Students of Yogi Bhajan
“The ideal purpose of your life is that you are grateful
~Yogi Bhajan
Grateful for Our Spiritual Teacher
Yogi Bhajan and his teachings have had a profound impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Many of us are blessed to call him our Spiritual Teacher.
Some of us knew Yogi Bhajan during his lifetime. Many others have come to know him through his subtle body, after he left this earthly plane.
This website is a compilation of our stories, of our experience with Yogi Bhajan and his teachings; our stories of how he inspired and transformed our lives.
By sharing our stories and other information about him and his teachings on these pages, we hope to inspire many others who never had the privilege to meet him.
We are united in our love and gratitude for Yogi Bhajan, as our Spiritual Teacher and pray that many more will be blessed to experience his teachings.
If you wish to share any stories of how Yogi Bhajan or his teachings inspired and transformed your life, please contact us.
With Love and Gratitude,
Blessings to All!
Stories from Students of Yogi Bhajan
Yogi Bhajan transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Some are blessed to call themselves his students. Here are some of their stories.
Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan is also known as the Yoga of Awareness; its focus is on self-awareness and delivering an experience of your highest consciousness.
Siri Singh Sahib Ji
In his capacity as Chief Minister for Sikh Dharma, Yogi Bhajan received the title of Siri Singh Sahib from the Akal Takht in India.
Women's Teachings
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Music Inspired by Yogi Bhajan
For more than three decades, Yogi Bhajan inspired hundreds of musicians to create and sing beautiful music. Here are some of their songs
Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Through his teachings, thousands of people were brought to the feet of the Guru. They learned to bow their heads in reverence, love and gratitude to the Shabad Guru, the words of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
White Tantric Yoga
Starting in 1971, as Mahan Tantric, Yogi Bhajan brought this elevating experience to thousands, to clear their subconscious.
Men's Teachings
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Calling All Women of the World
“You are the nucleus of this Universe. You are the source of beginning. You are the master of the space. You are the hub, you are the pivot, you are the force, you are the mother. If you walk tall, that’s all you have to do. Resurrect yourself, exalt yourself, excel. You are born to rule, that’s the rule of the creation. You are Ashtabhuja Bhagvati, the giver, and the omniscient and omni-powerful woman to whom God bows.” ~ Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
The Siri Singhasan
Beloveds, After the addition to the Gurdwara at Española was complete, the Siri Singh Sahib told us it was forthwith to be known as Siri Takht à Khalsa. This was big deal. There are five recognized Takhts (seats of authority) for the Sikhs. Here, the sole Siri Singh...
Infinity, Divinity, Dignity: Yogic Teachings for Women
“You must look beyond the mirror! You are the spirit, you are the soul, you are the self. You are the honor, you are the source of all sources. You are the redeemer of all redeemers. From you, this creation is born.”
Yogi Bhajan Q and A on Teaching Kundalini Yoga
Teach like me. Teach exactly as it is. Many of you do not teach Kundalini Yoga purely, then don’t teach at all. Because Kundalini Yoga has eleven thousand power watt, don’t deal with it in mischievous way. Teach it as it is.
Chanting Akaal at the Time of Death
There is a beautiful tradition in the 3HO and Sikh Dharma communities that is done when someone dies. Whether it is a beloved friend or relative, or someone we never knew, this tradition assists the departing soul in its journey home, as well as giving comfort to those left behind.
At the time of death we chant Akaal three times. Akaal means ‘Undying’ and refers to the soul that is being released. This sound current helps to guide the soul to pass out of this worldly realm and into the Akaal Purakh, the Undying Being.
The First and Last Breath
This last breath is also a last chance. As you die, you assess your actions and their karmas. According to the frequency of your last breath and your last thought, you can project beyond the reactions to your karmas or into and through them. You create an attitude and a projection in your aura at death that is effectively an identity card. Whatever is projected in that moment is read by the magnetic field and the Universe responds accordingly. Your projection pulls the Infinite into merger out of love and radiance. The Infinite and God are fundamentally neutral in nature just as life is fundamentally ruled by polarity. So in the act of dying, the projected frequency of your last breath establishes your relationship with the Infinite.
