Podcast terbaik The Uncomfortable Conversations Podcast (2024)

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Episode 70: 'BREATH OF FIRE' HBO Documentary + KRI Damage Control Letter to Yoga Teachers 30:48

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The HBO Documentary Series 'Breath of Fire' is making its mark and causing a ripple effect into the Kundalini Yoga world. Tune into another episode to hear about the latest damage control letter sent out by the CEO of the Kundalini Yoga Research Institute (KRI) to Kundalini Yoga Associations & Ashrams worldwide. Conversations You Can Feel is a read…

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Episode 69: Rodolfo Caro (Bhajanjeet Singh - 2004 - 2020; Guaralajara, Mexico) 1:53:34

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Rodolfo Caro, formerly Bhajanjeet Singh became a Kundalini Yoga instructor in 2004 and integrated his home, family and spa business into the lifestyle brand of promoting KY and Sikh Dharma over the next 18 years in Guadalajara Mexico. He was even a Board Member of the International KundaliniYogaTeacher Association of Mexico until 2018 when he began…

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Episode 68: Spanish Channel for 3HO Survivor Stories 1:40:47

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Rodolfo Caro (formerly Bhajanjeet Singh) became a KY instructor in 2004 and integrated his home, family and spa business into the lifestyle brand of promoting KY and Sikh Dharma over the next 18 years in Guadalajara Mexico. He was even a IKYTA Mexico board member until 2018 when he began to disconnect from his local sangat community because of inco…

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Eps 67: 3HO Kundalini Yoga Cult(ure) Update w/ GuruNischan - May 2024 45:55

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This episode is a short update on topics relating to the 3HO/Kundalini Yoga community including the traumatic finale of the 3HO/Kundalini Yoga Independent Healing and Reparations Program (IHRP), recently filed lawsuits by former 2nd Gen staff members, SSSC Board election chaos, upcoming documentaries to look out for + more. Referenced in this episo…

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Episode 66: Manju Sadarangani - Kundalini Yoga 2020 - KRI Global Teacher Training 2:25:15

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Manju Sadarangani was born and raised in India, surrounded by yoga. Her yoga teacher mother insisted on an upbringing informed by yoga and traditional medicine. In her teen years, her deeply spiritual brilliant father joined a Hindu cult, resulting in upheaval resulting in her immigration to the United States with her mother and brother. Manju foun…

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Episode 65: Shabd Singh {Born and raised in 3HO 1987 - 2016} 3:09:15

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Shabd Singh was born and raised in 3HO Herndon, VA in 1987. His parents are Gurutrang Singh and Gurumata Kaur. He attended MPA from 1999-2005, was in the Eugene, Oregon ashram from 2006-2012, and taught at Miri Piri Academy in India as an economics teacher from 2012-2014. It’s been a slow but gradual disconnect from 3HO, and he fully disconnected i…

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Episode 64: Mel Hofmann {1970 - 1972; San Rafael, CA} 1:41:49

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Mel Hofmann, at the time was Melanie Calhoon started studying Kundalini yoga classes in 1970, at the age of 15 in Berkeley, CA . The local area ashram at the time was known as the “Banana Ananda” ashram in San Rafael, CA. She moved into the ashram in the Fall of 1971 at the age of 16 years old. Shortly thereafter, the name of the ashram was changed…

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Episode 63: Siri Whitecrow (1972 - 1988, Anchorage, Alaska) 2:15:43

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Siri Whitecrow, was born Elias Seneca Whitecrow in 1972 in Juneau, Alaska. His mom, Sat guru Kaur, joined 3HO with his older sister, Siri Kaur, in 1976 and his name was changed to Siri Singh Khalsa. His early life was spent between two different ashrams in Anchorage, Alaska, then in 1979 he was sent to Española New Mexico at 7 years old, living wit…

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Episode 62: Guruganesha Singh Khalsa (1972 - 2023) - Washington D.C. and Herndon, Virginia Ashrams 2:58:55

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Guruganesha Singh grew up in Natick MA, 18 miles west of Boston. Graduated high school class of 1968. In Feb 1972, he attended his first KY class at the boathouse at Smith College in Northampton MA, after seeing YB's tratakum pic on a flyer in the Student Union. Soon after he attended a weekend KY retreat at the Montague (montagew) in MA with Guru …

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Episode 61: Ravi Singh {Chicago/New York City - 1973 - 1999} - Evolving Kundalini Yoga 2:06:33

