We bring the practices of Kundalini Yoga, Meditation & Humanology into modern medicine as important components of health recovery.
"The starting point for someone who is ill is very different than for someone who is well. You taught me this and now I understand it. As a teacher, we need to meet the student exactly where they are if we are going to help them."
— M.T., Munich
Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD, C-IAYT
Executive Director
Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD brings the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga into modern medicine. She has taught Kundalini Yoga since 1971 and began to teach people with chronic or life threatening illness in 1986, during the AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. Dr. Khalsa directs the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology, founded to bring Kundalini Yoga into healthcare. She is a Medical Family Therapist, Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, and a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga mentoring lead trainer for Levels 1 and 2.
Dr. Khalsa is a charter member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and served on the team that developed IAYT Educational Standards for Yoga Therapy Teacher Training. She directs the 3 year 1,000 hour International Kundalini Yoga Therapy Professional Training and provides continuing education for health professionals and yoga teachers. Her Kundalini Yoga program for people living with HIV is featured in the book, Yoga as Medicine by Timothy McCall, MD. And her groundbreaking work as a Kundalini Yoga Therapist is featured in the book, Yoga Therapy and Integrative Medicine: Where Ancient Science Meets Modern Medicine