The Big Sleep
They say two things are inevitable, death and taxes. We are all born to die. That’s a fact. Well, that being the case, it seems advisable to get all your accounts in order, save all your receipts, and be ready for the examiner to see what karma you may still have left to pay. Yet, it is only the body that dies when the soul departs. The soul is already immortal, indestructible. Although there is still air left in the body, it is the “prana”—the divine life force that is withdrawn and, ideally, returns directly to God, without having to come back into another human form.
All things come from God, and all things, including us, shall return to God, the source of all life. The trick is to die consciously. And that’s what yogis have done while still in the body. They tell us that death is simply a return to Source. It is nothing to fear. Many of us work to achieve that state of yoga, or Divine Union, while still alive, so that when it is finally time to leave behind this rented vehicle, we shall have a swift and smooth, direct, non-stop journey home. Meanwhile we do trial runs, field trips called meditation.
Yogi Bhajan’s Contributions to a World of Peace
In our heart of hearts we all long for peace—a deep longing for personal peace of mind and a collective longing for peace in our communities, in our nations, and in the world.
Yogi Bhajan understood this, and he also recognized that conflict is not just external but is often present in the deepest parts of our minds. He spent his life teaching how to meet the challenges of conflict and how stand for truth and develop lasting peace within our hearts and in our world. Yogi Bhajan’s life was an action for peace.
In order to find peace, each person must find the truth. Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma are living paths of truth, living technologies to make the shadow visible, to heal the inner anger and conquer fear, to bring the human to the heights of awareness, to experience and act from reality and truth. Peace is an experience of truth in action; personal, cultural, and universal truth is a living concept—Sat Nam—our very essence and identity is truth.
Teaching Children Values
“One thing to remember is, all things come from God, and all things go to God. Everything comes from Him; and then goes back Home again.”
–Yogi Bhajan
This teaching can be seen as a foundation for all other teachings, and describes Yogi Bhajan’s teachings about children, those souls newly reincarnated into this dark age to bring light, truth and hope to the dawning Aquarian Age.
The first principle Yogi Bhajan shared with us is that no parent should feel that the child is “mine.” A child comes from God and in the end will return to God. We are custodians, serving their needs on physical, mental and spiritual levels to give them direction toward God.
This process of education starts long before birth, even before conception. While in the womb, the fetus is taught through the vibrations of the mother.
Yogi Bhajan Quotes on Raising Conscious Children
Let your children be and give them basic spiritual values. Deal with their spirit. Uplift, keep up, and give them faith. That is the most positive thing they need. -KRI Level 2 Lifecycles and Lifestyles You have no right to tell the child what to do. The child has the...
Charan Japa and Breathwalk: Flourishing the Soul of a Child
This is called Charan Japa. It is an age-old method, in which a couple creates a rhythm and a frequency between them. It is very bonding and healing. It is especially beneficial if expecting a child. This bonded consciousness of the couple helps to flourish the soul of the child. This attracts a very easy, most beautiful child. The couple’s own self is improved, too.
POWER (Shakti)
Meditate on God right Now!
And even if you’ve wasted your past in pursuit of Maya,
You can know the Future.
Settling the breath at the third eye point,
Energy flows through the Ida and Pingala,
The Shushmana is energized,
The Thousand Petalled Lotus turns,
And Nectar trickles from the Realm of Brahm.
Such a Gursikh is Liberated!
Meditation for Balance and the Law of Equality
May the long time sun shine upon you, all love surround you, and the pure light within you, guide your way on. Let your soul find the trust, let your trust find the unisonness of faith, let your faith find the love, let your love find the Infinity, let your Infinity gift you totality, reality, prosperity, beauty, bounty and bliss. Let your life become light. Let life and light merge forever in oneness of the Lord Creator for every creature on this earth. Sat Nam.”
~ Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan August 8, 1995
Guru Ram Das & The Throne of Raj Yog
Yogi Bhajan talked a lot about Guru Ram Das in his teachings on Kundalini Yoga. He would say that Guru Ram Das holds the Golden Chain, that Guru Ram Das is the Lord of Miracles. But most important, he talked about Guru Ram Das as having the throne of Raaj Yog bestowed upon him.
