JOY Teachers & Musicians

JOY presents some of the finest teachers and musicians active on the Kundalini scene today. Following are some of those who have or will soon teach or play live music at JOY events in London. 

Ana (she/they) has a joyful and intuitive approach to life – growing up across continents, Mozambique holds a special place in her heart – loves to share a laugh, a dance, and practice yoga in community. She continues to explore her yogic journey with KRI Level 2 Teacher Training. Every day is a journey of discovery and playfulness.

Ana is a filmmaker who’s current art practice explores the body as a moving sculpture and how the moving sculpture connects with liminal space. Her process involves a daily spiritual practice which lays the groundwork for activating the inner lens. This creative practice is an ongoing dialogue between inner and outer worlds, the human body and infinite space.

Expect a classic Kundalini Yoga class that embraces the Infinite Self, focuses the mind, and explores moving meditation - with joy!

Joti Livtar Kaur is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor.
She fell in love with yoga and discovered new quality of joy and peace of mind on the yoga mat, currently teaches Kundalini Yoga classes once a week. Joti is also Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Therapist with background experience in acting, theatre, fine art and live-in care.
Based in London Battersea.

Taj Shabad Kaur (Yilan) has 12 years of practising Kundalini Yoga and completed her Level 1 Kundalini Teacher Training in Taiwan. Kundalini Yoga has brought her a totally different perspective towards life and she enjoys sharing her experiences with others. The techniques she learns from Kundalini Yoga play a big role in bringing consciousness and clarity in her busy corporate space. 

 She is also an amateur photographer and Zen artist. Cultivated by her steady daily meditation practice, she enjoys the playful and imaginative part of her mind and develops her approaches to create her photos and paintings.

Michelle has a passion for yoga and for the profound transformational healing effects it can have for the mind, spirit and body. In 2010, she completed a 266 hour Yoga Teacher Training specifically focusing on yoga asana, shat-karma, anatomy, pranayama, meditation and philosophy.  

 Michelle came to her first Kundalini yoga class in 2004, and was inspired immediately by the uplifting clarity and renewed energy it brought to her life. 

 She completed her Level 1 Kundalini Teacher Training at Joy Yoga in 2020, and feels blessed and grateful to share this practice with others. Michelle brings a joyful, compassionate, gentle, heart centred, encouraging spirit to all of her classes she teaches.

Angad Kaur is a KRI Professional Trainer, teaching internationally and running Level 1 Aquarian Teacher courses in London and the Midlands. She spent a number of years travelling extensively with her spiritual teacher, Shiv Charan Singh, studying to become a Karam Kriya Consultant and Trainer – working with the universal intelligence of numbers and the power of the word to create healing conversations and support meaningful life transitions.

Since 2008, she has worked with the Guru Ram Das Project bringing Kundalini Yoga to individuals and communities most in need, alongside working as a Sikh Chaplain. Angad regularly runs retreats and workshops exploring life themes through the guidance of numbers and the teachings in Gurbani, alongside offering one-to-one Yoga Therapy. She was involved with Karam Kriya Women’s Camp for many years and regularly organizes events for International Women’s Day.

After 25 years working in the art world as a curator, producer and lecturer, she continues to mentor artists and run creative writing workshops. Angad has an inclusive approach and a natural enjoyment of being in the company of people from all walks of life.

‘The studio is incredibly friendly and the class was just what I needed. I will definitely be back soon!’

Joy Yoga occupies a special place in Chiara's heart – it was here that her love of Kundalini Yoga first took root and found a community! She is overjoyed to be teaching here.

Having completed a Foundations of Kundalini Yoga Therapy course, Chiara also regularly learns and practices Sat Nam Rasayan (the healing branch of Kundalini Yoga). She incorporates the subtlety and stillness from these practices into her classes, making them gentle yet powerful, and giving her students the opportunity to expand and push their limits while respecting their bodies' needs.
Chiara recently trained with Gurmukh and Gurushabd, an incredible husband and wife couple who studied with Yogi Bhajan for decades. She is extremely grateful to them for guiding her to teach from the heart and follow her intuition.
As a Human Rights Lawyer, Chiara worked in El Salvador, Colombia and Palestine, where she learnt much from seeing the strength and grace with which people can live in extremely challenging circumstances. Now focusing her energies closer to home, Chiara feels passionately about sharing Kundalini Yoga with others, particularly those with health conditions, as it played a vital part in helping her to recover from chronic illness. Chiara loves teaching yoga outdoors, and is currently enjoying teaching in parks and on rooftops!

Colin Raizon grew up in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. He spent much of his time under the African sun in physical activities - running, playing rugby, hockey, squash, tennis. And so he continued after arriving in the UK in 1975, adding marathon running to his repertoire. The inevitable stress on his back led to occasional visits to an osteopath who, in 2001, recommended that Colin add a further activity as a counterbalance – yoga.

