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Meet the KRI Board of Directors
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Amrit Singh Khalsa (Chairman)
Amrit started working for
Golden Temple Natural
Products of Oregon in
1996, immediately after
finishing his PhD work
at MIT. He started in
the IT department and
after 3 years of
technical management he
joined the corporate
management team. From
1999 to 2007 he worked
with Golden Temple, Akal
Security, KIT BV, Yoga
West, Khalsa
Consultants, 3HO, Sikh
Dharma, KRI, and SDEI.
From 2005 to 2006 he was
the acting CEO of KRI.
Currently Amrit is the
CEO of Essential Living
Foods, an organic food
company in Santa Monica,
California, and a
teacher and trainer of
Kundalini Yoga.
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Gurusahay Singh
Khalsa (Treasurer)
Dr. Gurusahay
Khalsa has been
in private practice
since 1978 and is
the director of the
GRD Healing Arts
Clinic, a
multi-disciplinary
health and healing
clinic in Atlanta,
GA. His specialties
include acupuncture,
gentle chiropractic
care, nutrition,
applied kinesiology,
and yoga therapy.
Dr. Khalsa educates
and inspires people
to improve the
quality of their
living by enabling
them to take control
of their own life
physically, mentally
and spiritually. He
has lectured
extensively for the
last 25 years on
Kundalini yoga and
meditation, health
care, nutrition,
oriental medicine,
stress management,
goal setting,
prosperity, and
wellness and
longevity.
Gurusahay is a Level
1 and 2 certified
Teacher Trainer
through the Aquarian
Teacher’s Academy of
the Kundalini
Research Institute.
He had the unique
blessing and
opportunity to study
ancient healing arts
with Yogi Bhajan as
a member and
co-founder of the
Khalsa Chiropractic
Association. He
currently teaches
weekly Kundalini
Yoga classes and
weekend Yoga
workshops on various
topics at the new
GRD Yoga and
Meditation Center in
Atlanta.
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Deva Kaur Khalsa
Deva Kaur Khalsa
met Yogi Bhajan in
1972, and found
Kundalini Yoga gave
her such a complete
sense of inner
stillness that she
knew it was the way
of the future. She
then started her
life long journey of
studying with Yogi
Bhajan and teaching
this ancient, sacred
science. Deva
married her husband,
Deva Singh and
started teaching
Kundalini Yoga in
1973, and began
training KRI
certified Kundalini
Yoga teachers in
1996. One of her
passions is Yogi
Bhajan's
transformational
teachings for women,
and she participates
as a member of the
KRI Teacher Training
Executive Council,
as well as the KRI
Board of Directors.
She is co-owner and
founder of Yoga
Source in Coral
Springs, Florida.
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Hargobind Singh
Khalsa
Hargobind Khalsa
is a co-owner and
partner in Spirit
Voyage. Hargobind
graduated Miri Piri
Academy, India in
2000 and earned a BA
in International
Studies from the
University of Oregon
in 2004 after
studying in Mexico
and Argentina. He
participated in
tsunami relief
efforts in the
Andaman Islands in
2005. He is a
certified Kundalini
Yoga teacher as well
as an avid Hatha and
Bikram yoga
practitioner. He has
studied Sat Nam
Rasayan for the past
7 years.
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Nirvair Singh
Khalsa
Nirvair Singh Khalsa
began studying with
Yogi Bhajan in
1971and has taught
over 13, 000
Kundalini Yoga
classes to date. He
is a retired
University
Instructor at the
University of Alaska
Anchorage where he
taught classes in
Kundalini Yoga for
31 years. He has
authored nineteen
best selling
DVD's/Videos and
four books on
Kundalini Yoga as
taught by Yogi
Bhajan. (http://www.kundaliniyoga.net)
He has also taught
classes, workshops
and trainings
throughout the
Americas, Europe and
Asia. Currently he
is the CEO and
President of The
Kundalini Research
Institute. He is a
Yoga Alliance E-RYT
500 certified
teacher trainer. He
lives with his
family in Anchorage
Alaska and Espanola
New Mexico and is
the Co-founder and
Co-director of the
Kundalini Yoga
Center of Alaska
http://www.kundaliniyogacenter.com
with his wife of
thirty-eight years,
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Gurucharan Singh
Khalsa
Gurucharan Singh
Khalsa, Ph.D., LPCC, is
an expert in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan,
and has been his interpreter and compiler of his
teachings since 1969. Dr. Khalsa combines Western
scientific training with Eastern traditions to develop
practical approaches to personal growth and fulfillment.
