Trainer Updates

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Grant winners, upcoming policy vote on how to qualify as a Level 2 trainer, and why KRI is focused on expanding our diversity.

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Kundalini Beyond Borders winners

KRI and IKYTA are super excited by this year’s grant winners in our joint Kundalini Beyond Borders program!  And this year there are a few trainers receiving these cash awards.  Take a look at the programs that were awarded grants and be inspired!  Congratulations to them, and a huge thank you to them and to all of you who are working to bring Kundalini Yoga to underserved populations!  The world needs these practices, and we are all working together to find creative ways to get it to them.

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Amendments to the Level Two trainer pathway

The Professional Development Committee has worked on the feedback from Regional Meetings and has rewritten the proposal. One of the suggestions that most appeared in the conversations was a difficulty to understand the pathway as a whole in the light of the changes. Therefore, we’ve worked to write a new document in the format of a policy – a New L2 Trainer Pathway, so every trainer in the Academy is clear on what they are voting for.  If you have questions or need clarification, post on the Sutra Circle related to this Proposal or write to [email protected]. The voting will be open in two weeks.

CLICK to READ the Proposal

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Trainer Summits

It was great to be together on Zoom with you, having deep and heartfelt conversations regarding our Locals and Globals Communities, and how we (teachers, trainers and institutions) can continue to develop the best possible service. Find in this link the notes from those conversations.

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Congratulations to new Mentors!

As part of our new Mentor Development Program, we will be announcing all the newly confirmed Mentors in these Trainer Update emails.  We are very, very happy to share with you this list of recent Mentors. If you have any questions about the Mentor Development Program (which is open to Lead and Professional Trainers!), please reach out to Dev Atma Kaur ([email protected]).  

The newly approved Mentors are: Mantra Simran Kaur (USA), Manshant Kaur (Australia), Guru Preet Kaur (Netherlands), Jiwan Shakti Kaur (Italy), Satya Kaur (Thailand), Dharamjot Kaur (China), Sat Hari Kaur (USA), and Kaivalya (Taiwan).

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In-Person Trainer Forums at Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival!

We will have the blessing to be together for an in person Trainer Forum at Ram Das Puri (USA) on June 15, 2023. After three years of gathering online, we really hope to meet you there.

Find INFORMATION and REGISTER here to USA Forum

We will also gather on August 4th & 5th at Château Jambville (France) and registration will open soon. Please arrange your travel accordingly.

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Tribute to Seva Kaur (Norway)

With a heavy heart, we share the news that Seva Kaur Khalsa passed away in her sleep in the early morning of May 12th. Read her daughter’s message and the invitation to contribute to her memorial page HERE.

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Renew your Trainer License!

The renewal process for all ATA Trainers has started.

Check your email for a detailed communication on it! More information over the Two-Step Renewal Process HERE. 

  CLICK BELOW TO FILL OUT THE TRAINER AGREEMENT – Translations Available   

English | 中文 | Español​ | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Português | Pусский

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ATA Admin Corner

Meet below the ATA Admin corner, a place where we plan to leave important information always in hand!

Meet the ATA Regional Administrators

Join us in the upcoming Global Summit – Register today

A precious experience in the ATA pathway is to support and inspire your peers. Are you available to participate in a Lead or Professional INTERVIEW PROCESS? Click and Let us know! 

Are you an Associate, Professional or Lead and want to become a SPONSOR for an Applicant to the ATA? Are you a MENTOR and available to receive NEW mentees? — Click and Let us know!

Participate in KRI Standing Committees! Your engagement is VERY important.

Find all ATA documents in the Trainer Support Website – ATA Pathway and Program Administration.

Need help on how to use ATA Google Drive documents? See Short video HERE

Comment on ATA documents to help us improve the machine generated Translations!Useful links to L1 Admin Checklist – L2 Admin Checklist – 21 Stages Checklist

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

What is the future we are creating together?

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Trainer Summits

We just had two great weekends holding the annual Trainer Summit.  It was great to be together on Zoom with so many of you, having deep and heartfelt conversations about topics that you all chose as most meaningful at this time.  The notes from those discussions will be shared with you in the next trainer update email, and will serve to guide the work KRI will be doing to serve you better.

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Missing emails?

