Rock Your Chakras!

K' so... my boss at the studio that has the zaniest class titles and descriptions has asked my input for a new Kundalini class. This will be my 1st time teaching Kundalini there. She's heard good things about my classes there. She's heard good things about my classes everywhere, so she's giving it a shot. Hope this reaches the 20-somethings too...

Possible class titles(?)...

KUNDALINI RISING!

or...

KUNDALINI FLOW

or...

KICK-ASS KUNDALINI

or...

LIGHT YOUR FIRE!

or...

ROCK YOUR CHAKRAS!

or...

???

Possible Class Description:

Alchemize your heart, soul, body and mind with this practice designed to Balance All the Chakras. Get ready to have your mind blown and your butt kicked! This class is suitable for experienced yogis and yoginis in any style of yoga. Beginners with at least six weeks of practice are welcome. A fast paced and intense hour of powerful yoga, with a warm-up of Sun Salutes balanced by kriyas (sets of postures for a specific energetic or physical purpose) and focused meditations.

In this Information Age we need to rise above ourselves into grace and strength. The antidote to the stress we experience through the flood of information is to balance the chakras through intense physical practice and graceful meditation. We develop endurance through the asana, pranayama, mudra, mantra and meditation that comprises Kundalini Yoga. "Endurance will cause you to rise above your situations" like a phoenix rising up from the flames. Forge your heart into gold!

Each class will focus on a different chakra every week, and not necessarily in order, so don't worry about missing anything, it will all be there when you need it: Muladhara, Svadisthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddi, Ajna and Sahasrara. Come Rock Your Chakras!

I posted this on Facebook, and felt immediately attacked. In private discussions with my fellow trainees, I felt supported. It is a relief to have a forum, a sangat where everyone is nonjudgmental and positive; not hanging on to constipated attitudes! Brainstorming is fun. Getting attacked for my creativity pushed my buttons, and shook my equilibrium. And I'm sad too. I kinda wanta cry. I was just having fun. Why do some people have to be such killjoys?

But... as was pointed out to me: my reaction is my own negative ego. Letting it get me down is the victim side of the ego, the lesser known side. The other side of the ego is arrogance, and I have it there too...in thinking: how dare you?!!

Laughing at myself now as my fellow yogis and yoginis call me on my shit. I can't control what people say... I CAN control my reactions to it. And, I'd better. People will look to the radiance developing in myself and others for their own clarity and peace of mind; if I can't stand and deliver they will react.

If we cannot remain elevated through the storms, people's hopes will be raised and then dashed. This can "breed toxic and explosive resentments".