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KUNDALINI YOGA THERAPY FACULTY & STAFF

Faculty

dr shanti shanti kaur

Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD, C-IAYT

Shanti Shanti Kaur brings the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga into modern medicine as Founding Director of the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology. Under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan, she developed and directs the 1,000-hour IAYT accredited International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training. A Kundalini Yoga teacher since 1971, Dr. Khalsa began to specialize in teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation to people with chronic or life-threatening illness and their family members in 1986, under the direction of Yogi Bhajan.

She is a Certified Yoga Therapist, a Mentoring Lead Trainer for Levels 1 and 2 Kundalini Yoga teacher training, a Medical Family therapist, and a charter member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Her Kundalini Yoga program for people living with HIV is featured in the book, Yoga as Medicine by Timothy McCall, MD, and her groundbreaking work as a Kundalini Yoga Therapist is featured in the book, Yoga Therapy and Integrative Medicine: Where Ancient Science Modern Medicine.

Atma Jot Kaur, C-IAYT

Atma Jot Kaur Guedel is from Goettingen, Germany, and has been a Kundalini Yoga teacher since 1986. Her life is deeply rooted in the teachings of Kundalini Yoga, especially those for women, and in the therapeutic application of Kundalini Yoga. She teaches internationally as a KRI certified Lead Trainer Level I and II and European representative for the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology. Atma Jot Kaur studied Law, Indology and Religious Studies and practices as a registered naturopath and Gestalt therapist, specialized in psychotherapeutic support. Consultations online and in-person in her practice for Kundalini Yoga Therapy in German and English.

Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, MD

Hari Kirin Khalsa, MD, C-IAYT, has been serving in health care since 1976, as a nurse’s aide, then a registered nurse who decided to go on to medical school.  Midpoint into a busy career, she found yoga and meditation for her own stress reduction.  She became a kundalini yoga teacher in her community, tandem with her medical practice.  She began studying yoga for health recovery with Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur in 2010 and completed the yoga therapy training in 2019 while coming on board as faculty.  She serves as volunteer faculty for the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  In her lifelong participation in healthcare, she has been honored to witness the triumph of the human spirit.  Her current mission is to empower this unique inner strength, via awareness and lifestyle change.   

japa kaurJapa K. Khalsa DOM, C-IAYT

Japa Kaur is co-author of the textbook Enlightened Bodies; Exploring Physical and Subtle Human Anatomy. She is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine combining traditional acupuncture with herbal and nutritional medicine, numerology and energy healing. She travels and teaches as an International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer and inspirational speaker. As a second-generation physician she has a special passion to help the current health care system by helping people to awaken their own internal ability to self-heal and to train professionals how yoga and meditation work.

siri bhagavatiSiri Bhagvati

Siri Bhagvati has been working in the field of health sciences and yoga for over 15 years.  She is a teacher of Kundalini Yoga, a Professional KRI Teacher Trainer and works as a Kinesiologist and Bowen Therapist.  She lives in Melbourne, Australia and is the co-owner of Kundalini House, a Complementary Health Clinic and Yoga Studio.  She and her sister opened the business in 2006 with the vision to create a center where people could be supported to meet their health and wellbeing outcomes with yoga and a wide range of body and talking therapies, including acupuncture, psychology, and yoga therapy. (www.kundalinihouse.com.au)

Since 2014, Siri Bhagvati has focused on Yoga Therapy with the Guru Ram Das Center and is a member of the faculty team.  She has been successfully running specialized courses for people in the recovery of trauma, PTSD and illness and is building a team of Kundalini Yoga therapists and teachers to offer therapeutic courses in clinics, organizations and healthcare centers within her city.

Yoga Therapy and bringing yoga into the health system is a passion for Siri Bhagvati and is so happy to be working within the team of the Guru Ram Das Center.  She is a specialized trainer for Kundalini Yoga and PTSD and is a teacher within the faculty for the Foundation modules.

Marlysa Sullivan

Marlysa is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist with over 15 years of experience working with people suffering with chronic pain conditions.

She is an Assistant Professor in Yoga Therapy and Integrative Health Sciences at Maryland University of Integrative Health and holds an adjunct position at Emory University, where she teaches the integration of yoga and mindfulness into physical therapy practice in the DPT program.

She is the author of Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being, co-editor of Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain as well as several peer-reviewed articles.

Marlysa has been involved in the professionalization of the field of yoga therapy through the educational standards committee of IAYT, which helped to define the competencies for the field, and in characterizing the yoga therapy workforce through research. Her research interests focus on defining the framework and explanatory model for yoga therapy based on philosophical and neurophysiological perspectives.