His first degrees and graduate studies were from Harvey Mudd College and Claremont Graduate School. His major
emphasis was in mathematics, with a broad training in
physics, chemistry, engineering and a minor in
psychology. Later Dr. Khalsa earned both an M.Ed. at
Boston University and a Ph.D. in psychology with an
emphasis on research in meditation and clinical
counseling. He has a keen understanding of Humanology,
the psychology of personal excellence developed by Yogi
Bhajan, and has used it in clinical practice for three
decades as well as developed trainings in Humanology for
therapists and healers.
Dr. Khalsa is currently the Director of
Training for the Kundalini Research Institute (KRI)
which he co-founded in 1972. He leads the development of
international training programs for teachers in
Kundalini Yoga and the research and applications of
meditative and yoga techniques to help people deal with
happiness, stress, diabesity (diabetes and obesity),
positive lifestyles and emotional vitality. He is an
expert in Kundalini Yoga, Humanology, and awakening
human potential and intuition. He instructed in yoga and
wellness psychology at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology for more than 15 years and established
wellness programs in universities and clinics
internationally.
He is committed to sharing the essence of the teachings
of Yogi Bhajan to create fulfillment for each individual
in spirit, vitality, life purpose and robust communities
of consciousness and values.
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Hargopal Kaur
Khalsa
Hargopal has
been a student of
Yogi Bhajan since
the mid 1970's. She
went to her first
solstice after
taking Kundalini
yoga classes for
just 3 months.
She has taught
Kundalini Yoga at
yoga centers, in
corporate settings,
and at a retirement
home. She was part
of the Superhealth
drug rehab project
in India, supporting
the clients by
teaching Kundalini
Yoga and providing
Sat Nam Rasayan
(R)
sessions. She
currently practices
and teaches SNR
(R)
in the USA and
Canada. She
occasionally
produces an SNR(R)
newsletter.
Hargopal is also a
facilitator of
family
constellations.
Hargopal is the
first person known
to have practiced
SNR(R)
on one of Yogi
Bhajan's turbans as
she was ironing it
-- and by his
response, he clearly
recognized it!
Hargopal studied
Physics and
currently works in
the aerospace
industry. Space
fascinates her -
whether it is
perceived to be
internal, external,
universal or empty.
And it is the yoga
and meditations
taught by Yogi
Bhajan that are the
foundation of her
personal growth as
well as the
technology used in
classes and private
practice to assist
others.
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Jai Kartar Kaur
Khalsa
Jai Kartar
has been a student
of Yogi Bhajan since
1994. After
incarnations as
academic and
entrepreneur, Jai
Kartar first
encountered
Kundalini Yoga while
studying bodywork,
and the paths of
yoga and healing
became intertwined.
Participation in the
first Master’s Touch
with Yogi Bhajan
inspired a
commitment to
teaching, expressed
through classes at
Yoga West of Eugene,
the University of
Oregon, and numerous
workshops,
conferences,
retreats, and
special events. Jai
Kartar is a Lead
Trainer in Level 1
Teacher Training,
and a certified
Level 2 Practitioner
and Trainer. The
healer’s path has
led to the study of
Sat Nam Rasayan,
where she is a Level
III Candidate and
deepens her practice
through regular
participation in
meditative retreats
including Re Man in
India.
In all the ways she
has served, Jai
Kartar has focused
on building a strong
sense of community,
bringing people
together in
consciousness, and
fostering an
atmosphere of
encouragement,
respect, and
inspiration, based
on the powerful
foundation of the
Teachings.
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Satsimran Kaur
Khalsa
Satsimran Kaur
was on Yogi
Bhajan's personal
staff since 1971 and
was his appointment
and travel secretary
until 1987, when he
entrusted her to
work with him to
create the White
Tantric Yoga videos.
Over the years she
worked in many
capacities within
3HO Foundation and
Sikh Dharma which
she still serves.
She is CEO and
General Manager of
WTY worldwide and
has held the vision
for the Library of
the Teachings of
Yogi Bhajan and
supervises its
development within
KRI. She is a member
of the Board of
Directors of KRI and
Humanology and
Health Science.
