Unveiling the Power and Purpose Behind Kundalini Yoga: A Personal Journey

Before We Begin...

My intention in this article is to share my personal experience & perspectives about Kundalini Yoga, it's origins, Yogi Bhajan & the continued teaching of this beautiful & incredibly powerful practice; that few have shared on the internet or otherwise. I will speak with truth, forthrightness, integrity & courage. In reality I am going against the grain of an important subject where many have spoken in aversion to Kundalini Yoga, it's origin & teachings, and about Yogi Bhajan himself.

There is so much missing and many inaccuracies regarding the aforementioned topics! The Kundalini Yoga community is split into a variety of sections right now, and there is a ton of blame, shame, guilt & untruths that are being perpetuated!

I clearly realize that there are those who are going to misunderstand my sharing on this subject. There may also be those who become enraged at my sharings on this tender subject. And still there are those who want to continue their current path of ignorance, looking for more fuel to validate & justify their position on this topic.

So, if your looking for more mental masturbation, or fuel for the continuation of judgement, hatred or unhealthy discrimination of Kundalini Yoga itself or of Yogi Bhajan You Will Not Find It Here.

If you are open to & interested in a clear fresh & new perspective regarding this then please read on. Ultimately, and this has rarely been expressed, It is YOUR inner compass-YOUR vital intuition that matters the most!! Aside from, above and beyond anyone else's personal experience, words or views.

What is Kundalini Yoga?

Kundalini Yoga is known as The Yoga of Awareness. It was brought from India to the West in 1969 by Yogi Bhajan ( Harbhajan Singh Puri). Kundalini is a yoga practice using Breath, Mudra, Movement & Mantra. Kundalini Yoga works directly with the Kundalini Energy (Kundalini meaning - "Hair of the Beloved"), which is the Life Nerve of the Soul itself. Kundalini Yoga is an incredibly potent & powerful practice to Awaken one's self to the Soul, and our innate Humanness; with the potential of unifying our Whole Self in unity with each other & all of Creation.

Kundalini Yoga contains a plethora, literally thousands of meditations & kriyas to support anyone in their individual awakening & to help with literally any challenge or area of their lives. Kundalini Yoga is both the study & practice of Yogic Technology & the study of Humanology, presenting a profound opportunity for unifying both Human & Divine within ourselves.

Effects of Kundalini Yoga

The effects of Kundalini Yoga are profound to say the least! There are an astounding range of effects when one is practicing Kundalini Yoga! There are so many positive effects of that it would take a book to write of them all! So let's start by naming just a few.

• Awakening to one's Soul & thereby our vital Intuition

• Finding ways through Any block or challenge in life

• Increased Prosperity

• Balancing all facets & projections of our Mind

• Unifying & living our Body, Mind & Soul as one cohesive Being

• Living Victorious through all aspects of life

• Healing Trauma at it's core

• Increased Energy & Strength

• Healing addictions

• Eliminating Depression

There is an incredible ignorance & misuse of power by some who have practiced & taught Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan; and unfortunately by those who know nothing about this practice or it's inherent power & benefits-who are operating from fear, prejudice & negative discrimination. Which has led to further confusion & inaccuracies regarding this practice.

1. There are those who have reported that their personal experience of Kundalini Yoga is just a way to get naturally "High".

2. Others have expressed concern at the perceived & potential dangers of practicing Kundalini Yoga or of working with & raising the Kundalini Energy itself.

3. And yet others have challenged the validity of Kundalini Yoga as it is practiced by millions all over the Earth in it's current form as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

Is Kundalini Yoga just a practice to get naturally "High"?

First, the practice of Kundalini Yoga is based on Intention & Attention. Intention being - what do you want to create? Attention being - where is your focus at? If your Intention is to "Get Naturally High", then your Attention - your focus is going to follow that.

There is nothing wrong with doing something to get naturally high. Many people run for this effect. Others cycle, practice yoga, exercise, or even have sex for this effect. Far too many who have practiced Kundalini Yoga have reported this practice as just a simple means to get high, Period! This could not be farther from the truth! Whether through how they were taught or through their own innocence & ignorance; the further depth, experience and knowledge of this practice is not fully generated, acknowledged or brought into deeper realization.

