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Kuwait: Still Stalling on Statelessness
05/12/2010 - 15:30
Policy recommendations
H.H. the Emir of Kuwait and Parliament should formalize and implement a plan to secure the civil and political rights of every person through a transparent evaluation of all unresolved bidoon cases, with the intent to grant citizenship for qualifying individuals and families. A robust and comprehensive tolerance campaign to address discrimination in the society at large should be commenced.
The Minister of Health should be immediately directed to register every child at birth, regardless of parents' nationality or status.
The Government of Kuwait should revise its nationality law, particularly regarding the equal right of women to pass on their nationality to their children and also amend the law barring nationality matters from court jurisdiction to permit such.
Kuwait should establish a national human rights institution.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees should proactively support government efforts to end statelessness in Kuwait. The UN Human Rights Bodies and UNICEF should establish a presence in the country.
The government of Kuwait continues to balk at granting nationality to its approximately 90,000 stateless residents, or bidoon. Lack of legal status impacts all areas of their lives. Kuwait must begin immediate and transparent reviews of all bidoon cases towards providing naturalization. Meanwhile Kuwait should guarantee the bidoon the right to work and earn equitable incomes, allow their children to enroll in public schools, provide them healthcare free of charge, and issue certificates that record births, marriages, and deaths. With Kuwait about to enter the UN Universal Periodic Review process on May 12, other states have an immediate opportunity to press the country to take these steps to address the statelessness problem.
Statelessness in Kuwait
More than 12 million people around the world lack an effective nationality. Either never having acquired citizenship in the countries where they were born, or having lost it, they have no legal bond of nationality with any state. Kuwaiti bidoon did not become stateless as a result of war, forced migration, or redrawing of borders between states. On the contrary, it was an absence of permanent borders that gave rise, in large part, to the problem of statelessness in the country.
The Arabic word "bidoon," meaning "without" and short for "bidoon jinsiya" (without citizenship), is used to denote longtime residents of Kuwait who are stateless and, according to government figures, presently number just over 90,000. Many bidoon are descendants of Bedouin tribes that roamed freely across the borders of present day Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq. But because their ancestors failed to understand the importance of citizenship or given their centuries-old way of life they did not want to belong to any one country. Others were living outside the city walls or were illiterate. As a result, they did not or could not apply for nationality, though the majority had and still have legal documents that prove settlement in Kuwait earlier than the establishment of the state. Bidoon are indistinguishable from citizens, sharing a common language and culture.
The country's 1959 Nationality Law defined Kuwaiti nationals as persons who were settled in Kuwait prior to 1920 and who maintained their normal residence there until the date of publication of the law. Approximately one third of the population was recognized as bona fide citizens, the founding families of the country. Another third was naturalized and granted partial citizenship rights. The remaining third was classified as "bidoon jinsiya." Even now families include members who are citizens and others who are bidoon.
Bidoon once made up the bulk of the armed forces and police and served their country loyally. They believed that eventually the government would extend them citizenship. Bidoon were included in the 1965 government census, indicating they were considered Kuwaiti citizens.
After 1985, however, the government took a number of punitive steps to destroy the hope of citizenship. Bidoon were dismissed from their jobs, children were barred from public schools and driving licenses were revoked. They could no longer carry passports (known as Article 17 passports) unless they left the country and renounced the right to return.
Bidoon soldiers proved their loyalty again during the Iraqi invasion; a large number of bidoon were among the casualties and prisoners of war. But after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, the government stepped up its effort to strip their rights. Bidoon were fired en masse from positions in the military and police, and only a small fraction was rehired. They could not collect severance pay unless they produced a passport, either Kuwaiti or foreign, or left the country. Tens of thousands of bidoon who fled the country or were forced to the leave were not allowed to return. Prisoners of war who returned did not receive a hero's welcome. One widow told RI, "My husband didn't get his job back. And when he passed away the Ministry of the Interior reclaimed the house. Our children can't even study." Families of dead soldiers cannot claim a father's indemnity due to their failure to present a death certificate.
