Trainers 12 

Dev Suroop Kaur delights in sharing the pure practicality of nurturing a successful and deeply authentic life. An accomplished musician, recording artist, and Lead Trainer in the KRI Aquarian Trainer Academy, Dev Suroop Kaur strives to break it down, keep it real, and guide students to their own empowered authenticity. Her deep passion is Naad Yoga and the expression of the voice of the soul through the sound current. She currently lives with her husband in Espanola, New Mexico and, in addition to her teaching and music activities, works to maintain a peaceful mind as a business executive. Dev Suroop Kaur is an ordained Minister of Sikh Dharma, is certified as a Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT500) through Yoga Alliance, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Claremont Graduate University.

Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD, has taught Kundalini Yoga since 1971. She began to teach people with chronic or life threatening illness in 1986, under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan and now directs the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology, founded to bring his teachings into healthcare. She is a Medical Family therapist, Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, and a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga mentoring lead trainer for levels 1 and 2. Dr. Khalsa is a charter member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and served on the team that developed IAYT Educational Standards for Yoga Therapy Teacher Training. She developed and directs the 1,120 hour Kundalini Yoga Therapy teacher training and provides continuing education for health professionals and yoga teachers. Her Kundalini Yoga program for people living with HIV is featured in the book, Yoga as Medicine by Timothy McCall, MD. And her groundbreaking work in Kundalini Yoga Therapy as taught by Yogi Bhajan is in Yoga Therapy and Integrative Medicine: Where Ancient Science Meets Modern Medicine.

About Dr. Japa Dr. Japa Kaur Khalsa is a 20-year practitioner of Medicine and healing work. She is trained in multiple methodologies, and credentialed with degrees as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Certified Yoga Therapist, and Level Two Sat Nam Rasayan healer. Dr. Japa travels and teaches internationally as a Lead Teacher Trainer in the Aquarian Academy, as co-author of Enlightened Bodies, she brings an awareness of the human body’s potential to self heal in her work. Drjapa.com

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Important information about me - Started studying with Yogi Bhajan in 1970 - Started teaching KY in 1971 - Level 1 and 2 Lead Trainer - Level III Sat Nam Rasayan Healer/Practitioner - PhD in Counseling/Physiology - CEU Provider for NM Counseling Board - my courses can receive CEU credits - Author of books: "The Art of Making Sex Sacred, Editions One and Two," "Dying Into Life: The Yoga of Death, Loss and Transformation," (working on Second Edition), "The Yoga of Aging and Chronic Illness" . - Have traveled to teach in Australia, South Africa, Japan, Europe and the USA. Why do I teach? I feel a part of and my mission to teach the Legacy Yogi Bhajan left us. - I facilitate a special training called Dying Into Life - to prepare oneself for death and to coach someone else in this transformative transition.

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Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — Española, NM, USA, Feb 10, 2024 to Aug 24, 2024
Level Two Conscious Communication — Española, NM, USA, Apr 13, 2024 to Jul 27, 2024
21 Stages of Meditation - All Journeys — Mexico, May 11, 2024 to Jul 14, 2024
21 Stages of Meditation - Second Journey — Mexico, Jun 15, 2024 to Jun 16, 2024
21 Stages of Meditation - Third Journey — Mexico, Jul 13, 2024 to Jul 14, 2024
Level One Teacher Training — Bali, Indonesia, Sep 7, 2024 to Mar 22, 2025

Nirvair Singh Khalsa began studying with Yogi Bhajan in 1971. He is a retired University Instructor at the University of Alaska Anchorage where he taught classes in Kundalini Yoga for 31 years. He has authored nineteen best selling DVD's/Videos and four books on Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. (http://www.kundaliniyoga.net) He has also taught classes, workshops and trainings throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Currently he is the CEO and President of The Kundalini Research Institute. He is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 certified teacher trainer. He lives with his wife of 43 years, Nirvair Kaur, in Tesuque New Mexico.

Mentoring Lead Trainer for Level 1, Level 2 and 21 Stages of Meditation courses around the world. Creator of Excel and Celebrate and Aquarian Woman based on Yogi Bhajan's Teachings for Women. Also specializes in teaching Posture and Kriya. www.pritpalkaur.com

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — C. Aguamarina 2579, Bosques de La Victoria, 44540 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico, Jan 26, 2024 to Aug 17, 2024

Tarn Taran Kaur Khalsa offers Level 1 and 2 trainings with wisdom and wit throughout Europe, Mexico, South America, Canada and the United States. She teaches in English and German. As an Aquarian Academy Lead Trainer, she is well rounded in all aspects of the teachings of Yogi Bhajan, with a special focus on Humanology and the Women's Teachings. She studied Kundalini Yoga, the women's studies, community development and business development directly under the supervision of Yogi Bhajan for over 30 years. This unique experience with the Master has inspired her to place a major importance on mentoring the next generation of KRI Trainers. She has created the KRI-recognized Specialty Training Program: Conscious Pregnancy. This international program is THE source of Yogi Bhajan's teachings for the child-bearing year and prepares a Kundalini Yoga teacher to share these teachings as she builds community. Kundalini Women is recognized as a Yoga Alliance Prenatal Program. www.kundaliniwomen.org

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Tarn Taran Singh became a student of Yogi Bhajan in 1972. Teaching, training teachers and practicing Kundalini Yoga 40 years in USA, Europe and Latin America. Founder of 3HO Germany, European Yogi Tea Company, the 3HO European Yoga Festival and first European Teacher Training program. Currently living in New Mexico. Working for KRI as the Executive Director of the Aquarian Trainer Academy. Musician. Mantra CD’s include Amrit Vela ( w/ Snatam), Mantras of Prayer w/Gurudass), Ik Ardas and Soul Bride.

Ongoing and Upcoming Programs

Level One Teacher Training — Miaoli County, Taiwan, Dec 11, 2023 to May 25, 2024
Level Two Mind and Meditation — Moscow, Russia, Feb 9, 2024 to Aug 10, 2024
Level One Teacher Training — 7 Goolara Ct, Ocean Shores NSW 2483, Australia, Feb 25, 2024 to Sep 7, 2024
Level Two Authentic Relationships — Moscow, Russia, Jul 19, 2024 to Jan 25, 2025