| Monday | |
|---|---|
| 9:30 – 10:45am | Kundalini Yoga with John |
| 5:30 – 6:45pm | Kundalini Yoga with Bir Kaur |
| 7 – 9pm | Advanced Kundalini Yoga with Hari Singh |
| Tuesday | |
| 9:30 – 10:45am | Kundalini Yoga with Lidjia Martinovic (Nirvair) |
| 5:30 – 6:45pm | Kundalini Yoga with Nirmal Kaur |
| 7 – 8:30pm | Kundalini Yoga with Hari Singh |
| Wednesday | |
| 9:30 – 10:45am | Kundalini Yoga with Hari Singh |
| 5:30 – 6:45pm | Prenatal Yoga with Bir Kaur |
| 7 – 8:30pm | Kundalini Yoga with Rai Kaur |
| Thursday | |
| 9:30 – 10:45am | Kundalini Yoga with Nambir Kaur |
| 5:30 – 6:45pm | Kundalini Yoga with Hari Prakash / Ong Kar Kaur |
| 7 – 8:30pm | Kundalini Yoga with Hari Singh |
| Friday | |
| 9:30 – 10:45am | Kundalini Yoga with Simran Sat Sangeet |
| 5:30 – 6:45pm | Kundalini Yoga with Daya / Devmurti |
| 7 – 8:30pm | Community Kundalini Yoga with Sat Dharm |
| Saturday | |
| 8 – 9:30am | Kundalini Yoga with Satwinder |
| 12 – 1:30pm | Kundalini Yoga with Parampurkh |
| Sunday | |
| 8 – 9:30am | Kundalini Yoga with Collette / Simone |
| 5:00 – 6:30pm | Kundalini Yoga with Hari Singh |
PREEMPTED CLASSES NOTICE
Due to Teacher Training, other special events and holidays, the following classes will be preempted. Please, take note:
| Monday, Aug. 2 | 5:30pm & 7:00pm |
Class Fees
| Beginner Fees & Options | |
|---|---|
| First Drop In | $8 |
| First 5 class pass | $55 |
| Bring a friend for free! | |
| If you're new and buy a monthly unlimited pass, you can give a friend (someone also new to Yoga West) a free one month unlimited pass. | |
| Regular Fees & Passes | |
| Regular Drop In | $15 |
| 5 classes pass | $75 |
| 10 classes pass | $125 |
| 20 classes pass | $206 |
| 30 classes pass | $284 |
| 1 month unlimited | $110 |
| 2 month unlimited | $195 |
| 3 month unlimited | $264 |
| 6 month unlimited | $472 |
| Year unlimited pass | $821 |
| The Community Class on Fridays at 7pm is by donation. $5 to $10 suggested. | |
| All prices include HST. No refunds on passes and tickets. Passes can start on purchase date. Unlimited passes allow you access to any of our regular classes. Events and workshops not included. | |
| Discounts | |
| 20% off for Seniors and Students with ID | |
| 40% off for Teens (age 12 to 18) | |
| 30% off for KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructors | |
| These discounts are not to be combined with other promotions | |
Sadhana
is the Sanskrit term for a “spiritual discipline or path.”
In the Amrit Vela, 2.5 hrs before sunrise when the sun is at a 60 degree angle to the earth - it is a powerful time of day for healing the mind, body and spirit.
1. The first section of this Sadhana is the Sacred Prayer of Guru Nanak called Japji Sahib. The prayer is read in Gurmukhi with books provided. (20 mins)
2. The second section is a Kundalini Yoga Kriya (set of exercises). This is an excellent way to awaken, heal and balance the body. *Please note that this is not a yoga class and very little instruction is given. (45 mins)
3. The third section is Meditation (chanting sacred mantras). During meditation, the subconscious mind is cleansed - garbage from many lifetimes gets stirred up and comes floating to the surface. Whether your thoughts are blissful or unpleasant during the meditations(chanting), let them all move through, attach to none.
It is important to keep chanting - out loud - these mantras are doing their job! They are cleaning up the negativity and fantasy that has been covering up the divine light inside you. (62 mins)
4. The last section is a hukam (order from the Divine) to meditate on and guide your day. This is either taken from a book called Peace Lagoon or directly from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib (Guru of the Sikhs).