Unfortunately, KRI had a major email glitch from about 17 – 19 April.  If you emailed any of our staff in those 3 days, and haven’t heard back yet, please resend it just in case it got lost in the ethers!

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In-Person Trainer Forums at Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival!

We will have the blessing to be together for an in person Trainer Forum at Ram Das Puri (USA) on June 15, 2023, and on August 4th & 5th at Château Jambville (France). After three years of gathering online, we really hope to meet you there. Please arrange your travel accordingly. Registration will open soon.

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Renew your Trainer License!

Today we started the renewal process for all ATA Trainers.

Check your email for a detailed communication on it!

More information over the Two-Step Renewal Process HERE. 

  CLICK BELOW TO FILL OUT THE TRAINER AGREEMENT – Translations Available   

English | 中文 | Español​ | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Português | Pусский

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ATA Admin Corner

Meet below the ATA Admin corner, a place where we plan to leave important information always in hand!

Meet the ATA Regional Administrators

Join us in the upcoming Global Summit – Register today

A precious experience in the ATA pathway is to support and inspire your peers. Are you available to participate in a Lead or Professional INTERVIEW PROCESS? Click and Let us know! 

Are you an Associate, Professional or Lead and want to become a SPONSOR for an Applicant to the ATA? Are you a MENTOR and available to receive NEW mentees? — Click and Let us know!

Participate in KRI Standing Committees! Your engagement is VERY important.

Find all ATA documents in the Trainer Support Website – ATA Pathway and Program Administration.

Need help on how to use ATA Google Drive documents? See Short video HERE

Comment on ATA documents to help us improve the machine generated Translations!Useful links to L1 Admin Checklist – L2 Admin Checklist – 21 Stages Checklist

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Pedagogy tools sharing website, and KRI staff org chart

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Trainer-to-Trainer Sharing of Pedagogy Tools

The curriculum committee is very excited to announce the launch of this new section of the KRI website!  It is a place for trainers to share tips and tools with one another – PowerPoints, videos, study questions, in-class activities, etc.  Some are just for your use and inspiration, and some might be links to videos or article or other resources that you may want to share with your teacher training students.  The curriculum committee came up with a few items to “seed” this feature, with the hope that all of you will begin sharing your own pedagogy tools!  Check it out and let us know what you think!

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Online Summit: “The Alchemy of Local & Global=Glocal”

You can register here to attend our upcoming Online Summit! The dates and times are: 

April 22 & 23, Noon at Beijing time

April 29 & 30, 8:00 am Los Angeles Time 

We will experience “The Alchemy of Local+Global=Glocal”, using the opportunity to meet with our peers from all over the Globe. During day one, we will share the space with Leader Representatives of National Associations from around the world, a chance to keep building community and network. As part of your registration, you will have access to live-synchronous workshop in May, with Hari Krishan Singh (from Germany) with Pritampal Singh Khalsa (from Chile/Mexico) and with Ram Inderjot Kaur (from Russia). You can see deeper information and register here. 

Looking forward to meeting you there!

CLICK and REGISTER NOW

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Who at KRI should you contact?

Not sure who at KRI can help you?  Looking for their contact information?  Here is a simple organization chart with names and contact information for you!

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In-Person Trainer Forums at Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival!

We will have the blessing to be together for an in person Trainer Forum at Ram Das Puri (USA) on June 15, 2023, and on August 4th & 5th at Château Jambville (France). After three years of gathering online, we really hope to meet you there. Please arrange your travel accordingly. Registration will open soon.

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ATA Admin Corner

Meet below the ATA Admin corner, a place where we plan to leave important information always in hand!

Meet the ATA Regional Administrators

Join us in the upcoming Global Summit – Register today

A precious experience in the ATA pathway is to support and inspire your peers. Are you available to participate in a Lead or Professional INTERVIEW PROCESS? Click and Let us know! 

Are you an Associate, Professional or Lead and want to become a SPONSOR for an Applicant to the ATA? Are you a MENTOR and available to receive NEW mentees? — Click and Let us know!

Participate in KRI Standing Committees! Your engagement is VERY important.

Find all ATA documents in the Trainer Support Website – ATA Pathway and Program Administration.