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Ravi Singh began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1973 and lived in the 3HO ashram in Chicago, IL. In 1974 he moved to New York City to be a writer and continued to practice Kundalini Yoga and began teaching. In the late 70's I had a brief stint as a resident of the 3HO ashram in Brooklyn, NY. He attended every Summer and Winter Solstice gathering from…

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Episode 60: Els Coenen (Ravinder Kaur; Belgium, 2008 - 2018) 2:17:29

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Els Coenen (formerly Ravinder Kaur) lives in Belgium. She was 49 when she took her first Kundalini Yoga class, immediately fell in love with it and became a teacher in 2008. She taught Kundalini Yoga for ten years, gave multiple classes a week, organized workshops and teacher training programs in Belgium and East-Africa and assisted in them. Every …

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2nd Generation Speaks Out - Open Letter requesting repairs to the Independent Healing and Reparations Program 1:13:19

1+ y ago1:13:19

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Over 100 Second Generation voices came together to craft an Open Letter requesting repairs to the Independent Healing and Reparations Program. Summer Solstice and European Yoga Festival are in full promotional swing--let's talk about it--and the recent resignation of Sahaj Singh Khalsa from the SSSC Board. Listen Read the OPEN LETTER Sign the Petit…

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Episode 58: Guru Kartar Kaur (Rue) Born and Raised in 3HO: 1997 - 2016; Mexico City, MX 2:02:03

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Guru Kartar Kaur (she now goes by Rue) was born into 3HO in Mexico City in 1997 to her parents, Guru Hans Kaur Khalsa and Siri Simran Singh. A couple months after she was born, Rue and her sister, Partmatma Kaur, were brought to New Mexico by her parents, to attend the Summer Solstice where she met YB and received her spiritual name from him. Rue’s…

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Episode 57: Ratnavali Kaur Khalsa (Ratna); 1996 -2023 - Boulder, CO and Espanola, NM 1:52:42

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Ratnavali Kaur Khalsa, (she goes by Ratna) was born in India in August 1996. At a few months of age she was adopted by Guru Nam Kaur Khalsa, of Espanola, NM and Sadhna Singh of Boulder, CO but it took over 1 year to actually get to the USA. In 1997 at 18 months old, she finally arrived to her parents: whom had adopted another child. in 1993, her br…

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Episode 56: The Lasting Impact of 3HO After Childhood - Darci Larocque Part Two: (1976 - 2022) 2:33:54

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This is a follow up conversation w/ Darci Laroque to share the lasting IMPACT of childhood neglect, abandonment, and survivalist 3HO training to breed "spiritual-warriors" that she, and other children of 3HO/Kundalini Yoga, "Sikh Dharma" received. Hint: It's NOT Healthy, Happy, or Holy. It's communal abandonment disguised as consciousness. You can …

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Episode 55: Darci Larocque (1971 - 2020 Dorchester, MA, Espanola, NM and Los Angeles Ashrams) 3:19:35

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Darci Larocque, was born Darci Clack in 1971. Her father joined 3HO in 1974 in the New Haven Ashram. Her mom and father were divorced and at the age of 5, she started visiting the ashram in Dorchester, MA, where her father had moved. One day in first grade catholic school, her dad and a friend in full Bana showed up in the middle of a school day an…

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Episode 54: First Generation Fragility - Two Years in Review 1:35:45

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Speaking on "1st Generation" Fragility: The impact it has on our lives in 3HO present day and historically. Listen to "Second Generation" perspective on how to listen and hear US in real time. Resources: Group therapy with the Trauma Healing Project Email: dmcilwain@healingattention.org https://healingattention.org/ For Somatic Therapy: https://dir…

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Episode 53: Goldie (Started KY in Utah; 2001 - 2014) 1:34:25

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Goldie found her first Kundalini class at 10 years old in 2001 and by age 12 was regularly attending KY classes at her local community college in rural Utah. She then started going to 4AM sadhana and started a 40 day practice. At age 17, she attended her first Summer Solstice and went every year for the next 5+ years and participated in the setup c…

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Episode 52: Pritam Hari Kaur (Joined in 1981, Hamburg, Germany; 1987 moved to Johannesburg, South Africa) 2:42:43

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Pritam Hari Kaur born in Germany and grew up in Indonesia and Spain, of German post-war parents who wanted nothing better than to head out into fresh and new horizons. After being kicked out of her house by father and step-mom at 19 years old, she felt orphaned, and eventually met Yogi Bhajan in 1981 at age 21; fully embraced the ashram lifestyle. …

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Episode 51: BethVandam - (Sat Atma Kaur-2007-2020 Los Angeles) 2:23:30