There are good teachers & not so good teachers. There are immature teachers & those who have ego based intentions; and there are teachers who have pure intent & who have the depth & caliber to consciously uplift & help their students to dive ever more deeply into Themselves.

For instance, when I started Kundalini Yoga 20 years ago I needed deep support that no other spiritual practice, human being or therapist could offer!! I was 33 years old and in my beginning stages of healing severe trauma & PTSD. I was recovering from drug & alcohol dependencies, and I was racked with intense grief & depression. I also needed to take care of myself and provide the financial resources for my basic necessities of life. I was severely challenged in Every area of my life & I needed HELP!!

At this time in my life I was practicing Qi Gong, Hatha Yoga, Clearing Meditations & Mantra Practice in my sincere attempts to fulfill all of my aforementioned needs & healing. While these spiritual practices brought more relief, stress reduction and increasing clarity, they were in no way capable in supporting me as I needed! In reality I needed a miracle that no other source or person outside of myself could offer!!

I was incredibly blessed & very honestly lucky to have Kundalini Yoga literally fall into my lap! I was at a Puja (a Hindu Fire Ceremony) and I met a woman who I became intimately involved with. She was a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, and within 2 days of us meeting she shared Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan with me.

The instructions of how to practice were pretty simple. Always "Tune-In", practice the kriyas & meditations how they were taught, and seal the practice by "Tuning-Out. That was it. Now I was left with my own experimentation and proving the validity of the practice of Kundalini Yoga.

As my Soul I am naturally a deeply devotional Being! I have also retained, even to this day, a childlike curiosity, along with faith & trust. I am also blessed with a plethora of lifetimes of practicing yoga, meditation & a host of spiritual practices.

I chose to practice Kundalini Yoga upon my return trip home from the Fire Ceremony. My very first Kundalini Yoga Meditation was astounding!! I had no Kundalini Yoga teacher present with me, and I chose to practice alone. The meditation was clearly written, and was pretty simple to follow-a naturally seated position, a hand position (mudra) and a mantra. The immediate effects blew me away!!

I felt an unmistakable knowing & feeling of the Divine Itself dropping into my hands. With any practice that I had previously done I was consistently looking outside of myself. I had to wait for Sanskrit mantras & practices to work & begin to manifest results. And my other spiritual practices did not have the depth or the breadth to carry me through the enormous challenges that I was experiencing in my life!

Here I had a practice that within minutes had already dropped me into ME, and began producing effects that were far above and beyond anything that I had experienced before!! This was much more than just getting "Naturally High"!! My intention & attention had a roaring depth & desire for HELP & for profound changes in my life!! I did not know it at the time but my deepest desire was to awaken to and live fully as my Soul. I had to trust, I had to surrender. And I was very fortunate to have my childlike curiosity to open me more fully in my practice. I was blessed & supported beyond my wildest dreams!! And ALL of this happened without knowing a single thing about Yogi Bhajan, or the history of Kundalini Yoga. Hell, as I said I didn't even have an external teacher! It was my own Inner Teacher-My Soul that was my Guide.

Is Kundalini Yoga Dangerous?

The not so simple answer is Yes & No. Kundalini accurately defined means "Hair of the Beloved". It is the Life-Nerve of the Soul itself. There can be both a purposeful intention to raise the Kundalini Energy, and an unintentional & spontaneous raising of this energy. When Kundalini awakens and begins to rise it can happen in various intensities, producing a wide variety of "symptoms" & results. It can feel wondrous & awe inspiring, confusing, horrific & terrifying. The spontaneous awakening and raising of Kundalini often takes place through the Soul itself, and it's undeniable desire & intention to awaken! It does not always take into account the readiness of our mind, our body or the challenges that may and often do arise when Kundalini is awakened. In our intentional awakening and raising of this energy it can be born out of ignorance, truly not knowing what we are getting ourselves into, or of the potential dangers that may & often times do arise. In either case - intentional or unintentional, there is No Mistake or Accident when it happens!!