*It is strongly advisable to attend a beginners Kundalini Yoga Class before attending Aquarian Sadhana.
Watch Yogi Bhajan Video Lecture on Sadhana.
Bir Kaur
Monday 5:30 - 6:45pm
Bir Kaur is a level 1 certified associate Teacher Trainer who has been instrumental in the development of Teacher Training in Vancouver. She is a leader of the new generation of Kundalini Yoga Teachers dedicated to helping people uplift themselves through the powerful technology of Kundalini Yoga and the transformational process of creating teachers.
Collette
Alternating Sundays 8:00 - 9:30am
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 1999
Colette began practising Kundalini Yoga in 1996 at the recommendation of a friend. Within the teachings and philosophy of Kundalini Yoga she found the spiritual practise she had been seeking. The passion for her path led her to deepen her practise with Teacher Training three years later. She finds that Kundalini Yoga provides her with the grounding and discipline necessary to live her life with strength and grace.
Colette was born in Montreal and moved to Vancouver with her family as a young child. Here, she has evolved from a daughter and sister, into a mother and grandmother. A light in their lives, Colette and her dedication to her practise inspired her daughter, with whom she shares the Sunday morning class, to become a teacher as well.
“Keep up to be kept up”
Daya Kaur
Alternating Fridays 5:30 - 6:45pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2004
KYTT Level II: Authentic Relationships - 2007
Daya Kaur grew up in Victoria, BC and has spent time in Quebec and Europe, finally settling in Vancouver. She began practising Kundalini Yoga in 2003 under the influence of a friend, and has been practicing regularly since. Her consistent practise gives her a sense of purpose and the courage to live for the truth.
In 2004 Daya took teacher training not to teach, but to deepen her practise. However, when she finished the course, she realized the great gift she had been given and felt compelled to share it with anyone who would listen. Kundalini Yoga has given Daya a sense of peace and self acceptance that affects all areas of her life.
“Everybody has God’s light and it must be lit by a person’s own discipline. And the glass to keep it lit and shining should be kept by the person’s own courage, strength, and grit. I believe it. I believe this is the love. I believe everybody has the chance to love one’s soul and every soul has the right to shine and every shine ahas to bring light and brightness, beauty and bountifulness to all, generation after generation.”
Yogi Bhajan
Devmurti Kaur
Friday 5:30 - 6:45pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2006
KYTT Level II: Authentic Relationships - 2007
Devmurti Kaur has been practising Kundalini Yoga since 2003 and teaching since 2006. She was drawn to Kundalini Yoga’s benefits for her mind, body and spirit - even though it wasn’t particularly
comfortable at first. Devmurti values being part of a peaceful way of life. She finds that the grounding and confidence she receives from her practise and the discipline to continue practising feed each other, allowing her to stay focused on her path.
With a background in Sociology and Women’s Studies, Devmurti Kaur now works in the non-profit sector, focusing on public policy advocacy. To stay focused on what is important in her job – namely the well-being of marginalized families in BC - she recognizes that the other person is her. Integrating this sutra for the Aquarian Age into her daily work helps her to maintain hope when faced with the troubled times she witnesses and works to change.
“Contained, conscious, content, consistent.”
Aquarian Teacher Training Level 2: Authentic Relationships
Guru Raj Kaur
Alternating Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45pm
Senior Level One and Two Teacher Trainer
Guru Raj Kaur was one of Yogi Bhajan’s first students and brought Kundalini Yoga to Vancouver in 1973. She has been teaching Kundalini Yoga since then and training teachers for almost two decades. She remains a leader of the Raj Yog Nivas community as the co-founder and co-director of 3HO Vancouver and Raj Yog Nivas / Yoga West. She is also a member of the International KRI Teacher Training Executive Council and a KRI Certified Level II Aquarian Teacher Trainer. In 1990 Guru Raj founded Khalsa Ladies Camp (an annual spiritual retreat for women), and continues to serve as Director. More recently, her passion has become Khalsa Ladies Camp India, an annual spiritual yatra for women.