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Beth joined the Los Angeles Kundalini Yoga community in 2007 while at grad school earning her MFA in production design for film and TV at the American Film Institute. She discovered Golden Bridge Yoga studio in Hollywood and soon became a regular student there, then quickly a sevadar, then a part-time front desk manager, and ultimately a full-time …

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Episode 50: Jules Hartley Part 2 (2011 - 2018 - Joined 3HO in Los Angeles 2:26:47

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Part Two with Jules Hartley. We go into detail of her personal story of emotional/psychological abuse from her Teacher Tej Kaur (Los Angeles; Nine Treasures), other 3HO experiences including White Tantric Yoga for both Winter and Summer Solstice, Los Angeles, as well as the highly "coveted" position and privilege of volunteering at the SSS Cabin to…

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Episode 49: Jules Hartley (Amrita Kaur - Los Angeles, CA - 2011 -2018 ) 2:16:15

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Jules Hartley joined 3HO in 2011, changed her name to Amrita Kaur, and actively participated as a Kundalini Yoga teacher, worked for White Tantric Yoga (Health&Humanology), Golden Bridge Yoga, Nine Treasures Yoga, and performed work exchange for KRI and 3HO, and did seva (selfless service) at the RaMa Institute as well as the Guru Ram Das Ashram in…

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Episode 48: Siri Om Singh; Mexico City, Mexico (Started KY 2006 - 2021) 2:46:29

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Siri Om was born Ivan Sanchezin Mexico City in 1971, graduated from the National University of Plastic Arts with a degree in Graphic Communication. Being a restless seeker of answers and in the midst of incessant alcoholism and deep depression he begins taking regular kundalini classes in February 2006. Making great changes in his life, he takes hi…

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Eps.47 - 3HO Reparations Claims and Concerns 46:47

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The deadline for the Independent Healing and Reparations Program of Sikh Dharma (3HO/KY/SSSC) is coming up on August 19, 2022. The protocol and eligibility is available for all to read below. Help get the word out to others who may be eligible by sharing this podcast. This episode discusses basic eligibility guidelines and the importance of legal r…

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Episode 46: The Ram Das Puri Land Purchase Story with Gigi Kaur; (GuruGun Kaur - 3HO member from -1971 - 1983) 1:44:45

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Guru Gun Kaur, simply goes by Gigi, joined 3HO in 1972 at Mendocino Summer Solstice. She became devoted to the practice of yoga, cleansing and detoxing from her young adult years during the time of sex, drugs and rock and roll; moving away from the “negative” lifestyle, while rapidly moving toward her new found faith and “conscious” family, led by …

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Episode 45: Kartar Diamond (In 3HO from 1974 - 1995; Los Angeles, CA) 2:01:07

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Kartar Diamond was Born in 1961 and grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County with a Reform Jewish upbringing. First exposure to 3HO was about 10 years old. She started practicing Kundalini Yoga at age 14. She took Sikh vows at age 19. She had a semi-arranged marriage at age 20, which lasted 2 years. She dropped out of college b…

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Episode 44: Vandee Crane (formerly Pavandeep Kaur Khalsa; 2009) 1:47:52

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Vandee Crane is the author of My Body, My Soul: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Both, as well as Founder and Director of Rise In Love Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit, whose mission is to support individuals, families, communities and companies in understanding and healing the individual and collective Mother Wound by bringing Women of all Nations…

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Episode 43: Mark Bailey (Abuse from ex-3HO Member - 1996 - 1999) ”The Predatory Patterns We Weave” 1:57:13

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Mark Bailey left home at a young age and lived as an artist on the fringes of society. From the ages of 15-18 experienced psychological manipulation and abuse from a member of 3HO while a student for Summit School for the Arts in Chisago City, MN before it was shut down in 1999. He settled down after a serious accident in 2006 and spent the next de…

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Episode 42: Predators and the Predatory Formula of 3HO/Kundalini Yoga Culture 1:07:06

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Discussing Predators and the "wise-man" predator formula and grooming behavior that is infused throughout all aspects of 3HO/Kundalini culture, "The Teachings", the Aquarian Academy and a false sense of safety in these spaces. Help us raise awareness and money for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Host a “Lighting Up the Dark Watch Party” …

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Episode 41: Our Shared 3HO Identity of ”Exceptionalism” and ”Otherness” 1:23:52

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Today's episode I share my experience of being unravelled the last few months in my sense of IDENTITY, the challenge of "otherness" that we perpetuate as real, the lie of 3HO "exceptionalism" and its roots in white supremacy; and all things indoctrination, hidden in plain sight., including, NO BANGS ALLOWED! Break free with me...and let's discover …