Need help on how to use ATA Google Drive documents? See Short video HERE

Comment on ATA documents to help us improve the machine generated Translations!Useful links to L1 Admin Checklist – L2 Admin Checklist – 21 Stages Checklist

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Pedagogy tools sharing website, and upcoming trainer meetings

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Trainer-to-Trainer Sharing of Pedagogy Tools

The curriculum committee is very excited to announce the launch of this new section of the KRI website!  It is a place for trainers to share tips and tools with one another – powerpoints, videos, study questions, in-class activities, etc.  Some are just for your use and inspiration, and some might be links to videos or article or other resources that you may want to share with your teacher training students.  The curriculum committee came up with a few items to “seed” this feature, with the hope that all of you will begin sharing your own pedagogy tools!  Check it out and let us know what you think!

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In-Person Trainer Forums at Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival!

We will have the blessing to be together for an in person Trainer Forum at Ram Das Puri (USA) on June 15, 2023, and on August 4th & 5th at Château Jambville (France). After three years of gathering online, we really hope to meet you there. Please arrange your travel accordingly. Registration will open soon.

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Online Summit: “The Alchemy of Local & Global=Glocal”

You can register here to attend our upcoming Online Summit! The dates and times are: 

April 22 & 23, Noon at Beijing time

April 29 & 30, 8:00 am Los Angeles Time 

We will experience “The Alchemy of Local+Global=Glocal”, using the opportunity to meet with our peers from all over the Globe. During day one, we will share the space with Leader Representatives of National Associations from around the world, a chance to keep building community and network. As part of your registration, you will have access to live-synchronous workshop in May, with Hari Krishan Singh (from Germany) with Pritampal Singh Khalsa (from Chile/Mexico) and with Ram Inderjot Kaur (from Russia). You can see deeper information and register here.  Looking forward to meeting you there!

CLICK and REGISTER NOW

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Eligible Professionals can choose to have a Peer Reflection Group in substitution for a Mentor

The approved policy is for those in the Professional role who meet the prerequisites to substitute the role of Mentor with a peer reflection group, if desired. Please read the detailed document here.

Click HERE if you are a Professional and wants to apply

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Be part of an interview team!

Participating on an Interview Team is a wonderful opportunity and an important part of developing the leaders who will carry these Teachings into the future. If you are in the Professional or Lead role, one of the expectations is that you will occasionally participate as an interviewer.  Are you available to participate in a Lead or Professional Interview Process? Click and Let us know!

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ATA Admin Corner

Meet below the ATA Admin corner, a place where we plan to leave important information always in hand!

Meet the ATA Regional Administrators

Join us in the upcoming Global Summit – Register today

A precious experience in the ATA pathway is to support and inspire your peers. Are you available to participate in a Lead or Professional INTERVIEW PROCESS? Click and Let us know! 

Are you an Associate, Professional or Lead and want to become a SPONSOR for an Applicant to the ATA? Are you a MENTOR and available to receive NEW mentees? — Click and Let us know!

Participate in KRI Standing Committees! Your engagement is VERY important.

Find all ATA documents in the Trainer Support Website – ATA Pathway and Program Administration.

Need help on how to use ATA Google Drive documents? See Short video HERE

Comment on ATA documents to help us improve the machine generated Translations!Useful links to L1 Admin Checklist – L2 Admin Checklist – 21 Stages Checklist

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Upcoming Trainer meetings, Digital Certificates, Simplified Competencies forms, and new ATA role of Sponsor

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Learn more about the new role – ATA Sponsor

We are excited to share a new possibility in assisting a teacher to enter the Academy!  You don’t have to be a Mentor to guide a teacher in their first steps entering into the Academy. If you are an Associate, Professional or Lead trainer, you can now SPONSOR an intern to enter the ATA. Learn more about this new role by reading the Sponsor Role Description HERE

 Interested in being a Sponsor, let us know by clicking HERE.

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NEW Competency Evaluation Form for all roles

As part of the implementation of the approved proposal to “Simplify and Streamline the ATA Documentation” all the Competency Evaluation Forms (CEF) were reviewed. They are now unique for each role, and it is important that all trainers now work with the new versions, which can be found by role on the Trainer Support Website.  If you are a candidate for a new role in the Academy, DO NOT use the CEF on the portal.  

