Course Catalog
We offer courses for all Kundalini Yoga Teachers, Yoga Therapists from any tradition and students enrolled in our CertificationTrack.

INTRODUCTORY COURSES
Open to All Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teachers
Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy
This training gives Kundalini Yoga teachers the foundation needed to develop the skills to teach Kundalini Yoga to people with health conditions safely and effectively.
- 15 Principles for therapeutic yoga classes
- The specific structure of a therapeutic yoga course
- The inner posture of a yoga therapist
- Discovering and mobilizing resources
- The process of change and the psychology of health recovery
- Develop your identity as KY teacher, therapist and yogic healer
A curriculum for a 8-week yoga course for participants of different health conditions is part of the course materials.
Foundations: Principles and Practices is the 1st Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Origins and Identity: An Exploration of Your Authentic Self
Establish endurance, subtlety, stillness, frequency and radiant presence to stay strong in the presence of suffering.
Yogic philosophy gives us an understanding of the source of illness and the pathway of health recovery as self-discovery.
In this 4 day training you will:
- Experience the interconnectivity of the gross and subtle forces
- Discover meaning and impact of 36 tattwas, 3 gunas, and 10 Bodies on consciousness and body
- Identify and resolve inner conflict as source and solution of illness
- Dive into the transformative wisdom of Bhagavad Gita, Patañjali Yoga Sutras, Gobind Geet and the 5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age
- Explore the impact of thought and belief on health recovery, penetrate the influence of karmas and samskaras
- Deepen your relationship to Radiant, Subtle and Pranic bodies as manifestation of your soul’s presence
Origins & Identity: An Exploration of Your Authentic Self is the 2nd Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers. Segment 1 – Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices is a pre-requisite before participating in this segment.
Elements and Alchemy of Kundalini Yoga Therapy
This is the course to take if you want to know how Kundalini Yoga works!
In this 6-day energetic training full of “Aha!” moments, you will discover, explore and experience how each unique element of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation works and how these form an alchemy of transformation.
What you will learn:
- The 14 Main Paired Meridians and their Function in Asana, Bandha, Mudra, Drishti and Kriya
- The Shen of each Meridian and its role in health and well being
- Meridians, Mantra and Movement as the Basis of Kriya
- The Application of Drishti, Mudra, Asana, Bhanda, Pranayama and Mantra to Meridian Flow
- The Relationship of Asana and Bhanda to the 5 Main Prana Vayus
- How to Chant a Mantra Correctly for the Fullest Experience
Your Practice becomes more fulfilling and effective. Your teaching becomes more precise and engaged.
Elements and Alchemy of Kundalini Yoga is a segment in the 1,120 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Functional Yoga Therapy for the Structural System
This segment develops an in depth understanding of the muscles and joints of the body; how to complete an assessment of imbalances and how to utilize asana/kriya to increase flexibility and range of motion, strengthen and support the structural system.
In This Course You Will Learn:
- Understand various contributors to musculoskeletal ailment, injuries and pain such as the manner of breathing and postural and movement habits
- Identify the different roles of muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and cartilage in musculoskeletal discomforts
- Understand the therapeutic application of asana for recovery from structural ailments, injuries and pain.
- Assess students structurally to create treatment protocols and a yoga program to help bring the body into balance and recovery.
Functional Yoga Therapy for the Structural System is the 5. Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
The Journey of the Soul
When we cultivate our own relationship with death, we become free to live fully, fearlessly, and with joy. In these four days you will develop your capacity for presence as you gain skill and understanding into the powerful yogic approach to facing death and transforming grief.
In this course you will learn:
- What happens when we die from the yogic understanding of death
- Sound current and the Praan Sutra
- Tattvas, Ten Bodies, Blue Ethers and the process of conscious dying
- The Sacred 17 days after the soul leaves the body
- Yogic response to suicide and sudden death
- What happens when we die from the medical perspective of death
- End of life decision making
- Grief Recovery as a process of integration of change and key decisions
International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training
Open to all Kundalini Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists from any tradition.
