I am a certified KRI (Kundalini Research Institute) Level One and Level Two Kundalini Yoga instructor. I did my Level One with lead trainer Guru Dass Singh Khalsa in Bali (220-hrs YTT, 2017), and completed the five required Level Two courses between 2017 and 2021, 300-hrs YTT, for a total of 520-hrs YTT in Kundalini Yoga. Level Two courses include Authentic Relationships (with lead trainer Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, 2017), Conscious Communication (lead trainers Santokh Singh Khalsa and GuruMeher Singh Khalsa, 2017), Mind and Matter (lead trainer Deva Kaur Khalsa, 2018), Vitality and Stress (also with Deva Kaur, 2019), and Life Cycles and Lifestyles (with lead trainer Nirvair Singh, 2021).
I have also studied the efficacy of kundalini yoga for addiction and trauma recovery with Sat Dharam Kaur Khalsa's program Beyond Addiction: The Yogic Path to Recovery, which featured Dr. Gabor Maté. The rich connection between kundalini art and yoga with Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa. And in 2018 completed a nine-month course of study with GuruMeher Singh Khalsa on emotional liberation and kundalini yoga.
Informing my kundalini practice are Buddhist Vipassana meditation, teacher training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness, and teacher training in Prana Vinyasa Flow with Shiva Rea (200hr YTT), plus over 25 years of teaching philosophy and art at the college level.
Please join me at the Dolores Public Library for Wednesday evening yoga class 5:30-6:30pm. As part of a rotating crew of yoga teachers I offer kundalini yoga classes every 3-4 weeks.