It is important to understand that the awakening & raising of Kundalini is Not confined to just Hinduism, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan or to Eastern philosophies or religions. There are factual accounts of both men & woman within Christianity, Buddhism, Native American & others having the same experiences of Kundalini Awakening.

Not too long ago there were supports put into place when someone would go through Kundalini Awakening. There were those who had traveled this path, and through their gained experience & wisdom were able to guide & support others going through this profound awakening experience!

The "symptoms" of Kundalini Awakening can be subtle or they can be profoundly extreme!! For one, it is incredibly challenging on the nervous system, the brain & the mind! It takes a lot of energy from both the body itself & even from the Soul. There can be hot flashes or feeling like one's head or body is on fire. There can be "Kundalini Psychosis", which is a viable and very real thing. Karma & Trauma can clear at an exponential rate. There can be migraines that present themselves; and a variety of other "ailments" as the Kundalini is awakening and rising. All of this can happen as it clears & moves through our entire System & Being, at times like a firestorm.

Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan is Safe & Highly Effective when practiced as it was taught!! If we follow the guidelines within the teachings themselves, practice with respect & reverence (Not to any person, but to our own Soul), and practice with Balance; then yes Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan can be safe. And... Even within this practice of Kundalini Yoga if not practiced with balance & respect with and for the practice itself-yourself-and your Soul, then yes we can get into some very challenging waters.

As mentioned, Kundalini is incredibly potent & powerful!! We have to be mindful of and consistently aware of our whole Being when practicing Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, or any form of spiritual practice to raise the Kundalini. How is our practice impacting our mind, our nervous system, our body and our life?? It takes Awareness on our part to regularly tune-in to ourselves & how our practice is impacting us.

Ideally we have a good teacher to guide us in our practice; and a good and knowledgeable teacher can be hard to come by. Other times it is solely our Soul that is our guide, and our Soul is ultimately our primary navigation and source whether we have an external teacher or not.

Did Yogi Bhajan Make Up Kundalini Yoga?

This is a question that has been asked since Yogi Bhajan began teaching Kundalini Yoga in the U.S. back in 1969. There are proponents who say that Yogi Bhajan made up Kundalini Yoga as he taught it. And that there is no proof within the Sacred Scriptures or Teachings of Hinduism or of Eastern Yoga that can verifiably prove the validity of some or many of the kriyas or meditations that he taught. Other meditations & kriyas, along with Sacred Wisdom Teachings that were taught by Yogi Bhajan Are within many Sacred Eastern Texts.

Let's start with verifiable truth. It is true that the teachings of Kundalini Yoga in and of themselves, preceding Yogi Bhajan and his teachings, were always kept sacred and secret. This was done for different reasons. 1. The teachings were not to be shared with anyone who was not classified as "worthy" of the teachings! This often times went by a cast system, where the impoverished and poor were deemed unworthy, making the teachings unavailable to them. 2. Kundalini Yoga, as with many other spiritual traditions were passed down from teacher to student. This was to keep the accuracy and the purity of the teachings in tact, and also as a safety to anyone practicing Kundalini Yoga. 3. Keeping the teachings sacred & secret to prevent the mis-use of the teachings, and their inherent power.

While there is a large body of information & teachings about Kundalini & Kundalini Yoga, this body of information is throughout Sacred Hindu & Eastern Scriptures. I don't think that it was ever put into one distinct volume of information. And, many Guru's & Spiritual Teachers may have had just one student at a time. Even if they had many devotees, there was still a great care that was taken to safeguard and guide the devotee in there journey to Self-Awakening. Also various Gurus from past times did not always have a large body of knowledge, and taught many times through direct knowing from Source, offering few techniques or any at all to their students & devotees.

So, how can we expect to find a large body of information or even snippets of factual information or teachings of Kundalini Yoga with the aforementioned parameters in place??

A Synthesis of Kundalini Yoga

As I have learned in my intense study of Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan & my practice of a variety of yoga & spiritual practices - Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan was a synthesis of both ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga and Yogi Bhajan's bringing forth from Source a plethora of yoga practices & meditations, along with sacred teachings on Humanology & Yogic Technology. As I have learned in my practice of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan he practiced intensely through a viable master, and learned a wealth of information & practices that he later shared in his teachings with the East & the West.

