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| Wahe
Guru Kaur, Awareness Center Owner & Visionary |
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Wahe Guru Kaur’s classes have a way of transporting
you to another realm. Her warm presence creates a safe, loving environment
and encourages you to move through mental and physical blocks toward
greater strength, peace and inner clarity. Wahe Guru Kaur uses eclectic
world music, chanting, mantras, and the gong to accompany the yoga,
and uses inspiring readings to create the theme of the class. Afterward,
you feel that you have stretched and strengthened the body, calmed
the mind, and are leaving with a message to uplift your consciousness
during the week. Wahe Guru Kaur has been teaching Kundalini Yoga
since 2001.
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| Santokh
Singh Khalsa, D.C., Awareness Center Founder & Master Teacher |
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Dr.
Khalsa is the spiritual advisor and Master Teacher to the Awareness
Center. He has been practicing Kundalini yoga for over thirty years
and had the great blessing of learning directly from Yogi Bhajan.
He and his wife, Suraj, founded the Awareness Center in 1974 and
both have been teaching ever since. Dr. Khalsa teaches the Beginner’s
Series and has a thriving Chiropractic practice in Pasadena.
Dr. Khalsa teaches the Wednesday 7:00pm Beginner's Series. |
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| Suraj
Kaur Khalsa, Awareness Center Co-Founder |
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Suraj Kaur Khalsa began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1974 and became
a teacher in 1976. Her teaching style is empowered by the fact that
she learned directly from Yogi Bhajan and had the honor of personally
serving him for almost 30 years. Her classes are a gentle yet invigorating
combination of kriyas and breath work. Using inspiring Universal readings
and teaching, she creates a soothing, uplifting environment that is
healing to all; beginners and long time students alike.
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| Alyssa (Chandra Kaur) |
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Alyssa took her first Kundalini Yoga class when she was pregnant with her son. He seemed to love it as much as she did, and the two of them have been doing yoga together ever since. Alyssa believes her Kundalini Yoga practice helped her make a graceful transition into motherhood and is excited about sharing yoga with other new parents. In her parent/child classes, Alyssa creates a safe and supportive environment in which parents and their children can have fun while connecting with others and with themselves. When she's not doing yoga, you can find her in the kitchen or hiking in the mountains with her family. |
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| Antonella (Livtar Kaur) |
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Antonella (Livtar
Kaur) became a certified hatha teacher because she likes to give students
a physical workout that prepares the body for meditation. “I
have profound respect for this technology and science because it really
works. Most people approach yoga for strength and flexibility. And
if you want to stop there, great. But if you are open to it, it gives
you so much more… Yoga is a mirror of what happens in life.
We practice in class, and step by step bring it into our lives. It
is my goal to help as many people as I can to heal from spiritual
and energetic blocks that we carry as a result of past experiences.”
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| Basia
(Haridass Kaur) |
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Basia (Haridass
Kaur) is a Reiki Master/Sekhem energy practitioner and has been teaching
Kundalini Yoga and meditation since 1999. Her classes emphasize her
personal philosophy of heart-conscious-prosperity. Basia’s goal
is to help you open your heart center and cultivate your awareness
of the infinite possibilities for prosperity in life: abundant joy,
health, and wealth. She specializing in Healing Treatments utilizing
breath, sound, and energy work with other Natural Therapies.
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| Beatris
(Sat Avtar Kaur) |
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Beatris (Sat Avtar
Kaur) enjoys guiding her students deep within to their center. Inspired
by life and Mother Earth, she teaches the balance and courage of patience,
forgiveness, love, and kindness. Beatris loves to do warm ups that
stretch and strengthen the core muscles. She will gently take you
into a meditative state where you can focus on releasing blocks and
raising your vibrational awareness. Beatris has been teaching Kundalini
Yoga since 2002. |
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| Carolyn
(Siri Har Narayan Kaur) |
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Carolyn's (Siri Har Narayan) class motto is "time to go within
and have your own personal experience." This is what Siri Har
Narayan values in her own practice and strives to create such a
space for her students. The tone of the class is often set early
on to gently coax you inward and allow you to find inner strengths
and resources. Siri Har Narayan will guide you through your practice
with instructions at each shift and then quietly allow you to work
on the kriya and the kriya to work on you. In addition to Kundalini
Yoga she teaches Qigong, a type of moving meditation that helps
to release energy blocks, relieve stress and increase vitality.
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| Daisy
(Dhanwant Kaur) |
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Daisy (Dhanwant Kaur) was born in El Salvador and is bilingual in English and Spanish. She received her yoga training in 2006 at Golden Bridge, Los Angeles. While going through her teacher training, she felt the strong calling to raise the knowledge of yoga and meditation to the Spanish-speaking community. Her classes are warm and welcoming, and provide a sacred space for new and returning students to release blockages and experience their true nature. |
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| Denise
(Sat Mohine Kaur) |
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Denise (Sat
Mohine Kaur) began practicing Kundalini yoga in 1999 and became
a Level 1 Certified Teacher through the Kundalini Research Institute
in 2005. In addition to teaching she is a vital member of the yoga
community! You will find her behind the front desk, in the garden,
and taking yoga classes at the studio. Her warm humor and insight
provide a safe place for balance and release. Her teaching specialties
include working with people in recovery and those with limited mobility
or chronic health conditions, as well as with children.
