Yoga with Rick Lake

SAT BALM ~ Meditation Anointment
My lovingly handcrafted, completely vegan, organic meditation balm has been created with the sole focus of aiding yogic practice and providing deeply soothing/moisturising benefits for the body and skin.

By opening up the lungs with its invigorating aroma and stimulating prana flow through the nadis (meridian channels). Inviting deep conscious breathing rhythms to aid in clearing the way through any stagnation held within body and mind, bridging natural harmony and focus so that your soul can take full, awakened presence. For a powerful meditative practice and the divine experience of "Sat Nam" (Truth is my name) (To Truth, I Bow).

Meticulously formulated with pure high grade essential oils, blue lotus extract & a benzoin resinoid emulsion. Further exalted with a potent "Three Kings" spagyric of Frankincense, Myrrh and 24k Gold for self blessing and anointing.

The scent is bold and alive with many subtle complexities. "Like being swept through an ancient forest at the dawn of spring... A warm golden-amber mist rising up to a sweet and fiery bouquet of herbal depths lifting high into the swift clarity of a blue cypress sky".

The balm is solid, dense, and nutrient rich. Long lasting diffusion through the skins warmth offering soothing anti-inflammatory and anti-aging qualities along with deeply moisturising benefits.
Ideal for application to all reflex points, for scars, aches, bruises, dry skin and as a luxurious lip balm
Stored in a 33ml glass jar with a beautifully engraved bamboo lid.

° Now available to sample and purchase in Maleny through The Maple Street Co-operative and The Joy Collective
(Also available online via my website 😊)

For the month of June ✨ A winter warming special for all! 💞 Just pay for yourself and bring a friend for 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲! (or split it together 😉.. thats half price for a 2hour class!)

Every Sunday evening .connect.studio
4-6pm

Bookings Essential 🙏 Visit www.yogawithricklake.com to book online,
or DM via Instagram, Facebook, (0490201309)

Hope to see you this Sunday for another blissfully energizing and deeply relaxing evening of Kundalini Yoga! 🙌 Sat Nam!

What's this!? Magical Goods! Oh yes..

Sat Nam and Hello! 😊🌻
Rick Lake here, your resident Kundalini Yogi .collective and occasional cafe brewmeister.
I, like many of us in this beautiful town of magical humans, love creating!.. with so many joys to share I am very grateful to present a collection of my offerings through the Joy Collective Cafe as well as a few creations from my equally creative partner Austin Elliott, who is also a talented Kinesiologist and Astrological muse ✨

You can find a range of our lovingly whimsical handcrafted goodies such as crystal lamps, sacred jewelry, ritual oils, meditation balm, medicinal mushroom infused honey, stone and wood engraved astrological natal charts, yantra plates and visionary art. With new ideas and endless joys always in the works.. We never know what might be next!

SA TA NA MA (In Sanskrit: स त न म) is about connecting with the fundamental cycles of existence. Shedding the old you, and becoming who you are meant to be; your true self. This mantra is known to calm a busy mind and increase left/right brain coherence. Perfect for anyone suffering with stress, anxiety, and/or depression. It builds mental acuity through its steady rhythm and trance inducing simplicity.

SA (the birth and the entirety of the universe)

TA (life, existence, and creativity manifest)

NA (death and transformation)

MA (rebirth and experiencing the pleasure of the infinite)

Core primal codes of sound that relieve the pressures of forced attention and open up the channels of unfiltered awareness throughout your experiences.
Over time, this mantra will provide the capacity and caliber of energy for Kundalini Shakti to uncoil and rise.

Through practice, patience and perseverance.
Past falls out of mind.
Presence drops into being.
Future becomes clear.
Aligned. Refined. Connected to life.
Sat Nam.
Truth is my name.

"Sat Kartar" (Chanted: Sat Kar Tar)(In Sanskrit: सत् कर्त) is a sound that Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh Path, (Which many of our Kundalini Yoga mantras have come from) would speak, when things would happen, good or bad. His response was, "Sat Kartar!" and in effect he was saying, Creation, Creator, The Great Divine One, is the One doing this action, this situation. In essence attributing all occurrences with a divine purpose in service to the greater whole. We are all facets of creation serving the greater expanse whether we realise it or not. Humble gratitude for our pure existence within the apparent complexities of life is what this mantra is all about.

