MY KARMA VS. DHARMA
Welcome to my online Kundalini yoga studio. It is my mission to teach these powerful yoga tools and breathing techniques. If you are going through cold-depression, anxiety, recovery, or burn-out, Kundalini yoga can help to restore your life force, your vitality, and your radiance. This is the yoga for the householder, the one who carries the load. You can restore your nervous system, reset your glandular balance, as well as transform your emotional state by practicing Kundalini yoga. After all, happiness is our birthright. And if you keep up, you will be kept up.
My own life’s journey has had many challenges. So far, I’ve made it through every wrong decision, and every negative circumstance. And I am incredibly grateful to the people who’ve hung in there for me as I stumbled along. I’ve come to realize that we are students in the largest school of the Universe. Life is full of constant change and challenging lessons. Sometimes life is harsh and extremely unfair. Other challenges are simply the result of unconscious, repetitive behavior. Some challenges may be from being unable to forgive. We either can’t forgive someone, or we can’t forgive ourselves. The endless loop of revenge, resentment, or guilt can play on repeat in our mind.
The only way to change this, is to change. I know this lesson well. Throughout my 20’s, I was going along in life with little direction. Then, one overcast day in Los Angeles, in 2002, I attended a Kundalini yoga class with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, at Golden Bridge Yoga. It was a Friday night after work, in her cozy little studio. My friends went to happy hour. My intuition told to go to the yoga class down the street. During the meditation, near the end of class, I experienced a profound and transformative meet & greet with my own soul. I had my first spiritual awakening. I finally realized I was in charge of my destiny. And, from that moment on, my life’s purpose began to change. I began to understand I didn’t have to look outside of myself for inner peace. Everything I needed was within. I was already enough. I needed to learn to listen to the guidance, in the stillness within myself, in order to reflect, restore, and recalibrate.
Until that moment, I had been experiencing a massive identity crisis. Having just moved from Seattle to the megatropolis that is Los Angeles, I was ready for change. I was seeking direction and purpose in my life. At 27 years old, I was already divorced, and morally and financially bankrupt. I remember feeling so jaded, so angry, so sad, and so lost. I already felt old. Spiritless. My nervous system was fried. I felt like an empty shell of a person. Life, so it seemed, was a Karmic wheel, with unconscious patterns pathing my way to hell. I was a dark, stormy cloud, bursting with uncontrollable thoughts, and bottled up emotions of fear, anxiety and self-doubt. At the same time, I was stubbornly sure I had it all figured out. Go figure!
Little did I know, my own subconscious was working very diligently behind the scenes, getting me back on the Dharmic path, and back into the vibrant flow of life. Somehow, I had planted enough seeds with the Creator, and my subconscious knew that the Divine Teacher inside me was re-awakening, re-connecting and transforming.
The more Kundalini yoga I practiced, the more my consciousness grew, and the more my heart opened. The more my energy started to flow, I began to set intentions everyday. I was finally prepared to take on the opportunities presented to me daily. And then my personal mission took root: to teach people seeking a true connection to their soul, this transformative, healing practice.
I have now been practicing, studying, and teaching Kundalini Yoga over 23 years. In 2003, I completed 200 hours of teachers training with the Kundalini Research Institute: Kundalini Yoga Level 1, The Aquarian Teacher, as Taught by Yogi Bhajan. In 2007, I completed a 62 hour training in the KRI Authentic Relationships, Level 2: Transformation Practitioner Certification Course. In 2018, I completed Reiki Level One. I became certified as a Heart Centered Teacher, a 200 hour course under the discipline of Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, in Austin, Texas, in 2023. In 2024, I completed 48 hours of certification in IKYTA’s SuperHealth Immersion: Yogic Science for Addictive Behavior & Mental Health.
This website is the culmination of my notes and scribbles I’ve been keeping in my journals over the years. I am a diligent student. I am a diligent teacher. I teach in-person at Kundalini LA, in Los Angeles. Or, you can schedule an online class, with a group or private lessons.
Please reach out if you feel I can be of service to you, in your quest of optimal health and well-being through energetic healing.
With gratitude,
SAT NAM
Truth Is My Name