Guru Raj Kaur travels internationally as a guest KY Teacher Trainer inspiring student teachers with her wisdom, her sense of humor and her loving and radiant presence. She is committed to uplifting consciousness and the sacred spaces in which it is sustained, expanded and evolved.
Hari Singh
Friday 7:00 - 8:30pm
KYTT Level II: Conscious Communications
KYTT Level II: Authentic Relationships
KYTT Level II: Mind and Meditation
KYTT Level II: Life Cycles and Life Styles
KYTT Level II: Vitality and Stress
Hari Singh Khalsa was one of Yogi Bhajan’s original students. He is a co-founder, co-director and the much-loved Head Teacher of Yoga West / Raj Yog Nivas. Hari Singh holds the vibration of the Amrit Vela as the Sadhana leader at Yoga West every morning between 4 and 6:30pm In 2006, Hari Singh founded Khalsa Mens’ Camp A Spiritual Gathering for Men and serves as the Camp Director.
Along with the many roles that Hari Singh holds within Raj Yog Nivas, he is a father and an accomplished sound engineer and music producer. He enjoys practising reflexology skills with deep healing foot massage on his wife and daughters. Inspired by the teachings of Yogi Bhajan, Hari Singh lives and leads a conscious yogic lifestyle that allows him to move through his busy life with strength and stability.
Hari Prakash Kaur
Alternating Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2004
KYTT Level II: Authentic Relationships - 2007
Hari Prakash Kaur Began practising Kundalini Yoga in the Summer of 2003 after attending a “Women Spirit and Power Workshop”, at which point she committed to maintaining her newly awakened energy. It was this newly awakened energy that brought her to her practise of Kundalini Yoga, which she deepened again in 2004 with the Aquarian Teacher Training. Hari Prakash retains her practise because it works. The more days she is consistent, the more days she finds herself moving gracefully and steadily through. Her husband is another encouraging factor because he too has committed to the yogic lifestyle by taking the teacher training.
Hari Prakash Kaur is a Telecommunications Coordinator for the Law Society of BC.
She has found since she her practise of Kundalini Yoga has strengthened her intuition and peace of mind, which has proved to be a great advantage at the office, as her colleagues know her as a calm person connected to spirit.
“If you can’t see God in all, you can’t see God at all.”
- Yogi Bhajan
John Phillips
Monday 9:30 - 10:45am
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2000
KYTT Level II: Conscious Communication - 2006
Affectionately known as Guru John, John began practising Hatha Yoga in 1984, and discovered Kundalini Yoga in 1994. The experience of the integration of mind, body, and spirit called him to take Teacher Training at Yoga West, where he has found strong community support. John expands his personal practise with swimming, sailing and occasional hikes in the surrounding mountains.
John was born in South Africa and since arriving in Canada in 1977, has made his home in Vancouver as a husband, father and grandfather. John has a background in technology and business with training in conflict resolution, which he shares with others as a life and business coach. When he isn’t teaching or coaching John is spending time with his family and enjoying his two grandchildren.
“Be like a lighthouse“ Yogi Bhajan
Nambir Kaur (Andrea St. Jules)
Thursday 9:30 - 10:45am
Bio coming soon.
Nirmal Kaur
Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:45pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2004
Nirmal has been practicing Kundalini Yogi since 2003 when a friend invited her to Hari Singh’s Class. In Kundalini Yoga Nirmal has found a lifestyle and practice that she had never found anywher else. She finds Yogi Bhajan’s teachings filled with the tools and techniques to be clearer and more present in an ever changing, ever challenging world and works to incorporate this clarity into everything she does.
Nirmal Kaur also practices Sat Nam Rasayan and combines the benefits of these two practices in her calm and clear personality. In short, she feels that Kundalini Yoga works, and has never looked back since!
Nirvair Kaur (Lidjia)
Tuesday 9:30 - 10:45am
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2002
Nirvair Kaur is originally from Montenegro. A full time student of Yoga and meditation and a mother of a teenager.
