Sunder Singh Khalsa is one of Yogi Bhajan’s earliest students. He is the KRI Teacher Training Coordinator for Asia, and a long time member of the KRI Teacher Trainer Executive Committee. Recently he was invited to serve on the KRI Board of Directors. Sunder Singh owns Khalsa Jewelers, a fine jewelry business with multiple stores, and was blessed to serve as one of Yogiji’s jewelers for over 25 years. His mission is to serve the emergence of 3HO in Asia, and to that end he has dedicated time, energy, and personal finances.

Students came from around the world to this Kundalini Yoga workshop at Ban Bhu Whan retreat center in Bangkok , Thailand

y journey to the East started many years ago. Shortly after meeting Yogiji in the early ‘70s he told me I would one day be teaching in China. Looking at me with those penetrating eyes of his, he said that there are thousands of souls I am destined to touch and share the teachings with. Although he never told me to move or travel to Asia to teach, the seed had been planted.
In the beginning of 2001, I felt the timing was right to start teaching in Asia. It was not a conscious decision; it was more an inner knowing, like an inner compass that oriented me. Since I am in the jewelry business and go to Thailand for sourcing, I decided to start teaching in Thailand. I knew no one in the Yoga community there so I attempted to set up a Kundalini Yoga workshop through my business contact in Thailand. After spending a few months strategizing, it didn’t work out. Finally the time came for the moment of truth. I was leaving for the International Jewelry Fair in Bangkok in approximately four weeks. I could either give up the idea of teaching in Thailand or listen to my inner compass. I told my wife to book my flight a week before the Jewelry Fair so I could teach. My wife asked me who and where I would be teaching. I told her, “I will teach, it doesn’t matter if I have to teach the birds in the park, I will still teach.” Once I decided that, I got an email address of someone in Thailand who had an interest in Kundalini Yoga. I sent him an email stating my intention to teach a Kundalini Yoga workshop there and asked if he could help. I got an immediate response stating he had been praying for a Kundalini Yoga teacher to come to Thailand and, yes, he would help organize the workshop.

Pieter Samara was a longtime student of Yogiji in the early ‘70s but had somehow lost touch with 3HO over the years. Hehelped organize the workshop, created a website (www.kundalinimatashakti. com) to publicize the workshop, and with his connection to the JW Marriott Hotel in Bangkok, was able to secure the main exercise room in their Spa at no charge. So instead of teaching the birds in the park, fifty-plus people showed up for the workshop at a five-star hotel. The moral to this story is that when the language is right, whatever one calls the Infinite—God, Guru, or Existence—it always responds, but the language has to be right. And the language is the language of the heart and soul. Initially I was using my head trying to figure out the best strategy to organize a workshop on a different continent. I finally gave up using my head and allowed the purity of my intention to manifest. And the Universe responded and the unseen hand of the One moved. Out of that first workshop in Bangkok we have now three Teacher Trainers and we still have a regular class at the JW Marriott.
Fast forward to today, and now Kundalini Yoga is taught all over Asia and Australia with Teacher Training programs in Thailand,Singapore, Sri Lanka, China (three programs), and Australia. We are also planning to begin Teacher Training programs in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and possibly Nepal within the next year. One of our goals is to make sure the teachings percolate through the local population in order to develop local teachers and eventually trainers. We want to plant the teachings in the local soil and let them blossom.
My personal intention is to serve the emergence of 3HO as envisioned by Yogiji for Asia.
To that end I have started three projects.
The first is to initiate a process to be able to bring students to our Mother Ashram in Espanola, New Mexico, on a scholarship basis to be immersed in activities and lifestyle so they can go back and serve with that experience in their spiritual DNA. I am happy to say we have started the process with Amandeep Singh from Singapore.
The second is to start the first annual Kundalini Yoga Festival Asia to be held in Bangkok, Thailand. The purpose of the festival is to create a sense of community, a place and space that is 3HO among the yoga students from many diverse countries and backgrounds. Preceding the Kundalini Yoga Festival Asia (November 25-30) will be a KRI Level 2 Mind and Meditation module (November 18-23) facilitated by Gurucharan Singh Khalsa,