Intern – Associate – Professional – Lead – Mentoring Program – Level 2 Trainer

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Digital KRI Certificates

KRI has worked on a DIGITAL version of the KRI certificate! It is NOW available as a more affordable option for those requesting for a L1 Reprint (reprints only – NOT the certificates your students get when they complete their Level One) and are NOW the version received by practitioners requesting L2 certificates.   SINCE March 1st, the cost of the Hard copy of a L1 reprint OR L2 certificate is US$35.00, while the Digital version is FREE for L2 certificates and US$11.00 for reprints.

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In-Person Trainer Forums at Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival!

We are so excited to be back in person with all of you who are able to make it to these amazing community events.  We will have trainer forums on Thursday 15 June at Ram Das Puri, USA (a one day event), and on 4 August and the morning of 5 August (a day and a half event) at Chateau Jambville in France. 

Please, if you can, plan your travel to attend these forums.  Registration will be open soon! We are working on the agendas for each event and want to know what is important for you to talk about, experience and share.

Please email Ravi Prem Kaur at [email protected] to share your thoughts and/or if you are willing to participate in a meeting of 1.5 hours for that.

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Online Summit: “The Alchemy of Local & Global=Glocal”

An opportunity to gather with the Global ATA community and keep deepening fundamental conversations and skills. We hope to see you there! REGISTRATION SOON 

• Track 1: April 22-23. Starting at 12:00 pm Beijing time. Check your local time here. 
• Track 2: April 29-30. Starting at 8:00 am Los Angeles time. You can check your local time here

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Results of the discussions about the 2 proposals that were brought to the Jan 2023 regional meetings, and upcoming trainer events

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Comments from Regional Meeting on the 2 possible new policies

• Possibly allowing the creation of additional Level Two Modules – There is not enough support to continue pursuing this idea at this time.  Please read this note from the Curriculum Committee.
• Amendments to the Level Two trainer pathway – the Professional Development Committee is taking the feedback and re-working the proposal.  A new version will be submitted for a vote shortly.

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White Tantric Yoga

Courses are starting up again!  Check out the 2023 schedule here, with possibly more cities being added soon, and with Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival also planning to host courses as well.  You can encourage your Level One students to attend if they can.  And please try to not schedule other workshops or trainings in the same city at the same time as at tantric course.

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In-Person Trainer Forums at Summer Solstice and the European Yoga Festival!

We are so excited to be back in person with all of you who are able to make it to these amazing community events.  We will have trainer forums on Thursday 15 June at Ram Das Puri, USA (a one day event), and on 4 August and the morning of 5 August (a day and a half event) at Chateau Jambville in France.  Please, if you can, plan your travel to attend these forums.  Registration will be open soon! We are working on the agendas for each event and want to know what is important for you to talk about, experience and share. Please email Ravi Prem Kaur at [email protected] to share your thoughts and/or if you are willing to participate in a meeting of 1.5 hours for that.

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Online Summit: “The Alchemy of Local & Global=Glocal”

An opportunity to gather with the Global ATA community and keep deepening fundamental conversations and skills. We hope to see you there! Registration opens this week!

– April 22 & 23, Asia – Oceania Time Track Centered 

– April 29 & 30, Occident Time Track Centered

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

In our hybrid world, please remember to encourage online students to connect to their local community

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Results of the voting on the 2 possible new policies – Both are approved!

• Pre-recorded content in Level One and Level Two trainings, and make-up work – 88% approved of this proposal

• Some Professional Trainers having a Peer Reflection group rather than a mentor – 74% approved of this proposal

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The Aquarian Teacher, 6^th edition, now available in Spanish!

We are happy to announce that the 2020 edition of The Aquarian Teacher Level One Manual and Textbook is now available in Spanish. You can either buy them for your students in physical format or ebook through the Trainer Store or with your local distributor. If you would like a complimentary digital copy of the Aquarian Teacher in Spanish for yourself, please email HariShabad Kaur at [email protected].

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Trainer Discount Store changes

The Trainer Discount Store is being merged to the MAIN KRI store and this process will be complete in the next following weeks. Since L1 and L2 Program manuals are sold ONLY to trainers and their administrators, a membership permission will be granted to ALL active trainers and some known program administrators.  Please USE THIS LINK to allow access to any Administrator/Organizer that should be able to order your program manuals.

