Trainers 13 

Awtar Kaur Khalsa has been living, studying, and teaching in Kundalini Yoga ashrams since 1972. She is a board member of the SSSC and is active in the Core Compassionate Reconciliation Commission.

Abkhazian, English

I have been a Counselor for Individuals, Couples, Families and Children in Beverly Hills for over 20 years. Cultivating ultimate efficacy and an elevated quality of life is the focus in relationships, work and recreation. I integrate the best of East and West by integrating cutting edge Western Psychology and Kundalini Yoga and Humanology as taught by Yogi Bhajan in my work. I am part of the Teacher Training team at Yoga West in West Los Angeles for Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training and am a Level 2 Group Leader. My husband, Siri Marka and I teach courses entitled "Love Beyond Time and Space", "The Miracle of the Breath", "How to Live and How to Die", "Grief: Romancing the Loss" and many others.

Dr. Krishna Khalsa has practiced Kundalini Yoga and Meditation for over 40 years. She studied with the master of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan, trained with MSS Gurucharn Singh and has been a certified KRI teacher trainer since 1996. Dr. Krishna enjoys teaching Kundalini Yoga to hundreds of students in a variety of venues (e.g. workshops, health centers, Board of Education, international 3HO Yoga Centers). For the past 15 years, Krishna specialized in training teachers of Kundalini Yoga. As a certified Lead trainer, she delivers both Level 1 and Level 2 KRI Kundalini Yoga Teachers’ Training programs in Toronto, Canada, Sacramento, CA and Reno, NV. Dr. Krishna worked closely with KRI and other experienced trainers developing standards for the Aquarian Academy. She led and coordinate the team that designed and developed Level 3 Teacher training. This has been her love and passion. In her professional life, she works as the Future Workforce Learning & Development Program manager for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

English

In 1972, beginning in New Orleans, I lived in an ashram for 16 years, was the director of the Long Beach, CA ashram; was on the KRI Board of Directors in the early years; have taught Kundalini Yoga Classes consistently since 1972 and now caretake InnerWorks Wellness Center, home to Kundalini Yoga in Southern CA since 1988. Following the direction of my teacher, Yogi Bhajan, I obtained a PhD in Clinical Psychology and have been a practicing somatic-relational psychotherapist since the late 1970's. As a trainer of teachers my goal is to provide a safe, supportive, challenging environment, rich in opportunity, that optimizes personal growth and provides ample opportunity to practice teaching. It has been my challenge and my joy to embody this sacred science; to free the deep patterns of body/mind/behavior/relationship. I am humbled by and grateful for this mission.

I have been practicing Kundalini Yoga since I was seventeen years old and started teaching in 1978. My wife Krishna Kaur Khalsa and I started co-teaching KRI Level One KY Teachers Training programs in the 1990s. We have conducted or been part of programs in Toronto, Canada; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA and Reno, NV. We are creating an Interest List for the next Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teachers Training course in Sacramento and Reno, Nevada. Email: hdkhalsa@comcast.net

Dr. Haridass Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D. lives in Los Angeles, California, USA and is a KRI Lead Trainer. She is trained in Natural Health, Shiatsu-Anma and studies the biomechanics, Qi optimization, and neural patterning of pain sensory to alleviate Chronic Pain. She is focused on making local teachers and building sangat/communities worldwide. She is dedicated to spreading the Teachings far and wide and leads Level 1 Trainings in Bali, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Haiti, Panama, and in the United States. She teaches regularly at 3Ho Solstices, Sat Nam Fest Mexico, Bhaktifest and the European Yoga Festival. She serves as a member of Teacher Trainer Executive Committee and as a KRI Board member.

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — Kyiv, Ukraine, 02000, Sep 7, 2024 to Jun 1, 2025
Level One Teacher Training — 2308 N Richland St, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA, Sep 20, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
Level Two Authentic Relationships — Kyiv, Ukraine, 02000, Nov 15, 2024 to Feb 22, 2025
Level Two Authentic Relationships — San Marcos, Guatemala, Jan 25, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
Level One Teacher Training — San Marcos, Guatemala, Jan 25, 2025 to Aug 24, 2025
Level One Teacher Training — United Kingdom, Mar 10, 2025 to Nov 17, 2025

Krishna Kaur has been teaching Kundalini Yoga since 1970. She opened the first Yoga Center in South Central LA in 1971, was a member of Yogi Bhajan’s personal staff for many years and founded Y.O.G.A. for Youth, a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of challenged and incarcerated teens and pre-teens. Krishna is a joyous, up-beat teacher with a deep passion for living and sharing the technology of Kundalini Yoga. She literally studied at the feet of Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, for over 30 years, and is a longtime Kundalini Yoga teacher trainer of Level 1 and Level 2, in the US, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Africa and other places around the world. Her unique personality and sincere devotion to teaching makes the time spent in her workshops stimulating and uplifting.

