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Aquarian Teacher Track
Advanced Pranayama Techniques (Sadhana Singh)
Recognize the strength of your Pranic Body. Teach through your presence, not through what you say or do. A teacher breathes consciously to live in the basic reality of life: here and now. A teacher consciously uses the pranic units he has been given to cover the distance to his own destiny. Grateful for each new possibility to inhale, he recognizes his mission, his reality, royalty, and caliber.
Courage, Compassion and Consciousness: The Kundalini Path to a Wise Heart (Gurucharan Singh Khalsa KRI)
A wise heart is a source of strength and courage. We each need this to find our compassion and consciousness in a wildly changing world. The period of time from this solstice to the next one is the greatest opportunity to grow personally and to contribute to a global awakening for a sustainable future. Charge yourself with energy and clarity for this solstice and the Aquarian shift.
Experience and Awaken the Teacher Within (Upma Kaur, Hari Charn Kaur Khalsa)
Are you ready to deepen your practice and share what you have experienced with others? Awaken and experience your potential as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher with meditations and kriyas for Teachers. This workshop is for Kundalini Yoga Teachers and those interested in becoming a Teacher. Get your questions answered and learn more about global training programs.
How to Play the Gong (Mehtab Benton)
Learn the basics of how to play the gong: the role of the gong in Kundalini Yoga and how to make it part of your classes; how to use the mallet, building sequences of sound, the effects of striking the gong in different areas, how to create a gong session for relaxation and meditation, and how to select the best gong for your needs. Plus, a gong layout at the end!
How to Teach Yoga for Children from Tots to Teens (Shakta Khalsa)
This is a class for teachers who want more information on teaching yoga to children: how to keep it fun and keep it yoga; class management tips; what you need to know about yoga for ADHD and Autism; great stories, games, and songs for uplifting and strengthening body, mind, and spirit!
Kundalini Yoga and the Creative Arts (Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa)
Hari Kirin will share step-by-step guidelines for combining Art and Yoga in your daily practice, in workshops with students, and in your community. You will practice a kriya and meditation with integrated art from her newly published book, Art & Yoga, Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life. Powered by your innate creativity combined with the ancient technology of Kundalini Yoga, delve into images that will awaken intuition, self healing, and creativity. No previous experience with art or yoga required.
Let Your Soul Shine (Sangeet Kaur, Japa Kaur, Harpal Singh, Upma Kaur Khalsa)
Let the warm glow of the beautiful Shabad, Guru Dayv Mata, envelop you and confirm your radiance. This class will include warm-ups, inspiring stories, and Guru Kriya—a deep meditation on the Shabad that Yogi Bhajan said allows one to master Kundalini Yoga. "Realize that this time is given to you to be pure and to live in piety, with a burning fire of compassion, touching every heart."-Yogi Bhajan
Living the Excellence and Values of a Kundalini Yoga Teacher (Guruka Kaur Khalsa, Hari Charn Kaur Khalsa)
The life of a Kundalini Yoga Teacher: it is not a job–it is an incarnation of excellence and awareness. Our every action must reflect the consciousness of our practice. From Pantanjali's Yogic legacy of the Yams and Niyams of a Yogi, to Yogi Bhajan's Excellence of a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, we come alive as we apply our values to our lives as Teachers.
Looking the Part: Declaring Your Identity as a Yogi! (Shakta Kaur Kezios and Hari Nam Singh)
How do you feel about the bana (outward form) you wear as a Kundalini Yoga teacher? How well do you integrate the way you look so that it is congruent with your inner experience and highest ideals? Explore this rarely addressed area of spiritual development—looking the part of the real deal Yogi! Includes meditation, lecture, discussion. All levels welcome.
Public Diplomacy & Public Relations as taught by Yogi Bhajan (Mukta Khalsa)
"A Formula for Success" Whether you're a yoga teacher, director of a yoga center, or service provider, the essence of these teachings are critical ingredients to magnetize growth and success. Yogi Bhajan had a unique perspective built on mutuality, and he understood the value of developing relations in the spirit of goodwill and friendship. Whether you're involved in a non-profit organization or for-profit business, this course is for YOU.
Scientific Research on Yoga: A Global View from the Cutting Edge (Sat Bir Khalsa)
This workshop will present an overview of the history and breadth of yoga research, with special attention to research done on Kundalini Yoga. We will also review the value and implications of this research, especially for teachers who may find this information useful in promoting and marketing their classes, communicating the benefits to their students, and in convincing administrators in schools, fitness centers, healthcare centers, and other institutions to incorporate yoga classes into their facilities.
SuperHealth: Creating Autonomy—Yogic Science for Addictive Behavior (Mukta Khalsa)
"In the coming times, no matter who you are or what you belong to, you'll be needed by the world." (Yogi Bhajan)
Yogi Bhajan told us, "Your presence must heal people." He said that as we heal others, we heal ourselves. And he reminded us that these teachings aren't gimmicks or fads. They are 3,000 year-old precise, secret formulas being revealed to you today. SuperHealth is a National Certified Education Training Provider for CEUs.
Walk Your Breath … Take a Breathwalk! (Shakta Kaur Kezios)
You walk. You breathe. But, how often to you meditatively synchronize your breath with your walking steps? That is called Breathwalk® –the simple, natural and effective walking practice derived from the Kundalini Yoga tradition. In this session you'll experience the expansive nature of the Air Tattva as you systematically align all forms of energy using body, mind, and spirit. Suitable for yogis and non-yogis alike. All levels welcome.
Welcome 2011! Ushering in the Aquarian Age as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher (Tarn Taran Singh)
In 1969 we thought the Aquarian Age was going to be all Peace & Love. But Yogi Bhajan warned us we would have to journey through a very challenging period. Now we feel the full impact as the 'old' breaks down to make way for the new age. Kundalini Yoga offers a technology not to survive, but to thrive in these turbulent times. Let's lend one another mutual support as we usher in the Aquarian Age.
Aquarian Age Track
Aging Yogis (Shiva Singh Khalsa)
Aging—it happens to everyone. Kundalini Yoga and the 3HO lifestyle cover a wealth of teachings and technology to prepare for old age—another wonderful stage of life.
Asanadance: The Air Teacher (Jap Singh Khalsa)
A very complete, dynamic, and inspiring dance-yoga and mantra-yoga workshop focused on the pranic body. Experience the power of Pavan Guru in you.
Attach Yourself to Infinity (Devinder Kaur)
Instead of being attached to earthly possessions, be attached to healthy, happy and holy! Drop the habits and patterns that no longer work and open the heart to the infinite gifts available. Through the technology of Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, and the sacred sounds and vibrations of the Gong we will strengthen the vayu-granthi for a balanced temperament, focus, self-control, purity of thought, and compassion.
Awaken Your Heart and Discover Your Unique Expression of Seva (Gurudev Kaur)
We will open our hearts to the frequency of selfless service and tap into our individual calling for Seva. Through strong Kundalini Yoga exercises and deep meditative practices we will discover the most useful and authentic way that we can be known by our service. We will call upon Guru Ram Das to strengthen our power to sacrifice and bless us with the compassion to serve from the very deepest love of our soul.
Breath of God: Inhaling the Power of Love (Dr. ShamRang Khalsa)
As the element associated with Heart Chakra, air is the force of movement in the Universe. In this time of Aquarian transition, as anxiety and insecurity naturally arise, let us learn how to recognize these powerful changes as forces of Love.
Celestial Communication to Heal the Heart (Adarsh Kaur Khalsa)
Yogi Bhajan taught Celestial Communication as a technology to strengthen the aura and the subtle and radiant bodies, and to relax and harmonize the self. In this class, we will also use movement and mantras to release grief and loss from the heart and lungs, and we will practice Celestial Communications to bring self-acceptance and peace. Come and discover resources for your personal journey, as well as a new technique to share in your own teaching practice.
Conscious Community in the Age of Aquarius (Sat Sang Khalsa)
As an Aquarian being, the first step is to release attachment and to let go of preconceptions as to what "your" limited ego self says about the concept of living and being in a conscious community. The 'other' is you, and it is already perfect community. The obstacle is the narrow definition that isolates the self from the Self. We will talk, sweat, share, meditate, and vibrate into the Cosmos that Prevails in EVERYbody.