What others have inaccurately referred to "Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga" and other misrepresenting terms; where in fact cognized through his intuition with deep inner listening to Source & his deep desire to serve & uplift all who needed help and who would listen!!

If you have had awakening experiences & continued deepening within YOU, your True-Self, then maybe you've also had experiences where there is a spontaneous flow of information. Where different or "new" practices, mudras, or movements naturally occur. Or where there is a flow of information that comes through you that you did not study or learn, and there is no verifiable way according to your current understanding of How this information that has it's own validity and truth could even come through you.

If you doubt any of this, there are ways to verify this for yourself! And be aware that these verification's will not come from others or from the internet or any other source outside of YOURSELF!! For this there needs to be calm & quite within. A deep desire for Truth & Integrity, along with a Childlike Curiosity. We have to be willing to go beyond right or wrong, and to receive only the highest Truth; which in reality is deeper than and beyond the teachings themselves.

Are we willing to let go of our own ego? Are we willing to come into our own Sovereignty, and put aside what any outside source is telling us to believe or accept? What does YOUR inner compass, YOUR Vital Intuition tell you??

The Controversy Regarding Yogi Bhajan

It has been reported by many that Yogi Bhajan abused, raped & molested several students. Personally I Do Not and I Will Not deny what any student of Yogi Bhajan have shared regarding the abuse, rape and molestation!!

I have also been abused and tortured, even raped on the level of my Soul by Several "gurus" & spiritual teachers!! I have witnessed firsthand "gurus" and spiritual teachers misuse & abuse their power, and their sacred duty to be stewards of humanity!! I have witnessed the Life & Soul devastating effects of this behavior and perpetuation of abuse!! The effects of abuse & trauma can create scars for an entire lifetime and even lifetimes. And is incredibly challenging to heal; taking great devotion to one's self, skill, inner awareness & support from a very good & qualified professional!! I know all of this firsthand because of my own continued healing & from the sacred trauma healing work that I do with my clients & anyone who is suffering.

Now, these next parts may enrage some, and seem contradictory to what I have just shared. Personally I did not experience firsthand the abuse from Yogi Bhajan itself. I have heard firsthand accounts of others who truthfully communicated that Yogi Bhajan did yell and scream at them. That he was berating to them. I believe this to be truth also. And...

I do not know, nor do I think that anyone knows where Yogi Bhajan's Consciousness was at with all of this, or where his Consciousness & his own Inner Awakening was at. I will dive deeper into this point. There have been viable accounts of Gurus from the past who yelled, screamed at, negated & ignored their own students. Gurus who have by all accounts 'abused' their students & devotees, according to our current understanding & cultural beliefs regarding abuse & trauma. There is also an aspect of Consciousness itself where there is no right or wrong. Everything & Everyone just IS. We are and Everything IS just pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness. Personally I have had experiences of such profound Heart Opening that things that would be perceived as immoral, right or wrong did not exist as so. I later learned inwardly that is what is referred to as Heart Without Wisdom. These are not just beliefs! They are viable facets & realms within Consciousness itself. Consciousness that is free of the duality of right or wrong, good or bad. Even those who we hold in high esteem, with great devotion and trust, who are no longer here in a physical body; and who we value and follow their teachings may very well have done all of these things, along with having sex with their own students & devotees.

Let's take it a step further. There are Light Beings, True Light Beings who have either left their physical bodies or have had no incarnation within the this 3rd dimension. These beings who are servants of humanity and beyond and who are benevolent; These beings have and do pawn their own karmas, or the karmas of others onto a Being with an open heart and desire to serve. Light Beings, and other dimensional Beings have ego's too!! Just because they are no longer, nor have ever been in 3D Reality does not mean that they are devoid of any of this!!