In her practice and sharing of teachings she encourages stopping and continuous pausing, bring the emphasis on the Space (Shunia) where we make an authentic inquiry, be and explore rather that do yoga.
It requires sincerity and ecourage to dive beyond our concepts, comforts and beliefs.
As a yoga therapist and founder of The Yoga Wheel, she invites us to open to the space of absorption (Sat Naam) that itself creates the vehicle which, stirred up with the equanimity and compassion, ultimately leads to the world of peace, healing and service
Ong Kar Kaur Khalsa
Thursday 5:30 - 6:45pm
KYTT Level 1: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2002
KYTT Level 2: Aquarian Relationships - 2007
KYTT Level 2: Mind & Meditation - 2008
Ong Kar Kaur has been doing Kundalini Yoga since she was born, as both her parents are Kundalini Yoga Teachers. She has felt drawn by her soul to continue living the practice, attending the Miri Piri Academy in India as a youth. She began teaching after her graduation from Teacher Training in 2002. Ong Kar finds that Kundalini Yoga is uplifting, helps her to strengthen her nervous system, and experience joy on a daily level.
“Inside you there is a soul which obeys no boundary and no limit. It is as pure and bright as God.”
Parampurkh Kaur (Christina) Wismer
Saturdays 12:00-1:30pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2004
KYTT Level 2: Authentic Relationships - 2007
Parampurkh Kaur began practicing Kundalini Yoga to fulfill a longing to enrich her life spiritually. She has found her practice uplifting and integral to her connection to her higher self, creating inner peace, neutrality and humility. Teaching only deepened this experience and reminded her to never stop learning and trying new things.
Parampurkh believes deeply in living her life with meaning and purpose. She incorporates dancing, crystals, Reiki and Angel Readings into her practice to maintain a balance of the divine feminine and masculine in her spirit.
“Live from your heart and you will be absolutely effective.” Yogi Bhajan
Rai Kaur
Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2004
KYTT Level II: Conscious Communication - 2006
KYTT Level II: Authentic Relationships - 2006, 2007
Rai Kaur has been practicing Kundalini Yoga since 2000 when her husband brought her to class at a community centre. Since then, her love of Kundalini Yoga has given her a practice that is the core of what allows her to live. In 2004 she deepened her practise with Teacher Training and began working as the administrator for the Teacher Training Program at Yoga West. In 2007 Rai Kaur became the manager of Yoga West and continues to teach regularly at Yoga West and the Gathering Place.
Rai Kaur is a heart centred yoga teacher that loves to challenger her students and share the simple honest results that Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Produce: well being, inner peace, stability and calm”
“There are two ways of living in this world; the way of worry and the way of relaxation. If you worry, you have to concentrate to imagine, and it becomes physical work. But if you turn your mind to the Universal Mind, then things will come to you.” - Yogi Bhajan
Rama Singh (Tim)
Thursday 9:30 - 10:45pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 1999
KYTT Level II: Conscious Communication - 2003
Posture Training - NM
Originally from Ottowa, Rama Singh began studying Kundalini Yoga there in 1995 during a challenging time in his life. Kundalini Yoga helped him through this time and also gave him the opportunity to become an integral part of opening the Rama Lotus Yoga Centre in Ottowa with Robert Hay. Along with Kundalini Yoga, Rama practices Yin Yoga, Bikrams and holds a black belt in Karate. Rama began teaching KY in 1999 and again deepened his practice with TT Level 2: Concsious Communications in 2003. Rama Singh recently married in the summer of 2007, and has since been practicing the highest form of yoga, marriage!
Rama has quickly realized that life doesn’t work when he is not consistently challenging himself on his path. This discipline has been essential for Rama to maintain a busy and commited career and path of service as a life coach and marketing / technical constultant. Currently, Rama also serves as the Director of the Yoga Association of BC (YABC) and is helping to create a retreat centre in Ottowa called Yoga Garden. Closer to home, Rama is working on a men’s gathering in Vancouver called The Authentic Man.
If Rama was stranded on a desert island and had only one kriya to practice, he would choose Sat Kriya.