Meditation is a receptive absorption into the endless unfolding of this moment. It is the ultimate surrender to what exists beyond all perceptive duality. An ever deepening rememberance of the fundamental principles that orchestrate everything, from the apparently large and megalithic to the seemingly small and transient.

To meditate is to dissolve all sense of seperation into unity, through a balanced practice of relaxed attentiveness and fierce focus upon the simple truths of existense. Meditation unveils the source of our self perceptions within all phenomena and allows us to experience the deep currents of a timeless infinity beneath the dancing waves of all apparent moments apon a seabed of self revery in the here and now.

Everything is energy. This a truth found across all arts, from the scientific to the mystic. From the subtle to the most apparent. All movements of life fluctuating through a coherence of vibrations within a greater collection of rhythms within a symphony of cosmic cycles. All spiralling onward, inward, upward and outward towards greater and greater forms of existence within creation as a whole.

Kundalini Yoga and the practice of dynamic meditation reminds us of this absolute principle of life. Through activity and rest. inhale and exhale. Tension and release. Sound and silence. We find ourselves, again and again. Like the slither of a serpents tail and the curving peaks a desert dune, vibration and rhythm, reminds us of our eternal journey within creation. A journey deeper into self.

The Gong is a doorway into infinity. Through precise design and concise operation, rooted in ancient wisdom held within the infinite energy of a circle. The powerful and evocative sound of the gong generates a full spectrum of frequencies from infra-sonic to ultra-sonic vibrations that directly impacts the body and its meridians. To release mental and physical tension, dissolve emotional blocks and induce a deep healing state of relaxation, by releasing the mind and nervous system from its circus of thoughts and sensations. Allowing a natural harmonization of body and breath to awaken the blissful peace of pure awareness.

Every Kundalini class at the .connect.studio concludes with a deep relaxation of immersive ceremonial sounds and a transformational bathing of pure symphonic gong vibrations ✨

Come touch the heart of infinity ♾️

Sat Nam 🙌

The extraordinary Laya Yoga mantra brings great presence to your soul and expanded radiance to your being. It lets your every action serve with purpose, by connecting you with the joys of creativity and focusing your attention toward your true priorities.

The mantra (In Sanskrit: एक् ओन्ग् कर् उह्
ष त न म उह् सिरि वह् उह् हेय् गुरु) with it's most direct translation being ("the creator and creation are one") encourages you to remember and experience the divine link between yourself and creation as a whole. It awakens the kundalini force that is the energy of creation, through the rhythmic pulsations of the navel center generated by it's unique "uh" lifts between each cycle.

Use this mantra to strive for progress and expansion in every aspect of life, and feel that the Infinite will and your own will can act together in harmony to serve life itself. Strong actions combined with non-attachment make life a dance with much creativity and gratitude. A devotional mantra dedicated to the alchemical process of exaltation by creating enrichment within all experiences.

The Soul Connect Studio Is truly a beautiful space for practice. With a bright clean outlook, polished aesthetic and lots of happy green friends soaking up all the good vibes! 🪴

I am so grateful to offer my Sunday Evening classes here and I know that as winter chills move closer, the option to stay home and rug up is ever more tempting! But fear not! I will be warming🔥up the space prior to each-class so its nice and cozy.. 😊
With thick blankets for deep-relaxation and a more Agni focused kriya selection working on building the immune system and digestive fire to help you blaze through the winter months with ease.

Reserve yourself a spot today through my website: https://www.yogawithricklake.com/book-online
You can also message directly via FB, Insta or 0490201309.
Hope to see you there! Sat Nam! 🧡

This evening will be the last time for quite some time that we will have the honour of Thomas Neve's sound healing magic in our Sunday Kundalini Class at The Soul Connect Studio! If you havnt already experienced the raw talent and precision of this man's sound, he has a wide variety of beautiful instruments, with powerful tones, evocative melodies and delicate simplicities that will pull you deep into presence. So come along for tonights class before he heads off on his solo pilgramidge walk across Japan 🪷🙌

4-6 pm, Message me to book-in or for more details and online bookings visit www.yogawithricklake.com