Moreover, an atmosphere of intimidation continues to plague the community. Most bidoon do not feel they can freely express themselves for fear of losing the little they have.
The social cost of denying human rights
In Kuwait, nationality is deemed a matter relating to sovereignty and courts cannot review sovereign actions of the state. Accordingly, the bidoon cannot petition the courts to have their citizenship claims adjudicated. Furthermore, citizenship in Kuwait is passed to children through their fathers, not their mothers. Thus, the children of a Kuwaiti woman and a bidoon husband are bidoon. Sometimes even the child of a Kuwaiti father and bidoon mother is also bidoon. Laws in Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, which grant mothers the right to pass on their nationality to their children, could serve as models for revisions in Kuwait's law.
Lack of legal status impacts all areas of life for bidoon: their identity, family life, mental and physical health, residence, education, livelihood, and political participation. The problem starts at birth. Bidoon children are not given a birth certificate. Under ordinary circumstances, a birth declaration is meant as a temporary document to be taken to the Ministry of Health and exchanged for a birth certificate. Stateless children in Kuwait, however, generally cannot obtain a birth certificate because their parents are not given marriage certificates. In some cases, parents have been strong-armed into declaring a nationality in order to obtain birth certificates and other civil registration documents.
The Convention of the Rights of the Child states that every child has the right to an identity. But when a bidoon father pulls out a copy of his child's birth declaration, any observer can immediately see the problems. The child's name is not indicated on the document, and any information regarding the child's national identity, place of birth, and parents' names is either non-existent or has long since faded. One parent said, "Our children are not part of this world."
Without birth certificates, children are barred from free education in public school. Parents must pay for private, poorer-quality schooling. A child of a divorced Kuwaiti woman or widow can acquire some nationality rights, including education, so there is a theoretical incentive for couples to divorce to guarantee their children's future. In reality children of such broken families are not able to secure the intended benefits. Without birth certificates, children cannot apply for passports. Hence, families with a Kuwaiti father or Kuwaiti mother cannot travel together with their children, nor can the parents leave their children behind and travel.
Kuwait fails to take advantage of the valuable labor pool available in the bidoon population. Instead the workforce is largely composed of foreign workers. Because formal employment is precarious and only possible through "favors," bidoon seek jobs in the underground economy: selling produce on the street, for example, and in some cases even turning to prostitution and the drug trade. Those who are employed face wage disparities with their citizen counterparts. While some individuals may manage despite everything to acquire resources through great personal initiative and exertion, these are quickly depleted through paying privately for services they do not receive from the state and supporting extended families with similar costs. Healthcare, including dental services, offered free of charge to citizens is withheld from them. They can not own property in their own names.
Bidoon in Kuwait explain that there is a vested interest on the part of traders and merchants to maintain the status quo, which accounts for some of the labor market problems they face. In reality, stateless people have much they could contribute to the societies they live in. An enlightened and forward-looking government policy would provide identification papers and work permits to all eligible persons, and permit access to training and education. The goal must be to prepare the stateless persons to render the best possible service to their homeland and the society in which they reside. "But we even need permission to dream," one man said.
Statelessness threatens both national and global security
When a sovereign government determines its requirements for citizenship and then denies or withdraws citizenship to persons residing within its borders it creates marginalized groups of people. Such individuals subsist in the shadows and avoid to the extent possible contact with the government and its record keepers out of fear and distrust. National security is compromised as a result, particularly as people seek their own solutions, often by crossing international boundaries in an irregular and uncontrolled fashion.
Without the bonds of citizenship stateless individuals face denial of subsidiary human rights as noted above. And because governments are frequently unwilling to seek solutions to the plight of stateless people, they muddle along with half-measures that create an underclass often exploited politically and economically. The situation can be, and has been, compared to a game played with great sophistication by the country's leadership, but the pawns are the lives of real people.
The surest guarantors of national, regional, and global security are inclusive and equal access to civil rights and services and the prevention of discrimination based on ethnicity, religious affiliation, or gender. No government, including those with large numbers of stateless persons within their borders, can remain as one scholar put it, "silent and sitting." A European representative likened the situation to air quality. He explained this analogy saying, "What one country does affects us all."
