Tradition

Yogi Bhajan

    You are not a human being having a spiritual experience, but a spiritual being here to have a human experience. (Yogi Bhajan)
Kundalini Yoga, the yoga of consciousness, is thousands of years old and is an original and powerful form of yoga, passed down orally through the ages from master to student in the so-called Golden Chain. This Golden Chain ran through Sant Hazara Singh who declared his student Yogi Bhajan Master of Kundalini Yoga when he was just 16 years old. When in 1969 Yogi Bhajan was invited to give a lecture at the Unversity of Toronto, he opened the previously closely guarded techniques of Kundalini Yoga to the Western world.

Yogi Bhajan left his body on the 6th of October 2004. Over 35 years he taught about 8000 times, in which he gave thousands of different Kriyas (exercise sets) and meditations, touching on every aspect of human life imaginable. Through his initiative, the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organisation) was founded, which keeps and spreads his teachings. He also held various spiritual posts, for example as Mahan Tantric and as head of Sikh Dharma in the West. Yogi Bhajan counts as one of most important and charismatic spiritual teachers of our times.
Today about 1 million people practice Kundalini Yoga and enjoy its positive and transformative effects.

Kundalini Yoga is taught in the tradition of Sikh Dharma, is however not attached to any one belief system or religion. The science of yoga is truly universal and bridges differences between faiths and religions.

Shiv Charan Singh

    My main interest is not in teaching various techniques, because these can be learnt  through books. I´m interested in calling souls together to help them to develop their full potential as human beings. (Shiv Charan Singh)

Shiv Charan Singh is founder and director of the Karam Kriya School of Applied Numerology, originally based in London and now centred in Portugal.
During his youth and early adulthood, he had several near-death experiences which revealed to him intimate knowledge of the nature of living and dying. In one of these indescribable states he vowed: “God, if you ever want me to return to this body then it won´t be my life any more, but yours.”
He has remained true to this statement ever since.

Shiv Charan´s search for the fundamental principles of our existence, for the connection all sacred teachings and systems have with each other, brought him to the study of numbers. He discovered in them the continually unfolding primary intelligence, which gives rise to and permeates all life and which governs and informs our lives. He has since dedicated his life to the study of life through numbers and numbers through life. Yogi Bhajan gave his work the name Karam Kriya in 1996.

As an outstanding teacher and spiritual consultant Shiv Charan travels the world tirelessly and trains people in Kundalini Yoga. This training takes place in the context of the “Court of Karam Kriya”. What he teaches and his language itself is permeated by humility and is simultaneously charismatic and entertaining. Through his humour and compassion he reaches many people and welcomes them all, regardless of age or background.