Shakta’s Thoughts

"Dear Shakta; Could you explain to me about the yoga poses and different things that you do with the children and how it can be effective for children with special needs; ie; crossing over the midline, tapping and stimulating the meridians etc."

• Shakta Khalsa

When Yoga Is, We Are

Through experiencing the essence of yoga, the possible human becomes known. So much more than its outward look, yoga's essence is a system for ultimate spiritual merger. That is why yoga means the yoke, the junction, the union, the place of meeting and merging.

• Shakta Khalsa as pusblished in Yoga International Magazine

"Dear Shakta; Emmy and I have been watching your DVD - she LOVES it and loves watching you and the children do yoga to your sweet songs. She's asked me to ask you what "fight nice" means in "What Day is Today?" on the Cozy CD? She calls that song "the calendar song" and she listens to the CD all the time; and every time, she asks me, "What does 'fight nice' mean?" so I've been meaning to write and ask you... I didn't know how to explain it!"

• Shakta Khalsa

From Clueless to Tuned In - Using Yoga and Numerology for Positive Change

The style of yoga that I fell in love with three decades ago is called Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. It is a rich tradition, full of wonderfully dynamic poses and exercises, enchantingly beautiful music, healthy life skills, like healing foods and hydrotherapy — a whole new world of empowerment and elevation that anyone can help themselves to.

• Shakta Khalsa

Celebration!

Yesterday we celebrated the release of the new children's albums, Cozy and Happy. About 50 people, young and older, came to dance, sing and do yoga moves. We had the original musicians who play on the CDs and everyone was smiling, clapping, and meditating along with the Rockin' Yogis, Fly Like A Butterfly, and the New Age version of the Eensy Weensy Spider who...went up the water spout / to ask all the Universe what is life about? / The stars in the sky said that life is great / so the eensy weensy spider went home to meditate!

• Shakta Khalsa

Notes on the Women’s Retreat

This past weekend was a glorious exploration into the life of being a woman. My host, Nicole Bookman of Namaste Yoga in Asheville NC, suggested we hold a retreat in which we meditate early in the morning, have yogic foods and drinks throughout the day, and make the weekend as much of a true retreat as possible, leaving the center only to sleep at night.

• Shakta Khalsa

The Making of the Children's CDs

I’ve been collecting and writing songs for many years. Some of them showed up as I walked in the woods—a tune, a phrase that my Self told me. The tunes and phrases grew into songs. Most of these songs were not specifically meant for children, but their wisdom could be shared by young and old.

• Shakta Khalsa

Why Do I Do This Work?

Why do I do this work? Why does it call me from above and from deep within my core? Because it is clear to me that the future of our lives and the balance of our planet rests with the youth, from the twenties on down to the infants, and those yet to come. I believe this—yes, but it is a gut feeling more than a belief. It comes from my whole self, not the head.

• Shakta Khalsa