Everyday Devotion—The HeArt of Being…Me (GuruPrem Khalsa)
Journey into your Heart. What is holding you back? How do you relate to your true self? How you carry your heart reflects what you carry in your heart. Great posture is how you carry your hearts of virtue. Discover ways to put Devotion into Motion, make your life a living meditation on the Infinite, within and out. Breath, Mantra, Asana, and Meditation to embody the sacred forms of the True Heart.
From Air to Heir (Gurutej Khalsa)
Allow air to be your element of vastness (breath) to look at your legacy. Use the power of lineage to create the vastness of legacy, your vapor trail. How will you be remembered? The ultimate air is the last breath that is the conduit of the soul. You will have a chance to work from your death back to the present—taking your epitaph, using yogic technology and bringing your legacy forward as your gift.
How to Live, How to Die (Siri Marka S. Khalsa)
"How to Live, How to Die" is a course in fearless living and dying. Focusing on the connection with the "Here and Hereafter," Siri Marka Singh, bi-lingual Kundalini Yoga Teacher for 38 years, will introduce you to Yogi Bhajan's daily technique for how to die with grace. You will experience a renewed vitality and unique perspective of living and dying with vitality, consciousness, and renewed purpose. "All you have is what you have to give."
Living a Dharma—What is a Sikh? (Guruka Singh Khalsa)
When you say Sikh Dharma, it means 'the path of the student.' Some people think it means a religion. 'Sikh' means student on a pathway to one's own Self: from my head to my heart. In this way, the life of a person is fulfilled. That is what Kundalini Yoga is all about. Experience, understand, serve, and share in the flow of Dharma.
Love is in the Air—Can You Capture It? (Sangeet Kaur Khalsa)
"Go forth and conquer the heart," Yogi Bhajan urged. But have you conquered your own heart? And can you trust your heart with another? Using the numerology of Aquarian relationships from her newly published book, The Blessings Code, KRI Sr. Lead Trainer Sangeet Khalsa gives major keys to loving without limitation. Her wit and wisdom have reached thousands over 20 years in her Womanheart® retreats and in her popular Womanheart book in its second edition.
Love to Last a Lifetime (Dharam Dev K. & Siri Marka S. Khalsa)
Dharam Dev Kaur Khalsa, Marriage and Family Counselor in Beverly Hills for over 20 years along with husband of 24 years, Siri Marka Singh Khalsa, Yogic Counselor, will present their class which is sure to move your heart. You will learn "How to Have Love and Make Love Stay." A lifetime is a short time to maintain and sustain fulfilling love relationships. You will experience a renewed self-love and discover the "Love of Your Life."
Making Friends with the Unknown (Mahan Rishi Singh Khalsa, D.C.)
As your internal energy rises, there is a profound transmutation of form into formlessness and fear into love. That which was visible and solid is now unseen and spacious, opening the field for infinite possibility. The finite self is now transformed into All-pervading Selflessness. Through this workshop you will discover the power of trusting the unknown, and the effortless flow of life that reveals itself when living in your Transcendental Being and Universal Self.
Men's Wisdom Council (Bhagwant Khalsa)
Contained in confidentiality, this sacred, men-only sharing circle will open the heart, enlighten the mind, and reveal the soul.
Namo…Fearlessness and Love (Guru Dass Khalsa)
Nirbhao / Nirvair, fearlessness and love, are the key to living a prosperous, abundant, and peaceful life in the Age of Aquarius. Guru Dass will lead us through an experience of the heart chakra to connect with the source of inner love and peace. He is one of Yogi Bhajan's earliest teachers and an icon musician for many years. He travels the world teaching and sharing his music.
Passion for Your Self! The Fountain of True Compassion (Siri-Gian Kaur Khalsa)
"When your affairs are taken care of by God and when your teaching is provided by God, you've entered what is called 'entry level' spirituality. When you become aware of this, life becomes effortless." –Yogi Bhajan
Delight in your own most intimate teachings directly from God—your SELF. My passion is to help you listen to your own GodSELF, and to trust living from Its Presence at every moment for your own prosperity, happiness, kindness, and greatness.
Pranic Body: The Root of Ecstasy (Siri Atma Singh Khalsa)
The art of pranayam is the base of all life, all awareness, all consciousness. It's largely responsible for our health and self-healing ability. The prana we generate via our lungs powers our electromagnetic bodies and allows us to experience ecstasy. Utilize the power of your life force to gain a deeper experience of joy and vitality.
Spreading our Wings to Heal (Satya K Khalsa)
2011 is our time to finish releasing the unresolved trauma that has held us back from experiencing life as our true self-healing selves. The teachings of Yogi Bhajan and David Berceli will be presented as we address the nature of trauma and blocked healing and learn simple, powerful tools to share with friends and family for processing and transforming mental, physical, emotional, energetic and perceptual patterns that no longer serve us.
Starting Where You Are; Working with Patterns of Life and Stress (Kartar Singh, Dr. Sham Rang Singh, Sunder Singh)
Many have the gift of doing sadhana regularly but some continue to experience the same patterns of stress over and over. What's called for is to focus on the pattern that is causing the stress. Dr. Sham Rang Singh, Kartar Singh, and Sunder Singh have worked with these patterns of life and stress and will share some of what they have learned along their journeys, and together they will share techniques you may use yourself.
Success and Spirit (Ek Ong Kaar Khalsa)
Over the years, Yogi Bhajan taught what success will mean in the Aquarian Age—how to understand your inner calling, how to walk the path of your destiny, and how to enter into a conscious partnership with the Universe where all that you need will be provided for you. This workshop will focus on his teachings relating to success, and include meditations from the new book with the same title: Success and Spirit.
Suniai: Deep Listening (Sat Siri Dougherty)
Listening (Suniai) is one of the most fundamental secrets on the path of a yogi, yet one of the most vital and difficult to achieve. Through deep listening we bring the heavens to earth and begin to merge what is finite with the infinite. Suniai is to forget yourself. The true wisdom of the Universe can only be known when you empty yourself and become still. This is the environment for Conscious Communication to occur.
Supporting Each Other on the Solstice Journey and in Life (Mata Mandir Kaur Khalsa)
Solstice is a time when we can experience a high level of challenge and transformation. In this session, we will take time to connect with each other and process some of these changes as they come up in each of us. Holding the sacred space between us, we will learn and practice skills of intentional, loving dialogue that can deepen our Solstice experience and also enrich and improve our relationships at home.
Kundalini Yoga Track
Accessing the Knowledge of the Universe through Breath (Akal Kaur Khalsa)
In this Kundalini Yoga and Meditation workshop we will balance our pranic channels to link with the Infinite. When linked to this frequency, the heart center vibrates and aligns with compassion. We become open to the flow of the universal force within us. Using Kundalini Yoga, breath, mantra, and GONG we will access the cosmos and invoke our universal consciousness.
Becoming Sensory Human Beings – Preparing for the Aquarian Time Shift (Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa)
Moving towards the Aquarian Age, the winds of change are upon us. To victoriously succeed requires we become "sensory human beings." For this we need inner strength. Summer Solstice's solar energy prevails — the best time to recharge our batteries. If our glass is empty, we can't eliminate anyone's thirst. Full, we can satisfy ourselves, and quench the thirst of countless. Join us to purify and become a flow of Infinity, preparing to serve humanity.
Deepening Your Meditation (Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, KRI)
Meditation is a skill and an experience. It has stages—just as a flower grows from seed to sprout to leaves to bloom. Gurucharan learned how to guide us through the stages of meditation at the feet of Yogi Bhajan. The depth of self-experience they bring is now available to all and part of the final training level in Kundalini Yoga. This class is an experiential introduction to the stages of meditation and deepening your meditation and everyday awareness.
EZ YOGA for Anyone, Any Time, Any Where (Siri Deva Khalsa)
Your mind is too stuck to function, or you're having an anxiety attack at work–there are dozens of techniques that you can do at your desk to snap you out of it within 3 minutes. You're doing yoga and the mind is willing but the body is stiff (or they're both lazy)–learn simple stretches and ways to modify difficult postures, like using a chair.
