the unknown, when you are try something new, or when you aren't expecting what is coming your way. Sometimes, this could be something simple or other times it could be something that it entirely HUGE! These little or huge things can give us a negative or positive impression causing us to either never try things out again or letting it become our favorite pass time. There are tons of different activities that do this for us and yoga is and should be one of them. Yoga has so many health benefits, on both a physical and spiritual level, that it would be a tragedy for anyone to miss out on them because they made a silly avoidable mistake on their first day. Here are the 3 most common beginner mistakes and here is how you can avoid them.

 Mistake #1:  Not knowing what you want from Yoga?
The reality is that there are a variety of different styles and forms of Yoga. Each has it's own different type of attractions. Ask yourself what it was about Yoga in general that attracted you and then you can investigate a style that caters more specifically to it.  You may like to set goals, they can either be physical, mental or spiritual.  If you do then it's a good idea to discuss them with the instructor of any class that you take before you begin. Yoga instructors are usually very approachable and happy to talk about their passion. They will be able to talk to you about your goals for the class and let you know if you are aiming to high and where to start. Make sure your goals include a time frame so it becomes something that is measurable.

Mistake #2:  Jumping in Head on First!
Most people having decided to give Yoga a try, many take a running leap and jump in to a 12 month stage by stage class. These classes are usually an upfront payment arrangement and progress from one level to the next as the weeks progress. They are a fantastic way of learning Yoga and becoming very good at it, but it's quite possibly you will choose a class that is not ideal for you so make sure that you speak to the instructor before jumping the gun. 

 The best way around this is to join a Yoga beginner class, also known as a drop in class. Rates are usually reasonable and you can get special rates for being a first timer. If you do these classes for a few weeks you will notice a high turnover of students as new people join and old people move on. These classes are designed to give you a very broad feel for the different types of Yoga. The level of the students in the class usually varie greatly so you can expect the instructor to keep the classes at a beginner's level but offer some type of challenge. The other key benefit of doing this is that the classes are pay as you go so there is no big financial strain on your wallet while you decide the type and style of yoga that best suits you. You are also not obligated to attend every class. With longer courses, you can fall behind quickly if you miss a week or two in a row. With the pay as you go classes, you will find that while each class is different the level stays quite low but challenging in other areas to cater all the newer people joining in.

Mistake #3: Choosing the wrong teacher.
A lot of times, having the wrong instructor will either cause you to come back or leave for good. Everyone teaches different and you may not find that perfect instructor the first time. It could take several tries to find that right one. You should not give up yoga just because the first time went bad for you. Every teacher has a different flow or personality. However, when choosing your instructor, make sure to ask questions about their background and history to gain insight on the knowledge that they know. 

Pigeon is a great yoga pose to release tight hips helping to release the hip flexors, glutes, inner groin, the quads, and often relieving sciatica. This pose also helps relieve stress that we put on our hips from everyday stress. Just like we tense our upper backs when we are under tension so do our hips. This pose helps isolate those muscles in the hip area. You would think that there would be no other pose compared to regular pigeon. However, guess again! There is and it is called double pigeon. Double pigeon is also known as fire log pose, knee to ankle pose, and square pose. If you are already intermediate to advanced in pigeon and your hips are pretty flexible then you can always try to challenge yourself with double pigeon. Double pigeon is more intense and does require hip opening instead of causing your hips to open like regular pigeon does. There are also some slight differences. Double pigeon is good for the following:

• Stimulate the internal organs
• Stretch deep glutes
• Stretch groins and psoas (a long muscle on the side of your vertebral column and pelvis)
• Relieve impinged piriformis and alleviate sciatic pain
• Help with urinary disorders
• Helps with abdominal muscles

Unfortunately, if you suffer from lower back back, ankle issues, extreme tightness in the hips, or knee issues, this pose should not be attempted. 

To get into this pose, do the following:

1. Sit in butterfly, almost like indian style but your foot bottoms are connected to each other. 
2. Bring your left knee in front of your left hip with you left shin parallel to your pelvis and your knee bent to 90 degrees.
3. Using your hand, place your right ankle on your left knee. You want your shins stacked on top of each other. Try to bring them so they're parallel with each other. You'll know you're doing it right when you gaze down, and see that your legs make a little triangle.
4. Your knee may come up a little to high. However, that is alright. You can leave your leg in this position or use a block to assist you with that leg by propping it underneath the shin that is on top. 
5. If it feels comfortable, place your hands in front of your shins and walk them out as far as you can, folding your chest towards your legs. Move slowly because this pose can go from easy to intense with the slightest movement.
6. Try staying in this pose for the next few minutes. The longer you stay in a pose the more beneficial it is to you.
7. When you're done, slowly step your feet back to Down Dog and when you're ready, step your right knee forward and do the other side.

As humans we have a bunch of factors that contribute to our health. In fact so many, that there are to many to list. However, the #1 main thing that triggers all of these issues, hard to contain, and starts a domino effect is and always will be stress. Stress is the number one enemy that we deal with everyday. It is a harmful emotional state or tension within the body. Any tension that we put on our bodies automatically opens us to any medical, emotional or psychological issues. Our bodies can only take so much. We live with it constantly with our hectic work schedules, family life, personal lives, current situations, and personal mentality. It doesn't seem to ever go away but then again if it did life would be pretty repetitious. If you are one of those ones that think you are not stressed. Think again! We can be stressed out without even realizing it. There is not a full proof way to live life without it. In fact, it is really more about how you deal with it.

