Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training

Deepen Your Practice      Expand Your Potential

Chicago's 10th Annual
International KRI Level 1
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Certification Course

at Spirit Rising Yoga, Chicago, Illinois

October 2008 - June 2009

An experience of your soul to sustain and inspire you for a lifetime!

For students and teachers of all levels
This international certification course in Kundalini Yoga is designed for practitioners of all levels who want to learn and master the techniques of yoga, and also for those who wish to deepen their personal experience and knowledge of Kundalini Yoga.

You'll discover an exceptional group of like-minded individuals who will share this deep experience into the teachings. “Community happens” through all the yoga and meditation the group does together. Life-long relationships and deep bonds of trust form with peers that fulfill the longing of the soul for fellowship and spiritual community.  

Mentor Program
Each participant is matched with a mentor who is a graduate from a previous Kundalini Yoga teacher training program who supports and nurtures your progress. 
  
Course Schedule
This is a program which is designed to balance your work schedule and activities. It will give you an intensive experience of learning and practicing yoga while still being able to maintain your regular work schedule and personal activities.

• Yogic and Western anatomy
• Yogic philosophy & the origin of Kundalini Yoga
• The mind & meditation
• Kundalini Yoga postures and kriyas
• Mantra, mudra & sound
• Developing and maintaining a daily yogic practice
• 3HO yogic lifestyle, vegetarian diet and Humanology
• The evolution of yoga through the historical epochs
• Opportunities to practice teaching
• The Code of Ethics of a Kundalini Yoga teacher
• How to market your classes and present yourself professionally as a teacher
• The role and identity of a Kundalini Yoga teacher

Special Yoga Classes and Events
You'll also have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular events, such as group meditations and classes with other yoga teachers and students. Optional yoga field trips are planned for those who want to deepen their practice, as well as special advanced classes and informal get-togethers.

Gain the credentials and experience to teach others professionally.
The program combines 180 classroom hours with 40 hours of home study and leads to professional certification by the Kundalini Research Institute (KRI) and membership in the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers' Association (IKYTA). A one-year Associate Membership in IKYTA is included in the course.

The classroom hours and home study hours total 220 hours, so graduates meet the requirements for registration by the Yoga Alliance at the RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) 200 hour level.

Testimonials
Some of our grads have been kind enough to offer a few words about their experience with Teacher Traning at Spirit Rising Yoga.
Click here to read what past graduates have to say

Course Requirements include an application and entrance interview, participation in all class sessions, completion of all written assignments, attendance of 20 Kundalini Yoga classes outside of Teacher Training (during the nine months of the program), a passing grade on the KRI written exam and satisfactory completion of the teaching practicum and exit interview.

Course Schedule
This eight month course is centered around alternate Saturday sessions which combine yoga classes with classroom instruction, discussion, and teaching practicums. Each session focuses on a specific area of yoga practice, experience, and knowledge that is essential for every serious student and teacher of yoga. The course schedule allows time off for holidays, home study, completion of written assignments, and opportunities for processing and integrating the experiences of the training into everyday life.

Weekend Yoga Intensives
In addition, five weekend intensives (Saturday through Sunday) provide an in-depth experience of learning and practicing yoga in group consciousness. The White Tantric Yoga course  is an essential component of the KYTT certification course. Graduates have reported that experiencing White Tantric Yoga helped them grasp their unlimited potential for personal growth. This one-day meditation course is both challenging and uplifting. It rises us to the heights of our excellence and crystallizes our commitment to transformation. It is an experience unsurpassed for its power and ecstasy.

About Kundalini Yoga and Yogi Bhajan
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan is recognized as one of the major systems of yoga instruction. For 30 years, teachers in the United States and in over 15 countries worldwide have taught Kundalini Yoga to thousands of students. The 3HO International Kundalini Yoga Teachers' Association (IKYTA) works with other yoga organizations to develop standards for yoga teachers and provides support for members' professional growth. Yogi Bhajan, the master of Kundalini Yoga, came to the West in 1968. Since then, he has freely shared the teachings of this sacred science with all that have wished to transform themselves and help others. He has often said that his mission is not to collect students but to train teachers. "We are spiritual beings here to have a divine experience."

	Primary Teacher Trainers and Course Coordinators Shiva Singh and Shabad Kaur Khalsa, coordinators for the Chicago course at Spirit Rising provide the structure for this wonderful course. Their relationship, experience and broad talents hold the space for a course that has consistently exceeded participant's expectations. Shiva Singh says: "How can expectations based on current experience describe something that will manifest through an expanded awareness and transformed understanding of self?"
The Teacher Training Team
	S.S. Shiva Singh Khalsa, E-RYT 500,Director of 3HO Foundation of Illinois, Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer. Since 1971 he’s taught and practiced with the guidance of Yogi Bhajan, who said of Shiva Singh, "You have always been an inspiration to me." Shiva Singh draws on a wealth of experience acquired through decades of spiritual practice, devotion and service. These are the foundation for his teaching. He will take you through the Mind and Meditation and the Fundamentals of Kundalini Yoga. He will share his experience of what it was like to have the Master's Touch with the stories of his teacher and of that inner journey as only one who has traveled it can know.
	Shabad Kaur Khalsa, E-RYT 500,co-director of 3HO Foundation of Illinois and a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga teacher.  Her direct, devoted service to Yogi Bhajan results in her insightful transmission of yogic teachings for women, Humanology and ethics of the teacher/student relationship.  Her creativity and radiant beauty inspires and uplifts all who come in contact with her. As she shares her love for the Master and creates a cozy safe and nurturing place, she is a powerful Kundalini Yoga Teacher who will also bring out your "Keep Up!".
Guest instructors are featured throughout the course and include internationally renowned Kundalini Yoga teachers who are experts in their fields.
Awakening the Consciousness: Sound, Mantra & Naad
	MSS Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa, E-RYT 500, as one of Yogi Bhajan's original students she and her brother, Shiva Singh, bring the teachings in their purity from the early days of 3HO.  She is the Founder and Director of 3HO Vancouver and Yoga West, a Senior Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer and on the KRI Teacher Training Executive Council. She is a rare jewel of grace and nobility, a living Raj Yogini.
Functional Western Anatomy & Physiology
	Dr. Siri Atma Singh is an Internist who has followed a yogic lifestyle for 27 years, with 18 years in private practice in Western Medicine, and 4 years of service as Yogi Bhajan’s full time personal physician. As a KRI certified teacher trainer, he interweaves the philosophy of yoga with the constraints of modern medicine, with personal reflections on spirituality with the depth of compassion his patients have taught him.
Postures: Form and Alignment for Kundalini Yoga Kriyas
	Pritpal Kaur Khalsa, RYT, Teacher of Kundalini Yoga and spiritual awareness for over 30 years. Her passion for assisting others on their road to excellence and fulfillment as well as her wealth of experience as a teacher, healer and mentor bring a depth of joy and wisdom to her teaching approach. This is her third training at Spirit Rising because she is so beloved by our grads.

The next White Tantric Yoga in Chicago: April 19, 2008

 

"Every breath brings a chance. It brings a choice about what to say, how to act, where to go. In each breath, there is a possibility, a seed for happiness."                                                                                                                            ~ Yogi Bhajan