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| Donna
(Guru Bachan Kaur) |
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Donna (Guru
Bachan Kaur) is a KRI-certified teacher and practices healing through
the use of therapeutic gemstones designed for both meditation and
adornment. After a career in high tech, she embarked on a spiritual
journey that brought her to the Awareness Center, Kundalini Yoga,
and the spiritual energy of gemstones. Guru Bachan is a graduate
of the Awareness Center Teacher Training Program. |
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| David (Guruprasad Singh) |
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David (Guruprasad Singh) teaches the $8 Community Class so that everyone can enjoy yoga, even if they have fewer means. His teaching style is both energizing and meditative to help his students achieve new levels of awareness of themselves and their bodies. He is a graduate of the Awareness Center Teacher Training Program c/o 2008.
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| Gillian (Atma Kaur) |
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Gillian (Atma Kaur) brings a warmth and light to her classes that
allows one to reinvigorate, relax, and renew on many levels. In
a class with Atma, enter the flow of true identity and acceptance
of self by integrating mind, spirit, and body. Sharing awakenings
through life's changes is built into the fabric of her classes,
as is a supportive atmosphere. Atma embraced the gentle power of
Kundalini Yoga as a foundation for living while taking Santokh Singh
Khalsa's beginners series in 1995. She became KRI certified in 1998
and teaches a variety of ages and abilities. All are welcome.
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Hari Singh |
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One of The Awareness Center’s veteran instructors, Hari Singh
has developed a strong following for his 7:00am Saturday class. He
takes his time describing the purpose of each exercise and often ends
the class with a deep relaxation and gong meditation. If you would
like to go deeply within, this intermediate level class can take you
there.
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| Helen (Dev Avtar Kaur) |
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Helen (Dev Avtar) is a graduate of the Awareness Center Teacher
Training Program. Her intention for each class is to strengthen
body, mind and spirit through the healing aspects of Kundalini Yoga.
Her classes are calm and meditative while still giving each student
a thorough body experience. Emphasis is on going inward while unblocking
and raising Kundalini energy through movement. Helen is a Hypnotist/Psysotherapist,
Reiki Master and a graduate of the Awareness Center Healer Training
program.
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| Lauren (Inderbir Kaur) |
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Lauren’s (Inderbir Kaur) class provides an opportunity to experience an elevated state of body, mind, and spirit. She loves Kundalini Yoga and the efficiency with which it works to remove blocks so one can deeply experience meditation and a sense of oneness. Sharing the practice of Kundalini Yoga with others is a passion and joy for her. Lauren has been practicing various forms of yoga since 2002. She is a certified teacher in Hatha Yoga since 2005 and a graduate of The Awareness Center Teacher Training 2010 program and Healer Training 2009-2010 program. |
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| Marcia (Nimrita Kaur) |
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Marcia (Nimrita
Kaur) started her yoga practice in 1993 with Jivamukti yoga. In 2004
she began taking Kundalini classes and fell in love with the vibration
qualities that meditation and chanting provided. Nimrita brings her
talents as a professional intuitive to add extra elevation and guidance
to her classes. Her teaching goal is assisting students to open up
to the truth of who they are and their dharma, or life path.
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| Marcy (Nimrita Kaur) |
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Marcy
(Nimrita Kaur) has practiced Kundalini Yoga since 1996, and has
been teaching it since 2005. Her teaching style suits both beginners
and long-time yogis who wish to be energized and inspired, and also
experience a deep meditative state. She takes the time to explain
the purpose and intention of each exercise, as well as the underlying
yogic philosophy. Students come away not only feeling good, but
with a better understanding of yogic technology. |
| Maryem (Siri Avtar Kaur) |
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Maryem (Siri Avtar Kaur) is a graduate of both the Awareness Center Teacher Training Program and Healer Training, and is a public school educator. As the mother of a beautiful daughter, she provides a safe, nurturing and playful energy to The Awareness Center's Pre-Natal and Pranayama Mamas (parent and child) yoga classes.
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| Sheila (Nirmaljeet Kaur) |
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Sheila
(Nirmaljeet Kaur) enjoys teaching all levels of students, from first-time
beginners to practitioners with years (or decades) of experience.
Her classes emphasize the Kundalini Yoga basics of breathing and
postures that serve to ground students in a strong foundation for
their practice. Featuring a wonderful range of eclectic music such
as Eastern, Chill out, World and a plethora of non-traditional music
(Louis Prima, anyone?), you can learn in a comfortable, fun, and
stress-free environment. Her classes work to bring passion, joy,
enthusiasm, and humor into your life. |
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| Susan (Seva Simran Kaur) |
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Susan's (Seva Simran Kaur) class focuses on self empowerment. Her
goal is to help people find their inner teacher and awareness through
compassion and self-love. In a comfortable and judgment-free space,
one can release negative thought patterns and deep emotional issues,
clear head-space, and experience deep healing on all levels. This
class begins on the physical plane by learning to be present in
the body and then moves into the subtle realms of higher energy.
This experience will help you to play, grow, and gain ownership
over your life's course.
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| Timothy
(Guru Darshan Singh) |
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Timothy
(Guru Darshan Singh) began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 2004 and
has found it to be a profoundly life-altering way of life. He seeks
to uplift and inspire his students through his first-hand experience
of the power of Kundalini Yoga to overcome fears, old beliefs and
addictions. He is a graduate of both the Awareness Center Teacher
Training Program and Healer Training Program.
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| Vicky
(Jap Dharam Kaur) |
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Jap
Dharam was first introduced to Kundalini Yoga in 2004 and from that
moment realized the value of independent power it bestowed on its
students. After finishing her teacher training at Golden Bridge,
Jap Dharam has made it a personal path to give the gift of liberation
to any individual through the technology of Kundalini Yoga. She
says, “I will teach on a street corner if I have to!”
Jap Dharam’s classes are focused on reminding students of
their true identity and perfection via effective yet gentle sets,
stimulating mantra and deep relaxation with gong. All are welcome.
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