We have a wealth of accounts of students & devotees who have been raped, molested, abused and even tortured by their gurus & spiritual teachers. We have a wealth of accounts of gurus & spiritual teachers misusing & abusing power and their sacred role as stewards for humanity. Sai Baba reportedly molesting children. Sai Maa called out by one of her own monks as having sex with her students & abusing several others. Amma Chi, where there was a vivid accounting of her abuse by one of her swaminis (nuns), upon her devotees, mis-appropriation of donations that were supposed to go to several charitable organizations; and abuse & rape committed by her swamis. In the Shambhala Buddhist Community Sakyong, Mipham Rinpoche sexually abusing his students. And many other examples...

I honestly know personally that I would not be able to use this degree of power, fame or recognition with integrity, truth, wisdom or self-control!! Do any of us really, truly know that we would be able to handle this type of power with integrity, truth, wisdom or self-accountability, HONESTLY??

Humans have a natural tendency to judge, to shame & guilt others, to make others WRONG!! Can any of us really and truthfully say that we have not lived past incarnations where WE have misused power?? I know, through my diving into and remembering many past lives, I have been most everything that we judge, and make heinous and horrific; or Divine & Angelic!! I have been a monk many times in my past embodiments. I have been a warrior. I have been a murderer and a thief. I have been the abuser and the rapist. It is only through my deepest desire for Truth & for Full Healing & accountability that I have been able to continue to come to Truth with all of this; and be Truthful to myself and others. How many of us have the courage, the willingness to even begin this type of journey into who we truly are and who we have been??

So can we STOP & PAUSE just for a moment, and take the finger that we are pointing at others and point it at ourselves, with as much compassion, understanding & forgiveness that we are capable of??

It is also coming into greater clarity that many gurus & spiritual teachers have viable psychosis operating within them. Ranging from narcissism, to sociopathic behavior and many more. It has also come into light that many of these gurus and spiritual teachers have extreme levels of Spiritual Bypass!! There is an unwillingness to go into their own shadow. Spiritual Teachings & especially an Awakening or viable Enlightenment takes precedence over anything that is not termed Enlightened or Self-Realized. If you truly look at any one of these gurus or spiritual teachers there is always a negation of the self, of their humanness & the humanness of others. Of their own flaws and mistakes. Or there is either no true enlightenment there within them in the first place. Or they are in a stage of awakening where ego is more predominant and dangerously close to impeding them or stopping them from any further Awakening.

This has also been refereed to as the "Up & Out" form of Awakening, of Enlightenment; and is heavily steeped within the hyper-masculine dharmas all over the world; and that have existed and been perpetuated for centuries!! Christianity is guilty of this, as there is a striving for Heaven & deliverance from "sin". Buddhism & Hinduism are guilty of this, as there is a focus on being free of the cycle of birth and death and the permanent releasing of one's karma. There is also a heavy focus on Nirvana, or God-Consciousness, Unity-Consciousness or Cosmic Consciousness. In absolute Truth, Humanity has been seeking and striving to be free of suffering, while staying blind to the absolute necessity to go "Down & In" to one's one Humanness!! Into the gritty, messy, painful, seemingly imperfect places of darkness and shadow within ourselves!! And it is in our tender humanness, in these places that most of humanity does not want to go, where the True Enlightenment takes place!!

Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan & it's different communities are not devoid of nor do they get a free pass on this one as well!! I have experienced many organizations that were started by Yogi Bhajan or his students, Kundalini Yoga Teachers and the Kundalini Yoga Community having the very same spiritual bypass!! Yes, Kundalini Yoga & it's effects feeling fucking AWESOME!! Yes, the Yoga itself works, and produces the most amazing and truly miraculous results!! And...

Perpetuated Abuse within the Kundalini Yoga Community

It is never, ever, one-sided!! We ALL have accountability in everything that is happening on Earth and within abuses that are rampantly happening to so many!! In the Truest Reality there is NO separation, and we are Truly One In Consciousness. An interweaving Unity amongst us ALL!!

The abuse that I am going to speak of is not primarily within the Kundalini Yoga Community alone. It is within so many spiritual organizations & spiritual communities!! Shit really does roll down hill!! The consciousness of the guru or spiritual teacher is inevitably passed down to their very own organizations, communities, teachers, students & devotees. If you've been a part of these organizations & communities, the treatment of each other and our personal experiences therein are proof in and of themselves.

