Attention Yoga Enthusiast,
Dr.Venky's Shivshakti Yoga is offering a 60 minutes Class
Yoga Class Schedule from 8th Mar to 14th Mar 2010
Registration open, please call
Dr.Venky or email to
Dr. Venky
Class Venue:
Yoga Ethics,
226 A, East Coast Road.
Buses to Venue:
10,12,14,32,40 ( Opp Holy Family Church),
4 Minutes walk from Marine Parade Library.
Buses to Marine Parade- 16, 31, 36, 43,48, 76, 135, 197, 196, 966 (opp Blk 72)
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About Us
Dr.
Vyankatesh S. Reddy (Venky) is best known to most Singaporeans as the
senior Yoga Master of Planet Fitness where his classes are often packed
to maximum capacity due to his large following of yoga students who
have benefitted from his experience. Despite the numerous accolades to
his name, he commands respect though his unassuming persona that
exemplifies the true teachings of yoga; humility, simplicity and a
generous heart. Through his charismatic personal manner, he inspires
students to look at yoga beyond asana practice, and leads them on a
spiritual journey towards physical and emotional stability and power
and to see yoga not just as physical exercise, but as a way of life.
With fourteen years of experience in teaching various types of yoga
both in India and Singapore, he is a internationally acclaimed master
of Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Raja Yoga (Meditation, Pranayama and the
Kriyas, and is best sought after for his Power Yoga, Hot Yoga, Hatha
Vinyasa and Advanced Asana classes at Planet Fitness and previously at
the International Women’s Club in Pune (India).
Dr. Venky also specializes in the treatment of symptoms for Sciatica,
neck and lower back pain, Asthma, Diabetes and blood pressure using
Holistic techniques such as foot reflexology, massage therapy and
flower remedies, in addition to Yoga therapy, physiotherapy and
Biochemic medication. He specializes in Yoga therapy for backaches,
neckaches, diabetes, high and low blood pressure, sinusitis,
constipation, indigestion, stomach acidity, various digestive problems,
and migraines. He also specializes in Yoga for stress management for
busy executives by using various ancient therapeutic yogic techniques
such as asana, pranayama, prana dharana and meditation.
In addition to this, he offers Singapore’s most comprehensive teachers’
training course for the teaching of Yoga, tapping on his vast knowledge
of both traditional yoga thought and practice, and sports science. Many
accomplished yoga teachers in Singapore owe their beginnings to Dr.
Venky, who through is experienced hand, has turned many avid
practitioners of yoga, into masters in their own right.
DR.VENKY'S SHIVSHAKTI YOGA INSTITUTE (INTERNATIONAL) INDIA ,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THE SEVEN TYPES OF CHAKRAS
1) SAHASTRARA
This is known as the Crown Chakra, is the Chakra of consciousness. This
is the “master” Chakra, which oversees and controls the rest of them;
it’s associated with the pituitary gland, which secretes hormones
controlling the endocrine system.
This Chakra also connects to the CNS via the hypothalamus, which plays
a part in the physical basis of consciousness. Sahastrara is symbolised
by a lotus with a thousand petals, obviously the greatest number of
petals of all the Chakras; its colour is white or violet, the colors of
royalty.
2) AJNA
Which is known as the Third Eye Chakra, is associated with the
pineal gland, and is the Chakra of time, awareness, and light? It’s
located in the eye area. The pineal gland is light-sensitive, while it
secretes the melatonin hormone. This hormone regulates the entire sleep
cycle.
The pineal gland also may secrete small amounts of the psychedelic
chemical dimethyltryptamine. Ajna is symbolised by a lotus with two
petals; its colour is indigo or deep bluish-purple, the colour of
depth, profundity, and wisdom.
3) VISHUDDHI
Which is known as the Throat Chakra, relates to both
communication and growth? This is because growth pertains to being a
form of expression. This Chakra is located in the throat, and it’s
associated with the thyroid gland, which secretes thyroid hormone. This
hormone controls growth and aging. Vishuddhi is symbolised by a lotus
with sixteen petals; its colour is azure blue, the colour of
leadership.
4) ANAHATA
Which is known as the Heart Chakra, correlates to the higher
emotions? These include compassion, love, even-temperedness, and
well-being of the spirits. This Chakra is located in the chest. It’s
associated with the thymus gland, which is part of the immune system,
as well as the endocrine system; it produces the T cells which fight
diseases, and is impacted negatively by stress. Anahata is symbolised
by a lotus with twelve petals; its colour is green, the colour of
nature.
5) Manipura
Manipura or the solar plexus chakra is related to the emotions, energy,
assimilation and digestion, and is held to correspond to the roles
played by the pancreas and the adrenal gland; Pancreas plays a valuable
role in digestion and helps to convert food matter into energy
for the body. Symbolized by a lotus with ten petals.
6) SWADHISTANA
Swadhistana or the
sacral chakra is located in the
sacrum and is related to base
emotion,
sexuality
and creativity. This chakra is considered to correspond to the
reproductive system, for example testicles in men and ovaries in women
that produce the various
sex hormones
which regulate the functions reproductive system. Symbolized by a lotus
with six petals. Swadhistana chakra corresponds to our basic emotional
needs and responses to pleasures.
7) Mooladhara
Which is known as the Base or Root Chakra, is located at the base of
the spine? It’s intertwined with the instincts, survival, security, and
human potential, and instead of an endocrinal gland, it’s associated
with the inner adrenal medulla, which is responsible for the “fight or
flight” mechanism.
Also, in the region where this Chakra is located, there’s a muscle
which controls sexual ejaculation. When it comes to this particular
Chakra, it’s said the sperm cell and the ovum, where the genetic codes
are located, are “coiled” like a serpent in this Chakra. Its Kundalini
energies are symbolised by a lotus with four petals; its colour is red
or coral red, the colour of emotional turmoil - and a multitude of
exotic pleasures.
The location is below the sacral region of the spine, or the lower
back. It also influences human creativity, such as love of the arts,
music, dancing, and theatre.
Seven Chakras - Associative Properties
The list below shows the relationship of each of the seven important
Chakras - and its proper “yogic” Indian name - to its color, its
primary functions, its associated elements, and the number of petals on
its associated lotus flower:
- Crown Chakra or Sahastrara = white or violet = connection to the divine = space and thought = thousand petal lotus
- Third eye Chakra or Ajna = indigo = intuition and extra-sensory perception = time and light = two petal lotus
- Throat Chakra or Vishuddhi = azure blue = speech and self-expression = life and sound = sixteen petal lotus
- Heart Chakra or Anahata = green = devotion, love, compassion, and healing = air = twelve petal lotus
-
Solar plexus Chakra or Manipura = yellow = mental functioning, power,
control, freedom to be oneself, and career = fire = ten petal lotus
- Sacrum Chakra or Swadhistana = orange = emotion, sexual energy, and creativity = water = six petal lotus
- Root Chakra or Mooladhara = red or coral red = instinct, survival, and security = earth = four petal lotus
It’s important to know the correct associated colour for a specific
Chakra, as the wrong “hue” may lead to different “paths” to the wrong
energy systems for that Chakra. However, different systems are always
associated with different colors, even when they “cross paths.”
The
colors in the list above actually represent each separate colour of the
rainbow, and thus are all monochromatic.
