“If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

Deepen your personal practice, broaden your knowledge and skills, serve both Self and community. Take the next step on your path and become a Teacher. The Aquarian Teacher™ is a comprehensive, experiential program offering three progressive levels of certification:

Level One Instructor: Foundations

The KRI Level One Aquarian Teacher Training Program is a 220-hour professional certification program in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan ®. An interactive course in the theory, practice, and basic skills of a Kundalini Yoga instructor, it includes 180 hours of classroom instruction and 40 hours of independent study: service projects, a 40-day meditation, and White Tantric Yoga. Graduates of Level One earn the title of KRI Certified Instructor of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® and fulfill the Yoga Alliance RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) 200-hour requirement.

Foundations introduces the student to the principles and practices of the self-sensory human, and explores how Kundalini Yoga and yogic lifestyle can harmonize and uplift the human experience and awaken your true potential.

There are six principle components in a Level One program:

Kriya and Meditation: The foundation of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®
The theory and practice of Kundalini Yoga kriyas (yoga sets), asanas, and mudras. Explore the nature of the mind and its training through Kundalini Yoga meditations, mantras, and pranayam (breathing techniques).

Humanology and Philosophy: The Lifestyle of a Kundalini YogaTeacher
The history and tradition of Kundalini Yoga, as well as the underlying philosophy behind all yogic practices. The technologies of Kundalini Yoga as they apply to healing and humanology (the science of daily living), including diet, nutrition, and relationships.

Anatomy & Physiology: Essentials of Yogic and Functional Anatomy
Traditional Western anatomy, its purpose and function, including the respiratory, nervous, immune, musculoskeletal, circulatory, endocrine, and digestive systems and their relation to the practice and teaching of yoga. Also Yogic anatomy and the energy systems of the body including the chakras, nadis, pranas and vayus, and the ten yogic bodies.

Consciousness of a Teacher: Virtues and Values of Living in the Golden Chain
The skills and techniques to become an effective instructor, including practical strategies for teaching beginners, ethical guidelines, curriculum development, and the transformational role of the teacher in developing a successful yoga practice.

The Master’s Touch: Cultivating a Connection to the Master
Connect with Yogi Bhajan through DVD classes and study.

The Practicum: Teaching from Day One
Practical experience instructing a yoga class under the supervision of a KRI Yoga Teacher Trainer, receiving written evaluation and student feedback.

Level Two Practitioner: Transformation

Develop the inner growth and personal discipline of a truly excellent teacher. Open to KRI Level One Certified Instructors, this 300-hour certification program consists of five, 62-hour modules. Graduates of Level Two earn the title of KRI Certified Practitioner of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® and combined with Level One certification, fulfill the Yoga Alliance RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) 500-hour requirement.

Building on the foundation of Level One, Level Two Teacher Training is about personal transformation and deepening the core capacities, character and consciousness of a Kundalini Yoga teacher.

In this level, the Instructor cultivates the yogic capacities of intuition, neutrality and self-assessment within the five mirrors of consciousness:
• Conscious Communication – Uplift and penetrate through the power of the word.
• Mind and Meditation – Conquer the mind and conquer the world.
• Authentic Relationships – Unfold your true identity in the matrix of conscious relationship.
• LifeCycles and LifeStyles – Discover mystery and mastery through every cycle of life. 
• Vitality and Stress – Cultivate the caliber to guide yourself and others through life’s challenges.

Level Three Teacher: Realization

Discover the spiritual maturity of a Teacher and leader in the Aquarian Age, as all facets of the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan permeate every aspect of your being.
Level Three is open to KRI Level Two Certified Practitioners. Those who complete this certification program earn the title of KRI Certified Teacher of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®.

Contact KRI

For more information about Teacher Training in your area, or to find a Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® teacher near you, or simply to learn more about Yogi Bhajan and the organizations that are here to serve you and his legacy, please see: www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org or www.yogibhajan.org

* KRI's International Teacher Training Program In Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is a Yoga Alliance registered Yoga School (RYT 200 and 500).

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Testimonials

I was primarily looking to deepen my Kundalini Yoga practice, which definitely happened during the course, but since I finished the course I now realize that teaching is the best way to deepen the practice. There is a ton of material to cover, which can be quite overwhelming, but I found that my interests, ideals, and what I considered to be a unique life perspective were reflected in the Level 1 material, and I was constantly interested in reading, taking notes, and asking questions.

Many of the things that I learned in Kundalini Yoga classes became second nature with me; for example, sitting in easy pose for 62 minutes has become effortless, I know many of the mantras by heart, and 2-minute stretch pose is quite routine now. Also, I learned to summon a meditative state instantly, which was a critical characteristic of my development as a human and a teacher/leader.

I believe that the biggest, most important thing [I learned]from the KY Level 1 Teacher Training was how to be a leader. Some of the qualities of leadership that I was looking for were compassion, confidence, neutrality, and self-appraisal. There is always an opportunity to continue to deepen Kundalini Yoga practice while teaching – this is the most valuable step in a personal practice.

– Derek Whitman, a.k.a. Amarpreet Singh, Texas, USA

Level 1 Teacher Training was like adding a rudder and keel to what wasa tipsy-turvy little boat trying to navigate a tempest. At the time Ibegan teacher training, my life was in upheaval after the death of mymother and a divorce of a "young" marriage. I had made some ratherquestionable decisions during what I refer to as "the bad six months"following these changes but I also felt the grief and darkness heldinfinite possibilities. I made the decision to travel to another cityeach month for teacher training in order to acquire the knowledge andskills to have my own, personal yoga practice. I had no idea that the_process_ of teacher training would be so transformative. Yes, I didlearn many practical skills and yogic knowledge (the keel of my littleboat). I am so grateful to also have received the ability to direct mylife (the rudder) in a conscious, uplifting, yet grounded manner. Ifound that teacher training was a forum to clean up my own backlog ofgarbage and put in place a regular collection system so that I couldeffectively stand as a teacher. Wahe Guru!

– Sarabjot Kaur aka Margaret Imhoff, Utah, United States