Dhanjot Kaur, Author at IKYTA

30 Sep Community Articles

NKYTA Spotlight: Thailand — A Kundalini Yoga Retrospective

By Dhanjot Kaur

Kundalini Yoga Thailand began with one teacher, one journey, and a wish to share Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®. In the year 2000, Sunder Singh traveled from the United States to plant those teachings in Southeast Asia. Today, 21 teachers carry them forward as part of NKYTAT, and this is the story of how that community took root. How Kundalini Yoga Came to Thailand Every community begins somewhere. In Thailand, it began in 2000, when Sunder Singh arrived with a clear purpose: to share the teachings of Kundalini Yoga across Southeast Asia. By 2003, the first and second…

09 Sep Personal Stories

Teacher Spotlight: Mukta Kaur Khalsa — From Student to Founding Teacher of SuperHealth

By Dhanjot Kaur

Few teachers carry as direct a line to Yogi Bhajan® as Mukta Kaur Khalsa, PhD, whose fifty-year journey through Kundalini Yoga became the foundation of SuperHealth, a global system for healing addiction and stress. This Kundalini Yoga teacher spotlight traces her path from a first class in early-1970s Los Angeles to thirty years of direct study with Yogi Bhajan®, and finally to the SuperHealth trainings she leads today from her base in New Mexico. A Teacher Rooted in Direct Lineage Mukta Kaur Khalsa began studying Kundalini Yoga in 1972 and started teaching just two years later, in a landscape without…

03 Sep Community Articles

NKYTA Spotlight: Inside KYTANZ, Kundalini Yoga Across Australia & New Zealand

By Dhanjot Kaur

KYTANZ Kundalini Yoga connects teachers across two of the most geographically vast countries in the world. Founded in 2008 by Guru Jivan Kaur, the Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association of Australia & New Zealand supports certified and aspiring teachers with professional membership, connection, and advocacy. Today, 18 years later, KYTANZ represents its members within the international IKYTA network while entering a new chapter shaped by a 2026 Strategic Plan focused on accessibility, community, and teacher support. A Community Spanning Two Countries KYTANZ was founded in 2008 by Guru Jivan Kaur, one of Australia’s longstanding Kundalini Yoga teachers and teacher trainers. She…

25 Aug Community Articles

IKYTA History | How Yogi Bhajan’s Vision Became a Global Association

By Dhanjot Kaur

IKYTA history began quietly, at Solstice gatherings in the early 1990s, and grew into a global professional association for KRI-certified Kundalini Yoga teachers. This guide traces that path — from a grassroots newsletter to a worldwide teacher community — and shows how the same founding vision still shapes IKYTA today. If you teach Kundalini Yoga under KRI certification, this is the story of the home you belong to. The Grassroots Beginning (1992–1994) In 1992, Nam Kaur Khalsa began meeting with teachers from around the world at Solstices and the Kundalini Yoga Teachers Conference. She wanted to know one thing: what…

03 Aug National Associations

NKYTA Spotlight: Inside ACIKY, Cuba’s Kundalini Yoga Alliance

By Dhanjot Kaur

The Kundalini Yoga Alliance Cuba — known as ACIKY — is one of the newest national associations to join the NKYTA network, officially recognized by IKYTA in June 2025. In this Spotlight, teachers from across Havana, Matanzas, and Cienfuegos share how they turned a scattered group of independent instructors into a unified alliance. It’s a story of teachers choosing unity over isolation, even when the path to formal recognition wasn’t easy. How and Why the Alliance Was Born ACIKY grew out of necessity. For years, Cuban Kundalini Yoga instructors were already organizing retreats, workshops, and classes on their own, each…

05 Dec Coaching

Coaching Program Aligned Marketing

By Dhanjot Kaur

Aligned Marketing Market authentically You have an important mission. You are sharing something that has changed your life. You know you can serve people to have healthier, happier lives. Marketing authentically can be a personal practice. We have spent years working with yoga teachers and wellness entrepreneurs to help them market with success without compromising their integrity. We will share our marketing insight with you to help you become the lighthouse you are meant to be.

05 Dec Coaching

Hormonas DeLa Felicidad con Jiwan Shakti Kaur Sesión 2

By Dhanjot Kaur

sesión1 | sesión 2 | sesión 3 Las Hormonas De La Felicidad Sin Estrés El estrés no es una cosa, sino una forma de reaccionar El estrés no es una cosa, sino una forma de reaccionar. Adrenalina, norepinefrina, cortisol son las 3 hormonas directamente involucradas en el estrés. Equilibrarlos puede transformar nuestra vida para que vivamos en una zona libre de estrés. • La adrenalina es una hormona liberada por las glándulas suprarrenales que prepara el cuerpo para la “lucha o huida”. • Norepinefrina, también llamada noradrenalina, prepara al cuerpo para reaccionar o retirarse de una amenaza aguda. • El…

05 Dec Coaching

Hormonas De La Felicidad con Jiwan Shakti Kaur Sesión 1

By Dhanjot Kaur

sesión1 | sesión 2 | sesión 3 Las Hormonas De La Felicidad Se Feliz En Cualquier Momento La felicidad es un estado mental, que depende de la interacción compleja de los químicos en el cerebro. Una sensación de bienestar es el resultado de un nivel hormonal equilibrado. En esta primera sesión exploraremos dopamina, serotonina, oxitocina, endorfinas, las 4 hormonas que están directamente involucradas en nuestra experiencia de felicidad: • La dopamina provoca una sensación de satisfacción y felicidad. • La serotonina previene la depresión y hace feliz a la persona. • La oxitocina a veces se conoce como la “hormona…

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