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Digital KRI Certificates

KRI has worked on a DIGITAL version of the KRI certificate! It will be available as a more affordable option for those requesting for a L1 Reprint (reprints only – NOT the certificates your students get when they complete their Level One) and will be the version received by practitioners requesting L2 certificates. 

AFTER March 1st, the cost of the Hard copy of a L1 reprint OR L2 certificate will be US$35.00, while the Digital version will be FREE for L2 certificates and US$11.00 for reprints.

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Trainers and National Associations collaboration – engage in the focus group

KRI and IKYTA are collaborating to help to create a focus group of trainers and leaders from the National Associations.  Some essential purposes of this group are to come up with a proposal for creative solutions or possible changes needed in the associations to support them being sustainable, to inquire into how (or not) Lead trainers can deepen their support of the associations both financially and through community leadership.  READ the full definition of the Focus group here (translations available).

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Improved access to ATA documents

As you all know, The Aquarian Trainer Academy team is working towards a better way to make ALL academy and program administration documents available to trainers.  These documents have restricted EDITING permissions and if you need to EDIT any document to use with your personal information some simple steps can be taken – Find a short video about this process HERE.

We encourage all of you to help us improve the translations. To do that, simply make the translation improvement as a COMMENT in the document itself, so it can be approved and reflect in the original document.

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Online Global Trainer Summit 2023 – Save the Date!

In April 2023, we will have our next Online Summit. Please Save the Date! Registration will be open soon. We look forward to see you there

• April 22 & 23, Occident Time Track Centered
• April 29 & 30, Asia- Oceania Time Track Centered

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Apply for Grant from Kundalini Beyond Borders

Are you, or any of your students, working to bring Kundalini Yoga to underserved populations? Would you like to be considered for a cash grant to support your work? The Kundalini Beyond Borders Program does just this, and we’d love to support you!

We are now accepting applications for grants of up to $2,000, to be awarded in March 2023. The new deadline for applications is now February 28, 2023 to be considered for funding. Before completing the application, kindly review the requirements to be sure that your project qualifies and to learn how to apply.

If you have any questions, please contact us at  [email protected] .

Grant Application Links:

English | ​​中文 | Español​ | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Português | Pусский

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Voting on two proposals, SSSC election delayed, and apply for a grant!

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VOTING IS OPEN

Please use this multilingual SurveyMonkey to cast your vote on the final versions of these two proposals.  In a change from last time, this vote will be a simple yes or no vote.

• Pre-recorded content in Level One and Level Two trainings, and make-up work

• Some Professional Trainers having a Peer Reflection group rather than a mentor

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SSSC elections have been delayed

We will let you know as soon as they announce a new timeline

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Online Global Trainer Summit 2023 – Save the Date!

In April 2023, we will have our next Online Summit. Please Save the Date! Registration will be open during January. We look forward to see you there

• April 22 & 23, Occident Time Track Centered
• April 29 & 30, Asia- Oceania Time Track Centered

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Apply for Grant from Kundalini Beyond Borders

Are you, or any of your students, working to bring Kundalini Yoga to underserved populations? Would you like to be considered for a cash grant to support your work? The Kundalini Beyond Borders Program does just this, and we’d love to support you!

We are now accepting applications for grants of up to $2,000, to be awarded in March 2023. Applications need to be submitted by January 27, 2023, to be considered for funding. Before completing the application, kindly  review the requirements  to be sure that your project qualifies and to learn how to apply.

If you have any questions, please contact us at  [email protected] .

Grant Application Links:

English | ​​中文 | Español​ | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Português | Pусский

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Happy New Year and lots going on as usual!

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Simpler, less bureaucratic ATA documents

KRI has listened to your feedback and made a lot of changes to almost all the ATA documents.  The intention has been to make them all simpler, less bureaucratic AND to reduce, where appropriate, the top-down hierarchical components.  At the same time, the documents now also reflect the NEW Level One ATA pathway (that was approved in the fall of 2021 by the ATA).  Please make sure to understand what is new in the L1 Pathway!  Machine translations to several languages are being gradually completed and will be found inside each Original English document. We invite all users to contribute with the improvement of these translations.

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Final Proposals for your Review and then an online vote

Please review and comment on Sutra the final versions of these two proposals.  Starting January 24^th, we will hold an online vote where all ATA members can vote on the adoption, or not, of them.  In a change from last time, this vote will be a simple yes or no vote.