The Music of the Spheres (Anahat Naad)
Listen
While I tell the tale,
Of the Silent Sound of God.
The Music of the Spheres.
The Glory of Hair (Kesh Mehimaa)
God has blessed men and women with Long Hair.
It is the Crowning Glory of our Divine Form.
Through the hair, the light of the sun and the moon energize us.
The Tenth Gate is the Single door to Divine consciousness
Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Prepare Yourself to Serve the Age of Aquarius
Life is based on touch. We touch each other with our eyes. We touch each other with our ears. We touch each other with songs and words. We touch physically. We touch to kill. We touch to give birth. If you look at the whole spectrum of life, it’s nothing but touch. And if you want to know the Master’s touch, then you should live by these words of Nanak:
Aad sach, jugaad sach, hai bhee sach, Naanak hosee bhee sach.
The word in the beginning was true, word throughout time is true, word now is true, Nanak says this shall always be true.
Introduction to Tratakam & Guru Yoga
In the yogic scripture it says, “Even a glance from the eyes of a holy man can cure mental and physical imbalances.” Gazing with the eyes is recognized as a powerful technique for focusing pranic energy. The pranic energy gives life to the atom, all material, and the mind. The laws of regulation and interaction of pranic energy form the basis of most occult sciences and explain many obscure passages in the scriptures. The general technique of gazing is called Tratakam. Applying Tratakam to a particular image of a teacher is called Guru Yoga.
History of the Tratakam Photo
According to Guru Singh (Los Angeles), who recounted this story to me in 2012, there was a need to have photos of Yogi Bhajan for brochures and posters, so in October 1969 Guru Singh and Shakti Parwha Kaur took him to a photo studio located on Melrose Ave. near Jules Buccieri’s antique store, where the first kundalini yoga classes were held. The photographer was well known for doing “head shots” for movie stars so he took numerous photos of Yogi Bhajan.
The Teacher Within: Tratakam Meditation
In the yogic scriptures it says, “Even a glance from the eyes of a holy man can cure mental and physical imbalances.” Once in a very great while there is a picture that has a transcendent quality of neutrality that allows the person gazing at it to go through it and into their higher consciousness. This is a form of meditation called Tratakum.
Seven Steps for Happiness
There has to be a balance between Earth and heavens. Too much heavens and too much Earth is no good. God made us human, and that is enlightenment when we keep the balance between heaven and Earth. When we live a balanced life we live happily. Happiness is in balance. There are seven steps to happiness. There is no other way. You must commit, which you don’t want to and I am not asking you, I am just explaining you the seven steps. Happiness believes… your commit happiness believes in your commitment, that will give you character, that will give you dignity, that will give you Divinity, that will give you grace, that will give you power to sacrifice and you will experience happiness.
The Beginning (Part 3)
When Yogiji came to Orlando for another teaching tour-visit, we advised that it was time to pick up the children from Montessori pre-school. We all walked to the school where Yogiji picked up the kids and carried one under each arm, and began playing with them. He indicated to Hari Singh that he really missed his personal family in India. His own children were older, but at least he could be a part of the Bird family since he was seldom able to go back to India to visit them and his wife.
Yogi Bhajan Lecture: The Beauty of Kundalini Yoga
The beauty or Kundalini Yoga is that if you can just physically sit there, fix the automatic rhythm of your pranayam (breath control), and add a creative naad (inner sound), your mind becomes focused and balanced. In one kriya you can immediately achieve a complete physical, mental, and spiritual balance. It works so effectively and quickly because of this completeness, balance, and energy.
From Copper to Gold
From time to time, the Siri Singh Sahib would have me cover seemingly ordinary gifts with gold. Whenever that happened, the gift became extraordinary in the eyes of everyone who saw it. This was my intention with the Dome Lamp. The handwork was expertly done and its construction of copper, in and of itself, made it pretty special. It was totally fitting for the lamp to be living where it was living, but when it was returned and re-suspended from the ceiling it was spectacular. Now that it was totally gold, no one would dare consider touching it again.
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