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Episode 40: WHITE SILENCE, EXCEPTIONALISM, SUPERIORITY AND THE SPIRITUAL WHITE WOMAN 1:35:40

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Today we explore White Supremacy in all it's forms of White Silence, White Exceptionalism, White Superiority, Tone Policing, the prey and predator of the Spiritual White Woman and more ways it exposes itself in our actions, thoughts, behaviors and communication within the context of 3HO and the World. Book referenced and played: ME AND WHITE SUPREM…

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Episode 39: Shanti Oshan (Started Practicing Kundalini Yoga in 2014- 2021) 3:20:35

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Shanti Oshan, previously known as Shanti Karam Kaur has been practicing Kundalini Yoga since 2014 but became deeply involved when she met her teacher in 2019, Isa at a Sufi retreat in Southern California. This is when she vowed to seek Truth through the guidance of God’s voice no matter what. She started Teacher Training in Oceanside, CA and dove h…

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Episode 38: Dr. Ron Alexander (Mind-Body Psychotherapist; Original KRI Scientist 1970s) 1:06:33

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Dr Ron Alexander (formerly Shama Singh) is a Mind- Body psychotherapist, international trainer of health care professionals specializing in creativity and trauma. He was recruited by Yogi Bhajan to co-found the original Kundalini Research Institute in 1973 as well as co-founder the Center for Health and Healing at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los…

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Episode 37: Taran Kaur (Started KY in 2014 - 2020; U.K.) 1:19:19

3+ y ago1:19:19

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Today’s guest is Taran Kaur. Her birth and original name was Alice, and she started practicing Kundalini Yoga in 2014 (late 20s) following guidance from 3HO’s website on Kriyas, meditations and doing many 40 days practices with them. Through this she quit drinking alcohol and focused on getting on the mat everyday rather than nursing a hangover. Al…

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Episode 36: Narangkar Glover (Born and raised into 3HO;1974 in Hartford, CT) 3:15:59

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Narangkar is an artist and advocate for 3HO second generation adults. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two cats. Narangkar was born and raised in 3HO in the 70’s. Her parents are the Gurujohns who headed the Hartford CT ashram in the 70’s & 80’s. She a big extended family in 3HO as well: 2 aunts & uncles, one set of grandparents, 5 cousins …

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Episode 35: Shiv Cook (Started Kundalini Yoga in 2001 - 2020) 2:00:22

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Today’s guest is Shiv Cook. On September 1, 2001, super successful on the outside, broken and sad on the inside, as well as being over 220 lb, Shiv was as she called it, "kissed by Kundalini Yoga". Within 4 months of her first taste, her home burned down two days before the WorldTrade Centers fell and nearly took her with it and this led to her lea…

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Episode 33: Mira "HarKrishan" Khalsa (Born and raised in 3HO; 2002-2020; Los Angeles, CA) 2:11:54

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Today’s guest is Mira “Harkrishan” Khalsa. She was born in 2002 in the Los Angeles ashram. Her parents are Siri Atma Singh and Gobind Kaur Khalsa. She attended Summer Solstice and Khalsa Youth Camp every year growing up. In 2005, her family moved to Nambe, New Mexico to be a part of the Espanola ashram and because her mother got a job at “The Ranch…

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Episode 32: Bibi Bhani Khalsa (1970-2020; Phoenix, AZ) 2:37:11

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Bibi Bhani Khalsa joined 3HO in 1970 in Columbia, Maryland. She landed in Phoenix, AZ the following year and has lived there ever since except for a brief time in Heber, AZ. She is a musician who has made several recordings over the years. She spent time in LA and Espanola under YB's direction. She taught Kundalini Yoga for many years, but never tr…

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Episode 31: Gérard Lach (Jap Nirantar; Germany, 2010 - 2017) 2:04:16

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Gérard Lach was born in 1978 in northern Germany. He became involved in Kundalini Yoga/3HO during the years of 2010 to 2017 after suffering a herniated disc and cervical spine issues, seeking healing and repair after physical therapy. Keeping his original name, while integrating his new spiritual name, Gérard Jap Nirantar took to the intensity of K…

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Episode 30: Simona aka Dharma Devi (Joined 3HO in Italy; 2000 -2019) 3:22:05

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Today's guest is Simona, aka Dharma Devi, a professional yoga and meditation teacher, as well as a dance educator. She's been practicing yoga and meditation since she was 9 years old. She entered the Kundalini Yoga community in 2000/2001, and even though the red flags were quite red, she didn't listen to her intuition, and started her path within t…

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Episode 29: GuruNischan Kaur Khalsa (Born into 3HO 1977; Phoenix, AZ) 2:37:13

