Teachers
Keval Kaur Khalsa
Regional Coordinator (North Carolina) Keval@YogaForYouth.org 919-225-3192
Keval Kaur Khalsa, North Carolina Regional Coordinator for Y.O.G.A. for Youth, is the Director of the Dance Program at Duke University, a certified Level II Kundalini Yoga instructor, and an Associate in the Aquarian Teacher Academy. Keval Kaur brought the first Y.O.G.A. for Youth Teacher Training course to North Carolina in 2007, and helped implement the first certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training course in North Carolina. She has been teaching Kundalini Yoga & Meditation in the Triangle area of North Carolina for the past 12 years. At Duke University, she developed and currently teaches a course entitled Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma. She has assisted with Kundalini Yoga Level I Teacher Training courses in Detroit, MI and North Carolina, and taught workshops at the international Summer and Winter Solstice Kundalini Yoga gatherings in New Mexico and Florida. A professional dancer and choreographer, Keval Kaur Khalsa has been Co-Artistic Director of 2 Near The Edge Dance Company for 18 years. She is the mother of a 23-year old son and lives in Durham, North Carolina.
Erica Garcia
Regional Coordinator (New York) Erica@YogaForYouth.org
Erica Garcia was a dancer and gymnast as a child. Yoga was the natural next step for her. She has worked in the Financial industry and practiced Yoga for over 20 years. It has always been her ying-yang. She also has a passion for volunteerism both domestic and abroad. She found Yoga for youth in 2008 where she trained under Krishna Kaur at Kripalu. She has been teaching to adults and youth in the New York City area since 2009. Teaching for Yoga for youth fulfills many of her passions - Yoga practice, meditation, community outreach, and mentoring.
Liz Filmore
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
Liz Fillmore - (Los Angeles)
Liz (Amrit Bani Kaur) is originally from Austin Texas and she finished her Kundalini teacher training at Yoga Yoga in 2003. Liz first met Krishna in 2002 at Solstice and was overwhelmed by the calling to teach young people the Kundalini technology. The following summer Liz completed he Yoga for Youth training at Mount Madonna and was ready to begin a program with youth in Austin only to find out that her life partner's job would be moving her to LA that fall. Liz connected with Krishna right away and was fortunate to be included in the prenatal training with Gurmukh that allowed her to teach with pregnant and parenting teen girls for several 12 week sessions. Liz has also taught several sessions with "at risk" elementary school children and is in love with their ability to access their inner warriors!
Liz is currently working full time as a Clinical Social Worker at Childrens Hospital LA and recognizes opportunities to teach in some small way every day! Liz is hoping to facilitate some research in the near future that will correlate yoga and meditation with reduced anxiety and increased lung function.
Sussy Castilla
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
Sussy Castilla was trained at Golden Bridge Yoga studio and is a Kundalini yoga teacher and intuitive healer grateful to enjoy life breath by breath, moment by moment. Having struggled with attachments to drugs, alcohol and food she has been able to heal herself from within, harness her emotions and even manifest a body that is 60 lbs. lighter through her practice of Kundalini Yoga. A bilingual (English/Spanish) yoga teacher, Sussy has taught teen girls at a Catholic High School, new moms and their babies, and adolescent boys at a detention facility. Her versatility in communicating yoga to a variety of people inspires her to continue to expand her reach. She finds wisdom in the youth she teaches, the animals she encounters and the funny ironies of life. Sussy is honored to have the opportunity to share her life lessons and experiences with the younger generations and be a witness to their blossoming from within.
Hari Sant
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Denise Be Cotte
Los Angeles WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
Denise (Sat Mohine Kaur) graduated from Teacher Training in 2005. She loves teaching yoga to adults, young adults and young children. In additon to Y.O.G.A. for Youth, she currently teaches at the Awareness Center in Pasadena, and the Wellness Center of Downey Regional Medical Center. Denise has also taught workshops for other organizations including the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles.
Lisa_Coleman
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Joe Jackson
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Siri Gopal
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Keya Merah
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Sirgun Kaur
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Terri Cietro
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Sankofa
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Maxmivs Prophet
(New York) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Amy Antonelli
(New York) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Lupe Gunier
(New York) WhatsUp@YogaForYouth.org
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Nancy Cole
(North Carolina) Nancy.Cole@sas.com
Nancy Cole has explored many styles of yoga and has been practicing kundalini yoga since 2005. She graduated from the first Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training course in North Carolina in 2009. She loves sharing this practice with others and currently teaches classes from her home. She is the assistant regional coordinator for Y.O.G.A. for Youth in North Carolina.
Iliana Roa
(North Carolina) WhatsUp@YogaforYouth.org
Iliana (Mahan Kaur) has been practicing kundalini yoga since 2009 when she graduated from the very first Kundalini Teacher Training in North Carolina. As a fluent spanish speaking yoga teacher and mother, Iliana is passionate about bringing yoga to the Latina community. She currently teaches yoga to the Latina Mothers' Support Group at the Durham Crisis Center and looks forward to sharpening her Y.O.G.A. for Youth curriculum skills.
Aleah Jevon
(Los Angeles) WhatsUp@YogaforYouth.org
Aleah is currently teaching a Y.O.G.A. for Youth class at the LA Care Center in Inglewood on Saturdays. She has been a passionate yoga teacher and supporter of Y.O.G.A. for Youth for many years.
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