The Kundalini Yoga Community is just one facet of the larger whole of this perpetuated pandemic!! Personally I have chosen to follow my own Soul, and the 10 Sikh Gurus in all of my practice of Kundalini Yoga!! My Soul & the 10 Sikh Gurus have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to always support me in my Sovereignty. They have always followed through and kept their word. And they have always been an enormous, and consistent guidance and support in my life!!

With the Kundalini Yoga Community not so much!! The organization as a whole and even individual Kundalini Yoga Teachers have carried a pretentious & entitled air about them. This is true with American Sikhs as well. Kindness, Love, Support, Equality, Humility and HEART have been largely missing!! And there is too often a primary focus on the 3rd chakra, or the naval point as it is called in Kundalini Yoga. The 3rd chakra is the seat of Power. Though it is not a full power without the Heart-the 4th chakra!! Far too many Kundalini Yoga Teachers & Practitioners get stuck in this power dynamic, and lacking Heart are hurting & abusing many who they come into contact with!!

At times when I have needed some of the greatest support in my life, even to save my own life, one by one I have been severely negated and shunned by those within the Kundalini Yoga Community and it's supposed stewards-who are meant to be a Light House and an upliftment to Humanity and each person who comes to them for help!! And Yoga Teachers who are in epic amounts of self-denial & spiritual bypass; thereby negating the tender needs of their students. Further compounding this by justification of there behavior!!

At my first concert of Snatam Kaur in Boulder Colorado in 2010 I had a beautiful experience!! Afterwards I went up to her to thank her for the concert and all that she offered. This was followed by her visible judgement of me, of which I did nothing wrong to incur this judgement. This haunted me for years, until I reached out in 2017 to her to share my experience and ask for healing and closure. I was contacted by her husband and I shared my experience with transparency and honesty. This was followed by her husband gas-lighting me and treating me with passive aggressiveness, and ultimately denying me communicating any of my experience with Snatam Kaur, and thereby any healing and closure.

I have lost count of how many Kundalini Yoga Teachers and even organizations within the Kundalini Yoga Community who have negated my communications, often times ghosting me!! This has been an experience that Many within the Kundalini Yoga Community have experienced & communicated over the years, and from the very inception of 3HO and various the Kundalini Yoga Communities, going as far back to the early 1970's.

It is astounding, and deeply hurtful to many who have experienced these levels of abuse from those in positions of power, and within the organizations and communities of Kundalini Yoga. This I can forgive, although it is taking me time. What I will not excuse, nor accept is the continued perpetuation of violence & abuse by many Kundalini Yoga Teachers, Organizations & Communities!! I have experienced how powerful Kundalini Yoga is for Awakening Awareness, One's Heart and the very Soul itself!! This very same Yogic Technology is available to them as well, and it takes an authentic desire & humility, a looking deeply within one's self to change these patterns and treat others with love & respect!!

While I have experienced many devotional Beings within the Kundalini Yoga Community there is both a feigned ignorance & an unwillingness to truly look at there actions, turn inward and change their harmful actions & abuses upon so many!! And yet, yet, too many of the Kundalini Yoga Teachers, and the very organizations & communities that Yogi Bhajan was integral in creating, have the gall & hypocrisy to claim fowl & extensively point there fingers at Yogi Bhajan, and not take accountability for their own Shit!!

The Utter Hypocrisy of Organizations Within Kundalini Yoga

I would ring out with uncontrollable laughter if it were not for the Hypocrisy, Cowardice, Deceit, Lies & Injustice of what is currently happening!!

Again, I will be clear that I Do Not support abuse of any kind-Ever!!

Yogi Bhajan was both Human & Divine, As we ALL are!! He was both Human with it's flaws, mistakes & seeming imperfections; And he was an incredibly profound Soul who embodied & emitted an incredible amount of Light, Wisdom & Blessings!! All of us carry this profound potential within ourselves. ALL of us make mistakes, have our own messes we are cleaning up, and are evolving as Soul's in Human embodiment.