Unraveling the Knot of Stress, Pain & Sleep
Unraveling The Knot includes Kundalini Yoga methods but all yoga teachers and yoga therapists from any tradition will benefit from the content.
In This Course You Will Learn:
- The science and ancient yogic tradition of how these 4 aspects of human physiology – stress, pain, inflammation and sleep – are entwined and sometimes entangled.
- Through the technology of Kundalini Yoga and yogic lifestyle, you will untangle and liberate the source of these conditions to restore health and vitality.
Open to all Yoga Therapists from any tradition. Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices is a pre-requisite. Unraveling the Knot is a segment in the 1,120 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga for Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress
This is an In Person Training!
Learn how to teach trauma informed
Kundalini Yoga to people recovering from Post-Traumatic Stress
No matter what the cause of the trauma, movement through Kriya, breath and mantra are
time-tested approaches clinically demonstrated to be effective in helping people reconnect
with their body, reduce symptoms, and provide the support to move from a state of
reactivity to an experience of safety and calm.
At the end of the training you will be able to:
1) Identify the indicators of Post-Traumatic Stress and what is necessary for
recovery.
2) Understand the impact of trauma on the brain, glandular and nervous systems
and how a specific practice of Kundalini Yoga restores healthy regulation to these systems.
3) Gain skill in methods to co-regulate with your students and clients
4) Skillfully apply your language and manner as a teacher to deliver a Trauma
Informed, evidence based therapeutic Kundalini Yoga curriculum.
5) Gain skill in helping a person who has been activated to safely restore calm and
presence.
An evidenced based 10-week Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga curriculum for a group
course is provided.
This training is solely for professional development and is not intended as a supportive
treatment for those who have experienced trauma. Talking about trauma, even in the
context of a professional training, can be activating. We encourage those who seek to
include the practice of Kundalini Yoga as part of their trauma recovery to take the evidence
based 10-week course taught by one of our graduates.
Participation is open to Level 1 Certified Kundalini Teachers who have taken Foundations of
Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices.

ON DEMAND COURSES
Open to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
How Kundalini Yoga Empowers The Immune System
Explore how certain practices in Kundalini Yoga and Humanology strengthen your immune and nervous system in response to viral infection and learn how you can support your students with Dr Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa.
Kundalini Yoga Therapy & The Polivagal Theory
Kundalini Yoga is known to be effective for the nervous system. In this workshop you will learn how the Polyvagal Theory can offer you helpful insights to inform you on how to best find calm in times of stress & trauma, with Siri Bhagwati Kaur.
Asana & The Meridian System For Kundalini Yoga Therapist and Teachers
How exactly does asana work with the meridian system? As a yoga teacher, its so important to understand this system; the deep medicine of the meridians and energy points in the body and how they influence yoga with Japa Kaur Khalsa.
Kundalini Yoga Therapy Approaches To Migrain Headaches
Migraine sufferers know that this disease has many faces and there is no one way to cure it. In this workshop we explore migraines, how they present and how therapeutic Kundalini Yoga can offer support with Atma Jot Kaur.
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Aquarian Mental Health Series
Open to All Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teachers
This series includes four key courses
Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy
This training gives Kundalini Yoga teachers the foundation needed to develop the skills to teach Kundalini Yoga to people with health conditions safely and effectively.
- 15 Principles for therapeutic yoga classes
- The specific structure of a therapeutic yoga course
- The inner posture of a yoga therapist
- Discovering and mobilizing resources
- The process of change and the psychology of health recovery
- Develop your identity as KY teacher, therapist and yogic healer
A curriculum for a 8-week yoga course for participants of different health conditions is part of the course materials.
Foundations: Principles and Practices is the 1st Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Overcoming Cold Depression
Penetrate the Silence of the Soul
Yogi Bhajan cautioned that as we transition into the Aquarian Age through 2042, humanity would suffer from a phenomenon he called Cold Depression. It affects vitality of spirit and leads us to take destructive risk and to self-sabotage.