3+ y ago2:37:13

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GuruNischan Kaur Khalsa was born and raised in the 3HO Kundalini Yoga community in 1977 in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Navigating a challenging early childhood with lots of chaotic changes, including her mother leaving the Dharma in 1978, custody battles and despicable communication between fighting parents, among other things. She grew up resilient…

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Episode 28: Porter Singer aka Sirgun Kaur (2009 - 2020) 1:52:43

3+ y ago1:52:43

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Today's guest is Porter Singer (aka Sirgun Kaur) Porter Singer took her first Kundalini Yoga class at the Golden Bridge in Hollywood, CA in 2009. Drawn to the allure of this space and (mainly) the music they played, she signed up for a children’s teacher training program that same day. It was in that training she met a fellow musician who invited h…

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Episode 27: Jivan Elizabeth Dorji (1994 -2012) 1:38:57

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Jivan Elizabeth Kaur found Kundalini Yoga in 1994 when she sought help and attended a holistic therapy center where she met Shiv Charan Singh (The Founder of the Karam Kriya School in Europe) who was the head counselor there. In 2001 she qualified as a KY teacher at the Karam Kriya School , and in 2005 she went to India with her daughter (born 1995…

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Episode 26: Sofía Becerra (Joined 3HO in Mexico City; 2007 -2014) 2:07:05

3+ y ago2:07:05

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Sofía Becerra was born in Mexico City, to a non-practicing catholic family. She was always interested in spiritual experiences, and when she was 21-22 years old she lived two very traumatic experiences that involved sexual abuse and drugs, that left her very confused and in a cuasi schizophrenic state. In 2007, as part of her search for healing, sh…

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Episode 25: Olivia Taglioli (brought into 3HO in Italy at age 6; 1985 - 2010) 2:13:35

3+ y ago2:13:35

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Today's guest is Olivia Taglioli. Originally born in Italy and lived there until 1998. At age 6 years old, her mom announced that Olivia was to receive her spiritual name, Atma Kaur, from Yogi Bhajan, whom she met in the summer of 1985 in Spain. From then on, under her mom's guidance and sometimes insistence, she began practicing Kundalini Yoga and…

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Episode 24: Kewal Wright (Joined 3HO in 1996 -2013) 1:45:12

3+ y ago1:45:12

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Kewal came into 3HO in the late 90’s. She met and became a student of Yogi Bhajan when she was 20 years old and spent the majority of her 20s and 30s working in the 3HO community. She was one of the founding owners of Yoga Yoga, opening and managing multiple yoga centers and living in Guru’s Grace Ashram in Austin, Texas. Later she became the direc…

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Episode 23: Gurunam Atwal (Born in 3HO 1989; Eugene, OR) 1:58:55

3+ y ago1:58:55

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Gurunam Atwal was born and raised into 3HO in Eugene, Oregon in 1989. Her parents are Sarbjit Singh Atwal, a Punjabi Sikh who was raised on a farm in the Punjab and her mother, Simrit Khalsa, who joined 3HO in her early 20s while taking Kundalini Yoga classes in Seattle. Gurunam and her brother Hargobind Atwal, both attended Miri Piri Academy for s…

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Episode 22: Ardas Khalsa (1981 - 2020) 2:01:46

3+ y ago2:01:46

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Ardas lives in the Austin area of Texas. She took her first Kundalini Yoga class in Hamburg Germany in 1981 when she was 21. She went back to the US and moved into the Roswell ashram just north of Atlanta in 1982. In 1982/83 academic year she attended Association Montessori Internationale in Atlanta to be a certified Montessori teacher. Her plan wa…

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Episode 21: Dev Dharm Singh Khalsa (born in 3HO 1992; Alaska) 1:37:48

4y ago1:37:48

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Dev Dharm Khalsa was born & raised in Anchorage Alaska to his parents Guru Bandhu Singh & Hari Atma Kaur Khalsa, both 3HO Kundalini Yoga practitioners. Shortly after the Anchorage, Alaska Ashram (run by the Nirvairs) closed. At the age of 13, he left Alaska to attend Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar, India. He spent five years at MPA before returning …

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Episode 20: Lana April Reed (formerly Shakta Khalsa; Joined in1972) 1:34:21

4y ago1:34:21

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Lana Reed (formerly Shakta Khalsa) started practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1976. She lived in the Baltimore Ashram where she met Kartar, her husband. She lived fully committed to the path, worked with children in the dharma, and raised a son, Ram Das, who went to MPA for many years. Lana started making inner shifts beginning in 2001, and around 2008 t…

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