Have You Noticed Your Breath Lately? (Hari Jiwan Singh Khalsa)
The air tattva is the carrier of prana (the first stage of life). One who practices pranayam (meditation with the breath) plays with the vehicle which bridges one side of life to another. This interaction carries one from the mundane to the subtle existence of life where contentment and effortlessness rule. This workshop will focus on what techniques are available to tap into this divine dance and what to expect when the dance begins.
Healing Hands (Dr. Waheguru Khalsa)
This hands-on workshop is based on simple, easy-to-do, and fun healing treatments given by Yogi Bhajan. Pair up with your healer to give and receive these unique treatments. For beginners as well as seasoned practitioners. If you need to wind down, prepare for the week at Solstice and heal a few aches and pains, then come to this class where miracles occur.
Heart Rescue (Awtar Kaur Khalsa)
What is the key to opening the heart? We begin with the earth, water, and fire in the first three chakras. Then we can embrace the subtleness of the air element in the fourth chakra without being blown away. We will mine Yogi Bhajan's 5 Sutras and 7 Steps to Happiness for marvelous clues to physical, mental and tattva balance.
How Kundalini Yoga Works—Prana (Dr. Hari Simran Singh Khalsa)
Experience and explore the wonders of the Anatomy and Physiology of Kundalini Yoga, including research and applied practice.
Kriya for the Instinctual Self (Guru Simran Singh Khalsa)
As human beings, we have certain instincts as do animals, but we have the ability to direct, shape, and give meaning to the expression of these instincts. Many of the strongest instincts find expression and representation through the "lower triangle" of chakras. The physical correlates of these chakras are the rectum, the sex organs, and the navel point. We use physical nerve and glandular stimulation to alter learned patterns in the lower triangle.
Living from Your Soul (DukhNiwaran Kaur)
The soul's voice is clear, loving and strong. Living in true connection to the soul creates a fulfilling life of centered purpose and joy. Let's delve deeply into the soul with Kundalini Yoga to remove the clouds of indecision, confusion, and discontent, and create the life you were born to live!
Love is Love! (Harnam Singh)
"Understand through compassion or you will misunderstand the times!" ~ Yogi Bhajan
In the Aquarian Age, we will need to live from our hearts. Break your heart open wide in this transformational class. Explore the heart chakra and the air tattva and feel the love within! From start to finish, each warm-up, kriya, meditation, and mantra will be designed to open the heart and lift the spirits!
Manifesting Vibrant Health, Your Unique Destiny, and Prosperity (Jot Singh Khalsa)
Each of us comes to life with unique gifts. To manifest Destiny, we must discover and develop our gifts, offering the fruits to humanity somehow. Whatever one's vocation or pastimes, the ability to act from steadiness brings peace, fulfillment, and prosperity. We will focus on stimulating creativity through various kriyas and meditations. Fundamental benefits of a yogic diet, active lifestyle, and personal and professional habits to support a long and prosperous life will be offered.
Pranayama: Compassionate Self-Inquiry through the Air Tattva (Devjeet Kaur)
What is Pranayama? What are the benefits? We will practice using prana to heal our emotional and physical wounds, burn karmas, and revitalize ourselves inside out. We will learn powerful pranayama techniques in various kriyas to integrate fragmented aspects of ourselves through the breath—compassionate self-inquiry. In learning how to value and care for ourselves, we begin to authentically value and care for others. Bring home 5 new pranayama techniques!
Self-Experience (Nam Kaur Khalsa)
This class offers Yogi Bhajan's routine to 'rise and shine' followed by a kriya to prepare your self—your physical body, mental bodies, and your soul so you can create a flow of graceful energy each and every day.
Shakti Dance: Waves of Compassion and Love (Dharma Kaur)
Shakti Dance is a very special discipline that helps people to improve the force of their Prana using Kundalini Yoga and Meditative Dance. The workshop is based on the Sufi Grind of Kundalini Yoga and stimulates the air element and expands the courage to be who we are. In addition, forgiveness and kindness will be our mantra.
The Awakened Self and the Path of Innocent Courage (Sunder Khalsa)
To become wise and spiritually mature means we can act in life rather than react to life. Realization is about releasing the reactions/labeling we have to our life. It is awakening to the love that perceives, feels, and holds the constant creative dynamic of what is. Innocence is to see things as it is. Courage is to accept what is without reaction so we can act from the infinite stillness we call the soul.
The Heart Rules: Love begins at Home; Home is where the Heart is (Simran Khalsa)
Open your heart and remove blocks related to your 4th Chakra. Dive into self love/your authentic self/true love. Bring light into your heart and be a reflection of that radiance. Heal your broken heart, dark heart, cold heart, mean heart. Remove unnecessary pain and hurt residue. Learn to embody your heart consciousness—True Heart, Brave Heart, Kind Heart, Pure Heart. Live in love and truth with ease.
The Rishi's Cup of Consciousness (Harijiwan Khalsa)
Each tattva has its own juice, its own rasa. If you allow the rasas to fall into feelings and emotions, life becomes commotional, and you suffer. If you use applied intelligence and direct the rasas into the cup of consciousness and drink that nectar, then you are the Rishi, you are the God, the controller and director of your destiny. Experience directing the flow of your energy and the divinely correlated projection of your destiny.
The Soul and the Subtle Self, Turning Your Attention Where You Want it to Go (Kartar Khalsa)
We're always on our way somewhere. The key is to be deeply at peace on the journey—that is joy. Joy is the sign of using the subtle Self to engage the Soul and turn attention to the unseen, to where you want to go. It engages the unseen Hand of God. It is the difference between making the best of something and the worst of something; it's called Attitude of Gratitude.
Truth, Royalty and Caliber (Sadhana Singh)
Each breath should communicate your truth, royalty, and caliber as a human being.
WaheGuru! (Joshua Param Sevak)
We radiate Waheguru when our heart chakra is powerfully broadcasting the song of Universal Spirit, transmitting coherent soul-waves of peace, power, and joy. WaheGuru is appreciation-in-action, a feeling of fullness, a state of grace, a devotional prayer, a powerful projection, and a Golden Link to our Universal Teacher. Practice the Kundalini Bhakti technology of kriyas, meditations, pranayam, and kirtan to imprint Waheguru into your DNA and embody the spiritual frequency our bio-bodysuits are designed for.
Shabd Guru Track
Autobiography of an American Sikh (Hari Nam Singh Khalsa)
Hari Nam will talk from the heart about his profound and often complicated transition from Kundalini Yogi to committed Sikh and his 30 years maneuvering along that path. Hari Nam is known as a great storyteller and promises to have some entertaining and impactful stories to share. This workshop will definitely be of general interest to all, but particularly to those who have played with the idea of taking on this commitment and lifestyle themselves.
Chandi Di Var of the Tenth Master and the Psychology of the Mind (Kamalroop Singh)
The Chandi di Var of the tenth master (Guru Gobind Singh) is saturated with Divine radiance. The Sikh Ardas comes from this composition and is infused with Shakti and vir ras (warrior essence). The whole composition is the story of the Feminine Divine and her battle against ignorance. In this workshop we will cover the symbolic aspects of this shabad in relation to the mind. This has rarely been commented on in modern times.
Change is Easy through the Heart (Elizabeth Gurumukh)
The Heart is ruled by Air and the quality of air is that it moves easily with little effort—given the space. Let's free the heart space so that release and change is easy.
Clearing the Air: Understanding through Compassion and Forgiveness (Baba Singh)
Baba Singh will share his experiences over the past year practicing Rakhe Rakhanhaar to deepen compassion. Yogi Bhajan has said that in the Aquarian Age we should understand through compassion, or else risk misunderstanding the meaning of these times. Join us as we go deep into this shabd and awaken the heart center, the home of the air tattva, in order to strengthen our love for the days ahead.
Dying Into Life (Jivan Joti Khalsa)
Death and loss are universal experiences—for some, a wall; for some, a door, an opportunity for transformation. This class offers Yogi Bhajan's teachings on the yogic perspective of death and loss with special emphasis on how to prepare oneself and others for this greatest journey. The Pran Bandha Mantra Meditation will be practiced. "Practicing this meditation, you can merge into 'the greater pranic body' at the time of death and therefore become deathless." Yogi Bhajan
Every Word from the Heart: Shabd Guru—the Sacred Power of Air (Guru Singh)
In the physical world of form, everything is a relationship. In the world of relationships, everything is a communication. In the world of communication, when we communicate from the heart (the fourth chakra) we are using the power of the air (the fourth tattva). In this workshop we will connect: Kundalini Yoga, mantras and shabds, and meditation to produce a relationship with our personal power of communication from the heart.
