The yoga world is changing. We need to adapt. How can KRI help you do that? Share your thoughts in our Sutra discussion!
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Trainer Licensing is now OPEN
Please take a moment and relicense now! You can switch to your language using the dropdown menu at the top-right.
Register to VOTE in the upcoming SSSC election
We are excited that the SSSC Board has opened up the process for Lead and Professional Trainers to be voters in the upcoming election. You automatically qualify to be able to vote if you are a Lead or Professional Trainer.
Please support your community in getting out the vote and expanding the electorate to include people who have been practicing Kundalini Yoga & Meditation for 7 consecutive years.
Ways you can help: We hope that all Interns and Associates will join the electorate pool! Your voice matters and we want you to vote.
Send out a message to your community to include your longtime students in the electorate and write recommendations for them
For leads and professionals, here is the link to write recommendations for people
KRI’s website is now multi-lingual!
Yes, finally, you can choose your language at the top right hand corner of the main KRI web site!
How can KRI help you?
Most training programs are attracting a lot less students now than they used to. Share in this online Sutra discussion what you think KRI can do to support your training programs!
Please don’t send in physical Student Packets anymore!
Please email them as digital documents. If you have any questions, please contact your regional administrator. Thank you!
KRI 2022 Honorees
You all, the ATA members, have selected Sarabjit Kaur (Spain), Sarb Jit Kaur (Espanola), and Gurudarshan Kaur (Mexico) as our 2022 KRI Outstanding Awardees! There were 12 amazing nominees – it is truly inspiring the caliber and quality of the teachers in our community. Congratulations Sarabjit and Sarb Jit, and thank you so much for your years and years of service. You can read about their amazing service (and all the prior recipients) here.
BIPOC affinity group zoom gatherings
KRI is organizing a Monthly Community Gathering for Teachers and Trainers of Color for mutual support and solidarity. Click here to sign up for this meeting on the Third Tuesday of the month at 1 pm PST, 4 pm EST., facilitated by Atma Chanan Kaur PhD. Open to all who identify as BIPOC family or person of color.
In-Person Interviews at the European Yoga Festival, and other ways to get involved
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Trainer relicensing
Starting next week you can renew your KRI trainer license. This will be required for you to be an automatically recognized voter in the upcoming SSSC elections, and is required if you plan to be part of a Level One or Level 2 training team between July 2022 and June 2023. Look for an email with a link to relicense shortly!
Register to VOTE in the upcoming SSSC election
As previously mentioned, all Lead and Professional trainers are automatically registered to vote in the upcoming (August 2022) SSSC elections. And interns and associates can apply to be voters. KRI strongly encourages you all to exercise your right to vote! Read more details in your language here:
The Global Advisory Committee serves the Academy through visioning the Trainer Summits and by stewarding the process of expansion and change in the Academy through the proposal and voting process. The Committee is currently actively working on the Global Summit in September. Members are needed from Asia, Oceania, and Europe. KRI will have meetings for these time zones. Please contact Hari Charn Kaur [email protected] if you are interested in participating.
Are you a mentor and open to taking on new mentees?
Are you a mentor in the academy who has time and the passion for supporting the development of the next generations of trainers? There are Professionals who are looking for Practicum mentors needing your wisdom and support. There are also applicants needing mentors. There are members of the academy looking for a new mentor. KRI needs your name for we are creating a list of available mentors. If you are open to taking on new mentees, please let Hari Charn Kaur know!
KRI is looking for a part time writer
We are looking for someone 10-15hrs/wk to help write content for our website, emails and social media posts. Please see a complete job description here. If you, or anyone you work with, is interested in applying, please email a resume and writing sample to Amrit Vela Kaur Ramos.
BIPOC affinity group zoom gatherings
Have you ever asked (or been asked) why BIPOC people are drawn to each other and feel comfortable gathering with each other? Twenty years ago, African American Beverly Tatum wrote the book, “Why All The Black Kids Sit Together at the Cafeteria?A National Bestseller that spurred dialogue of what’s really important to people whose voices have not been heard before. We want to listen to those voices today, and learn how to bridge the gap so that we all feel validated, heard and seen across our yoga trainings and classes.
