“Yoga” means “union” of your body, your mind and your spirit. It comes from the root word “to yoke,” as in yoking oxen to pull a cart. Yoga unites your body and mind to serve your spirit (or higher self).

You are not your mind or your body. Both must be mastered to serve your higher consciousness, or spirit. Your spirit forms the core of your being. As no lamp can burn without fuel, so no life can flourish without a relationship to its spirit. The study and practice of yoga is meant to guide you to experience your true origin, which is infinity.

Kundalini Yoga allows you to explore your dimensions, depth, nature and potential as a human being. Virtually an “owners manual” for human consciousness, the practice of Kundalini Yoga provides you with a technology to control your physical structure and master your mind.

Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, arrived in the United States in 1969 with a stated mission: I have come to create teachers, not to gather disciples. Since then he has traveled internationally, teaching Kundalini Yoga, the Yoga of Awareness.

In 1969 Yogi Bhajan founded 3HO -- the Happy, Healthy, Holy Organization, based on the principle, that Happiness is your birthright. Through 3HO and the Kundalini Research Institute (KRI), Yogi Bhajan has trained thousands of Kundalini Yoga teachers.

In 1994, 3HO founded the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association, (IKYTA), to further spread these priceless teachings through the united efforts of Kundalini Yoga teachers worldwide.

The KRI Level One Teachers Training Certification course is open both to yoga students ready to become certified Kundalini Yoga teachers, and those who wish to take the course in order to immerse themselves in the science of Kundalini Yoga.

The Teachers Training Course provides the resources for participants to:

1. Gain a sound understanding of the fundamental nature, technologies
and concepts of Kundalini Yoga.

2. Have a transformational experience through the practice of these
teachings.

3. Develop the skills, confidence and consciousness required to teach
Kundalini Yoga.

4. Develop a lifestyle of consciousness.

5. Develop a bond with other participants and the local 3HO community.

6. Develop a link into the Golden Chain, the ancient continuum
connecting teacher and student of this science.

7. Learn self-mastery and how to be self-initiating

Yogi Bhajan says, "If you want to learn something, read about it; if you want to understand it, write about it; if you want to master it, teach it."

The KRI Level One Kundalini Yoga Teachers Training certification program includes experiential, interactive course work in the theory and practice of Kundalini Yoga, including:

Teaching Kundalini Yoga Postures, Kriyas & Meditations The Role of a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Yogic Philosophy & The Origin of Kundalini Yoga Yogic & Western Anatomy Humanology & 3HO Yogic Lifestyle

This program, as well as providing a profound transformational experience for all participants and an excellent review for current teachers, covers all requirements for becoming a KRI International Level One certified teacher of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

It involves two hundred total hours: one hundred and sixty hours of in class instruction divided over 10 weekends, forty hours of homework, and a White Tantric Yoga course. The homework (required for those seeking certification & optional for others) consists of: five full morning sadhanas; assigned 40 day yoga sets and/or meditations; reading assignments in the study of kriyas & their effects; and reading a minimum of two chapters from The Master’s Touch. In addition, students are required to attend 20 Kundalini Yoga classes, outside the Course.

Certification requires attendance at all scheduled morning sadhanas, class sessions, the White Tantric Yoga course, and special workshops, a passing grade on the KRI written exam, a satisfactory practicum presentation, and agreement to adhere to the code of professional standards. Certification is at the discretion of the trainers. The course fee includes membership in the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association, and participation in the White Tantric Yoga course.

Materials: Participants will receive two books as the primary texts for the KRI Level One Teachers Training Course. The Aquarian Teacher manual, an invaluable tool for learning and teaching Kundalini Yoga. The Master’s Touch, a volume of 22 lectures from the 1996 Teachers Training Course in New Mexico with Yogi Bhajan, including the meditations he gave at that course.

The Teachers Training Course will be coordinated by:

The Teacher Training Team: The course will be taught by a talented group of experienced senior Kundalini Yoga teacher trainers, who will lead you on your transformational journey of mastering yourself and awaking your potential through using the science and technology of Kundalini Yoga.

Teachers include:

Awtar Kaur

Gurukar Singh

Dr. Hari Simran Singh

Prabhu Nam Kaur

Sat Rattan Kaur

Sat Santokh Singh

White Tantric Yoga: The one-day White Tantric Yoga course is a unique and challenging group meditation practice that works to clean and empty the subconscious mind of its limitations and fears. This release opens possibilities for heightened clarity, self-awareness, and understanding your limitless potential. This videotape course with the Mahan Tantric, Yogi Bhajan, benefits both beginners as well as more experienced practitioners of yoga and meditation.