2022 KBB Grant Winners

What is the Kundalini Beyond Borders Program:

The Kundalini Beyond Borders Granting Program was initiated in 2021 and over $16,000 was raised through KRI’s end of the year Fundraising Campaign.  The mission of this project is to expand the reach of Kundalini Yoga to underserved communities through a collaborative effort of KRI and IKYTA.  

The definition of an underserved population is very broad. It can include anyone who feels there is a barrier to either coming into a class or staying in a Kundalini Yoga class.  KRI  and IKYTA want every willing person to have the opportunity to access this technology.  Some examples of the barriers are: there are no classes at all where a person lives, classes or teacher training is not available in their language, when they came to class they did not feel welcome, they have a learning difference and cannot understand the information. 

This program is to open doors that need to be opened. We are committed to ensuring that any person who wishes to experience Kundalini Yoga has access, feels welcome, and feels safe in the practice. This grant program is designed to support this commitment by providing grants to teachers supporting those populations with limited or no access. 

The Nuts and Bolts of the Process:

Simranjeet Singh, the Team Leader of IKYTA and Hari Charn Kaur, the Director of Outreach  for KRI, worked as a team to vision this project and deliver it with many other team members of both organizations. 

When the request for applications was sent to the global community of Certified Kundalini Yoga Teachers over 60 completed applications were received by the deadline.  Every one of these applicants is serving their community through Kundalini Yoga and Meditation.  

A team of 8 Certified Kundalini Yoga Teachers and Trainers from the Global community volunteered their time to review the applications in teams of two.  The dedication of these sevadars to this project was very inspiring.  Many of them reached out to talk to applicants to clarify question.  After a process of vetting the projects, the team agreed on 10 projects to receive funds ranging from $500 to $2000. 

The 2022 Grant Winners Are:

The Projects that were awarded grants from Kundalini Beyond Borders for 2022 are:

Adi Amrita Kaur – Kaylene Dyinawili Wombag

Trauma, loss, and grief with the Aboriginal community

Adi Amrita Kaur (Kaylene Dyinawili Wombat) is a proud Mirning, Wirangu, Kokotha woman from Ceduna Koonibba on the Far West Coast of South Australia who lives in Adelaide on Kaurna country. She has been practicing Kundalini Yoga for over 10 years and is a Kundalini Research Institute (KRI) Certified Level One Yoga Instructor. She is currently a Kundalini Yoga Therapist in training with the Guru Ram Das Centre for Medicine and Humanology working under clinical supervision to high ethical standards. Kaylene is also a registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Australia. She is the first and only Aboriginal woman who is a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher.

She has embraced the healing power of Kundalini Yoga in her life and is passionate about sharing her journey of healing, resilience, and strength with the community. She is inspired to nurture self-empowerment, self-love and self-compassion as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher.
In the language of her Mirning culture, Miring:yu – deep inner listening – inspires healing and empowerment, connecting the ancient wisdom, knowledge and values of her culture with the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga. Her Divine Authentic Self stands strong on these foundations enriched by her cultural and spiritual connection to her ancestors, family, community, culture and country.

 This project will work to relieve  Trauma, loss, and grief with the Aboriginal community in Adelaide, South Australia, with the tools of KY. She has the experience and capacity to carry it out, as she is a KY teacher and specializes in Trauma at the Guru Ram Dass Centre. Although there is yoga in that geographical region, the indigenous population she wants to serve does not have access to Kundalini Yoga. She is an active community member and an indigenous rights worker deeply committed to serving this community.




 

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