Learn what Cold Depression is, how to identify it and exactly what you need to help your students, clients and yourself overcome its effects. Three different curriculum for teaching a 3 hrs introductory class, a 1-day workshop and a seven week course are included.
- Signs and Symptoms of Cold Depression
- Cold Depression and Addiction
- Destiny, Distance and Cold Depression
- Cold Depression, Illness and Health Recovery
This course is open to Kundalini Yoga teachers. Segment 1 Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices is a pre-requisite before participating in this course.
Transforming Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression are among the most common struggles of our students. In this training you will develop the specific skills a Kundalini Yoga teacher needs to compassionately and effectively serve people with these concerns. In this course we explore:
- The relationship of the brain, glandular and nervous systems to anxiety and depression
- How Prana Vayus, Chakras and Ten Bodies provide avenues for transformation
- How Pranayama, Mantra and Kriya restore self regulation and recovery
- The latest yoga and meditation research for anxiety and depression
- How to support transition from anxiety and depression to calm, confident energy
- Curriculum for group and private classes
Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga for Recovery from Post Traumatic Stress
This is an In Person Training!
Learn how to teach trauma informed
Kundalini Yoga to people recovering from Post-Traumatic Stress
No matter what the cause of the trauma, movement through Kriya, breath and mantra are
time-tested approaches clinically demonstrated to be effective in helping people reconnect
with their body, reduce symptoms, and provide the support to move from a state of
reactivity to an experience of safety and calm.
At the end of the training you will be able to:
- Identify the indicators of Post-Traumatic Stress and what is necessary for
recovery. - Understand the impact of trauma on the brain, glandular and nervous systems
and how a specific practice of Kundalini Yoga restores healthy regulation to these systems. - Gain skill in methods to co-regulate with your students and clients
- Skillfully apply your language and manner as a teacher to deliver a Trauma
Informed, evidence based therapeutic Kundalini Yoga curriculum. - Gain skill in helping a person who has been activated to safely restore calm and presence.
An evidenced based 10-week Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga curriculum for a group
course is provided.
This training is solely for professional development and is not intended as a supportive
treatment for those who have experienced trauma. Talking about trauma, even in the
context of a professional training, can be activating. We encourage those who seek to
include the practice of Kundalini Yoga as part of their trauma recovery to take the evidence
based 10-week course taught by one of our graduates.
Participation is open to Level 1 Certified Kundalini Teachers who have taken Foundations of
Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices.

APPROVED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For All Certified Yoga Therapists
All Introductory Courses + Overcoming Cold Depression
Overcoming Cold Depression
Penetrate the Silence of the Soul
Yogi Bhajan cautioned that as we transition into the Aquarian Age through 2042, humanity would suffer from a phenomenon he called Cold Depression. It affects vitality of spirit and leads us to take destructive risk and to self-sabotage.
Learn what Cold Depression is, how to identify it and exactly what you need to help your students, clients and yourself overcome its effects. Three different curriculum for teaching a 3 hrs introductory class, a 1-day workshop and a seven week course are included.
- Signs and Symptoms of Cold Depression
- Cold Depression and Addiction
- Destiny, Distance and Cold Depression
- Cold Depression, Illness and Health Recovery
This course is open to Kundalini Yoga teachers. Segment 1 Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices is a pre-requisite before participating in this course.

CERTIFICATION TRACK COURSES
All Open Courses Plus The Courses Listed Here
Assessment and Treatment Planning
Explore the yogic understanding of the process of change and the therapeutic relationship. Learn how to a complete a comprehensive assessment, form a treatment plan, and track progress over time. Develop skill in motivational interviewing for changing health behavior and the influence of social determinants of illness and health.
