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FIRST SEGMENTFoundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy – Principles

and Practices

2015, August 1 - 4 · Millis, Massachusetts

2016, January 7 - 10 · Los Angeles, California

SECOND SEGMENTOrigins and Identity of Kundalini Yoga as Therapy

2015, August 6 - 9 · Millis, Massachusetts 2016, January 14 -17 . Los Angeles, California

THIRD SEGMENTElements and Alchemy of Kundalini Yoga

2015, September 8 - 13 · Los Angeles, California

2015, December 1 - 6 · Millis, Massachusetts

First Segment

Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy

– Principles and Practices

Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhDbrings the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga into modern medicine. She has taught Kundalini Yoga since

1971 and began to teach people with chronic or life threate-ning illness in 1986, under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan. Dr. Khalsa directs the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology, founded to bring Kundalini Yoga and the teachings of Yogi Bhajan into healthcare. She is a Medical Family Therapist, Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, and a KRI Certifi ed Kundalini Yoga mentoring lead trainer for Levels 1 and 2. Dr. Khalsa is a charter member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and served on the team that developed IAYT Educational Standards for Yoga Therapy Teacher Training. She directs the 3 year 1,000 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training and provides continuing education for health professionals and yoga teachers. 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 Meets Modern Medicine.

Navneet Kaur Khalsa, LCSWis the Curriculum Development Coordinator for the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology.

She is a certifi ed Kundalini Yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga for nearly 20 years. Navneet Kaur has over 30 years clinical experience working with children and families involved in the child welfare system. She brings her combined clinical and yogic practice to her work with trauma survivors to confi rm the potential of Kundalini Yoga to support healing. It is her blessing to share the teachings of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan with other yoga teachers and health professionals.

Overview of the International Kundalini Yoga Therapy – Professional Training

The International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training is comprised of 14 in-person segments and 7 online segments. The training is fully integrated and the in-person segments are in a sequential order. The fi rst 3 in- person segments are focused on shifting from being a Kundalini Yoga teacher to becoming a Kundalini Yoga Therapist. They are primarily yoga focused and take the trainee deep into the consciousness of Kundalini Yoga as Therapy. The subsequent in-person segments are focused on assessment and clinical application. They take the trainee deep into clinical practice of Kundalini Yoga as therapy.

Any Kundalini Yoga teacher can take the fi rst 3 in-person segments in any order (although it is more integrative to take them as 1, 2, 3) without enrolling in, or committing to, the full training. After that trainees enroll in the full program so that they may benefi t from supervision and the integrated process of developing skills, sensitivity, experience and consciousness over the 3 year, 1,000 hour training.

As the 3 year training unfolds, there are selected segments that a Kundalini Yoga teacher can take without enrolling in the full program provided they have taken the fi rst in-person segment, Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy – Principles and Practices. These are posted on our website 3 - 5 months before they are offered.

All the online segments are open to any Kundalini Yoga teacher whether they enroll in the full training or not.

Special attention is given to the personal development to engender awareness, strength and subtlety of the sensory system, intuition, compassion, deep listening, sensitivity, humility, endurance, radiance and grace.An 8 week Kundalini Yoga curriculum for a mixed conditions group class are included.

Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy – Principles and Practices is the fi rst segment of the 1,000 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training and is open to Level 1 Kundalini Yoga teachers. Those Kundalini Yoga teachers who are in the integrative healing arts fi nd this training especially useful.

2015, August 1 - 4 · Millis, Massachusettsfor more information and to register > yogaattheashram.org

First segmentFoundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy – Principles and Practices

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.In this 4 day training we learn how to identify and meet the student at their starting point, mobilize inner resources, understand and work with the process of change. We will explore the unique structure of a therapeutic Kundalini Yoga class and the layering model of teaching Kundalini Yoga to people with health conditions. Yogi Bhajan’s principles of teaching Kundalini Yoga as a therapeutic intervention are detailed and the psychology of health recovery and the role of family and friends are addressed.Introduce yourself the differences between a yoga teacher, yogic healer and a yoga therapist and the specifi c language of each.

2016, January 7 - 10 · Los Angeles, Californiafor more information and to register > grdcenter.org