Jai Dev Singh Khalsa, CAS

Jai Dev Singh is a yogi and Kundalini Yoga teacher.  His innovative Yoga and Ayurveda courses have been studied by thousands of people throughout the world. His flagship teachings are offered through The Complete Course of Ayurveda, The Radiant Body Home Course, Unlocking the Life Force, The Sweetest Love, and The Life-Force Academy. Jai Dev Singh is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and previously served as the Clinical Director at the California College of Ayurveda, as well as the director of the college’s Pancha Karma Center. Jai Dev Singh serves on the board of the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine and Humanology and is a partner at Floracopeia, Inc.

julie staples

Julie Staples, PhD (Guru Parkash Kaur)

Julie Staples received a doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology from St. Louis University. Her research for the past 20 years includes studies with populations world-wide on the benefits of yoga and mind-body medicine. She is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, and the past Board President of the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine and Humanology. She is the author of the Yoga chapter in the textbook Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Her new book Reclaiming Life After Trauma will be released in Spring 2018.

siri amrit singhSiri Amrit Singh

Siri Amrit Singh Khalsa is an outcome-driven leader with experience in organizational management and strategy, and in spearheading financial and accounting operations across various organizations. He graduated with Honors with a B.S. in Business, with a focus on Accounting and Economics. Siri Amrit Singh lives in Vancouver, BC with his wife Nirinjan Kaur, and their two sons.

ann marie

Ann Marie Johnston

My first real connection with Yoga came through ‘the breath’ – and ever since connecting with the breath has been a major focus on my life and now my teaching. Having noticed the personal improvement in my own health, I wanted to better understand why Yoga works the way it does. So I undertook a 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2012. I have since gone on to study my Level 1 in iRest Meditation, 50 hrs of Yin Yoga, an additional 150 hours post grade and a weekend of Trauma Sensitive Yoga training from the Trauma Centre. The Yoga I practice and teach is breath-centered and mindful. I keep myself busy full time as the Founding Director of YogaMate.

Staff

Inderjot Kaur
Administration & Registrar

Born in México City and partially raised in the US and Europe, she began her yoga practice at age 15 and decided to become a certified teacher in 2010 to guide people to the experience of well-being that for her united both the physical and spiritual paths. Through these years she has worked towards bringing the healing experience of Kundalini Yoga to all types of addiction institutions. In 2017 she opened Casa Prem, a yoga school in Guadalajara, where the main focus is to work through collaborations of teachers locally and internationally. On another note, her passion for arts and education has been present in the work developed for over 20 years with museums and cultural institutions, designing educational programs and didactic exhibitions.

Sat Mitar Khalsa
Accounting

Sat Mitar Khalsa currently oversees the financial duties for Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology.  For the last 20 years, she has run her own financial consulting services company, Shuniyaa Financial Services, which specializes in providing custom tailored, professional financial services to her clients.  In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, hiking and spending time with her family and community.

Upcoming Courses

Thu 04

Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy: Principles and Practices (Europe/North & South America)

March 4, 2021 - March 7, 2021
Wed 24

Trauma Informed Kundalini Yoga for Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

March 24, 2021 - March 28, 2021
ATISHA CENTRE, BENDIGO AUSTRALIA
Australia
Fri 26

Elements and Alchemy of Kundalini Yoga (Europe/North & South America)

March 26, 2021 - April 18, 2021

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FOUNDATIONS OF KUNDALINI YOGA THERAPY: PRINCIPLES FOUNDATIONS OF KUNDALINI YOGA THERAPY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES 
👉 Last days to register!!! 

🧘‍♀️🧘 Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teacher training prepares us to teach to people who are healthy. 🦋 A separate set of skills is required to teach to people with health conditions. This training gives Kundalini Yoga teachers the foundation we need to begin to develop those skills and to deepen and expand the application of yogic philosophy, technique and habits of conscious living toward health recovery.

📅 Feb 25-28, 2021 from 8am-12pm – AEDT Sydney and  Feb 24-27 4pm-8pm – EST Boston

👉 Interested in learning more or ready to register: Link in bio or https://www.grdcenter.org/details/foundations-of-kundalini-yoga-therapy-principles-and-practices-feb-2021/
Start the year learning to serve with compassion! Start the year learning to serve with compassion! 🥳

Tomorrow we begin "Transforming Anxiety and Depression" Kundalini Yoga Therapy course. There is still time to join! 

📅 January 21, 2021 - January 24, 2021
💻 Online course that takes place from 9:00 to 13:00 (Denver time)
❗️Pre-requisite: Foundations Course
🟢 Investment: $425

Registration link in bio! DM for more info.
Meet the Faculty of our up-coming "Transforming An Meet the Faculty of our up-coming "Transforming Anxiety and Depression" course. 🦋

👩‍🔬 Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur brings the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga into modern medicine as Founding Director of the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology. She developed and directs the 1,100 hour IAYT accredited International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training.

A Kundalini Yoga teacher since 1971, Dr. Khalsa began to specialize in teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation to people with chronic or life threatening illness and their family members in 1986, under the direction of Yogi Bhajan.

👩‍🔬 Dr. Hari Kirin Khalsa, MD, C-IAYT, has been serving in health care since 1976, as a nurse’s aide, then a registered nurse who decided to go on to medical school.  Midpoint into a busy career, she found yoga and meditation for her own stress reduction.  She became a kundalini yoga teacher in her community, tandem with her medical practice.  She began studying yoga for health recovery with Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur in 2010 and completed the yoga therapy training in 2019 while coming on board as faculty. 

📅 January 21, 2021 - January 24, 2021
💻 Online course that takes place from 9:00 to 13:00 (Denver time)
❗️Pre-requisites: Kundalini Yoga Certification L1; Foundations Of Kundalini Yoga
🟢 Investment: $425
Registration link in bio. 👆
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Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.
Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology
P.O. Box 1926
Espanola, New Mexico 87532
505.753.4692
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