Satsimran is a
graduate of Coach
University. Her 35
years-plus
experience with Yogi
Bhajan, and in human
development and
transformation as a
Life Coach and group
facilitator, as well
as a Minister of
Sikh Dharma, gives
her the knowledge
that anything is
possible if we are
mindful about
achieving it and we
have fun doing it!
Satsimran bases in
Los Angeles, and
spends a lot of time
visiting and sharing
with individuals and
communities whose
principles are
founded on the
teachings of Yogi
Bhajan.
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Sunder Singh
Khalsa
Sunder Singh
Khalsa was born
in Taiwan in 1950.
As a young child he
was interested in
spiritual teachings
and loved being
around the Buddhist
and Taoist temples
in that area. Sunder
moved with his
family to the United
States at age 11 and
settled in Portland,
Oregon. During the
mid-sixties he was
intrigued by the
concept of
consciousness and
embarked on a
journey of
self-discovery. He
started Hatha Yoga
at age 16 and after
trying various paths
ended at the feet of
the Master in 1971.
Since then he has
followed the
directives of Yogi
Bhajan through many
life experiences as
a teacher, ashram
director,
businessman, and now
a teacher trainer.
There was one
constant through-out
that time and that
was the continuing
message from Yogi
Bhajan that Sunder
would serve the
emergence of the
teachings in China
and Asia. Today
Sunder serves that
emergence as the KRI
Coordinator of
Teacher Training for
Asia. He is also a
member of KRI
Teacher Training
Executive Council.
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Siri Pritam
Bhagvati Kaur Khalsa
Siri Pritam Bhagwati
Kaur Khalsa is a
student, wife,
mother, daughter and
sister. She has a
life-long student
relationship with
Yogi Bhajan that has
made her shine. She
earned a BS in
Business
Administration from
the University of
Oregon in 2005 and
considers conscious
business an interest
and passion. She is
a certified
Kundalini Yoga
teacher.
She is currently
putting her creative
and meditative
skills to use as a
teacher, wife and
mother. She lives in
New Mexico with her
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Shakti Parwha
Kaur Khalsa
(Emeritus)
Known as the "Mother
of 3HO," Shakti
Parwha Kaur Khalsa
is the author of
KUNDALINI YOGA: The
Flow of Eternal
Power. She has been
teaching Kundalini
Yoga since 1969 -
specializing in
teaching beginners.
At "Masters Touch"
courses, she trains
teachers how to
teach beginners.
Shakti was Yogi
Bhajan's first
student in the
United States. They
met in December of
1968 when he first
came to Los Angeles.
Yogi Bhajan told her
that she had been a
student long enough;
that she should be a
teacher, and that he
had come to "train
teachers, not to
gather disciples."
She drove him to the
various classes he
taught, took notes
(which later were
printed as "Sadhana
Guidelines") and
within two months
she was teaching
Kundalini Yoga at
YMCA's. When he
began his lecture
tours, Shakti took
over his classes in
Los Angeles and at
Claremont College in
Pomona. She served
as his Executive
Secretary and that
of 3HO for over 30
years. She was
ordained as a
Minister of Sikh
Dharma in 1974.
Born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, in 1929
(two months before
Yogi Bhajan), Shakti
moved to Los Angeles
with her mother and
brother in 1943,
graduated as
Valedictorian from
Hollywood High in
1947, attended UCLA,
and married at 18.
She gave birth to a
son at 20; was
divorced at 22.
She started
investigating
spiritual paths,
reading Edgar Cayce,
Ouspensky, Meher
Baba -- and studying
with various
teachers (Dr Judith
Tyberg - Sanskrit;
Pir Vilayat Inayat
Khan - Sufi
meditation),
attending lectures
at the Vedanta
society in
Hollywood, and Self
Realization
Fellowship in
Pacific Palisades.
In her late '30's
Shakti spent 40 days
in India
(December1966/January
1967) visiting
different ashrams
(Swami Chinmayanada
in Bombay; Sri Satya
Sai Baba in
Bangalore; Sri
Aurobindo Ashram in
Pondicherry.)
Shakti produced the
3HO Newsletter, "The
Science of Keeping
Up" for over 30
years, and now is a
contributing editor
for "Aquarian Times"
magazine. She edits
the IKYTA
(International
Kundalini Yoga
Teachers
Association)
newsletter
"Kundalini Rising"
as well as the Sikh
Dharma publication,
"Prosperity Paths."
She created the
"Toolkit for
Teaching Beginners
Kundalini Yoga" that
is used in teacher
training courses. |
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