About Avtar Kaur (Karen O’Brien)

Avtar has been practising yoga in different forms since 1995. In 2001 she encountered Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, and completed her teacher training in 2003 (KRI Level 1). She has taught continuously since then and is now completing her Level 2 training as well as mentoring at Karam Kriya School of Kundalini Yoga.

Avtar is also a trained Hatha Yoga teacher since 2005, studying at Sai Hatha Yoga Centre in Rishikesh, India.

After she discovered Shakti Dance at the European Yoga Festival in 2003, she trained in Germany and the UK with Sara Olivier, gaining her teacher certificate in 2006. Avtar is now apprenticing with Sara Olivier to become a teacher trainer.

With her partner Moshik, Avtar is one half of Aurora, who record and release mantra music on their record label, Maya Records. Together theyrun a night in London called Yogi Boogie, a free dance experience with conscious dance music & live percussion.

She is also studying Indian classical music with Professor Surinder Singh of the Raj Academy in London and plays the rabab, a north-Indian stringed instrument.

www.mayarecords.co.uk

www.myspace.com/auroralondon

www.karamkriya.co.uk