the KRI Director of Training, and me. A White Tantric Yoga course will follow the Festival (November 29, 2008). We are going to have a great time with some wonderful teachers and a lot of transformation. For more information you can email event-info@kundaliniyogathailand.org or go to www.kundaliniyogathailand.org. My hope is that you support this endeavor, for we are all one in the shared vision of 3HO.
My third project is to build a teaching center in China in the foothills of the Himalayas in Yunnan, which is next to Tibet. The RaMaDaSa Yoga and Wellness Center will be the premiere teaching center in China for the teachings of Kundalini Yoga, Humanology, and Wellness as taught by Yogi Bhajan. I believe China will have a large role to play in the world and in the transition
into the Aquarian Age. We want to create and leave a legacy where people can come and feel the touch of their own innate excellence as human beings. For more information please contact Tonie Nooyen at hanton@loxinfo.co.th or Angad Kaur at rebeclo@yahoo.com. Following is a brief report from the region submitted by the respective countries:
Thailand
Kundalini Yoga in Thailand started with the visit of Sunder Singh Khalsa to Bangkok in 2001. Since then the teaching has rapidly expanded. Today, a core group of teachers and trainers has formed into the Southeast Asian 3HO Kundalini Yoga community. The big challenge is language. Translation of materials
is a critical issue for the spreading of the teachings. Translation of the KRI Level 1 Teacher Training Manual into Thai is gradually progressing. info@KundaliniYogaThailand.org
Singapore
The second cycle of the KRI Level 1 Teacher Training recently ended in Singapore. There are more and more Kundalini Yoga classes being taught in Singapore. Camp Miri Piri was held on Singapore’s St. John’s Island in June 2008. Eighty people, young and old, experienced “Facing your Fears” led by visiting teachers Shanti Kaur and Gurutej Singh from New Mexico, and local teacher Jasbir Singh. Camp Miri Piri 2009 will be in Espanola, USA, and will return to Singapore again in 2010.
Guru Jaswant Khalsa
gjkaur@gmail.com
Christine Plaud
Christine@InnerKeys.com
Malaysia
Kundalini Yoga classes have been taught for the past 18 months in the Kuala Lumpur area. The first Kundalini Yoga and lifestyle studio, Chayo Studio, opened on August 1st in Petaling Jaya. We plan to begin teacher training this year to build our resource of teachers. To keep updated about our events and news, please send us an e-mail at info@chayostudio.com.my.
Guru Jaswant Khalsa
gjkaur@gmail.com
China
The first KRI Level 1 Teacher Certification program was completed in 2007. A new cycle
of Teacher Training has started (in English), as well as the first ever Teacher Train7 ing program in Chinese (in Shanghai and Guanzhou). Translation of the KRI Teacher Training Manual into Mandarin is now completed. The next project is to put Chinese subtitles on videos of Yogi Bhajan. Students have completed the transliterations of Japji1 and the sadhana mantras2 into phonetic Chinese!
Plans for the future include producing a DVD on how to integrate Kundalini Yoga into the Chinese daily life style.
Rebecca Lo
rebeclo@yogaasia.com
Japan
In Japan Kundalini Yoga is just starting to bloom. The Level 1 Teacher Training
is scheduled to start early in 2009. Classes are now taught in Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Okayama, and Nara. One of the biggest challenges in Japan is translation
of materials. However, there now is a Japanese translation of Kundalini Yoga by Shakta Kaur. Translation of the KRI Level 1 Teacher Training Manual will be the next major project. Totally secluded in a forested location, the Guru Ram Das Ashram and Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Mountain Retreat Center is less than one hour from Osaka. Kundalini Yoga Japan was recently a representative to the G8 Religious Leaders Summit which brought together religious and spiritual leaders from around the world to promote
Peace and Environmental Survival.
Ajit Kaur Khalsa
ajitkkyoga@yahoo.co.jp
Sada Anand Singh
goldenjp@kcn.ne.jp
Australia
Eighteen months ago the Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association Australia & New Zealand(KYTANZ) was formed.Currently there are seventy registered teachers and 2 KRI Level 1 Teacher Training programs,one in Sydney and one in Melbourne.The KYTANZ Professional Practice Program is a mentorship program to complement our Level 1 Teacher Training program.New teachers are provided.

