Karam Kriya in Iceland 2018-2019
Karam Kriya as a support to the Kundalini Yoga Teacher
Aim – Generate an understanding of Karam Kriya oriented towards its use as a support to KY teaching, and to the personal development of the teacher and the student.
Structure: 11 bi-monthly w/ends. Saturdays, h.10.00-18.00, Sundays, h.9.30-17.30. Sunday sadhana, h.5.30
Activities: Presentation of themes, meditative conversations and group activities, practice of KY kriyas and meditations.
Schedule
Weekend 1: 6-7 October 2018
Introduction to the Karam Kriya as a support tool to Kundalini Yoga. Number 7. Karam kriya as a tool for understanding the self and the world. The relation between KK and KY. Karam Kriya, the mind and right understanding. Meditative practice in the teaching space and in life.
Teachers: Suhab Kaur and Gurudass Singh
Weekend 2: 3-4 November 2018
Number 5. The body, the nervous system and the voice as multidimensional interfaces and instruments for creativity. KK, KY and the paradox and sacrifice of the teacher. Life and teaching as experience and experimentation. The dialogue as meditative practice. The language of numbers and the vocabulary of Karam Kriya.
Teacher: Suhab Kaur
Weekend 3: 1-2 December 2018
Number 1.The soul dimension. KK and KY as discovery of and connection to the deeper self. Life as the dharmic journey of the soul. Anchoring and connecting to the vertical axis. The integrity of the teacher and the student.
Teacher: Gurudass Singh
Weekend 4: 5-6 January 2019
Number 2. KK and KY as modes of encountering and harnessing life’s polarities. The appropriate use of no, the negative mind and the creative use of sexual energy. How to approach needs and addictions, and develop devotion.
Teacher: Suhab Kaur
Weekend 5: 2-3 February 2019
Number 3. The forms and Kriyas of KY. The positive mind. KK and KY as tools to rewrite your history, dissolve karmic patterns, generate new ways of life, habits and modes of thinking. Joy, play and roles in the theatre of life.
Teacher: Gurudass Singh
Weekend 6: 2-3 March 2019
Number 4. The opening of the heart and the development of the neutral mind. Seva and prayer. Productive choices. The art and of KY and KK. Manifesting inner beauty. The teacher and the student as artist of the self.
Teacher: Suhab Kaur
Weekend 7: 6-7 April 2019
Number 6. The spiritual warrior. Developing presence, intuition, response-ability, connecting to the invisible dimensions of the self and the world through KK and KY.
Teacher: Gurudass Singh
Weekend 8: 10 May-13 May 2019
Stay in the ashram Quinta do Rajo in Portugal, the headquarters of the Karam Kriya School.
Teacher: Shiv Charan Singh
Weekend 9: 1-2 June 2019
Number 8. Compassion, re-balance and right use of energy and power. KK and KY as tools for mental and physical purification and access to prana.
Teacher: Suhab Kaur
Weekend 10: 8-9 September 2019
Number 9. The mystery and subtlety of the teachings. KK, KY and the connection to the subtle body and the cosmic dimension of being. Developing patience, endurance and tolerance. Having a reference of reverence.
Teacher: Gurudass Singh
Weekend 11: 5-6 October 2019
Number 10. Developing courage and radiance of being through KK and KY. Deep listening as an approach to life and the teachings. Perceive everything in its relation to the whole.
Teacher: Suhab Kaur
The teachers
Shiv Charan Singh is the founding director of the Karam Kriya School and cofounder of Quinta do Rajo, its headquarters in Portugal. An outstanding and authentic spiritual teacher, he is totally committed to guiding students in their spiritual growth so they can bring spiritual awareness into their everyday lives and develop their full potential as human beings. He is a skilled counsellor, author of several books on human communication, the mystery of numbers and poetry. He runs training programmes throughout Europe, Australia and South America.
Suhab Kaur, PhD, has been practicing Karam Kriya and Kundalini Yoga since 1995 under the guidance of her spiritual teacher Shiv Charan Singh. She is a KY Level 1 Teacher trainer with the Karam Kriya School and a KK trainer and consultant, and teaches in the UK, Italy and Greece. She is the KK4KY course coordinator and, since 2011, has served as secretary of KYTA. Suhab is also an interdisciplinary artist and has participated in exhibitions and collaborative projects in the UK, Europe, Russia and the US.
Gurudass Singh became one of the first teachers of KY trained in Italy. He is now the director of Ram Dass (an established and respected training school dedicated to promoting the science of Kundalini Yoga and the teachings of Yogi Bhajan), Level 1 Mentoring Lead Teacher Trainer (registered with UISP/CONI and IKYTA, the National and International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Associations); mentis training teacher level 2. He has studied with Shiv Charan Singh, the founding director of the Karam Kriya School. During the last few years Gurudass Singh has been involved in a program designed to bring down stress in workplaces and high schools through the use of conscious breathing – Pranayama techniques.
For further information:
Contacts:
Estrid Þorvaldsdottir / Sirimukh Kaur
Email: sirimukh78@gmail.com.
Phone: +354 8664281
Gudrun Halfdanardottir / Hari Dev Kaur
Email: gudrun@eilifdarsol.is.
Phone: +354 8948779