Fly with Guru Arjan to "Khambh Vikaandaray" (Harbhajan Kaur Khalsa)
"If I could find wings on sale…I would attach them to myself and search for that Friend of mine." We will learn this shabd in Gurmukhi (or transliteration) in Raag Tilang, 12 beat rhythm. Singing this composition gives a feeling of joyful flight. Learning to sing the scale of Raag Tilang (the shabd's melody and vocal elements) within a 12 beat rhythm, you will gain skills that apply to many other shabds.
Golden Temple Meditation (Guruprem Kaur Khalsa)
The workshop will begin with a walking meditation, as though walking around the Parkarma of the Golden Temple. Then we will "enter" the walkway to the Golden Temple in imagination as we walk down the road to the tepee, where people will meditatively complete their journeys. The Golden Temple will in this way be brought to bless the center of the solstice site, as Amrit Sarovar waters bless surrounding areas with serene healing.
Healthy, Happy, Holy Heart Fest! (Siri-Gian Kaur, Siri Sevak Kaur, Dev Suroop Kaur, GuruMeher Singh)
Your Heart! That's what makes you really alive and bursting with joy on all levels—great physical health, cozy emotional and mental happiness, and the most satisfying, elevated free flow of your own Spirit, your God Self! Come heal, learn, uplift, and celebrate every bit of your juicy heart with the expert guidance of our Soul Answer University faculty in all of these important areas of your own most precious heart! View our faculty's tele-classes at www.SoulAnswer.com/university.html.
Introduction to Naad Yoga and Chanting (Amar Singh & Sahib-Amar Kaur Khalsa)
Naad Yoga is the science of sound and mantra and its effect on our consciousness. Chanting or vibrating the Naad through the chakras releases energy blocks, especially at the heart. It's also lots of fun to join others in creating divine vibration. We all have our own song just waiting to be discovered. In this workshop we will explore and experience our ability to transform ourselves and others through the powerful medium of sound.
Japji Sahib: Recurring Themes and Tips for Memorization (Gurukirn Khalsa)
Japji Sahib, Guru Nanak's seminal poem, contains many recurring words and lines, creating a structure which lends itself to recitation from memory. This class will highlight these recurring themes, as well as offer tips to keep the order straight so that reciting Japji Sahib from memory is made easier.
Layman's Guide to Kundalini Mantra and the Siri Guru Granth Sahib (Elizabeth Gurumukh)
Come learn a simple but profound way to explain the power of our Kundalini Yoga mantras, where they come from, why they work, and how profound they are even when your students don't understand them. Let's de-mystify these power tools to make them accessible to everyone. If you've not yet moved beyond teaching Sat Nam and Wahe Guru this workshop is for you to feel comfortable to teach more complex mantra.
Naad Yoga: Expanding Your Chanting Voice with Kauri Kriya (Dev Suroop Kaur)
Awaken and expand that divinely satisfying chanting voice within! In the earliest days of 3HO, Yogi Bhajan taught Kauri Kriya as a key Naad Yoga technique for raising the Kundalini and developing the chanting voice. Known as the 'Mahan Dhiaan,' or supreme meditation, this kriya was given by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in the late 1600s to train sacred musicians to bring forth a deeply transformative and healing sound current. Rise up and chant strong!
Pavan Guru (Air is the Guru) (Mata Mandir Singh)
This is the concept of Guru Nanak from Japji: Pavan Guru. This line was a mystery to me for many years. A knowledgeable friend made it clear to me when he said, "How we use air determines whether or not we have Guru in our life." What is Guru? The very guidance and totality of wisdom in the Universe available to all. This class will be mostly sung. We will open our hearts.
Read, Write, and Pronounce Kundalini Yoga Mantras in Gurmukhi (Siri Sevak Kaur Khalsa)
This is a fun informative class on where our mantras come from and how to pronounce them correctly, along with an introduction to reading and writing them in Gurmukhi, the original script. We will end with a meditation from Guru Gobind Singh where we write a mantra at our third eye with the golden pen of our intuition.
Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone: The Sikh Dharma Ministry Enters the Aquarian Age (Dr. Sat Kaur Khalsa, Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa)
The Sikh Dharma Ministry continues to move forward. Join us for our annual Summer Solstice Minister Gathering.
So Purkh: The Sacred Gift of the Heart (Ramdesh Kaur and Nirinjan Kaur)
Join Ramdesh Kaur and Nirinjan Kaur for a journey into the So Purkh, where we will clear our hearts during this year of the heart chakra! Deepen your heart's relationship with So Purkh, a powerful and sacred shabad. Let the healing energy of this prayer fill your heart, improve your relationships, and attract a divine partner into your life. Nirinjan Kaur will lead us in a beautiful live recitation of So Purkh.
The Air is the Guru (Satkirin Khalsa)
This last line of Jap Ji codifies the practice of Naad Yoga (Gurbani Kirtan) in this Kal Yug for health and happiness and mastery. Saints and the ten Gurus have given us very specific techniques. Capture the optimum use of breath, rhythm, and sacred sounds (Shabds). Tune the instrument of your voice and find applications that sing through your breath and align your ten bodies to internal guidance through the breath of the Guru.
Women's Teachings Track
Beauty Begins with "Be" (Akalsukh Singh)
Many women have spent years basing their self-worth on whether or not they meet the standards that media and culture have set for them: to be skinny and sexy in order to be truly a woman. How liberating it is to think of your value being defined by your inner light, your radiance, and your grace. Beauty is within; come to sweat, dance, and laugh—while revitalizing your physical and radiant bodies. Self-love is your birthright.
Healing the Wounds of Life (Sat Santokh Singh Khalsa)
In this workshop for women, you will be able to see how you block yourself; acknowledge the wounds and scars you have received to your sense of self; identify the resulting impact on your life; become clear on what negative self images you are carrying; develop tools and techniques to deal with feelings of self-doubt and "not being good enough;" learn how to allow abundance into your life; envision yourself successful in life.
Inhale! The Possibilities by Empowering Your Heart with Prana (Haridass Thi Kim Hoang, PhD)
Does your presence convey majesty, grace, and peace? Is your breath inviting possibilities into your life? Learn to breathe properly. The diaphragmatic breath engages the navel and eases the heart while increasing the pranic reserves. Deep breathing allows ease and grace to enter your heart space of neutrality. Cultivate compassion and accept all. See God in all. Project healing blessings to loved ones and uplift the planet with your projection and prayers. Breathe deeply.
Kundalini Blessings: Intuitive Wisdom (Gurudarshan Khalsa)
Learn how to use the Kundalini Blessings Oracle Cards to deepen your intuition and gain insights and clarity on issues for your life. Oracle Cards are a fun and interactive way to trust and know your intuition. Now you can combine the Oracle Card readings with Kundalini Yoga meditations and actually shift your whole being with the guidance of your oracle reading! Join me and receive the blessings of you!
My Heart is a Jewel: Beyond Depression (Shabad Kaur Khalsa)
Women internalize stress in unique ways, and transformational healing for women best occurs as a result of practiced conscious relaxation. In these uncertain times, a woman's ability to create her sense of spiritual connectedness is a vital marker for long-term maintenance of her physical, emotional, and psychological health. The best of Kundalini Yoga teachings will be presented for managing stress and achieving core strength through a distinctly women-centered approach to prevent anxiety and depression.
Overcoming Cold Depression: Penetrate the Silence of the Soul (Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa)
Cold Depression is our single biggest challenge as we enter the Aquarian Age. It is a pandemic that comes with the change of the epoch. Cold Depression affects vitality of spirit, our health, addiction patterns, and leads us to behave in ways we would not otherwise. Learn what Cold Depression is, how to identify it, and exactly what you need in order to help your students, clients, and yourself overcome its effects.