• Pre-recorded content in Level One and Level Two trainings, and make-up work
• Some Professional Trainers having a Peer Reflection group rather than a mentor

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Minor changes to the Code of Ethics were made

Some small changes were made the top part of the Communication Policy to make the intent clearer, and a new Code Principle 9 was added to recover a piece that was in the previous code and we just discovered was missed in the new.  The additions are highlighted in yellow.

• The update Code of Ethics, and
• The updated Communications Policy

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Next Regional Trainer´s Meetings

Save the date!!  Our next ATA gatherings by region will happen in January, so Save the date! Registration will open soon.

• Asia-Oceania, Monday 16th January 8:00 am Beijing Time, 11:00 Sydney Time
• Europe-Africa-ME-Russia, Wednesday 18th January, 17:00 Lisbon, 18:00 CET, 19:00 Israel & South Africa; 20:00 Moscow
• Latin America, Thursday 19th January. 15:00 Mexico City; 16:00 Colombia, Peru, Ecuador; 18:00 Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile
• US-Canada, Friday 20th January, 14:30 Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver; 15:30 Albuquerque; 17:30 New York, Boston, Montreal and Toronto

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Online Global Trainer Summit 2023 – Save the Date!

In April 2023, we will have our next Online Summit. Please Save the Date! Registration will be open during January. We look forward to see you there

• April 22 & 23, Occident Time Track Centered
• April 29 & 30, Asia- Oceania Time Track Centered

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Apply for Grant from Kundalini Beyond Borders

Are you, or any of your students, working to bring Kundalini Yoga to underserved populations? Would you like to be considered for a cash grant to support your work? The Kundalini Beyond Borders Program does just this, and we’d love to support you!

We are now accepting applications for grants of up to $2,000, to be awarded in March 2023. Applications need to be submitted by January 27, 2023, to be considered for funding. Before completing the application, kindly  review the requirements  to be sure that your project qualifies and to learn how to apply. The application links in several translated languages can be found at the BOTTOM of the document.

If you have any questions, please contact us at  [email protected] .

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Free online course

 Understanding Pedagogy and Adult Learning: Tips and Ideas for Kundalini Yoga Teachers  – Led by Jagat Prem Kaur from Finland. Can be helpful to developing Competency 3.8 – Course Facilitation Skills.

 Check HERE  to see a list of some KRI E-Learning Center courses to contribute to the Teacher Trainers’ pathway throughout the Academy. The courses have been SUGGESTED in relationship with the Competency Evaluation form and the Units of Study Content Credit Form.

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Watch Amrit’s weekly video here

Wow there is a lot of stuff in this week’s update email!

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Recent Trainer Meetings

If you were not able to attend to last Trainer Meetings in 13rd and 19th November, here you can find a direct link to see the recording.  The conversations were deep, thoughtful, and impactful.  The primary tone shows that our community of trainers is growing able to coexist and even thrive with a diversity of perspectives on Yogi Bhajan.

• Asia-Oceania Time Centered, November 13rd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tOAwYtezsI
• Occident Time Centered, November 19th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVDeKk0rrDc

Because there was some confusion about the framing for these meetings, and confusion around KRI’s stance, here is a short video clip from the beginning of one of the meetings that hopefully will make it clear.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo0xsPiPHRA

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Recent updates to The Aquarian Teacher textbook and yoga manual

The internal KRI editorial team has just made some improvements to the English version of The Aquarian Teacher Level One textbook and yoga manual.  This new version is currently what is available in VitalSource, and will be printed into physical books at their next printing.  These updates are also being shared with translators. 

TEXTBOOK:

• Updated the Ethics section in Chapter 22 to include new Code of Ethics, links to online version of the Code of Ethics, updated 10 Rights of a Kundalini Yoga Student, updated and revised EPS Page. Additional Code Principles of the Code of Ethics have been placed in the new Appendix 1. 
• Added Appendices 1-3:

Appendix 1 –  KRI Code of Ethics — Code Principles 2-8, ethics article Understanding Power Imbalance in the Student-Teacher Relationship: A Yoga Student’s Guide

Appendix 2 – HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY CHART: AN OVERVIEW & KEY CONCEPTS IN YOGA HISTORY –  Overview includes the key concepts and important texts from each historical period, a teaching or study aid. Downloadable link on p. 47.

