And, for those whove wondered, he was the yogi behind Yogi Tea. All five videos/lectures have been previously unavailable on DVD. They will each be presented by a senior teacher and processed as a group. By the time of his death last October, he had written more than 30 books, participated in numerous interfaith forums, and met with presidents, popes, and other world leaders. 5 Yogi Bhajan videos, focusing on the Women's Teachings, will be shown throughout the week at the 3HO International Women's Camp, June 26 - July 3. Over the years, he launched a successful drug-rehab program and championed womens issues, human rights, and alternative medicine. In time, he became an influential figure in modern yoga, attracting a large and devoted following today there are more than 4,000 Kundalini Yoga teachers at 300 centers in 35 countries. He eventually established Sikh Dharma, a religious organization, and moved his base to New Mexico. The following year, Yogi Bhajan, as he became known, founded the nonprofit 3HO Foundation, which took its name from the three qualities he urged his followers to cultivate: It is your birthright to be healthy, happy, and holy, he told them. A few months later, he moved to Los Angeles, where he began teaching Kundalini Yogawhich had previously been taught only secretlyin a students antique shop. The yogi bhajans and his organizations has since the 90s always been seen by mainstream sikhs as a offshoot hindu sect / indian congress party created cults. After earning a degree in economics, working for some years in the Indian civil service, marrying, and starting a family, he went to Canada in 1968 to teach yoga. Sat Nam from the Kundalini Research Institute and The Yogi Bhajan Library of TeachingsThere are some exciting things brewing up here in Espanola, New Mexico Things that will change the way we interface with the teachings of Yogi Bhajan These changes will make Yogi Bhajans teachings available and accessible in a groundbreaking way. For exclusive access to all our stories, including sequences, teacher tips, video classes, and more,īorn in 1929 in what is now Pakistan, Harbhajan Singh Puri began studying yoga at the age of eight and was proclaimed a master of Kundalini Yoga at 16. The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan: The Power of the Spoken Word Unknown on.