1968

Yogi Bhajan arrived in the West.

Yogi Bhajan landed in Toronto from India in 1968. …
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Yogi Bhajan arrives in Los Angeles

1969

Yogi Bhajan’s first lecture in Los Angeles

1st class of Yogi Bhajan’s that KRI has recorded

First Summer Solstice Yoga Festival Held

The first 3HO Summer Solstice celebration was held…
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1970

First White Tantric Yoga® course was taught.

Yogi Bhajan began teaching White Tantric Yoga in L…
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1971

Beads of Truth publications

Kriyas were written up in a magazine titled “Beads…
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1972

KRI began publishing the Journal of Science and Consciousness

The first installments of this magazine appeared i…
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KRI is founded

MSS Gurucharan Singh (a volunteer and KRI’s first …
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1974

First Kundalini Yoga manual “Kundalini Yoga Sadhana Guidelines” was published

From the introduction of this classic, must-have m…
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1976

The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan book was published

From the introduction of this book – “The po…
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1978

Gurubanda Singh becomes the Director of KRI

First ever Teacher Training program

First ever Teacher Training program led by Tarn Ta…
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1980

Lectures begin to be transcribed, edited and published by KRI

Dharam Singh Khalsa begins videotaping Yogi Bhajan…
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1981

The 1st “class” with audio and video was recorded

While the Library of Teachings website has some ea…
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1984

Teacher Training Meeting held in Europe

At the original site of the European Yoga Festival…
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1987

Teacher Training programs began to spread and be taught by more trainers.

By the early 1990s, demand for Yogi Bhajan’s…
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First White Tantric Yoga® course done using pre-recorded video

First White Tantric Yoga® course done with video.

1988

Standardization of the Teacher Training program began

Yogi Bhajan declaration that there should be a sin…
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1989

Teacher Training Manual published by 3HO Germany in German

Satya Singh from Hamburg compiled/authored the man…
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1990

Sat Kirpal Kaur becomes CEO of KRI

Dr Sat Kirpal Kaur was the CEO of KRI focusing on …
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1992

First teacher training advisory board founded

In 1992 the initial IKYTA teacher training advisor…
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1995

Nam Kaur Khalsa becomes CEO of KRI

1996

1996 First edition of the The Aquarian Teacher Textbook was published.

The first edition of The Aquarian Teacher (the tex…
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1996 The Aquarian Trainer Academy was established

In 1996 The Aquarian Trainer Academy was establish…
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1997

Transcription of Yogi Bhajan’s lectures began

The concept for transcribing the entirety of Yogi …
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The Master’s Touch was published

From the introduction of this book – “This i…
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1998

1998 First International Trainer Forum

Held in Espanola NM, USA at the summer solstice ce…
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The Mind: Its Projections and Multiple Facets

From the introduction of this book – “While …
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2001

2001 Teacher Training Executive Committee (TTEC) was established

In the early 2000s the IKYTA teacher training advi…
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2002

First KRI Teacher Training held in Asia

Sunder Singh brings the first KRI certification te…
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First KRI Teacher Training in West Africa

Krishna Kaur brings the first KRI certification te…
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2003

Official translations of The Aquarian Teacher manual are made available.

Of course the early students were creative and use…
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2004

Yogi Bhajan passes away

For decades Yogi Bhajan had tried to prepare his s…
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2006

First KRI teacher training in China

Sunder Singh brings the 1st KRI certification teac…
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Nirvair Singh becomes CEO

Launch of Authentic Relationship level 2 Course

The first Level Two Authentic Relationship course …
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The Level 2 module – Conscious Communication is finalized and officially launched

Between 2006 and 2009, MSS Gurucharan Singh (with …
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First Mind and Meditation Program was taught

The first Level Two Mind and Meditation course was…
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2007

The first Lifestyles and Lifecycles Level 2 module was held.

The first Level Lifestyles and Life Cycles course …
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2008

The first Vitality and Stress Level Two Program was taught

The first Level Two Vitality and Stress course was…
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2009

Dr. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa becomes KRI’s director of Research

Dr. Sat Bir is still in this role in 2022, and is …
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Beginning of the archival preservation and digitization of the media recordings in the Library of Teaching

Over 6,500 lectures on old magnetic media (audio a…
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2011

Rebirthing book was published

From the introduction of this book – “This i…
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2012

21 Stages of Meditation course and book launch

From the Foreword of this amazing book written by …
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Programming the Yogi Bhajan Library of Teaching website begun

As the project of developing a searchable database…
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2014

The Library of Teachings website was officially debuted to the public.

2015

The first Level 3 Teacher Training gathering

The first Level 3 Teacher Training gathering, kick…
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Launch of Level Three Teacher Training program in Europe

Just before the European Yoga Festival, the Level …
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2019

Pilot of a Revised Vitality & Stress Level 2 course and manual

Driven by Deva Kaur, with input on the direction f…
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