Level 2: LifeCycles and LifeStyles
LifeCycles and LifeStyles Level Two Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training
“Life is in stages; the body is in stages. You are a child, an adult, and then you become old. Each stage needs to be respected. At each stage, the mind should cover the body and the spirit should cover the mind. If this happens, it brings you balance, virtues and prosperity. ” —Yogi Bhajan
This Level Two Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training is for teachers and practitioners who have completed and passed the Kundalini Yoga Level One course. The dates are October 16,17,18 and December 4, 5, 6.
Course Summary:
This 50 hour course provides a powerful experience to explore and understand your life experience so that you can face your past pain, plan for you future and experience gratitude for the process. This course begins by clearing away our self-misconceptions and establishing a clear understanding of who we are as human beings, our self-concept, our individual identity and purpose. Based on this renewed foundation, then we can powerfully engage each stage of our life and make the best lifestyle choices to support our growth and to keep us healthy.
This course is a chance to gain new insights as you move forward in the cycles of life; about you and your relationship to your destiny cycle.
Key Topics:
- Discover your purpose: Do you define it for yourself, or is it defined externally by fate or destiny?
- Map out the stages and cycle of your life
- Identify habits, cycles and practices that help and hinder your life in the present, past and future
- Confront feats of death and learn to live weightlessly
- Live your dharma not your karma
- Prepare for death and understand the shifts in Prana
- Sustain creative energy through cycle shifts and aging.
- Discover foods, habits and herbs to support changes throughout life
Course Affirmation:
I cultivate promoting habits that are in balance with the natural stages of rhythms of my life and environments. I invite success by having a clear purpose and sense of self. I accomplish my goals with progressive, proportionate actions. I am aware of how to live and die consciously. I continuously clear my subconscious so I can act intentionally with grace and purpose.
It’s $795 Earlybird and $895 Regular Price…Payment Plans are available
Lead Trainers
Updesh
Gail Dutton (Updesh Kaur) is a 200-hour KRI-certified Kundalini teacher and Lead Trainer. She holds a Business Management degree and spent years in corporate management and training. Updesh became a member of the Aquarian Trainer Academy in 2008. She joined the KRI Professional Development Committee where she has worked to create best practices and courses for developing Trainers from 2009 until 2017. As part of the KRI Trainer Team, she delivered courses to other Trainers in the Academy. She currently continues her effort towards completing her Level Three program and achieving the status as Teacher.
Krishna K. Khalsa, Ed.D
Dr. Krishna Khalsa has practiced Kundalini Yoga and Meditation since 1978. She studied with Yogi Bhajan, the master of Kundalini Yoga, and has been a certified KRI teacher trainer since 1996. Dr. Krishna enjoys teaching Kundalini Yoga in a variety of venues. As a certified Lead trainer, she has also delivered both Level I and Level II K.R.I. Kundalini Yoga Teacher training courses in both Canada and the United States. In addition, she led the KRI team in designing the Level Three Teacher training program. She also helped to develop the first KRI online anti-sexual harassment course for yoga teachers and trainers. Recently Dr. Krishna retired from her public sector job as a manager in Learning & Development. She currently lives in Northern California.
Program Details
Mind & Meditation is a core Level Two module designed to deepen your relationship with the mind and establish meditation as a living, integrated practice. This program supports both personal transformation and professional refinement, strengthening your ability to hold sacred space, teach from direct experience, and live with greater clarity and intuition.
Through experiential practice, group process, and contemplative inquiry, participants explore how the mind functions, how it influences perception and behavior, and how it can be consciously directed to serve awareness and the soul.
This training includes:
- Advanced Kundalini Yoga meditations and kriyas
- Exploration of the Three Minds and the 81 Facets of the Mind
- Guided self-reflection and integrative discussion
- Development of a consistent, personalized meditation practice
- Community connection and peer support
- Tools for integrating meditative awareness into daily life and teaching
Format:
Offered in person and online, allowing flexibility while maintaining the depth and integrity of the teachings.
Prerequisites:
Completion of Kundalini Yoga Level One Teacher Training or equivalent experience with foundational Kundalini Yoga practices.
Certification:
Completion of this module counts toward certification as a Kundalini Yoga Level Two Practitioner through KRI and contributes to RYT-500 recognition with Yoga Alliance upon completion of all Level Two modules.
This program invites you to consciously engage your mind, refine your meditative capacity, and cultivate a stable inner relationship that supports conscious living, authentic teaching, and inspired service.
Dates and Times
2026 Level 2: Mind & Meditation Training
- March 13 – 15
- April 24 – 26
In Studio Tuition Payment Options
Pay in full before February1st (save $100)
Total Price- $795
Pay in full after February 1st
Total Price- $895
Payment plans and options are available!!
$495 special audit price (for repeat students only)
Total Price $495
Online Tuition and Payment Options
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
We reserve the right to limit class size and individual enrollment based on a pre-registration interview and at our sole discretion. Tuition fees are non-refundable. We may consider a partial refund or credit in very special cases. Refund of $2,000 if withdrawn before December 3rd, 2025. Refund of $1,000 if withdrawn by January 1st, 2026. No refunds after the second weekend and you are responsible for payment in full. No other refunds will be considered as this is a tuition-based program.
Upon receiving acceptance into the program, the applicant will be charged a deposit of $500.00 on their credit card.
The program reserves the right to cancel any training before it begins. In that case any payments applicants have made will be refunded in full.
Over this eight month Level One course, students will learn and experience six principle components:
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 Yoga Teacher – 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 Practicum: Teaching from Day One: Practical experience instructing at least one yoga class under the supervision of a KRI Yoga Teacher Trainer, receiving written evaluation and student feedback.
Full Day of Meditation: The course includes a full day of group meditation.