Hoping everyone is hanging in there... reminder to breathe.

Happy New Moon in Aries! [4:29am Tuesday, March 24] Ajeet reminds us that this is a potent time to harness your destiny and manifest your visions.

Listed below are several ways you can connect and support each other:

Participate in sadhana via zoom.us tomorrow morning @ 4:30 AM with Hari Dass and Ad Purkh.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 614 739 398

URGENT NEED FOR PEOPLE TO SEW masks for nurses.

Providence ER Nurse/Yoga Teacher (Madeline Leigh) is looking for people to sew masks for nurses. Many good patterns are available if you are able to sew.

Ajeet can pick up any donated and deliver materials:  turban, sheets, tablecloths (anything made of cotton).  May be a need elastic and thread too. 

Blessings and Thank You!       
Ajeet Kaur   text 503 901-3109

Hosted by Laura Yee via Zoom :}
Sunday, March 29 4:00pm - 5:30pm

JOIN the ZOOM POTLUCK

ALL ARE WELCOME at these gatherings!

Setting the intention to break bread as a community with a monthly pulse. So we can SEE each other, KNOW each other and CREATE together.

We'll do an 11 Minute Healing Meditation followed by time to share our current experience with one another. We'll end a bit earlier than usual, so you can go eat dinner :}

These are drug and alcohol free events usually held on the 4th weekend of the month.
Saaaat Nam!

How are the recent Yogi Bhajan allegations sitting with you? There are many reactions and all are valid. If you would like to:

• offer support by listening to others
  
• ask questions
• share your experience
  

please join us. This is a space of respect and confidentiality.

Monday, March 30 @ 07:00PM

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 623 075 522
Password: 254531

Sat Nam,

There have been recent allegations of past inappropriate sexual relationships concerning Yogi Bhajan. This has been a big blow to the Kundalini Yoga Community both internationally and locally. There has been strong and decisive action taken on by KRI, 3HO and Sikh Dharma International to get to the bottom of these allegations and to release the information that they uncover. This can be found at: https://www.ssscresponseteam.org.

We also want to respond locally. We’ve scheduled a meeting to lend support to community members and to give forum for you to voice feelings and concerns.
Monday, March 16 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM via ZOOM. Please download the app and log on so we can start promptly at 7pm
Join the meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/834027297

This is primarily a meeting for each of us to be heard and to start to move toward healing. We’ll have later meetings in the near future about how to move forward as a community. Please RSVP below so that we can plan for how many people will attend. Any questions please email: haridass@nwkytt.com.

Yours in Service,
The Portland Response Team

Sat Nam Community,

KYPDX has heard the recent allegations against Yogi Bhajan and his students. The global community of students and teachers continues to discuss.

IKYTA and 3HO shared a statement which reads as follows: Recently there have been allegations which have come forward concerning impropriety during the early years of 3HO. This has brought forward a great deal of dialogue and inner processing on many levels for Kundalini Yoga Teachers and students. This is an issue we take very seriously and want to address with openness, compassion, and sensitivity. We are here to listen and offer a safe space for teachers and students to ask questions and dialogue. We are also here to assist you as teachers in answering questions that are arising for you or your students. 3HO is committed to upholding the values of conscious living. We are one of the only yoga organizations that has established an Ethics and Professional Standards Office to ensure that all students have the right to practice Kundalini Yoga in an environment that is free of personal, sexual, financial, religious or political pressure from a Teacher.
FULL STATEMENT

KYPDX is here for you if you need to talk {reach out to us} and we hope to see you very soon....

We have more opportunities to come together: Aquarian Sadhana is now being offered on Wednesdays {starting tomorrow!}. We also have a potluck this Saturday evening. See below for more details on both.

We gather with food and MUSIC jam {yes, please bring your instruments} on Saturday, Feb 22 in the evening {5pm - 8pm} at Daljit and Gurpreet's home.

15935 SW Snowy Owl Ln, Beaverton, OR 97007-8678

PS - we need a host for March. Host can choose either March 28 or 29... please email us!

Sat Nam

JANUARY
Saturday, January 25
4pm - 7pm
hosts: Sat Daya Singh & Nam Kaur (914 -874 -6697)
1731 NE 58th Ave, Portland, OR 97213

FEBRUARY
Musicians wanted! Please bring your instruments and your voice so we can have a kirtan jam session & dance to some mantras.

Saturday, February 22
5pm - 8pm
hosts: Gurpreet Kaur & Daljit "Wahe Guru" Singh
15935 SW Snowy Owl Lane, Beaverton 97007

We've got a few more Yogi Bhajan video events scheduled:

Sunday, January 12
2pm -5pm
host: Anandjot Singh
2206 SE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR 97215

Sunday, February 2
2pm - 5pm
hosts: Prabhu Prakash Kaur and Christ Singh
11145 SW Meadowbrook Dr. Tigard, OR 97224

These events are also listed on the calendar and our facebook page.
Hope to see you there!

Thanks to our hosts for offering these!!

The solstices are potent times to practice... take advantage of these classes happening at Mandala:
10:00am -11:30am  with Signa
2:00pm -3:30pm with Anandjot
6:00pm -8:00pm Special Winter Solstice class with Vani

Yogi Bhajan spoke frequently about Christ Consciousness...."It is a stage of consciousness where you can live in human body but still rise above the polarities of happiness and sadness, positivity and negativity, likes and dislikes."

Catch this class with Guru Surya, who'll be fresh from the Winter Solstice gathering in Florida!

