Savitri Narayan Kaur
Savitri's path of right living centers around the spiritual upliftment of each person she encounters. As a Yoga teacher, Savitri brings the potency of over thirty years of spiritual study and practice, including meditation, in-depth study of Tai Chi, Chi Kung and other martial arts, as well as her certified expertise in Kundalini Yoga & Shakti Dance™. Savitri is honored and grateful to have studied with many great yoga teachers, including the renowned Yoginis Hari Kaur and Dharma Devi. Savitri transmits her passion, joy and commitment to truth through these Raj (royal) yogas, which enliven and empower all who attend her classes, workshops and retreats.
Cate Baily
Cate discovered Kundalini Yoga by accident over 20 years ago and was surprised and thrilled by how engaged, energized, and inspired it made her feel. She's been practicing ever since. In 2008, Cate completed her Level 1 (200 hr) teacher training with Hari Kaur Khalsa of Hari NYC. In 2012, she broadened her knowledge with a very special Holistic Hatha Yoga training (300 hr) with Amy Witmyer of Sacred Space. More recently, Cate completed her training in Shakti Dance™as taught by Sara Avtar Kaur with trainer Dharma Devi Kaur, a beautiful dance practice that grew out of the teachings of Kundalini Yoga. The practice of Shakti Dance™ is deepening her understanding of her own energy and her whole inner life -- her Truth. It's a perfect complement to Kundalini Yoga. Cate is grateful to her teachers and to all of her students who show up to find inner peace and connect to their inner wisdom.
Kathryn Livingston
Kathy (Harjot Kaur) has been practicing yoga for more than a decade and completed her Level 1 (200 hr) teacher training with Gurudass Kaur Khalsa. She began practicing Kundalini yoga six years ago; a breast cancer survivor, she found it to be a wellspring of courage, trust and joy. The author of the memoir Yin, Yang, Yogini: A Woman’s Quest for Balance, Strength and Inner Peace, Kathryn blogs frequently for the Kundalini yoga music website SpiritVoyage.com. Her spiritual name, Harjot, means “light of the creative Divine.” Kathy is excited to share her light and love with her students at Montclair Kundalini Yoga; she strongly believes that Kundalini yoga is for everybody and every body: There is something for everyone on this uplifting, heart-centered path. She is also a practitioner of Iyengar and Vinyasa yoga and is deeply grateful to all her teachers.
Paola Linares
Looking for how to become a yoga teacher for kids, Paola (Savitri) found Child Play Yoga, a Kundalini-based teacher training offered by Gurudass Kaur Khalsa in Montclair. She'd never heard of Kundalini Yoga. She knew a little about yoga but had never really practiced it. After the first day of training, Paola began a deep, amazing relationship with Kundalini Yoga. She decided to join the teacher training for adults the next year (2013), also with Gurudass and other amazing teachers. Her intentions were to become a better parent, a better person for the world, and good human being. Little did she know that she was going to get into the deepest life-opening experience that she'd ever had. Paola found strength, courage, peace and self-love for the first time. From that moment, she says life became better, prettier, happier, deeper. And even in the most challenging moments, everything works in the most beautiful ways. Her favorites words and phrases are: Gratitude, Trust, Serve Others, Love Unconditionally and Be Happy. Her favorite Sutra is: "There is a way through every block." Yogi Bhajan