Transforming Anxiety & Depression
Anxiety and depression are among the most common struggles of our students. In this training you will develop the specific skills a Kundalini Yoga teacher needs to compassionately and effectively serve people with these concerns. In this course we explore:
- The relationship of the brain, glandular and nervous systems to anxiety and depression
- How Prana Vayus, Chakras and Ten Bodies provide avenues for transformation
- How Pranayama, Mantra and Kriya restore self regulation and recovery
- The latest yoga and meditation research for anxiety and depression
- How to support transition from anxiety and depression to calm, confident energy
- Curriculum for group and private classes
The Application of Kundalini Yoga Therapy to Nervous, Endocrine and Digestive System Conditions
Develop an understanding of the yogic psychology and physiology of illnesses related to the nervous, endocrine, and digestive systems, including brain gut axis, polyvagal theory in relationship to nervous endocrine and digestive health. The role of the human microbiome, western treatment approaches, contraindications and the application of KY to support recovery are explored.
Gender and Health Across the Life Cycle
Understand the western and the yogic perspective of human development across the life span and lifecycles, including male and female psychology and physiology. Explore biomedical and yogic approaches to health challenges unique to men, to women and to those identifying as LGBTQ+, and the application of KY Therapy to support recovery. Discover the western and the yogic perspective of healthy aging, the health conditions associated with gender as we age and the yogic approach. Understand the yogic psychology/Shen of Aging and Identify how Yogic Stages of Life Influence Health Habits and the practice/delivery of Kundalini Yoga Therapy. Identify Yogic Approaches to Brain and Cognitive Health
The Application of Kundalini Yoga to Immune, Viral and Cancer
Develop an understanding of the yogic psychology and physiology of illnesses related to the Immune system including brain gut axis, polyvagal theory in relationship to immune response, Western treatment approaches, contraindications and the application of KY to support recovery from viral and bacterial conditions and all forms of cancer.
The Application of Kundalini Yoga Therapy to Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions and Peri-Operative Care
Develop a basic understanding of western biomedical approaches to illnesses related to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and western treatment approaches. Considerations and contraindications and the application of Kundalini Y oga Therapy to support recovery. The role of Kundalini Yoga Therapy in the process of pre and post operative care is explored.
Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy
This training gives Kundalini Yoga teachers the foundation needed to develop the skills to teach Kundalini Yoga to people with health conditions safely and effectively.
- 15 Principles for therapeutic yoga classes
- The specific structure of a therapeutic yoga course
- The inner posture of a yoga therapist
- Discovering and mobilizing resources
- The process of change and the psychology of health recovery
- Develop your identity as KY teacher, therapist and yogic healer
A curriculum for a 8-week yoga course for participants of different health conditions is part of the course materials.
Foundations: Principles and Practices is the 1st Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Origins and Identity : An Exploration of Your Authentic Self
Establish endurance, subtlety, stillness, frequency and radiant presence to stay strong in the presence of suffering.
Yogic philosophy gives us an understanding of the source of illness and the pathway of health recovery as self-discovery.
In this 4 day training you will:
- Experience the interconnectivity of the gross and subtle forces
- Discover meaning and impact of 36 tattwas, 3 gunas, and 10 Bodies on consciousness and body
- Identify and resolve inner conflict as source and solution of illness
- Dive into the transformative wisdom of Bhagavad Gita, Patañjali Yoga Sutras, Gobind Geet and the 5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age
- Explore the impact of thought and belief on health recovery, penetrate the influence of karmas and samskaras
- Deepen your relationship to Radiant, Subtle and Pranic bodies as manifestation of your soul’s presence
Origins & Identity: An Exploration of Your Authentic Self is the 2nd Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers. Segment 1 – Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices is a pre-requisite before participating in this segment.
Elements and Alchemy of Kundalini Yoga Therapy
This is the course to take if you want to know how Kundalini Yoga works!
In this 6-day energetic training full of “Aha!” moments, you will discover, explore and experience how each unique element of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation works and how these form an alchemy of transformation.
What you will learn:
- The 14 Main Paired Meridians and their Function in Asana, Bandha, Mudra, Drishti and Kriya
- The Shen of each Meridian and its role in health and well being
- Meridians, Mantra and Movement as the Basis of Kriya
- The Application of Drishti, Mudra, Asana, Bhanda, Pranayama and Mantra to Meridian Flow
- The Relationship of Asana and Bhanda to the 5 Main Prana Vayus
- How to Chant a Mantra Correctly for the Fullest Experience
Your Practice becomes more fulfilling and effective. Your teaching becomes more precise and engaged.
