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14 Dec Around the World

NKYTAs Agreements

By Simranjeet Singh

IKYTA recognizes one National Association per country, that holds a neutral space for all teachers and trainers to connect and support each other professionally and personally. Each certified KRI Level One Aquarian Teacher is encouraged to join your NKYTA. If your country doesn’t have one, teachers can join or renew their membership as an International Member directly with IKYTA. What is IKYTA's relationship with the National Associations? There is a collaboration agreement between the National Associations (NKYTA) and the International Association (IKYTA) as we can work together and support each other to fulfill the missions of both associations. According…

14 Dec Around the World

Journey with the National Associations

By Simranjeet Singh

Thanks to the service of thousands of Kundalini Yoga teachers, the community fabric around these teachings has spread around the world, and today has a global presence. 3HO Foundation continually invites us to experience the Healthy, Happy, Holy lifestyle typical of our tradition, where community life is key. According to KRI records, today there are certified teachers from more than 52 countries, on every continent. IKYTA serves certified Kundalini Yoga teachers in their personal development and community building, highlighting professionalism and inspiring positive social change through service. Thanks to the community development promoted by teachers and students in…

15 Dec Around the World

Seva Corps ~ Serving Together

By Sukhpran Khalsa

SEVA CORPS was envisioned at Khalsa Council and was born in April 2020 with the purpose of serving those who serve. That is why our motto is Serving Together. Through digital platforms we seek to value, nurture and inspire those in service through the technology of Kundalini Yoga and the legacy of Sikh Dharma in an elevated environment of listening and sharing. We also want to produce content about the path of service, give relevance to ongoing SEVA PROJECTS, and inspire new projects. Above all, we want to offer spaces for dialogue and inclusion. We are committed to sustaining our service through…

Kundalini Yoga for Disabilities

By Sukhpran Khalsa

By Vladislav Loginov, Estonia My main students are teenagers, kids, and youth with physical and psychological disabilities and their parents. I teach at the studio and on-line. Young people with disabilities who practice Kundalini Yoga regularly over the years show excellent results in their development. One of them is Matvey Smirnov www.beu-fund.com/matvey-smirnov Matvey has been practicing Kundalini Yoga for 2.5 years. He is 17 now. He was diagnosed with Down's syndrome. Matvey could not crawl, sit or talk for a while. His physiatrist said “as if there were no muscles in his body.” Nevertheless, he was on his feet when he…

12 Sep Around the World

The Yoga of Service: One Teacher’s Journey into Seva

By Sukhpran Khalsa

By Michael Jaidev Singh When I began my level 1 Kundalini Yoga teacher training, the phrase “Start Now” rang in my mind like a choir of church bells. I was 22 at the time and teaching full time math and science at an inner city middle school in Los Angeles. In the first few days of training I approached my teacher, Gurmukh, for a meditation to share with my students. I was nervous that my enthusiasm to share this science would be frowned upon since I was not yet ‘certified to teach.’ Yet I received the opposite reaction. Gurmukh smiled…

21 Mar Around the World

Planting the seeds of Kundalini Yoga in Ivory Coast, Africa

By Sukhpran Khalsa

I’m almost two weeks back from my trip to Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast, in Engligh), Africa. This is a place that doesn’t leave my soul easily. I just went to see Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ last night with my family, here in Espanola, and it brought back all of the reasons that I love this continent so much. There is a deep-rooted love for the land and the family unit, and an intense spiritual strength there. I also felt this on my first trip to Africa this past September, 2017. Let me back up just a bit. Somehow I landed in…

21 Feb Around the World

Kundalini Yoga as a Tool of Peace

By Sukhpran Khalsa

My name is Kiret Nam Kaur. I am the only certified Kundalini Yoga teacher in Haiti. It was in 2014 that I returned to live in my native country of Haiti after several years away. I had a great desire, which I still have, to participate in the expansion of my native land. I discovered Kundalini Yoga one day before going back to Haiti, and since then I have been practicing every day on my own. Kundalini Yoga brought so much beauty into my life that I decided to take the teacher training in Canada, so that I could share this beautiful tool…

11 Dec Around the World

Teaching is the Ultimate Giving

By Sat Avtar

Several years ago in Chicago’s Southside Englewood neighborhood, often portrayed in the press for its violence rather than the good people who live there, we began teaching Kundalini Yoga and training teachers from the community. We helped create I Grow, Chicago’s Peace House. I Grow offers an oasis of calm as a non-profit organization that combines yoga, urban gardening, and art to help encourage community members to become empowered and connected. Although community organizations like I Grow have helped reduce the shootings in Englewood by 40% this year, one day there was an incident of domestic violence a few doors…

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