Hari Kirin Kaur aka Joan Hanley. |
I began practicing yoga and meditation in a Catholic high school in NYC in 1970. Several years later I met Yogi Bhajan* who brought Kundalini Yoga to the US. I studied and corresponded with him until his passing. He gave me the name, Hari Kirin — Hari is the Creative Feminine aspect of God and Kirin is a focused beam of light that can cut through the darkness. I find Kundalini Yoga and Meditation deeply satisfying. The practice is as helpful to me now in my fifties as it was in my twenties (and thirties & forties). The teachings are deep and varied and although I study and practice daily, I still find it fresh, uplifting and surprising. I have been teaching Kundalini Yoga for twenty-five years and recently have become a KRI Certified Lead Teacher, which means I train students to become teachers. I teach at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Schumacher College, the Antrim Girls Shelter, Access Shunia and sliding scale classes at the Union Mill in Peterborough, New Hampshire. * About Yogi Bhajan: Master of Kundalini |