New Year Retreat

I thoroughly enjoyed my NY with the i-SKY crew and would be happy to join a future event Much love and Happy New Year

Mark Maybank

What's New

Go Fund Ataxia for Angad

Sat Nam dear sisters and brothers

OMG there is a part of me that feels uncomfortable in asking you for help.

But having felt that feeling - I going to do it anyway ❤️

I have a brain condition ataxia, which has become my close friend the past 8 month.

From writing books, owning a yogastudio, being self employed and being in service to sharing kundalini yoga, oils and consciousness - to living in a body where the cerebellum is shrinking. The function of walking, feeling myself in space, has gone, however, I am still so grateful I can still walk with a walker and/or cane now. Fine motorics belong to the past, speech is also a function controlled by the cerebellum is affected and so all functions will cease to function at some point.

This really sucks!!!

I have decided to get the most out of this human life I have been given and reach out!

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visit Angads Ataxia Go Fund Me link
Sushmuna Yoga for Nursery and Infant Schools

Livtar Kaur is offering FREE TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS to teach Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan to nursery and infant children (2-7 yrs olds). This offer will run from September 2019-July 2021 (Two Academic Years). Livtar would like to hear from: Teachers who are interested in the training; Schools or parents (particularly in deprived areas) who would like yoga classes at their schools; Sponsors for the costs of running the training; Venues who might be able to offer space for this or similar activities. MORE INFORMATION
Judy Fraser 1943-2018.

Our dear friend, colleague and confidante passed peacefully, at home, surrounded by her family, just before Christmas 2018. She will be much missed by many. After a moving celebratory memorial service her family invited contributions in her memory to be made to The Dorothy House Hospice charity. Contribution in memory of Judy Fraser.

Click here for Judy's final blog.
City of Gems Masterclass with Guru Dharam - Taster
Earlybird tickets for GBYF

Obviously not an i-SKY event but the Great British Yoga Festival is long established and offers the opportunity for "weekend yogis" to become weekday yogis - 26-31 May 2020.

Early bird discounts until the end of February
City of Gems Masterclass with Guru Dharam - Buy Now

Yogi in the house (or in the garden at least) - you can be there (last summer) as Guru Dharam takes you through a powerful masterclass to access your own inner power, tempered with the ability to project it effectively.
NOW BOOKING - i-SKY 2020 Kundalini Yoga Instructor training courses: April - London (weekday), York (residential); May - Liverpool (weekend); October - Reading (residential)

Our courses are usually over subscribed so "Don't delay, enquire today" as places are allocated in order of receipt of application and payment. See i-sky.net/events for booking details

For full information about K1 teacher training: Click Here
Addressing historical concerns around Yogi Bhajan

You may have read Peace Lagoon - it is many peoples favourite English version of Japji. Well Pamela Dyson, the young woman who set down those words 50 years ago, has set down her own story now, in a short autobiography titled "Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage: My Life with Yogi Bhajan" - and this bird is ruffling a lot of feathers. I shared this here because I did not want it to appear that we might ignore the serious and deep rooted concerns that her story raised. Some will be disturbed by the content and we can support and discuss with current students directly but past or future students can also reach out in the i-SKY Facebook groups: (open to all) OR (past students only) with Love and Light Darryl

On 25 Feb 2020 following "credible allegations" from "multiple women" the legacy organisations of Yogi Bhajan created a website ssscresponseteam.org to provide further information and ongoing updates about the independent investigation of all allegations.

Reviews

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Website

I don't like your website. I find it manipulative in it's use of a poem from a cancer awareness campaign. Your paragraphs of 'be the best you can be' surely promote competitiveness rather than dissuade people from a competitive nature which is one of the things I always believed yoga to be about . You seem to be more concerned with business and marketing than a genuine experience. ((( Darryl writes: Thank you M Sparkes for the 2*yogi rating - quite generous for a website you don't like, if I may say so. The poem espouses how we have always felt and where something has come from is less relevant than where it is going to. This is a business but it is based not on marketing but on the experiences offered - which have proven to be worthwhile for many people over several decades now. I genuinely wish for you to be the best you can be, not so you can compete more with other people but so you are blessed to fulfill your infinite potential - which is what I believe yoga to be about )))
M Sparkes
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Happy 21st Birthday i-SKY

I first met Darryl O’Keefe and Judy Fraser 22 years ago. I first met Darryl OKeefe when he was instructing an advanced class in Spiritual Healing. He was an excellent, inspiring teacher, both with this and later when I attended my first kundalini yoga class with him. I had always found yoga just a little bit boring before I discovered kundalini yoga. It was exciting, powerful, transformative and fulfilling in so many ways. It has accompanied me on my journey ever since. I did the SKY training courses to deepen my understanding of this form of yoga and on completion, with no previous intention, found myself taking classes myself. Whilst I no longer do this my experience with KY has become a part of me and has proved invaluable as a support in my daily life, health and well-being. I had been searching and exploring for many years before I met Judy Fraser. From the very first workshop I attended I knew I’d finally found what I’d been looking for. Everything she said just clicked and she worked on a completely different level from anything I had experienced before. Judy helped me to make a sense of it all – to understand and release so much that had been holding me back. I obtained the framework, trust and confidence to move on as my link with the MU become stronger than I had ever imagined possible and the healing work I did evolved into what I now understand to be a kind of overshadowing during the healing act. Judy is a unique and extraordinarily gifted lady and I feel blessed and most fortunate to have been able to learn from and be guided by her.
Denise Whitworth
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Happy 21 years birthday i-sky

Darryl, your lecture about Japji was so strong that I did it for thousand days. Guru Dharam, I have been with you in both level 1 and 2. Now I have to think about the next steps... Love and Light to both of you. Sat Nam
Dharam Roop
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From Frog to Princess

Wahe Guru! That’s a change of website presentation! Really beautiful, clear and inspiring. Congratulations. The only low key to me is the distracting column on the right. A bit like a fly on your nose when you deeply meditate ;). Although I never get a reply when writing to Darryl, I want to believe that my previous comments on the previous website a couple of years ago has been helpful and supportive in the creation of this one :) It’s good to receive appreciation, even if it’s just coming from oneself ;) Keep up the great work! Darryl replies: You too - please email admin@i-sky.net and I will reply
Siri Shabd Singh