Yogiji played Panja (arm wrestling) with his son Ranbir Singh. Who do you think won? Yogiji never lost a battle, never lost a fight, but he was always a graceful winner.
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This image of Yogi Ji and his family and staff, is by Soorya Kaur (staff member of Yogi Bhajan) and appeared on page 51 of her book, YogiJi – The Light of Our Souls, written in 2005
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Yogiji travelled extensively. His intense desire to teach was matched with his thirst for learning about and sharing with the many people who travelled with him, the sights and the cultures of the different places he visited.
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“The totality of all yogas is Kundalini Yoga, the yoga of awareness, the yoga of consciousness. It is specific. This yoga is for those who want to do a specific and special course in consciousness and awareness. It demands commitment. Commitment is the highest virtue. It must be practiced in the highest discipline. That is why Kundalini Yoga demands commitment.”
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Guru Ram Das Ashram hosted many important guests and visitors. Yogiji welcomed everyone with equal respect and hospitality. Here he sits with Swami Dharamanand Saraswati (right) and Swamiji’s then disciple Muniji of Rishikesh, India.
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Seen here with Yogiji, is the Dalai Lama who was on his very first visit to America. Yogiji dialoged with several spiritual teachers in the West to join hands and work together for world peace, and started an annual event known as “International Peace Prayer Day”.
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Yogiji was a collector. He had large collections of swords, canes, glass and stone statues, object of art, watches, rugs, old cars, and even cowboy boots among others. (Many) things were given to him as gifts, but he also delighted in shopping. One of the places he enjoyed going to was Ira Seret’s shop that dealt in exotic Asian and Middle Eastern artifacts – carpets, furniture, curios. It was a mystical place, out of a fantasy, in the heart of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Yogiji and Ira developed a close friendship and the robes that Bibiji and he are wearing here, are presents from him.
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Yogiji was an extremely generous teacher. He didn’t hold back. His aim was to pass on his knowledge and generate as many teachers as he possibly could.
Bani (prayers), Bana (outward projection), Seva (selfless service) and Simran (meditation) were the foundations of his teachings; striving towards a life of spirituality, the life of a Gursikh. He often claimed that his teachings were greater than he was, and he aimed to create teachers “ten times greater” than himself.
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The first students Yogiji attracted were hippies, looking for a direction away from “the establishment”, seeking spiritual fulfillment, searching for nirvana. With awareness, came an interest in health and food that enriched the body and the mind. The Heads of Ashrams started vegetarian health food restaurants with names like “Golden Temple Conscious Cookery”.
As the organization grew older, so did its members and this resulted in a metamorphosis. The restaurants disappeared and health and healing clinics opened up. In this picture, Yogiji is at one of the early Chiropractic Conferences in Spain.
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“The Chair” was possibly the single most constant utilitarian object in Yogiji’s work related world. In many ashrams, they bought him the same massage chair, which he sat in and worked ceaselessly from, for several hours. He never ever sat at a desk. When Yogiji travelled to teach, leaving Los Angeles usually on a Thursday and returning on a Monday, the chair became a magnet for those of us who continued to work at the Ashram. We would long to sit in it, and hopefully absorb some of the Master’s energy.
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Most evenings after he taught class, and he never missed a class no matter what, Yogiji would invite several of his students to sit and have a meal with him. He believed in Sangat, or group consciousness, and Pangat, where everyone sat in equality. Very often these would become counselling sessions. There were no secrets. He believed in group therapy. While counselling one, he would counsel everyone in the group.
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From Soorya Kaur, his staff member: Yogiji never stopped teaching. In his relaxed moments, in every conversation that he was engaged in, he was always working. He had the ability to look into people’s souls, and worked on their inner potential that they may not even have been aware of. He saw unasked questions and problems from people’s auras and worked on answers and gave them solutions.
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Yogi Bhajan Quote: “Reach out, touch and heal… you are your spirit…when your spirit helps your mind, you succeed.”
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Yogi Bhajan Quote: Breath is Your Ultimate Master
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