Elements and Alchemy of Kundalini Yoga is a segment in the 1,120 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Functional Yoga Therapy for the Structural System
This segment develops an in depth understanding of the muscles and joints of the body; how to complete an assessment of imbalances and how to utilize asana/kriya to increase flexibility and range of motion, strengthen and support the structural system.
In This Course You Will Learn:
- Understand various contributors to musculoskeletal ailment, injuries and pain such as the manner of breathing and postural and movement habits
- Identify the different roles of muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and cartilage in musculoskeletal discomforts
- Understand the therapeutic application of asana for recovery from structural ailments, injuries and pain.
- Assess students structurally to create treatment protocols and a yoga program to help bring the body into balance and recovery.
Functional Yoga Therapy for the Structural System is the 5. Segment of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
The Journey of the Soul
When we cultivate our own relationship with death, we become free to live fully, fearlessly, and with joy. In these four days you will develop your capacity for presence as you gain skill and understanding into the powerful yogic approach to facing death and transforming grief.
In this course you will learn:
- What happens when we die from the yogic understanding of death
- Sound current and the Praan Sutra
- Tattvas, Ten Bodies, Blue Ethers and the process of conscious dying
- The Sacred 17 days after the soul leaves the body
- Yogic response to suicide and sudden death
- What happens when we die from the medical perspective of death
- End of life decision making
- Grief Recovery as a process of integration of change and key decisions
International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training
Open to all Kundalini Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists from any tradition.
Unraveling the Knot of Stress, Inflammation, Pain & Sleep
Unraveling The Knot includes Kundalini Yoga methods but all yoga teachers and yoga therapists from any tradition will benefit from the content.
In This Course You Will Learn:
- The science and ancient yogic tradition of how these 4 aspects of human physiology – stress, pain, inflammation and sleep – are entwined and sometimes entangled.
- Through the technology of Kundalini Yoga and yogic lifestyle, you will untangle and liberate the source of these conditions to restore health and vitality.
Open to all Yoga Therapists from any tradition. Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices is a pre-requisite. Unraveling the Knot is a segment in the 1,120 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Certification Training and is open to all Kundalini Yoga teachers.
Trauma Responsive Kundalini Yoga for Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress
This is an In Person Training!
Learn how to teach trauma informed
Kundalini Yoga to people recovering from Post-Traumatic Stress
No matter what the cause of the trauma, movement through Kriya, breath and mantra are
time-tested approaches clinically demonstrated to be effective in helping people reconnect
with their body, reduce symptoms, and provide the support to move from a state of
reactivity to an experience of safety and calm.
At the end of the training you will be able to:
1) Identify the indicators of Post-Traumatic Stress and what is necessary for
recovery.
2) Understand the impact of trauma on the brain, glandular and nervous systems
and how a specific practice of Kundalini Yoga restores healthy regulation to these systems.
3) Gain skill in methods to co-regulate with your students and clients
4) Skillfully apply your language and manner as a teacher to deliver a Trauma
Informed, evidence based therapeutic Kundalini Yoga curriculum.
5) Gain skill in helping a person who has been activated to safely restore calm and
presence.
An evidenced based 10-week Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga curriculum for a group
course is provided.
This training is solely for professional development and is not intended as a supportive
treatment for those who have experienced trauma. Talking about trauma, even in the
context of a professional training, can be activating. We encourage those who seek to
include the practice of Kundalini Yoga as part of their trauma recovery to take the evidence
based 10-week course taught by one of our graduates.
Participation is open to Level 1 Certified Kundalini Teachers who have taken Foundations of
Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices.


“I want to express my deep gratitude for these last 4 days. I am so grateful that our paths crossed and feel an incredible level of clarity and inspiration to fully embrace teaching kundalini therapeutically. I have been patiently waiting for a path to unfold to authentically integrate my passion, background and training in holistic health to date. I felt so many bells and whistles going off in this course and know that I’m at the beginning of creating something really wonderful.”