10:00am - 11:30am @ Mandala

A morning class and a few options for ringing in 2020:

10:00am - 11:30am
yoga class with Vani @ Mandala

8:00pm - 12:00am
NYE Celebration & Community Potluck
(with sleep over option for sadhana)
@ Hari Dass & Ad Purkh's home / new studio space.
Details on Facebook or calendar

9:00pm -12:00am
Wah Khalsa’s New Year's Eve celebration
@ Hallowed Halls

Let's start off 2020 building group consciousness!

4:00am - 7:00am
Aquarian Sadhana
@ Hari Dass & Ad Purkh's home / new studio space

6:00pm - 8:00pm
yoga class with Ajeet @ Mandala

Sat Nam & Happy December everyone! Trust in Universal Guidance.
We are over the moon that so many people came to the November potluck/kirtan!! {photos are on Facebook} We need a host for February... email satnam@kypdx.org please.... so we can keep the momentum of community alive! [For those of you who think your place is too small: It's not!]

Beginning on Dec 3 Mandala Yoga is adding a new time-slot: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15pm-1:30pm with GuruSurya. It's an opportunity to reboot in the middle of the day.
Mandala's online schedule.

Come together on Sunday, December 8 to sit at the feet of the Master: Yogi Bhajan. We will watch a video of a lecture he gave to  teachers entitled "The Grace of Kundalini Yoga".

There will be yogi tea & cookies :}

Find details...
Facebook event page
KYPDX calendar

There are a few spots left for this workshop!

Thursday, November 14
6pm - 9pm
Mandala Yoga

There are many ways to celebrate the being who taught his followers to concentrate on spiritual practices which would enable them to transform their egotism into selflessness.

Check out this list on SikhNet.

Visit the open house at the Sikh Center of Oregon this Saturday from 10:00 - 12:30. All are welcome. Free. Facebook event link.

Join the Monthly KYPDX Community Potluck on Sunday, Nov 24 from 5pm - 8pm. There will be live kirtan {devotional music with chanting} before we eat. All are welcome. Free.

We are gathering once again! Back to Beavercreek in a beautiful patch of forest outside of the city. Many thanks to our hosts Mehtab and Marcie - their home is amazing and they're building a yoga studio on site... come see!

Saturday, October 26
4pm - 7pm
22373 S Mint Lake Rd, Beavercreek, OR 97004, USA

facebook event page
kypdx calendar

Experience Simrit on Tuesday, October 29
TICKETS

We're celebrating Guru Nanak's birthday on Sunday, Nov 24 and there's a New Year's Eve event too...

WHITE TANTRIC YOGA®
registration is now open!

"I feel blissful. My breath has come back.
I am so grateful for this class."  
~one of GuruSurya's students

GuruSurya is offering Breathwalk classes now
in Laurelhurst and Mt. Tabor Parks.
Visit the Breathwalk page to learn more.

We found out recently that Gurmukh is here in Portland & her events had sold out. There's still room in a Master Class she's offering on Wednesday, Sep 18.

This month's hosts are Jaynie and Mark. Pictured here over a year ago as they work on their yurt - which we can enjoy if it's rainy on Saturday, September 28!

We have a bit of a different schedule as we will be kicking off the 11 evenings of chanting for Guru Ram Das' birthday.

4:00 - 4:30 arrival & mingle
4:30 - 5:00 chanting
5:15 - 7:00 potluck .... If you are able to, please bring nourishing vegetarian or vegan food to share {please also bring a serving utensil}.

3920 NE 105th Ave, Portland, OR 97220

September 28 - October 8: For 11 days prior to his birthday we chant the shabad Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru for 31 minutes. This is the Shabad of Miracles. We do this together at each others homes at 7pm. Many thanks to all of our hosts!
Sat Sep 28 - ** special time (see above)** Jaynie & Mark
Sun Sep 29 - Ajeetdev / Mel
Mon Sep 30 - Hardev & Gurucharan
Tue Oct 1 - Anandjot Singh
Wed Oct 2 - Hari Dass & Ad Purkh
Thu Oct 3 - Anandjot Singh
Fri Oct 4 - Guru Surya Kaur
Sat Oct 5 - Haridass Kaur
Sun Oct 6 - Sat Nam Studio
Mon Oct 7 - Hari Chand / Uma
Tue Oct 8 - Amanda Myers
Find details on where to gather in the calendar or on Facebook.

Yogi Bhajan has described this occasion as a powerful time for the fulfillment of prayers and a time of great blessing. One idea is to write your prayers down and have a place a special box or container that everyone can add to as the 11 days progress. Then, after the birthday sadhana, have a ceremony and burn the prayers, sending them out to the Infinite. Allow the divine healing energy of Guru Ram Das to take care of you.

Wed Oct 9 - special sadhana @ Hardev & Gurucharan's!
4:00am - Japji, followed by tuning in, vigorous warm ups
5:00am - 2.5 hours of Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru
7:30am - Prayer and ceremony

7700 NE Alameda St, Portland, OR 97213, USA

Wednesday, Oct 2
First Congregational United Church of Christ {downtown}.
Link to tickets.  There may still be oppotrunties to volunteer in exchange for a ticket: snatamkaurevents@gmail.com

Yogi Bhajan was clear: he came to the West to create teachers, not to gather students. Answer the call of your soul: Find out more about Teacher Training & Register.

Looking to connect? Sadhana is back! ALL ARE WELCOME! Held each Sunday in conjunction with Teacher Training. Details on the Sadhana page.