Rhiannon (Jot Prakash)
Prenatal YogaThursday 11am - 12:30pm
Postnatal YogaThursday 11am - 12:30pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2003
KYTT Level II: Conscious Communication - 2006
Khalsa Way Prenatal Teacher Certification - 2005
Radiant Child Yoga for Children - 2008
Originally from Senneville, Québéc, Jot Prakash now makes her life in Vancouver with her wife, Trudy, her two dogs, two cats, one gheko and two children who have since ventured out on their own. She has been practising Kundalini Yoga since 2000, drawn to the yoga during the healing process of chronic pain. She began teaching in 2003 and is now trained and specializes in Pre and Post Natal. Very close to her heart is a private class for women recovering from addictions. Jot Prakash’s spiritual practise includes Kundalini Yoga, Wicca and celebrating the Turning of the Wheel with her sacred sisters.
As a mother, yoga teacher and hairdresser Jot Prakash brings the benefits of her spiritual practise into her life. She enjoys simplicity and balance; revelling in the kneading and baking of homemade bread, knitting, gardening, horseback riding and cycling.
“Don’t take my word for it; have your own experience”
- Yogi Bhajan
Sat Dharm Quintanar
Friday 7:00 - 8:30pm
Sat Dharm (J. Quintanar) found Kundalini Yoga at the early age of 15 and has been practicing it since. In 2002 he received the KRI-IKYTA certification as an instructor in Mexico, where he is originally from. He has continued practicing, teaching and learning in Mexico, the United States and Vancouver, Canada where he now resides.
He has also worked for KRI (Kundalini Research Institute) translating training publications from English into Spanish. He translated and edited the Pan-Hispanic version of The Aquarian Teacher, the Teacher Training Manual used all around the globe in Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Programs.
Sat Dharm likes to infuse warmth, vitality and a healing quality into his classes. He wholeheartedly believes in the technology he practices and he is always eager to share it with others.
Sarbjit Singh
Monday 5:30 - 6:45pm
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2007
KYTT Level II: Authentic Relationships - 2007
Sarbjit Singh was born and grew up in Surrey, BC. He has developed a strong personal practise and a disciplined mind through his dedication to the Sikh Dharma and the practise of martial arts including Gatka, Qi Gong and Capoeira. Sarbjit’s ongoing commitment to learning and serving guided him to incorporate Kundalini Yoga into his path in 2006. He began teaching in early 2007 and continues to make teaching a way of serving his highest truth.
The discipline of his personal practise has afforded him many opportunities for inspiration and prosperity on his career path as a Realtor and online retail business owner. His willingness to learn and serve have led him on vision quests and journeys across the world.
“I don’t need to fit in anywhere. I fit perfectly within me”
- Yogi Bhajan
Satwinder Kaur
Thursday 7:00 - 8:15am
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2007
Simone Riml
Alternating Sundays 8:00 - 9:30am
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2001
Simone has been practicing Kundalini Yoga since 1996 under the influence of her mother, Colette, with whom she shares her Sunday morning class. She saw the grace and calm it brought to her mothers life and once she began she felt that it is the foundation to the rest of he life.
She finds that Kundalini Yoga effects her entire day, and influences her at work. In a very practical sense, her practice allows her to enjoy her work and move more easily than ever though the experiences she doesn’t enjoy. Kundalini Yoga and Meditation give her a great combination of energy, focus and peace.
“Doing is believing.”
- Yogi Bhajan
Simran Sat Sangeet Kaur
Friday 9:30 - 10:45am
KYTT Level I: Aquarian Teacher Training - 2004
Simran Sat Sangeet Kaur (Ruth Jones) has lived all over the world, finally settling in Vancouver. She had been practicing different yogas for many years when she encountered and became enamored with Kundalini Yoga during a profound healing experience at Ladies Camp. She began teaching in 2004 and considers herself a student of life, studying different wisdom texts from all traditions.
Simran Sat Sangeet is an accomplished tapestry artist who has a work on permanent display at the Museum of Anthropology. She enjoys traveling, cooking and gardening with her family as well as cycling.
“When the mind stays with the self-illumined soul within you, then all pains and suffering disappear and your presence radiates and works” - Yogi Bhajan