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level Two Lifecycles and Lifestyles — 1035 Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019, USA, Feb 7, 2025 to May 17, 2025

Meherbani Kaur Khalsa is a KRI-certified teacher and a KRI Lead Kundalini Yoga teacher trainer and mentor. She has practiced and taught Kundalini Yoga most of her adult life and teaches from her heart with simplicity and humor. In addition to Kundalini Yoga, Meherbani also practices and teaches Yogi Bhajan’s healing art of Sat Nam Rasayan® and is one of a few individuals worldwide certified to teach this sacred art. Meherbani first met Yogi Bhajan in 1969 while attending UCLA and studied with him for over 30 years, including 15 summer intensives in New Mexico. She continues to enhance her teaching skills by attending yearly week long yoga and healing intensives in New Mexico, California and Italy, as well as occasional retreats in India. Since 1994, she and her husband, Guru Mantra Singh, have opened their home to the community holding daily morning Sadhana, teaching yoga and Sat Nam Rasayan® classes and hosting community events, yoga intensives, classes and seminars. Meherbani Kaur teaches in both English and Spanish and currently runs a yearly KRI level 1 teacher training program in San Diego, Ca. Contact her at www.sdkyi.com or info@sdkyi.com or 619 454-4295

English, Spanish

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — San Diego, CA, USA, Sep 21, 2024 to Jun 8, 2025

Born and raised in India, Priya had an early exposure to a myriad of religious beliefs, traditions, philosophies, and spiritual practices, leading her to question and seek the answers to the underlying Truth of life. Her firm foundation in the wisdom traditions of the East and her curious application of science and practicality of the West, bring about a seamless bridging of the Heart and Mind in all her offerings. Through her insistence on the practical application of spirituality in everyday life, she has become a catalyst for deep transformation and growth in the evolutionary journey of her students. Priya is also the co-founder of the Seventh Chakra Institute of Spiritual Sciences (SCISS) in California. She is a Motivational Speaker, and a Spiritual Life Coach, leads Workshops and Spiritual Retreats and is the Lead Faculty for SCISS Trainings. Through her relentless work, she continues to inspire countless, to clear their lives, commit to their own happiness and inspire others through their strength, stability, presence, and compassion. Follow her on Instagram @seventhchakrayoga For more info and current offerings visit: Seventhchakrayoga.com

English, Hindi, Panjabi

Sat Siri Kaur started the first Kundalini Yoga studio in Sydney Australia. She taught and ran the studio there for 4 years before moving to the US. She teaches at Wanderlust Hollywood in Los Angeles, and leads the Level One Teacher Training there. She travels internationally teaching Kundalini Yoga, and training new teachers. She believes training teachers of this sacred technology is the most important work of her life.

English

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level Two Lifecycles and Lifestyles — 7601 Technology Way #3, Denver, CO 80237, USA, Sep 21, 2024 to Jan 11, 2025

Born into a Yogic family, her parents Co-Directors of Kundalini Yoga East in New York City, started doing Yoga with her from day-one! She studied in India for 9 years. She has been teaching all aspects of KY Teacher Training for the last 15 years. She has taught in Teacher Trainings, in Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Upland, Espanola, Crestone, Ft. Lauderdale, Herndon, Tallahassee & Eugene. She has also had the honor of teaching at Winter and Summer Solstice as well as at the European Yoga Festival. She has ongoing classes in Los Angeles. She has developed a Teacher Training Program for Divine Alignment & The Heart Rules to supplement any Teacher Training program and make sure that the teaching of how to do Kundalini Yoga correctly is carried forward. She has helped her husband of 27 years, GuruPrem Singh, write 3 books 'Divine Alignment', 'The Heart Rules' & a New book from KRI, 'Everyday Devotion' She has 4 Music Albums, 'Love Life', 'Heal Me' and 'Suite: Kirtan Soheila'

English

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — JOY Yoga, London E8 3DF, UK, Oct 12, 2024 to May 18, 2025
Level Two Lifecycles and Lifestyles — 873 Broadway Floor 6 Suite 614, New York, NY 10003, USA, Jan 25, 2025 to Jun 7, 2025
Level Two Authentic Relationships — Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuania, Jan 30, 2025 to May 31, 2025

Inspired to serve and learn from his teacher, Yogi Bhajan, Siri Marka taught his first Kundalini Yoga class over 44 years ago. With a smile and a grace he delivers vigorous and heart opening yoga kriyas and meditations from Yogi Bhajan's original weekly classes. Siri Marka is known to speak with joy and from the heart. When he is not teaching, he keeps fit by running the L.A. Marathon, which he has done for the last fifteen years. He also travels and teaches in his native language in different locations in Mexico and Chile. Together with his wife, Dharam Dev he teaches courses entitled, "Love Beyond Time and Space", "The Miracle of the Breath", "How to Live and How to Die", "Grief:Romancing the Loss" and more.

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — 2152 Parnell Ave, West Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA, Sep 28, 2024 to May 11, 2025
Level One Teacher Training — Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico, Oct 19, 2024 to Sep 28, 2025