Pranayam: The breath of life (Dr. Kartar Khalsa)
Keeping in mind the power of the breath and its relationship to the air tattva, we will work on the heart and lungs to strengthen them as we move into more challenging times. And we will discuss the importance of this relationship between the breath and the air tattva, in particular, how it relates to woman and the times
Recognizing Our Fears—Discovering Who We Are (Siri Kirin Kaur)
Using a meditation to release our chronic fears (including the fear of death) and awaken our intuition will allow us to recognize and let go of these fears and anxieties, enabling us to get out of the way of our ego. We will also do exercises and a kriya and get to the heart of who we truly are—Divine Souls.
The Invincible Woman: Manifest the Shakti in You! (Shakta Kaur Kezios)
Woman is called the 'Adi Shakti,' the primal and original creative energy. Yet, how many women feel their power and their invincibility on a daily basis? Women have 16 times more biological and mental capacity than men! But, women can use this '16 times' capacity to either build or destroy themselves. Come explore your 'invincibility' with yoga, meditation, live music, and community. All levels welcome.
The Lunar Woman: Experience the Teachings and Teach the Experience (Shakta Kaur Kezios and Hari Charn Kaur Khalsa)
Woman's basic nature is like the moon which waxes and wanes; while man's basic nature is like the sun which is continuous and constant. Experience the power of the Lunar Woman teachings; learn the moon center sequence and map your personal pattern; receive tips on how to successfully share these teachings with others. Includes yoga, meditation, lecture, and hand-outs. All levels welcome.
The Practical Magic of the Heart (Esra Banguoglu Ogut-Fateh Kaur)
This class focuses on the balance of the heart center and its effects on communication, psychology, stress, and time management. For example, when the heart energy is too high it results in the inability to listen and manage time. If too low, it causes emotional confusion and even hysteria. We as women can construct heart-based relationships—when what "he does or doesn't do" is no longer an issue. All change is possible, when it is no longer needed.
Women's Creative Vitality (Shabad Atma [Alyson] Kaur)
We all are creative beings, but sometimes negativity keeps us from tapping into our visionary spirit. Through the power of Kundalini Yoga, we will release negative thought patterns that are keeping us from living our fullest lives. We'll reclaim the love of ourselves and our lives through directing the mind to focus on positive aspects of ourselves. Finally, we will learn how to walk our path with assurance and joy in an uplifting, safe, shakti-fied environment.


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A few posts back I shared the story on how I acquired these wire baskets and hangers. You can see and read about it Here.
This was what I made with some of them an Orb planter
This weekend I used some more of them and created this, no it's not another planter.
I made my own chalk paint with some oops paint I got from Lowe's
I wanted to keep it rustic!
As you can see in this picture some of the plastic coating still remains on the the plant stand and wire baskets. I left it on and painted right over it with the chalk paint and added a few more colors to bring it to the look I wanted to achieve.
When it was completely dried, I removed the plastic, which exposed the rusted out parts I wanted to show and then applied a glaze and lightly sanded it.
the colors came out just the way I wanted them to match the kitchen
Our kitchen isn't all that big and with limited space it fits perfect in this area.
I am looking for some kind of plate/bowl or something to put on the shelves beneath the baskets, just not sure what yet.
So…there you have it two different ways to use wire baskets and hangers.
1. Orb planter
2. Vegetable/Fruit Bin
I only have 1 stand and 2 wire baskets left…will see what I can do with those?
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Gravity & Optimism.
I recently read on a fitness blog a question about addressing rounding in the upper back.
The fitness 'expert' replied by saying,
"Gravity is not your friend. You have to keep those muscles strong so that you don't let gravity win."
Is gravity inherently out to get us?
To me this sounds quite pessimistic. Gravity is basic to our environment and inescapable (unless we go to outer space). If gravity is intrinsically unfriendly to us, then it means we ultimately live in an unfriendly world.
It's true that our bodies can accumulate tension and destructive patterns which cause gravity's effect on us to be undesirable and even harmful. But is the more desirable relationship to gravity one in which we are fighting hard and winning? That sounds exhausting!
"Only our relationship with gravity determines whether we experience it in a constructive way or destructive way. Depending on the structure of the body on which it acts, gravity can either support us and provide a springboard for our activities or it can pull at us and tear us down."
~ Joseph Heller
Is your relationship with gravity ultimately a constructive or a destructive aspect of your embodiment?
The potential is there for it to be constructive—this is the paradigm shift that we need to adopt.
Just like the elements of our planet exquisitely support human life, gravity also is a basic aspect to earth that innately allows us to thrive. We are creatures of the earth and we are creatures of gravity.
Gravity gives us bone density, verticality, command over movement, and the potential for effortless, expansive embodiment.
If gravity is expressing itself in our bodies as compressed, compromised joints and tissues, then there's work that can be done.
In order to stay aligned, so that we are available to receive gravity's gifts, we must engage in a process of unwinding and unraveling the tension and holding patterns that accumulate in our bodies as a result of all-too-commonplace stress, trauma, neglect and misuse.
We must journey towards structural and functional harmony through bodywork, corrective movement, balanced strengthening, releasing and healing.
"We want to get you to a place where gravity is your friend; a nourishing force."
~ Dr. Ida Rolf
Isn't it life affirming to think that this basic element in our environment has infinite potential to support us? Gravity is the ultimate free resource.
We can restore our natural state, one that is free from the residue of the past. We can evolve towards our own personal best: a state in which we thrive in our most natural and efficient physiology and in harmony with nature.
The opportunity for this kind of personal conscious evolution (a concept coined by Dr. Ida Rolf, creator of Structural Integration bodywork) also has collective significance.
If we proceed with the symbiosis of ourselves and our world embedded in our tissues, what kind of optimism will emerge? What kind of reverence and gratitude for our home, Earth, will rise to the surface of our collective consciousness?
As we heal ourselves, we also heal the planet.
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4 Responses to "Gravity & Optimism."
Excellent article! Humans exist because of gravity. Because of this relationship with gravity, we have become masters of our environment. Gravity always wins, no matter what, the question is how do we use gravity to keep evolving and growing?
Yes. Gravity! Excellent presentation.
Structural Integration allows us to stand into gravity with ease. Excellent article!
What constitutes a "fitness expert", anyway?


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Sometimes finances go beyond your own and involve the finances of good friends or family members. When the finances aren't yours, but those close to you, how do you help those that are obviously having trouble keeping their finances under control? This was a question that was raised in the forums:
Over the Memorial holiday my thoughts were focused on taking a day to spend time with our children and grandchildren, enjoying a meal together and reflecting on how blessed we've been over the last month. Then, my daughter and her husband revealed to us that that were completely broke and had been using a payday loan company, (Check N' Go) for the last several months just to try g


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I am back riding English again for about 10 yrs off. I am 31 yrs old, 5' 6" and 130 lbs...I would like to purchase my own English Saddle, and don't know which brand to buy? I would like a nice leather..I am sick of poor leather and ill fitted saddles.
What brands do you all like that stand the test of time?
And what size do I buy..is the 16"-18" for the horse, or for me?
I should mention, the great farm I ride at..I ride various horses..from Missouri Fox Trotter, to several TB's, to half TB/Percherons. Would that make a big diff in the saddles?


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SAV 1.0.14-13 for Linux Not Updating Definitions
Hey Guys,
I am testing out SAV for Linux, version 1.0.14-13. I am testing it on RedHat 5.7 kernal 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5. I can install the following components without issue:
Java LiveUpdate
SAV Reporter
Everything appears to work and run properly. But when I check definitions they state 07/16/2012 rev. 18. I can run liveupdate and according to logs it runs successfully, but the definitions do not change. I have even tried running the intelligent updater sh which also states that it runs successfully, but when I check the definitions they are still reported as 07/16/2012 rev. 18. I have even tried reinstalling all the components and this does not resolve the issue.
My questions are:
Is this possibily just a bug in the software?
Is there anything I can do to try to resolve this?
P.S. I am a Linux n00b
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Maybe the already installed definitions got corrupted? - try to clean them up and after that run the intelligent updater again:
Excellent news, Ragenkagen- we all started as n00bs so all questions are 100% welcome here. Many thanks for updating the thread with your solution.