Monthly Community Gathering for Trainers/Teachers of Color; a group support meeting for teachers/trainers in the community who have been underrepresented and self-identify as persons of color for mutual support and solidarity. Click here for more information and to sign up for this meeting on the Third Tuesday of the month, 1:00 pm PST, 2:00 MT; 4 pm EST; 7 pm Togo, Africa; 9:00 Paris, France, Berlin, Germany, & South Africa, 5:00 am Sidney, Australia.
White-Bodied affinity group zoom gatherings
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences,” Audre Lorde.
In these times when polarization is everywhere, we can use our yogic knowledge to further the creation of a truly welcoming Kundalini Yoga community, where we can truly find The One not by minimizing our differences, but embracing and understanding them. What would it take to collectively create an environment of equality and validation and explore the themes and steps toward a more inclusive yoga community? Developing the muscle to discuss identities, intersections and our various privileges is a way that we can value and support our diverse global perspectives. At KRI we want to encourage White-Bodied people to gather together and explore books, videos, and links to educate oneself and become versed in holding space for others, honoring and celebrating our differences.
Monthly Community Gathering for White-Bodied/Light Skin Trainers & Teachers; a group support meeting for teachers/trainers in the community to explore whiteness as a dominant paradigm and the impact of privilege in our yoga Kundalini world. Click here for more information and to sign up for this meeting on the Third Tuesday of the month, starting Wednesday, May 18th, 11:00 am PST, 12:00 pm MT & Central times; 2 pm EST/New York, USA; 5 pm Togo, Africa; 7:00 pm Paris, France, Berlin, Germany, & South Africa, 4:00 am Sidney, Australia.
The following statement from the Siri Singh Sahib Corporation and all our affiliated organizations is being shared on our continuing work to acknowledge and learn from the various experiences of harm shared by current and former members, and to heal our global community. To read the Acknowledgment, Apology and Reparations Plan Announcement, please click below.
KRI hopes to have another letter to share in our next trainer update with additional support specifically for you as trainers.
Kundalini Beyond Borders is an initiative by KRI & IKYTA to provide grants to KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Teachers who are bringing Kundalini Yoga to an underserved population. KRI is committed to ensuring that any person who wishes to experience Kundalini Yoga has access, feels welcome, and feels safe in the practice. This grant program is designed to support this commitment by providing grants to teachers expanding the impact of Kundalini Yoga into those populations with limited or no access currently.
You can read more about this great program here. And if you are currently doing work, or planning to, that could fit the criteria for these grants, you can apply here.
New resources on the KRI website for you and your students
KRI is organizing a Monthly Community Gathering for Teachers and Trainers of Color for mutual support and solidarity. Click here to sign up for this meeting on the Third Tuesday of the month starting April 19th, 2022, 1 pm PST, 4 pm EST., facilitated by Atma Chanan Kaur PhD. Open to all who identify as BIPOC family or person of color.
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New Code of Ethics is approved and ready for you to use in your Level One trainings!
We will be adding the new Code of Ethics to the Aquarian Teacher textbook, but for now you can find it on the KRI website here.
Kundalini Beyond Borders
Kundalini Beyond Borders is an initiative by KRI & IKYTA to provide grants to KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Teachers who are bringing Kundalini Yoga to an underserved population. KRI is committed to ensuring that any person who wishes to experience Kundalini Yoga has access, feels welcome, and feels safe in the practice. This grant program is designed to support this commitment by providing grants to teachers expanding the impact of Kundalini Yoga into those populations with limited or no access currently.
You can read more about this great program here. And if you are currently doing work, or planning to, that could fit the criteria for these grants, you can apply here.
BIPOC affinity group zoom gatherings
KRI is organizing a Monthly Community Gathering for Teachers and Trainers of Color for mutual support and solidarity. Click here to sign up for this meeting on the Third Tuesday of the month starting April 19th, 2022, 1 pm PST, 4 pm EST., facilitated by Atma Chanan Kaur PhD. Open to all who identify as BIPOC family or person of color.
KRI Staff also being in the ATA
KRI has many staff members who are also members of the Aquarian Trainer Academy. Some of them also serve as translators for programs around the globe. You may have opportunities to work with them in many different settings which KRI hopes will enrich everyone’s experience. And much the same way that Hari Charn Kaur and Amrit have traveled and occasionally served in different programs with no conflict of interest, KRI feels that the administrators can also serve in many different roles – being open to support all program equally, and being recused in certain circumstance if needed. We are open to any concerns or feedback you have about any of the KRI team and how we serve.