Yogi Bhajan offered undeniably profound guidance, and emitted the Divine Grace & Blessings flowing through and around him. If you go back to before the revelations of abuse came out, many of his students were enormously grateful for how he helped to changed their lives, and for the direction of true Dharma that they were now on the path of; following their own Soul. This includes individuals practicing Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini Yoga Teachers & the Organizations & Businesses that he helped to create.

Now, let's look at what is happening today... After the transparency of abuse there are many organizations within the Kundalini Yoga Community, Kundalini Yoga Teachers, Students & Practitioners who are no longer associating themselves with Yogi Bhajan. This is their choice and they absolutely have the free will to do so. The abuse coming out into the open created a big rift within the Kundalini Yoga Community. Long Time Students of Yogi Bhajan, Yoga Teachers and Practitioners of Kundalini Yoga began to question EVERYTHING!! There has been a pretty epic crisis of Faith, with Alot of Teachers, Students & Practitioners of Kundalini Yoga doing their absolute best to come to understanding and heal deep wounds of betrayal and abuse. This has invariably led to different splits within the Kundalini Yoga Community...

Personally I did not become as attached to Yogi Bhajan as many others did. I stayed mostly away from the Kundalini Yoga Community and pretty much all Kundalini Yoga Teachers, with the exception of a few who profoundly helped to positively change my life and offered gracious and humble support to me in dire times of need. I do not trust Yogi Bhajan fully, but I do trust him in his Soul & Subtle Body. Most of all I trust MY Soul and Sovereignty, and my inner knowing-my intuition to utilize the fullness of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.

There are those who will have nothing to do whatsoever, nor associate themselves with Yogi Bhajan or any of his teachings of Kundalini Yoga. There are those who will not admit to the abuses happening in the first place. There are those who admit that abuses happened, And they see & know the inherent, validity, transformative power & support of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. And then there are different Organizations within the Kundalini Yoga Community who have and are distancing themselves from Yogi Bhajan, while still connected with the Kundalini Yoga Community. Again, everyone has their free will choice to make!!

This is where the undeniable hypocrisy comes in... The aforementioned are absolutely true and valid!! Everyone should be following their own Soul's Sovereignty and live in alignment with their Truth!! Many of the Organizations, and even Yoga Teachers are still using the teachings of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. But many, especially the organizations within the Kundalini Yoga Community have removed Yogi Bhajan's name from the teachings themselves, and even viable quotes that Yogi Bhajan made and guidance of the practices themselves that are before or at the end of each kriya or meditation.

There are still businesses who have either partially or fully removed any association with Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. And yet, they are still making money using the Yogic Technology & Teachings that Yogi Bhajan brought forth. Sincerely I Am astounded, and all I can say is What the Fuck!!

This is not only deceitful, it is outright hypocrisy!! And, many of these businesses, organizations & teachers, especially those who learned from Yogi Bhajan directly, are saving face, and very honestly covering their ass so that their businesses or reputations are not tarnished in any way. This is not only out of Integrity, it is cowardice!!

If you want to teach Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan then be transparent & honest about where the very teachings that you are offering to your students came from. Have the Courage, Forthrightness & Faith that in your honesty & integrity you will continue to be blessed with prosperity & integrously hold the mantle of Teacher that you took on!!

Why Do I Continue To Practice & Teach Kundalini Yoga?

I continue to practice & teach Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan because first and foremost I AM guided by my own Sovereignty-My Soul to do so!! I trust the practice and many of Yogi Bhajan's Teachings because they have proven to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that they WORK!! My practice of Kundalini Yoga has awakened me to my Soul, and thereby awakened my vital intuition profoundly. It has always helped me to find a way through any block or challenge in my life, healed severe trauma & PTSD and very honestly saved my life more times than I can count!! I continue to teach Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, sharing it with others, because I have witnessed the consistent & profound positive effects & support that it has created within the lives of all who I have shared this beautiful Yogic Technology with.

Back in 2004, one year before I was introduced to Kundalini Yoga, it was Yogi Bhajan who in his Subtle Body, shortly after his passing from his physical body, was instrumental in me moving to Boulder Colorado where I would shortly be offered the profound gift & grace of Kundalini Yoga!! For this and so many other reasons I am eternally grateful to my Soul, Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini Yoga & the Divine Consciousness!!