This article on how SAVFL is updated may be of interest to those who are following this thread (or finding it through a search)
SAV for Linux: A (Somewhat) Illustrated Guide Part 3
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This article is part of the supplement: Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics: new trends from the CIBB conference series
An extensible six-step methodology to automatically generate fuzzy DSSs for diagnostic applications
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BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14(Suppl 1):S4 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-14-S1-S4Published: 14 January 2013
The diagnosis of many diseases can be often formulated as a decision problem; uncertainty affects these problems so that many computerized Diagnostic Decision Support Systems (in the following, DDSSs) have been developed to aid the physician in interpreting clinical data and thus to improve the quality of the whole process. Fuzzy logic, a well established attempt at the formalization and mechanization of human capabilities in reasoning and deciding with noisy information, can be profitably used. Recently, we informally proposed a general methodology to automatically build DDSSs on the top of fuzzy knowledge extracted from data.
We carefully refine and formalize our methodology that includes six stages, where the first three stages work with crisp rules, whereas the last three ones are employed on fuzzy models. Its strength relies on its generality and modularity since it supports the integration of alternative techniques in each of its stages.
The methodology is designed and implemented in the form of a modular and portable software architecture according to a component-based approach. The architecture is deeply described and a summary inspection of the main components in terms of UML diagrams is outlined as well. A first implementation of the architecture has been then realized in Java following the object-oriented paradigm and used to instantiate a DDSS example aimed at accurately diagnosing breast masses as a proof of concept.
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It's time to break the taboo and to talk frankly about human overpopulation
If you are feeling brave, take a look at the World Clock. You'll see that more than twice as many people are being born as are dying for any given interval (click the "Now" button to see the numbers spinning out from the present).
Click the "Deaths" tab and note that for every 100 deaths, there are also more than 60 abortions, and yet the Earth's population still spirals out of control. Click around on the other tabs and you will probably find yourself transfixed by magnitude of these numbers. Notice the vast amount of forest being decimated by clicking on the "Environment" tab. Under the "Energy" tab, notice the incredibly disconcerting "Oil Depletion Timer," indicating that we have 40 years of oil left on the entire planet (you'll need to do the math, dividing the days left by 365–this estimate is based on the admittedly laughable assumption that it would be economically viable to scoop up every drop of oil). Notice the ghastly numbers of entire species being lost each week (almost 300 extinctions per week). Notice the many thousands of preventable deaths every week (under the Death tab), including ghastly numbers of children dying from preventable things like lack of nutrition.
The World Clock sends me into an existential swirl. Watching these numbers accumulate fascinates me and, regarding some categories, horrifies me. Regarding the needless deaths, for example, it occurs to me that no human being has sufficient cognitive capacity or sufficient empathy to properly understand or react to numbers of this magnitude. It is impossible to feel sufficient empathy for the needless deaths of thousands people, week after week.
Last year, I posted on an effort by Global Population Speak Out (GPSO) to discuss the need to discuss overpopulation. But many people are too horrified to even consider this topic. One such person repeatedly vilified me in the comments, arguing that I was an elitist (and worse) because I merely dared to raise this issue.
But this issue of overpopulation is too important to ignore. The bottom line issue is this: In terms of human animals, what is the carrying capacity of the Earth? Thoughtful people immediately recognize that this question inevitably dovetails with the issue of quality of life. For instance, if we're willing to settle for a degraded standard of living in the U.S., we could add three billion more people to the U.S. and live a desperate disease-ridden scorched-earth existence. That is what you would expect, of course, unless you were one of those people who plans on multiple new scientific revolutions (including a massive new green revolution) that will save the day, allowing us to pack even more people onto the planet. In my mind, though, rational people don't plan on miraculous good things. Yes, they are hopeful that some good things will happen, but rational people have the courage to acknowledge the clear evidence of our highly stressed resources and they make their plans based on these limitations and dangers.
As I mentioned at the top, overpopulation is an issue that makes many people go ballistic. They ridicule those who even raise this issue at all, accusing them of things that they are making up in their heads. These accusers don't want the issue discussed at all–they want to pretend that the degradation of our environment and our dwindling natural resources have nothing to do with the the fact that we are adding people to Planet Earth at a ferocious clip.
Based upon numerous articles I've referenced at this website over the years (regarding energy, food, water, soil), this issue of overpopulation desperately needs to be discussed. It should even be the headline story on a regular basis. Every time a news source reports on an oil war, or climate change, or food shortages, there should be an asterisk reminding the reader that this issue has been exacerbated by overpopulation. Overpopulation is rarely raised by news publishers, however. They dare not raise it starkly, for the reasons sketched above.
GPSO has recently announced its GPSO 2010. Here is the idea in a nutshell:
The idea of Global Population Speak Out (GPSO) is that those of us who care about this issue need to discuss the issue publicly, and that the best way to do this is to speak out together. Here is the position of GPSO:
The size and growth of the human population are fundamental drivers of the ecological crisis we face — no less crucial than emissions, over-consumption in developed nations, habitat loss and toxic pollutants. If we hope to avert worldwide catastrophe, many experts agree, we'll need to continue working strenuously on those issues but also conduct a massive shift of attention and resources toward humane, progressive measures designed to stabilize and ultimately reduce world population to a sustainable level.
Yet there exists today a taboo of sorts against public discussion of overpopulation. Outside the scientific community, calls to address overpopulation often meet vigorous, ill-informed criticism and blatant hostility from both the left and right. Most of these sorts of objections are either obstinately ideological or stem from financial interests dependent on population growth for profit. There are also well-known historical instances of shockingly coercive, involuntary birth control measures being implemented by misguided state policy. Understandably, few in a position to speak out on the population topic care to do so under such conditions.
Change does not spring from silence, however. We must find a way to break down the taboo and bring the population issue — which is absolutely fundamental to sustainability — back to the center of public discussion.
Over the decades, writers such as Paul Ehrlich have sounded the alarm, arguing that we are headed for a disaster. Ehrlich's estimates turned out to be overly-pessimistic and he was vilified by many people, including many people who refuse to face up to the dangers of failing to address overpopulation. All indications are, however, that only Erlich's time line was inaccurate, and that we human inhabitants of earth truly are in a desperate situation that is being exponentially compounded by our sheer numbers.
It is again time to raise this critically important topic. Until we frankly acknowledge the fact of overpopulation, we will be unable to discuss potential solutions to the problem (one potential solution involves focusing on the resource-hog lifestyles of many developed countries). It is not presumed by anyone I know that the solution involves casting most of the blame on third-world populations. We are all part of the situation and we can all contribute to solutions.
Earth is a big blue Lifeboat spinning through space. Imagine a real life lifeboat holding 50 people, and eking out subsistence for its occupants thanks to occasional rainfalls and through modest success in fishing. Imagine that the no rescuer appears, however, and that over a period of years, many of the occupants of the lifeboat start having babies. Image that this boat was designed to hold 50 but that it is now carrying 75 people, and that the meagre resources are being stretched to the breaking point. Imagine, further, that no one on the boat wants to raise the topic of the carrying capacity of the lifeboat. Imagine that they won't raise the topic because when they tried to do so in the past they were shouted down and told to shut up.
Would that be a smart way to run any sort of lifeboat?
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About the Author (Author Profile)Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on consumer law litigation and appellate practice. He is also a working musician and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, where he lives half-time with his two extraordinary daughters.
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This excerpt is from a blog by Duncan Green named "From Poverty to Power":
[T]he choice of language also matters. As soon as the issue is framed as 'population control', the problem becomes 'them' – those women 'popping them out'. That, along with population control programmes' chequered history of coercing and tricking people into being sterilized in several notorious cases, is why many people in developing countries find the term so offensive. Start with 'women's rights' and the discussion becomes about 'us', our shared rights and the solidarity to achieve them. Talk about the problem of over-consumption, and the debate revolves around equity, redistribution and low carbon development, not fewer babies. That discomfort on language is, I think, why so many NGOs tend to avoid the subject altogether. But in doing so, we unwittingly abdicate the ground to the bad guys. Time to go on the offensive?
The population debate matters, especially in these Copenhagen weeks, because it risks becoming a massive distraction. We need to focus on curbing consumption and emissions, not babies and women's rights. Otherwise we risk blaming the victims and letting the climate villains off the hook.
