Dilraj Kaur
@dilraj.kaur_love

Every heart longs to Sing, Dance and Connect. We, are a musical instrument.

My name is Dilraj Kaur, I am a Kundalini Yoga teacher, senior organiser of a social justice charity 'Peterborough Citizens', a mother of 2 and a 'Singer'. Why do I put 'singer' in quotation marks I hear you say? 

I grew up in Indian Sikh philosophy where people gather to sing and chant, it doesn't matter what you sound like, it's an expression of love. 

Traditionally yoga had chanting and 'singing' in ALL types of yoga, but when it was brought to the west, and yoga became a 'brand', marketing companies knew the 'chanting' and 'singing' bit would not sell to western audiences, thus removing it entirely.
 

Spiritually, this means that yoga became about body (and body image🤦🏻‍♀️!) rather than the union of mind body&soul. And on a deeper level, the yoga practiced can only activate upto the heart chakra, completely excluding the throat chakra which is our gateway to speaking and being our authentic selves.

I love singing, I've had to shed a lot of judgements about calling myself a singer. I now call myself a singer, and when I say it out loud to people, the response is "yes you do have a good voice actually". Maybe to some, and maybe not to others. I've let go of needing the validation of others' definition of what it means to be a singer and I've done the work to get back in touch with my roots of chanting, singing and making sounds to connect with my true self.

I'm on a mission to reclaim our voice! Bring us back into authenticityand flow of cosmic joy! Our self judgements and socital judgements about sound, voice, movement and singing! Break through silencing yourself, shed your vocal shame and come open your throat chakra. I'd like to invite you to unlock your authentic self. Rise from your heart through your throat and make "Sounds from the heart"