1 A prayer written by Guru Nanak which relates the conscious mind to the soul; one of the daily prayers of the Sikhs .
2 Seven mantra meditations taught by Yogi Bhajan for the purpose of daily spiritual practice
with support in their transition from student to teacher through having a mentor from our teaching community. We have also started a program to support women in rehabilitation. We are hoping we can extend this program to support all women’s refuge centers in the Sydney area. We are actively working with the Asian Kundalini Yoga Community to be part of this larger community.
Suraj Kaur
suraj@kundaliniwellbeing.com
Cambodia
Training Cambodians in Kundalini Yoga through partnership with local communities is the main activity of the Kundalini Yoga program. In addition classes are held at the Kundalini Yoga House. Work has been done on developing Stress-Free programs for both the care-givers and the residents of NGO-funded programs working with AIDS patients and working with rehabilitating former sex workers. Three young Cambodians who have almost completed the KRI Level 1 Teacher
Certification Program conduct classes in two schools located in slum areas of Phnom Penh. The aim is to help young people living in high risk situations with the technology to relieve stress and trauma, to build self-confidence and balance personalities, and open new vistas. Opportunities to expand into other areas around Phnom Penh, such as a resettlement project for poor families, and a vocationaltraining program, are emerging.
hanton@loxinfo.co.th
info@KundaliniYogaCambodia.org
Vietnam
In Vietnam Kundalini Yoga is not yet so easy to find. In 2002 classes were taught in Hanoi by visiting teachers. In October 2007 and May 2008 teachers from the Kundalini Yoga group in Thailand presented workshops at Zenith Yoga Center in Hanoi. Another workshop is scheduled for November 2008. With two highly motivated practitioners living in Hanoi who attended the Level 1 Teacher Training program in Bangkok and who are committed to teaching, it is very likely that on your next visit to Hanoi you may be able to attend regular Kundalini Yoga classes.
Michelle Noullet
minh_sen@yahoo.com Xiomara Perez xiomyperez@gmail.com
Sri Lanka
There are Kundalini Yoga classes, retreats, and workshops in Colombo. Three certified teachers are teaching in Colombo, and new teachers (enrolled in the Teacher Training Certification Program) are starting classes, including yoga for children. Two retreat centers dedicated to Kundalini Yoga are being planned. Workshops conducted by Shiv Charan Singh from England and Sunder Singh Khalsa in 2007 and 2008 attracted considerable interest. In 2008, an intensive Level 1 Teacher Certification Course was initiated.
Fiona Raymond
raymond.fiona@gmail.com
Anand Kaur
annoushka.hempel@gmail.com
Useful websites:
www.kundaliniyogajp.com (Japan)
www.kundaliniyoga.com.au (Australia)
www.yogaasia.com (China)
www.KundaliniYogaThailand.org
(Thailand)
www.KundaliniYogaCambodia.org
(Cambodia)
www.yogaeastsingapore.com (Singapore,
Malaysia)
www.sanasuma.co.uk (Sri Lanka)

Angad Kaur (Rebecca Lo) ,currently teaching in Shanghai, is professionally qualified by IKYA ( International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Association) and internationally recognized by YA ( Yoga Alliance).
Also professionally qualified to teach Children's Yoga and Family Yoga.

Completed the "Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Training Course" in Toronto and attended the "Certificate Program to teach Children's Yoga" conducted by Shakta Kaur Khalsa, an internationally renowned teacher, author, and pioneer of children's yoga.

Deliver Kundailini Yoga classes in English, Cantonese and Mandarin yet keeping the teachings as pure as taught by MasterYogi Bhajan. Guide students to the state of awareness to experience the differences Kundalini Yoga brought to them .

Angad Kaur was born in Hong Kong and migrated to Melbourne , Australia in 1995 where she had the first Yoga Lesson in her life ever….and that was Kundalini Yoga. Since then, she has never practice any other yoga type because she feel so fulfilled. The transformation power of Kundalini Yoga has changed her completely both physically and spiritually. She has been a vegetarian since the first year she practiced Kundalini Yoga. She used to be proud of being a social heavy drinker . Now she is proud to have a purified system that does not allow any drop of alcohol inside her . She used to be proud of her Branded fashion , shoes and handbags. Now she is very happy just being in the simple white cotton dresses and trousers.
In 2000, she moved to Toronto, Canada where she has the chance to deepen her practice of Kundalini Yoga with the Teachers Training Level I. She has never thought of being a professional certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher until 7 days after she moved to Shanghai in 2005. There were emails and calls from expats’ community asking for Kundalini Yoga classes.
Her intuition told her strongly that she does have a mission in China. She set up Yoga Asia Studio …the very first Kundalini Yoga studio in China….6 months after she settled in Shanghai. Since then the Kundalini Yoga community is growing and she has taught over 1,000 hours.

In 2006 at Summer Solstice in New Mexico, USA (Headquarter of 3HO), Angad Kaur was appointed by KRI Director in Asia, Sunder Singh ,to be the first KRI certified Trainer in China .
She is also the first certified Radiance Child Yoga Program (RCYP) teacher trainer in China. She has completed KRI Level II program in London in 2007 .

National Healthy Industry Working Committee awards Senior Yoga Adviser Professional Certification to Angad (Rebecca Lo). In the Mean time she is appointed as a committee member of the Yoga Licenced Management Base in Shanghai. At the beginning of the 2008 she was invited to attend The Harbin Yoga W/ inter Sport Meeting of the Sheng Ma Cup as a committee member.