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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…

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…