| First, do you sit in a chair everyday for hours? How | | | | that logs our past experiences and thoughts. How do |
| does your spine feel by the end of the day? Bad | | | | we clean that computer chip? In Kundalini Yoga we |
| posture creates a lack of oxygen supply to the brain. | | | | use all types of mantras to assist in re-programming |
| Sitting with a straight spine requires encaging the | | | | how we think. If a person is used to saying to |
| abdominals and breathing from the diaphragm. In | | | | themselves, "I am stupid" in a matter of time that is |
| Kundalini Yoga we have a spinal flex series that | | | | programmed into the brain and stored. Depression is |
| addresses posture; and with sitting well comes a | | | | losing sight of your true self and believing false |
| feeling of having more energy. | | | | statements from the past. In doing meditation work |
| Second, when people breath from the mouth it only | | | | it not only cleans your computer chip, but also |
| supplies the upper part of the lungs with air; which | | | | teaches the brain to be present. |
| leads to a shallow breath. In Kundalini Yoga many of | | | | Last, depression can become a habit of life. By doing |
| the exercises require using the nostrils for breath. | | | | active scientific yoga movement you are forced to |
| Nostril breathing is vital for helping depression. It is | | | | get out of the head and into the body. In my many |
| common to watch students leaving a Kundalini Yoga | | | | years of teaching I have discovered that the mind |
| class looking "high on life" because of the breath | | | | can easily lie, but our bodies will always lead us back |
| work. | | | | to the truth. |
| Third, our minds can be described as a computer chip | | | | |