Appendix 3 – BIBLIOGRAPHY & FURTHER READING FOR THE HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY CHAPTER

• Added comprehensive new index with more than 1150 yogic terms with sub-indexes on yogic anatomy such as chakras and ten bodies, western anatomy, history and philosophy of yoga, and other important topics
• Consistency updates & minor spelling corrections, website link updates

YOGA MANUAL:

• Added comprehensive new index with over 300 postures and yogic terms, with updated sanskrit terms for yoga postures
• Changes to Tratakum meditation section, focus on general Tratakum practices such as candlelight Tratakum
• Couple of kriya corrections 
• Consistency updates & minor spelling corrections, website link updates

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Improved access to ATA documents

The Aquarian Trainer Academy team is working towards a better way to make ALL academy and program administration documents available to trainers.  In that process, you may have noticed that we have inaugurated the use of Google Drive documents, sharing with trainers a LINK where the most updated version and all the available translations could be found. These documents have restricted EDITING permissions and if you need to EDIT any document to use with your personal information some simple steps can be taken.

Find a short video about this process HERE.

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New Tools For Assessment Between Mentors And Mentees

The Mentoring Development Committee created two new tools to foster authentic assessments from each perspective between Mentors and Mentees. These tools were adapted from the Indiana University School of Medicine. We recommend that they are used as a conscious communication mechanism within the mentor-mentee relationship annually.

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E-Learning courses + Competencies and Units of Study Content Credits

To support your growth as a trainer, KRI has many online classes.  Most of them directly relate to one of the trainer competencies or one of the content credit areas. We’ve organized a listing by competency and content credit area to help you find resources for what you need to develop.

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New Versions of ATA Development tools (IDP, Units of Study, Competency forms – role specific)

• New Units of Study Content Credit Form – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P4BlpO4pjQNKKK792I4CF7ZtMUNSngHshxNFVoTzcuE/edit#gid=0
• New IDP – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s7Nde7oEuHvoQXomJcYJxQieZop0E63t/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114509722630653268841&rtpof=true&sd=true
• Competency Evaluation Form has been simplified and now is specific to each role. When starting an application Process please contact your ATA Regional Administrator to use the Role Specific Form.

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Trainer Discount Store changes

The Trainer Discount Store is being merged to the MAIN KRI store and this process will be complete in the next following weeks. Since L1 and L2 Program manuals are sold ONLY to trainers and their administrators a membership permission will be granted to ALL active trainers and some known Program administrators.

Please USE THIS LINK to allow access to any Administrator/Organizer that should be able to order your program manuals.

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Free online course

Understanding Pedagogy and Adult Learning: Tips and Ideas for Kundalini Yoga Teachers.  Led by Jagat Prem Kaur from Finland.  Can be helpful to developing Competency 3.8 – Course Facilitation Skills.

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Live Webinar on Death and Dying

10 December 2022 from 11:00 to 14:00 EST (New York) – Jiwan Mukht – Experiencing Liberation while Alive led by Jiwan Joti Kaur.

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Next Regional Trainer´s Meetings

Save the date!!  Our next ATA gatherings by region will happen in January, so Save the date! Registration will open soon.

• US-Canada, Friday 20th January, 14:30 Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver; 15:30 Albuquerque; 17:30 New York, Boston, Montreal and Toronto
• Europe-Africa-ME-Russia, Wednesday 18th January, 17:00 Lisbon, 18:00 CET, 19:00 Israel & South Africa; 20:00 Moscow
• Latin America, Thursday 19th January. 15:00 Mexico City; 16:00 Colombia, Peru, Ecuador; 18:00 Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile
• US-Canada, Friday 20th January, 14:30 Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver; 15:30 Albuquerque; 17:30 New York, Boston, Montreal and Toronto

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Online Global Trainer Summit 2023 – Save the Date!

In April 2023, we will have our next Online Summit. Please Save the Date! Registration will be open during January. We look forward to see you there

• April 29 & 30, Asia- Oceania Time Track Centered
• April 29 & 30, Asia- Oceania Time Track Centered

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Election Update from the SSSC

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