This post correctly reminds us how important the choice of words are. But I disagree that we should just write this off this enormous issue as a problem with resources and not with human biomass. That's naïve. Our current conundrum a matter of lots of PEOPLE using lots of resources. It's a people/resources issue, and both aspects are inextricably intertwined.
Erich, you write:
"But many people are too horrified to even consider this topic. One such person repeatedly vilified me in the comments, arguing that I was an elitist (and worse) because I merely dared to raise this issue."
I'm guessing that I am the person referred to here. Please read through the comments again on your original post about the GPSO and see if you can find where I argued that you were an elitist for "merely daring to raise the issue", rather than for the *way* you raised the issue.
I did make several strongly worded, passionate comments about how I felt the discussion could be better framed and how perhaps this time around, we could bring some other voices to the table. And as it turned out, most of the voices who joined that particular conversation chose to share their anecdotal observations about how irrational people (women) are about childbearing, how welfare encourages poor women to have babies, how the problem is that stupid lower class people are having too many babies, etc., while my reference to studies about how quickly demographic changes can take place when women are empowered and educated, were ignored. In fact, please point out anyone besides myself who made a constructive comment about what to do about overpopulation (the Amartya Sen approach that I mentionedin my first comment). Yet somehow, the problem has become my outspokenness, rather than those uninformed, knee-jerk responses.
I realize you may choose to censor this comment, but I'm not too worried, as I think my comments in the other thread stand for themselves as a contradiction to what you have written here.
Yes, Vicki. The comments (and the post) will speak for themselves.
Interesting to me how so many people conflate the problem with potential solutions. I have attempted to focus only on the problem, which is the FACT that there are so many people on the planet that we are displacing and destroying many other species as well as exhausting the planet's natural resources.
Imagine that the problem wasn't with people, but with frogs. Assume that frogs were reproducing at such a rate that they were displacing and destroying many other species as well as exhausting the planet's natural resources. A good starting point might be to admit that there are too many frogs. The next step would be to figure out what to do about the situation.
Solutions might include singling out the frogs that deplete more natural resources than the average frog and getting those frogs to stop that behavior. But it might also include slowing down the birthrate of frogs, generally. We'll never get to any solution, though, if we can't at least consider whether we have surpassed the earth's carrying capacity regarding frogs.
I think it's an interesting concept to talk about, but I'm disappointed that you haven't brought up a goal to debate over. How should the debate be framed? What amount of persons/square mile should be set as a goal? Are the United States overpopulated, just the right population, not populated enough? What about Europe? Should goals be framed more aggressively than that, how about persons/arable square mile?
To follow up, here's a quick data mashing from Wikipedia for population per arable sq km of land
Russia 116 people/arable sq km
USA 186 people/arable sq km
France 303 people/arable sq km
China 963 people/arable sq km
What should we set our goal to?
I agree it is a problem and should be acknowledged. I think space colonization should be a priority sooner rather than later. Be it for the problem of overpopulation, catastrophic global warming, or WW3 total nuclear armageddon.
Quick and dirty related google search.
Sure countries with stable or negative population growth via fertility could have less children and any reduction, even if small, would help. But I think that way opens the possibility to other problems. U.S. reduces it's population by 50-100 million or whatever meanwhile other countries with very large populations and/or large growth rates increase by 1-2 billion (collectively or singly) and they start to run out of food/resources. Then you might have a country with a huge population that is desperate and maybe a huge military, possibility of war if it came to that… And the negative growth countries/militarys have gotten smaller etc. Sorry if I meandered too far there or took too many liberties.
Anyway, to get back to your lifeboat analogy… Boat is taking on lots of water and is in danger of sinking. Sure using a thimble to scoop water out will be a small help but relative to the problem not a viable solution. Not saying we should do nothing… but yeah.
So… what? Are you saying that you're scared? Maybe you should be working on one of the NON-taboo solutions to this issue, like a green revolution or a money system that promotes localization of resources. God forbid, work on promoting a money system that gives incentives to do work that includes green revolution!
Right now, the money system is responsible for giving incentives for the terrible policies and economic actions of "petroleum-ized agriculture" and all the other stupid things that destroy earth's ecosystems. It also squashes the initiatives to work towards something else.
The earth, and galaxy, can support as many humans as we pump out of ourselves, but only if our money allows us to attain and distribute the resources in a way that makes sense.
I'm interested in learning of other's experiences in broaching this subject. Many of the challenges facing humanity, and all Earth life, are plainly resulting from the high human population, and still people I speak with seem fatally invested in the notion that there is some inherent boon to increasing this number further. Is there a reward for achieving the all-time high in concurrent populaion of which I am unaware? What is it about the present moment which inspires people to disregard ecological stability in pursuit of cramming mmore and more people into it?
I appreciate what you've written. I wish I could say that I find your continued faith in applied ethics and the intelligence of humanity on the whole to be grounded, but this is not the case. Maybe I am too cynical; I hope that's the case. It seems to me, nonetheless, that by the time it is a commonly acknowledged problem, the time for steering away from it in a civilized and prudent fashion will be past. I whole-heartedly support you in what appears to be an effort to prove me wrong.
Best wishes for enduring progeny.
Yes, the psyops is nearly complete: 911 and false-flag terror that allowed for the imposition of a global police state, the implementation of Friedman's "shock & awe" capitalism that provided a mechanism for looting the public institutions of the world, the acquisition of wealth into a handful of individuals and their conglomerate of corporate cabals that control our jobs, our media, our food production, privatized militaries to enforce their agenda, both on the land, sea, and space…full spectrum dominance by a new global guilded age.
Now, it's time for the final act, the final agenda: slavery & depopulation.
There is no such thing as the "carrying capacity" for humans. Unlike animals, humans can cultivate crops to produce our own food. We do not merely consume what is already in the environment, but we create more of it. We can turn deserts into farmland. History has shown, as the population grows, food production grows with it. The FAO states that the world's farms could feed 12 billion people with current technology. The only reason hunger and poverty still exists at all is because of lopsided wealth distribution and war.
Any other problems that develop due to our great numbers can and will be solved using our intelligence and knowledge.
The Earth can sustain over 100 billion humans. It has the energy and the land to do it. Our job is to make sure that humans are as low emission and low pollution as possible, and that we commit to sustainable practices. We may never reach 0-emissions exactly, but we can get very close with technology and constructive thinking.
Please focus on green technologies instead of trying to diminish humanity.
Sadly, the problem will sort itself out at the cost of great human suffering. The bacteria (people) in the petri dish (earth) are rapidly heading towards the population crash. Oddly, the same nutters that I encounter arguing against evolution are convinced that science will allow us to sustain the unsustainable.
As a species, we have learned how to eat petroleum (it is a vital cog in our agricultural production). I believe we have passed peak oil. A significant population reduction is likely to occur during the lifetimes of some of those currently alive.
John Guillebaud and Pip Hayes wrote an article called "Population Growth and Climate Change," which appeared in the April/May 2009 issue of Free Inquiry Magazine (not available online – see here ). The make the following assertions:
– "The annual increase in population of about 79 million means that every week an extra 1.5 million people need food and somewhere the live. This amounts to a huge new city each week, somewhere, which destroys wildlife habitats and increases world fossil fuel consumption."
– "The number of people now living on less than $2 a day is about 2 billion, which is equal to the world's total population . . . in 1942."
– approximately half of all pregnancies world-wide are unplanned.
Overpopulation fetishists miss the point when they are talking about the fundamental problems facing humans at this juncture. It is not the size of the human population or its growth rate that is the problem alone. Rather, it is the ideologies surrounding consumption, production and distribution which determine how the human population grows and it's relationship to resource depletion, extinction of species, ecological degradation, et cetera. Currently, humans produce enough food to feed 12 billion people. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2009) However, 1.1 billion are malnourished. 39% of food -viable nutrition!- produced in the United States is wasted, placed in landfills. (1) "A degraded lifestyle" is not what people of the United States would have to face in return for giving up their consumption habits, it's what the rest of the world faces because of that consumption itself.
It's really time to break taboo around criticizing the capitalist model, the fact that the United States Military causes more ecological degradation and ecological harm than any other organization or population could dream of. (2)
Population is not the problem. It is capitalism, the global economy, and western culture around consumption.
