Our hearts go out to each of you at this time of great upheaval and challenge. We’re sending you our wishes for health for yourself, all your loved ones, your communities and the world.
In response to the very real public health challenge of COVID-19 virus pandemic, we have decided to cancel the Newport News, VA May 2020 KRI Teacher Training course.
We look forward to supporting you online with Kundalini Yoga classes.
Love and blessings,
Atma and your teaching team
This course is for you, whether you want to be a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher or just immerse yourself in the healing practices of yoga every month for 7 months. Experience the ancient self-healing practice of Kundalini Yoga and then weave it into your life of heart-centered purpose.
Bring peace and health to yourself and to our world just by your radiant presence!
If you are just curious or sincerely interested, read on for all the details!
Love and blessings,
Atma and your teaching team
Our start date has been changed from April 3 to May 30. We are hoping to get more registrations between now and then. If we don’t get enough to start this spring, we will plan for next year. Har Darshan is also planning a training in Chapel Hill, NC to begin in September, 2020. Each member of our teaching team has other teacher trainings they are involved in too – for one near you, https://kundaliniresearchinstitute.org.
Please Note: the preregistration date has been extended to February 7, 2020
May 30,31
June 6,7 and June 13,14
July 11,12,13 and July 17,18,19
August 8,9 and August 15,16
September – date to be announced
October: a couple of hours Oct. 2, full days Oct. 3 & 4
Times: the Fridays are just for a couple of hours in the evenings and Saturdays and Sundays are 8am – 6pm.
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, Level One
So, you are considering Level 1 KRI Teacher Training! Whether you want to teach, or
simply deepen your practice, you will find that this training is designed for serious aspirants
of the science of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®. This is an intensive
program for those who wish to make yoga an integral part of everyday life. This training
is for deep yoga immersion, study, and transformation within a community of other committed students. You will be guided by a Lead trainer who has over 30 years experience living a yogic lifestyle, as well as additional experienced trainers. You will experience yoga as it relates to relationships, life choices, work, and daily living. You will grow in your own practice, teaching skills, and self-understanding.
This is a deeply comprehensive training and we will study all aspects of Kundalini Yoga including asana, pranayam, mantra, meditation, yogic nutrition and lifestyle, and philosophy. The true purpose of yoga is to realize your soul. You may expect purification and cleansing to occur on many levels: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. You will gain insight into past patterns and what has limited you. Through your yoga and meditation practice, you will develop the skills to unify your soul’s desire with your worldly life. This curriculum has been designed to condense into a 10 month period that which yogis have spent decades perfecting.
This is a truly unique opportunity – to experience this Level 1 training in Newport News,
Virginia! Kundalini is the Mother of all yogas – yoga in its original, ancient form – a way to bring healing to body, mind, and spirit!
Curriculum Requirements
• 100% attendance required. Please be aware that if you have to miss any class time, it will
need to be made up so that you will be in compliance with the Yoga Alliance requisite of
180 classroom hours. The trainer responsible for any time you miss will have to devote
extra time to you in planning make up work. You will need to pay each individual trainer
$50 per day that you miss. (If you have 2 trainers teaching that day, each person will need
to be paid $50 for their time).
• Homework will include text reading, preparing a 6 and a 10 week teaching plan, a 40 day
practice, and 5 group sadhanas attended either during the teacher training or elsewhere.
• A White Tantric Yoga course attendance. The cost for this is not included in the fee. See
the White Tantric website for opportunities. Information about the October course in Virginia
will be given.
• 20 regular Kundalini yoga classes or workshops equaling 20 classes. This cost is also not
included in your training fee.
• Commitment to the entire program
• Karma yoga will be performed by all students during our weekends to keep our space
clean and graceful
• A vegetarian diet will be observed during our class time
• Punctuality
• Completing a final exam.
The course fee of $3300 pre-registered by Feb. 7, 2020, or $3500 after. Payment plans are available. Tuition includes all aspects of the course except the 20 classes and White Tantric. Textbooks, tea, snacks, and student membership in the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association are included in your tuition. No refunds will be given once the training begins. If you are on a payment plan and discontinue the course before completion, you will be responsible for the remaining payments. Please email (atma2@verizon.net) or call (757-595-3746) Atma for payment and payment plan options.
Application Questions – please email to hardarshan@matashaktiashram.org:
1. Describe your relationship with Kundalini Yoga and why you
wish to take this training.
2. What do you hope to achieve?
3. How do you currently apply the philosophy of yoga to your
daily life?
4. How will you make time for daily practice?
5. How will you meet the financial requirements?
6. How is your physical health? (include major illness, medications,
surgeries)
7. How is your diet and your belief about it?
8. Please include a little about your emotional and mental
health (previous or current therapy, addictions, eating disorders,
bouts of depression, etc.) This information will be
held in strictest confidence. Remember that any difficult
times you have experienced will help you to serve your future
students who have their own difficulties.
9. When you experience emotional or mental challenges during
the training, what support resources do you have available
to you?
10. How large a role does Mantra play in your current
practice?
11. Have you had any experience teaching?
Please submit one reference with contact information. Someone
in the yoga community, such as a teacher who knows you,
would be a good choice.
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