Hello from Smolnik!

It’s the fifth day of training. I’m up in the mountains in Maribor and it’s been raining since we got here, so my internet connection has been very spotty.

For the first two days here, we were doing Muscle Emotion Meridian (MEM) Gong Yoga of Holistic Resonance. It is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and focuses on 39 muscles, each one of them linked to one of the 12 meridians, the emotions they share and hold.

This is different from the Gong Yoga I learned from Mehtab Benton in 2016 where he taught us how to use the gong while teaching Kundalini Yoga.

Grand Gong Master Don Conreaux, who started as a Kundalini Yoga teacher 50 years ago, said that he received a hukam from his teacher Yogi Bhajan 50 years ago to teach the gong. He recommended to do simple MEM gong yoga for 30-90 seconds before a sound bath to awaken the gong within of the person. Through the physical workout of the yoga, he said “it offers an open window to your emotional ties, wounds, memories and pains… But it doesn’t stop there. It dives deeper to underlying causes and offers a profound and wholesome liberation and healing. It makes you vibrant like a resonant gong.”

The retreat house in the Slovenian Alps, June 2019

How’s your ‘hop’?
I hope you’ve been doing the 108 Kundalini Yoga Frog Challenge. Sharing what @feelthevibemeditaion’s comment on instagram: “I’ve been doing the challenge since I’ve seen your video 3 days ago. From the first day of doing it, I have more energy and my mental clarity has improved. My legs hurt which is a good sign they are becoming stronger. Thank you for posting the frog pose video.”

I’ll be back in Manila on June 7 and will be doing more frogs as warm ups! Kundalini Yoga classes will resume on Monday, June 10 with a Balance your Glands and Energy set and the four-week Build your Business Intuition starts on June 13. A kind reminder to those who wish to join the Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in the Philippines, the early bird rate is until July 1.

In loving service,
Rosan