Furthermore, in neglecting clarity around which populations are in fact the most ecologically destructive, population fetishists engage in a racist discourse that blames people in the "third world" who are literally enslaved by "first world" corporations, organizations and economics to destroy their own environments in order to make a living in this globalized world.
Your boat analogy fails, because in reality, on that boat, 11 of those 50 people which represent the United States are using the resources of 20 other people, wasting the resources that could feed 8 of them, and murdering any of them any time they attempt to speak up.
Some more facts: Fear mongering around population growth has been around since Malthus, and saw it's heyday in Nazi Germany. It is literally laden with racist overtones. You want justice and sustainability? Smash capitalism.
(1) http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/11/wasted…
(2 )http://www.sociologistswithoutborders.org/essays/Gould_militarization.pdf
For those of you who have accused me of ignoring issues of energy efficiency, bloated capitalism, social justice and consumerism, please scan some of the other posts at this site before you accuse me of being blind to those many serious issues. We need to address these issues. But keep in mind that we haven't yet addressed those issues well on this planet, certainly not in the United States, and I wouldn't put any bets down that we are about to start acting with long-term discipline and widespread empathy.
Also keep in mind that the problems we face do not constitute an either/or situation. The dangers we face are being exacerbated by scores of social/energy/food/justices issues AND the fact that we now need to feed and house almost 7 billion people, a number that was unfathomable in 1900, a number that is not sustainable to the extent that we continue to run the world the way we've been running it. There is no need to choose one aspect of the problem to the exclusion of the other.
My position is that we face many problems, and that overpopulation is one of those many problems (a problem from which many of the other problems flow). I won't agree to set the population issue aside and pretend that having 7 billion people has nothing to do with the degradation and depletion of the Earth's critically important resources.
My observation, the point of this post, is that the Earth is bursting with people, but this simple claim that the Earth is overpopulated upsets numerous people who insist on believing that it is a known "fact" that the earth is capability of sustaining huge numbers of people that it has never before sustained. It is also my position that if we can't agree to at least consider that the Earth is over-bursting with people, we will not be in a position to do anything at all about it. Those potential solutions are many. They include making birth control available to every person who wants it. They include developing sustainable energy. They include seeing whether it is possible to halt the decimation of Earth's soil. Can we at least admit that the Earth is being degraded with the existing numbers of people, and it is risking those who already live here to keep adding 1.5 million more people each week under these circumstances?
Apparently not.
There seems to be a fundamental disconnect here. I am not suggesting that we kill anyone (see the above comment accusing me of "diminishing humanity"). I'm simply asking whether we should be increasing the population under these circumstances. Was it "diminishing humanity" to only have 2.5 billion people on the planet back in 1950? Shame on us, I assume. I suppose I should be glad that we starting thinking straight and added 5 billion MORE people.
As far as specific solutions, we need to begin the conversation. We haven't had that conversation, for the most part. I would state, however, that I am in agreement with the "Solutions" proposed on the GPSO website.
High consumption lifestyles wreaking havoc on the environment and harming other people's lives is a moral issue of commission. Evasion of the influential role of population growth in environmental degradation is a moral issue of omission.
— Albert Bandura
In an article titled "The Real Perils of Human Population Growth," David and Marcia Pimentel make a strong case that we are getting into a desperate situation regarding soil degradation, fertilizer production, pollution, water, energy and other biological resources.
Full article can be viewed here.
You said it was Erlich that started this in the 70's. It really goes back to 1798 and Thomas Malthus. Mathus was right, but his timeline did not account for the pace of technology and industrialization.
Ok, this is tough for some people, but let's go over it:
Let's say we have some land, and some people. Say all of the land can be used to grow food, but some of it is used to house people. None of our land is wilderness. As the population grows, the amount of land used to house people grows and the land used to grow food shrinks. It is absolutely, fundamentally impossible to escape this reality, unless you believe that population density can approach infinity.
At some point, one of two things happens: a) the scarcity of food prevents the population from growing further (usually, this takes the form of an oscillation between expansion and die-back); b) people use their intelligence to control their population, to make sure there's always adequate crop land.
Even if you disregard the need for things like ecological diversity, ignoring the mathematical realities of population growth and insisting we can just grow indefinitely is, simply, insane. More insane than blaming it on the money system or some kind of kooky conspiracy.
On the other hand, our quality of life in the West, while somewhat related to population sparsity, is more dependent on our access to cheap goods from places that are poor and densely populated. Virtually nothing we buy is priced to reflect its true cost. Reducing the world's population will reduce the top living standard and require that many people return to subsistence agriculture. Things that require vast amounts of capital and deep divisions of labour (science, medicine, etc.) will have to be curtailed.
The population is too high, but reducing ain't gonna be no picnic. Everyone will sacrifice in different ways.
"It's time to…"
Check that.
Too Late!
lots of opinions, positions, information, statistics, etc. are being shared here: are we talking to our families, friends, associates about this stuff? if not, why are we part of the taboo?
Public service announcement run by GPSO:
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From Lisa Hymas at Grist:
"Here's a simple truth: For an average person like me—someone who doesn't have the ability of an Al Gore to reach millions, or of a Nancy Pelosi to advance (if not actually enact) landmark environmental legislation, or of a Van Jones to inspire (and piss off) whole new audiences—the single most meaningful contribution I can make to a cleaner, greener world is to not have children."
Another simple truth: There is no such thing as a simple truth.
I find in reading those sites that say that population problems are a myth that their evidence is very sparse and inconclusive. Recently I read Book 1 of the free e-book series "In Search of Utopia" (http://andgulliverreturns.info), it blasts their lack of evidence relative to their calling overpopulation a myth. The book, actually the last half of the book, takes on the skeptics in global warming, overpopulation, lack of fresh water, lack of food, and other areas where people deny the evidence. I strongly suggest that anyone wanting to see the whole picture read the book, at least the last half.
The outdated fertility replacement rate of 2.1 is also clarified.
Useful. I agree.


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As you can see in the game's first boss battle above, Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition utilizes the elemental strength/weakness system from Pokémon not only in regard to attacks, but in regard to the terrain as well. And with up to 5 other trainers on your side, the tactical gameplay is well preserved.
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IRS, Treasury: controls do not err, 95% positive
Rome, Oct. 5. (Afpenglish)-tax checks carried out by the Tax Office found a "high positive" on average equal to 95%, and confirm the effectiveness of the "selection criteria" adopted, particularly with regard to larger companies for which there is the best profitability of performed investigations (5.5 billion major sets ensured for less than 3000 findings). The report Ministry of economy in a report to Parliament on the results arising from the fight against tax evasion (December 31, 2011). Stricter controls are the ' Investigation of acts and declarations subject to registration, 100% positive. The less accurate are the ' automated ' partial Findings, which are positive at 91%.
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Pizza Tart
January 9, 2012 by Sandhya Hariharan
Wishing you a very Happy New Year!!! Nav varsh ki hardik shubh kamnaye !!
"With each passing year we grow and learn..
With each passing year we progress...
Yes there are defeats..yes there are regrets,
but we need to be strong and rational for years to come.
I wish all strength and prosperity in coming year ahead. Happy new year to all!"
Wishes quote adapted from here
My very first recipe for Twenty Twelve is an easy Pizza Tart , that can be cooked a fresh or from left overs .
|Puff Pastry Block
|Tomato Slices
|Black Olives
|Cheddar Cheese
|2 slices
|Tomato Salsa
|2-3 Tblspn
|Dried Basil
|1 Tsp
|Mint leaves
|To Garnish
- Preheat the oven to 180 C .Unroll the Pastry block and cut them into 3 equal rectangles.
- Lay the pastry rectangles on the baking sheet and spread the centre with tomato salsa or tomato puree leaving 1/4th inch around the sides. Arrange the toppers – Cheese , thinly sliced tomatoes and black olives . Sprinkle a pinch of dried basil all over .
- Bake for 15 – 20 minutes until tart edges have risen and turned a little brown. Remove from the oven , allow it to cool for 5 minutes.. , garnish with mint springs and serve hot .


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Microsoft Word 2007 represents a major update from Word 2003. Much is familiar from earlier versions but the program's interface is now more visual. The new organization of the interface makes finding the commands that you need easier.
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