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.
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
Sundays | 8:00 - 9:30am
1999 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
Fridays | 5:30 - 6:45pm
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
Fridays | 5:30 - 6:45pm
2006 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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.
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. 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 Men's Camp 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. 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
Thursdays | 5:30 - 6:45pm
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
2000 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
Rhiannon (Jot Prakash)
2003 — KRI Level 1 Certified
2005 — Khalsa Way Prenatal Teacher Certification
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
Nambir Kaur
Thursdays | 9:30 - 10:45am
KRI Level 1 Certified
Nambir (Andrea St.Jules or “Jules”) has been practicing various
styles of yoga for the past 9 years. She did her KRI Level I
Kundalini yoga teacher training at Golden Bridge Yoga in Los
Angeles with Gurmukh and 3 other senior teachers. Prior to
this, she completed a 200-hour teacher training in Holistic
Hatha yoga in Rishikesh, India with Yogi Vishveketu of the
World Conscious Yoga Family.
Nambir experienced a deeply profound awakening when she
discovered the ancient technology of Kundalini Yoga (as taught
by Yogi Bhajan). She has now found her passion in guiding
others to connect with their own divine essence, to heal
themselves, and to realize their own highest potential through
the transformational power of Kundalini yoga.
Within her classes, Andrea aims to inspire and encourage
students to connect deeply with their hearts, and tune into
their own inner teacher, or Guru. Her classes are challenging
and uplifting, yet within the challenge create and offer
space for stillness, gentle inquiry and joyful presence.
Nirmal Kaur
Tuesdays | 5:30 - 6:45pm
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
2002 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
2002 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
Rai Kaur has been practicing Kundalini Yoga since 2000. In 2003 she deepened her
practice with Teacher Training and began working as the administrator for the Teacher
Training Program at Yoga West in 2004. In 2007 Rai Kaur became the manager of
Yoga West and continued to teach regularly at Yoga West and the Gathering Place.
In 2009 Rai Kaur followed her instincts of stepping into her destiny to work with
people one on one. She is now a Certified Professional Life Coach and owner of Life’s
Abundance Co-Active Coaching.
The combination of these and a natural disposition to serving human potential
has made her to be a dynamic and down to earth yoga teacher and coach. Her
compassionate honesty supports people in processing all of life’s lessons in a way that
is unique as the individual that is learning them. This empathic approach provides a
space for people to access their own healing abilities and personal wisdom to surpass
challenging circumstances. In that way, the foundation of her work is an enormous trust
of people’s potential to grow and create a life of balance and alignment.
Rai Kaur is a heart centred yoga teacher that loves to challenge 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
Ram Rung Kaur (aka Martina Comstock)
Saturdays | 5:00-6:30pm
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
Ram Rung Kaur (aka Martina Comstock) is a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor, a staff member at Yoga West and an emerging artist / documentary filmmaker completing her BFA at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Since childhood she has gravitated towards yoga, mediation, spiritual teachings and interfaith gatherings. She offers a creative and highly energetic approach to deliver the wisdom of the ages. Her classes encourage students to manifest their unique spiritual destinies by overcoming blockages and tapping into their infinite creative potential.
Satwinder Kaur
Thursday 7:00 - 8:15am
2007 — KRI Level 1 Certified
Satya Kaur
Fridays | 7:00 - 8:30pm
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
Satya Kaur has been teaching Kundalini yoga in Vancouver since 2003. She is passionate about assisting people in releasing perceived limitations and embracing personal strength through the technology of this potent practice. Beyond yoga teaching, Satya is a primary school teacher and reiki energy healer. She is also an aspiring musician, singing every chance she gets!! To her, life is a song and considers that our purpose as human beings is to learn how to harmonize with it, to learn how to live the song in all of its rhythmic, healing possibility. Join Satya on Friday nights and experience the depth and capacity of your own life's song.
“You have to bounce in life with joy, your strength lies in your smiles and your songs”
- Yogi Bhajan
Simone Riml
Sundays | 8:00 - 9:30am
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
Fridays | 9:30 - 10:45am
2004 — KRI Level 1 Certified
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
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