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$25.00 Kundalini Series - Single Session
Kundalini Series to Rejuvenate,
Harmonize, and Renew
With Angee Franzen
Kundalini as a practice
awakens, supports, and elevates energy. Kundalini Yoga harmonizes aspects of
the mind, body, and spirit. To integrate and stabilize the energy known
as kundalini, is to live with purpose, ease, and presence. The activated state of kundalini is called Shakti. In this
series we will introduce Yoga Nidra at the end of each practice.
Through Kundalini Yoga we
ignite and amplify the power that exists to be
awakened. With Yoga Nidra, we achieve deep integration through
point-by-point attention to the physical and subtle body anatomy.
Yoga Nidra is a state that
draws all of the disparate aspects of ourselves into a consolidated coherent
state. The process of Yoga Nidra often results in relaxation, stress reduction,
and a sense of peace. This state allows for a
deep embodiment. When absorption is complete, coherence occurs between the
heart, mind, and body. Yoga Nidra is done in shavasana, on the back, belly, or
side.
At the conclusion of each
Kundalini class we practice Yoga Nidra followed by a Gong bath, a sonic
recalibration.
Class 1:
Ignite,
Awaken, and Harmonize:
Together we will practice
several breath techniques (pranayama) to balance the hemispheres of the brain and clear the
pranic pathways known as the nadis.
The nadis are tubular pathways to
connect and unite the Ida moon
(feminine, mental pathway) starting on the left side
of the spine and affecting the right side of our brain. The pingala (solar, masculine,
energetic pathway) starts on the right side of the spine, affecting the left side
of the brain. When these two begin to balance and rhythmically oscillate, they become one and we have access to the cosmic channel, the sushumna,
where kundalini in the form of Shakti shoots
up this pathway, providing energy through Kriya
to awaken the root and sacral centers of intelligence. We will conclude
with Yoga Nidra and the Gong.
Class 2:
Flow, Stabilize, and Restore:
In this class we will activate
our personal rhythm through a Kriya that utilizes dance and rhythmic movement. Centering our power at the hub of
energetic connectivity, the navel center, we will practice breath, mantra, and meditation, awakening our creative current and enlivening the soulful expression
of who we are. Let’s go beyond the limitations
of the unconscious habits that often obstruct our vision, action, and
intuition. We’ll bring it all together with
Yoga Nidra.
Class 3:
Expand,
Ground, and Integrate:
As we continue to open and
unfold, we
move to our heart center where we expand and integrate the lower centers with
the higher centers of intelligence. Our hearts are a vast reservoir of
knowledge, compassion, and resilience. The yogi’s call the heart the “the seat
of the soul.” We will explore the rasa, the taste of the essence of the heart, practicing Kriya, mantra,
and meditation. Consolidating the practice with Yoga Nidra.
Class 4:
Listen,
Visualize, and Discern:,
The pathway through the throat
and brow point (or 3rd eye) when opened can
allow us to listen to insight, discerning our intuition and vision. To inhabit
our power through these intelligent centers gives us the ability to see the
unseen, to read between the lines; to trust ourselves and attune to the self within the self, releasing confusion,
indecision, and giving voice to our truth. Often in the world we trade our
power to please others, or avoid taking responsibility because the fear of
failure or success is debilitating, or we sacrifice growth for comfort so we
can stay hidden, instead of revealing what we want or who we are. We will
practice Kriya, mantra, and pranayama to restore our voice and see clearly the
path ahead while honoring the paths we have taken to arrive here.
Class 5:
Consolidate,
Calibrate, and Celebrate:
We will conclude our series with a lovely meditation to open our crown, the 10th gate, connecting to the cosmic
channel as we open the crown chakra: Sahaswara. We awaken to our divine
nature, and the nectar flows down into our bodies as kundalini in the forms of
Shiva (pure consciousness) and Shakti (cosmic power) descends through us. There
is a kind of intimacy, which I call personal companionship. This is a coherent
state that ignites, stabilizes, and reveals itself through us. We honor the
grief, loss, and abandonments. We acknowledge our joy, happiness, and peace.
And we find an integrated, whole, soulful self that has always been there.
Through these practices we discover, recover,
and embody the power of presence. Harmony is the state of awakening kundalini.
Angee Franzen
Angee Franzen began teaching power vinyasa in 2012, completing her first 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Core Power in NW Portland. Angee continued to study the philosophy, science of movement and the social implications of living an Intentional life at The Bhakti Movement center. In 2015 Angee discovered Radiant Body Yoga with Kia Miller. Radiant Body Yoga holds the principles of Ashtanga Yoga with the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. After studying in India in 2016 and 2017 with Kia Miller Angee received her 300hr teaching certification. In 2017 Angee completed a Trauma Informed training with Living Yoga. She volunteers at MacLaren youth correctional facility monthly. In 2019 Angee completed her Kundalini Level 1 teacher training in Bali. In July of 2024, Angee earned her E-500 RYT designation, a longtime goal. Angee loves to teach Yin Yoga, Meditation as well as Restorative Somatic Yoga. Angee has been living sober for 20 years and raising 3 sons with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.