Colin’s interest in yoga developed steadily and he returned from a yoga retreat in Marrakech in 2007 keen to enhance his practice. In 2008 he undertook a Kundalini Yoga teacher training course with the Karam Kriya school in London. One thing led to another and Colin now teaches Kundalini Yoga in London.

Colin is a very busy financial adviser in London, giving him first-hand experience of the need for a practical tool to enable us to counteract stress and to remain focused and calm in the midst of the challenges we face in these changing times.

Kathy Haridev Latham is a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Sat Nam Rasayan practitioner and a trainer of teachers and yoga therapists. She is one of the founding teachers at JOY Yoga. Haridev teaches with warmth, clarity and joy, holding a subtle and transformative space. Yoga has helped her immensely and she teaches in order to share these benefits with others. She has experience teaching many different kinds of people and takes care to create a welcoming and inclusive yoga space.

Her background in Sat Nam Rasayan, the healing modality of Kundalini Yoga, provides a sensitivity and precision to her teaching. Haridev is an experienced gong player and further qualifications include Prenatal Yoga, YOGA for Youth and Relax and Renew Restorative Yoga.

To schedule a 1-1 appointment please visit haridevhealing.com

‘This class was so incredible! I normally practise kundalini in Ibiza - I didn’t really think that it would be as easy to let go of boundaries in London just because of the chaotic energy - but it was incredible! It was actually my best kundalini experience yet!’

Having great respect for the different paths of yoga and martial arts, Kundalini Yoga resonated with Jennifer English the most, gifting her a transformative experience. Jennifer loves to explore the vast library of teachings that Kundalini Yoga has to offer. In her classes she shares these with regular short kriya’s meditations and mantras. She believes continuity is key to mastery, her intention is to give her students a toolbox to go to as and when.

Jennifer is also an Artist/curator and has worked in the arts in industry, education, community and the public arts. Being mentored as a young Artist, by Aage Thaarup ‘Queen Elizabeth the ll milliner’, Jennifer learnt how different creative processes are connected and inform one another. Jennifer’s art is not restricted to one medium, her creation include Animation, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles and Installation.

Natalie Sarab Jeewan Dorchester is a Kundalini Yoga teacher, workshop facilitator and birth doula, with over 15 years of experience supporting women through childbirth. She studied with renowned birth educator Dr. Michel Odent, and has worked with him ever since. A mother of two, giving birth was the most empowering and spiritual experience for her. It is her passion to empower other women through childbirth. Natalie also teaches Classic Kundalini and Addiction Recovery classes at JOY.

Ram-Inder Rai IPEC CPC, ELI-MP, is an experienced Certified Empowerment Coach, Kundalini Therapist, Ayurvedic Lifestyle and Nutritional Consultant and Massage Therapist, Shakti Dance Teacher, Sound Healer, and practices Spiritual Response Therapy.  

She partners with clients to transform imbalances such as anger, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, money blocks, PMT, menopause, headaches, monkey mind drama, PTSD, and digestive issues.  

Ram-Inder creates a safe space for clients to increase their levels of joy, vitality, and prosperity, so they flourish during challenging times. 

“I was struggling with the relationship breakdown, emotional issues, lack of energy, and migraines, but after working with Ram Inder my digestion issues have completely disappeared, general aches and pains are gone, my immune system is stronger, and sinuses are massively improved. 

On an emotional/psychological issue, I feel a lot stronger and energetic. I do not get phased by life's ups and downs, am clear-headed and just generally feel very happy! I'm regularly told I am 'glowing', looking really well, and very calm! Highly recommended.” 

Maxine, Project Manager, UK 

Sat Shakti Kaur is the founder of JOY. She is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, experienced in teaching general yoga classes for beginner to advanced students, specialty classes for women, students aged 60+, and students with health conditions. She completed Level 1 and Level 2 training at Kundalini Yoga East with Sat Jivan Kaur and Sat Jivan Singh Khalsa in New York and is a member of the Aquarian Trainer Academy. With Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, she completed Foundations: Principles and Practices of Kundalini Yoga Therapy. She is a student and practitioner of Sat Nam Rasayan.

A former ballet dancer, Sat Shakti has a background in business and the arts. Integrating Kundalini into her life, enabled her to keep up with multiple work and volunteer commitments. As Kundalini Yoga offers practical tools for practitioners to lead balanced, happy lives, Sat Shakti is eager to share this powerful technology with busy Londoners.

“Excellent class. Challenging set of exercises tonight, and Sat Shakti's precise, yet gentle and encouraging, instructions helped us get through! Feeling great now. Amazing gong playing during shavasana.”