ABOUT

Guru Dharam Singh Khalsa, BAcC RCHM

Founder of Kundalini Medicine

Guru Dharam has been teaching yoga for 40 years. In 1988, after qualifying with a diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine, he founded the Lotus Healing Centre, a holistic practice incorporating Kundalini Yoga Therapy and TCM. He served as the Vice Principal of the London Academy of Oriental Medicine from 1988-1996.

His formal qualifications have been complemented by intensive postgraduate interdisciplinary study of indigenous healing; Kabbalah, Meso-American Shamanic Dreaming, West African healing practice, White Lotus healing, Black Hat Feng Shui and the Red Thread empowerments

In 1996, Guru Dharam founded the International School of Kundalini Yoga (i-SKY) in the UK with Darryl O’Keeffe, with the mission of teaching people to become yoga teachers. I-SKY has since grown into a global network of teacher trainings. Guru Dharam and Darryl also co-authored the book The Kundalini Yoga Experience.

Guru Dharam is the School Director of the Kundalini Medicine Yoga Therapy Training, which he founded in 2007 as a safe, effective and therapeutic complement to the mechanics of western medical practice. Kundalini Medicine is informed by his 40 years experience of helping to empower many thousands of people toward a healthier and happier life.

What’s in a name?

A word of explanation concerning the ‘Guru’ in ‘Guru Dharam’. Some people think is similar to ‘Padre’ or ‘Rabbi,’ indicating a minister of religion, but this is not the case. ‘Guru’ here is a name not a title.

I began practicing yoga as a 23 year old and was fascinated to learn of the notion that ‘your destiny is written on your forehead’ and that the destiny of a person has a specific sonic resonance which when articulated will remind the person of that destiny.

This is why many people adopt a ‘spiritual name’ that connects to the mind stream of their chosen mystical path.

‘Guru’ means ‘dark to light’ and by extension ‘transformation’ or ‘teacher’. ‘Dharam’ means ‘path of truth’ or ‘way of liberation’. So my name means the ‘one who walks the path of truth from darkness into the light’.

~ Guru Dharam