There are bad coping skills that you could be using without noticing. Bad coping skills consist of:

• smoking
• binging on food
• addiction
• withdrawing
• using drugs or drinking
• taking stress out on others
• sleeping to much
• depression or anger

Fortunately, there are great coping skills that you can acquire. You can change old habits. Never forget that! It can be hard at first but if you keep at it you can change them eventually. Good stress management skills include:

• doing something you love, like a fave hobby.
• engage socially. 
• avoid future stress.
• change your thoughts and environment.
• accept things for what they are and look for the positive.
• take time for you. Everyone has to have me time. 
• doing physical activities such as exercise, taking a walk, doing yoga. Yoga is especially effective for stress because it replenishes our bodies with oxygen which we lose when we are stressed. Hence, all the sighing you do when you are going through a situation. 

It's like I tell people, yoga is our manual to life. It's not only for physical benefits but mentally and emotionally too. Yoga brings awareness. Each pose brings a feeling and sensation of what we are feeling. It let's us know what our body is saying to us and what our bodies feel like during a stressful situation. If you are not sure how to start and would like to start with yoga, you can always start with Asanas first. During yoga, we give ourselves and our minds a piece of ease. Yoga teaches us to flow with any situation, get rid of negativity, and learn to be happier where we are. Everyone has the ability to cope and stay calm. It is just a matter if you want to and if you allow yourself to. 

Awareness, prana (oxygen), and meditation are the BEST skills to use to cope with stress because it is free and no prescription is required. It prepares us for what's next to come, how to deal with things, and keep an overall mind, body, and soul.                                                                   

Most people enjoy the taste of fish. It is the best source of protein and is high in omega oils which is great for the following medical issues:

• cardiovascular health
• prenatal and postnatal neurological development
• reduce tissue inflammation and alleviate the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
• may help depression and also helps brain function because of a chemical called DHT

But, how do you know what fish to eat and which ones are the healthiest? There are plenty of fish types that are great for you. You just have to do your research and find what is worth eating. Most fish decisions are a matter of opinion. One type of fish could be healthy but you may wish to avoid it because of wildlife population statistics. Whichever way you go, when you buy fish you want to make sure that it is wild caught and not farm raised. Farm raised are usually full of:

• anti-biotics
• steroids
• pesticides
• cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
• have the crappiest diet
• have other toxins as well

Good fishes include Wild Alaskan Salmon, Alaska Pollok, Atlantic Cod, Clams, Blue Crab, Atlantic Mackerel, Striped Bass, Sardines, Herring, Rainbow Trout and Flounder, and Mahi-Mahi. 

When buying fish, make sure that it's one not high in mercury. Not all fishes are bad because of mercury but also because of their diet or their environment. For example, catfish are the bottom feeders which means they are usually oily and have a dirty taste or smell to them because they eat the leftovers and whatever else they can catch. However, it is good to buy wild caught because farm raised are the ones with a comprised diet and environments. They are packed like sardines in one little area and their waste are usually what they eat as well as chicken waste which is what farmers feed them. 

Another example, tilapia. It is the worst fish out of all in my opinion. This fish is the most common amd often bought in households because it is affordable. It is like one site says " tilapia is the chicken of the sea". This fish is low in omega oils, contains the worse kind of fat, is worse than eating bacon, they eat worse than any other fish that are farm raised, and are full of hormones to help them get bigger causing their reproductive organs from growing. So, they have no sex! What is healthy about that! This methyltestosterone chemical in their system is bad for the liver and cause liver toxicity.

So, next time you are shopping and you are unsure where your fish came from, should you buy it, is it wild caught, or is it healthy enough for you and your family, make sure that you do your research. There's tons of information and opinions about which ones are. You just have to go through it and decide for yourself.

Before our time, there were cavemen and hunters. Indians who ran the wild looking for food and traveling to different lands for better living conditions because of the weather. If you compare our lives to those who lived way before us, you could see a HUGE difference. Humans were made to move and not sit for long periods of time. In today's age with technology and high corporate jobs, it is hard to find the time to move around because of deadlines and meetings for most. Sitting down is not only bad for our back but also bad for our health.

Sitting can cause decreased blood circulation which could lead to various diseases. When our blood circulation slows down, our insulin levels are reduced and it can cause a toxic build up often leading to diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, and high blood pressure. Besides causing back pain, sitting can also effect your wrists and metabolism. When you restrict the blood flow, you restrict your fuel intake of the foods you have eaten. Muscles and organs need certain nutrients to repair and function but when you are sitting you stop the flow of these nutrients. In the end, we end up suffering from this. 

There are preventative measures that you can take. Yoga and exercise are a great prevention. Any kind of standing weight bearing exercises are beneficial. Moving around of any kind helps all together because this promotes circulation and health. Standing for only 90 seconds is known to increase our blood flow. If you don't have time to workout and are stuck at that desk job, then stand at least every 20 minutes. 

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