The darkest corners need the brightest spotlights
Despite Kuwait's general progress, such as the notable inclusion of women parliamentarians for the first time in 2009, the human rights problem of statelessness has yet to be addressed in a meaningful way. As one individual expressed, "Reform in Kuwait is like a journey of a thousand steps, and we are only now beginning to lift the big toe of the left foot."
A key contributing factor to the perpetuation of statelessness is the lack of transparency in the process of trying to adjust one's legal status. Stateless people often find themselves caught in a costly cycle of buying their way out of situations for which they bear no responsibility. When dealing with government civil administration offices and providers of services, exchanging money or other favors can determine if or when they may be able to acquire citizenship or legal residency. Stateless people are forced into making their own compromises, using another person's name to buy a home or maintain a business or purchasing a passport with an unlikely national affiliation.
The pattern of corruption is self-perpetuating. Individuals benefitting from it obviously have a strong incentive to maintain the status-quo. Corruption, fed by the desperation of stateless people, is probably one of the more difficult symptoms of the problem to correct. But it is the symptom, and statelessness is the disease.
Global efforts to increase transparency, curtail corruption, and reduce the production of fraudulent travel and identity documents should be broadened to address the underlying causes, and include investigations of the workings of citizenship/naturalization boards. Efforts should be made, ideally through an internationally mandated process by an inter-governmental institution, to study and document the benefits accruing to governments (or to powerful individuals within them) that fail to find and effectively promote solutions to statelessness within their territories.
Plugging the holes
As in other parts of the world statelessness in the Middle East region is a sensitive matter, and when the topic is mentioned a full range of feelings is expressed. One Kuwaiti admitted, "A lot of us think we are superior because we have money." Another explained, "We can not give nationality to all these people". One man said, "Some want to give all people citizenship but others would grant it to none of them." Another admitted, "I am afraid for the wealth and identity of Kuwait. We have to get rid of them." Fear and greed appear to prevail in Kuwait, and the problem is only getting bigger.
To date, the human rights mechanisms have failed to make a dent in Kuwait's situation. In 1999, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) highlighted its concern that, in spite of efforts, the Government of Kuwait had not found a solution to the problems of bidoon. The Committee recommended that the state party find a solution to the problems faced by the bidoon and ensure the enjoyment of their rights without any discrimination, in accordance with articles 2 and 5 of the Convention.
In 2008, the Committee of the Convention on the Rights of the Child recommended Kuwait establish a comprehensive data collection system in order to ensure that data, disaggregated inter alia by age, sex, minority groups, vulnerable children, including migrant children and stateless children, are systematically collected and analyzed for measuring policy implementation. The Committee encouraged Kuwait to seek the assistance of UN agencies and programs, including UNICEF. The Committee also recommended that Kuwait continue and strengthen education and training on the provisions of the Optional Protocol as well as strengthen measures to disseminate the provisions of the Optional Protocol, with priority given to migrant children and stateless children.
Court decisions related to civil documents as well as to matters related to access for handicapped persons have not been implemented. Proposals in Kuwait's Parliament to honor civil and social rights of the bidoon, practically equivalent to citizenship, are at a standstill. And recently the situation of the bidoon was swept into yet another body, a Parliamentary Planning Committee, for further study and resolution. "The country spends millions on development projects," one person said, "Can't they solve the bidoon situation?"
Just a few weeks ago during her late April 2010 visit to the country, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, met with Kuwaiti officials, UN representatives, and with members of the Kuwait Human Rights Society, but no one introduced her to a single Kuwaiti bidoon. The system continues to fail stateless people.
Nationality by any other name
Some say there is general agreement in Kuwait that the humanitarian consequences of statelessness should be addressed immediately, leaving the contentious issue of citizenship rights to a later date. At the same time, however, many Kuwaitis acknowledge that the problems associated with statelessness will escalate. Refugees International believes it is possible to move forward on two tracks simultaneously.
Kuwait must begin immediate and transparent reviews of all bidoon cases towards providing naturalization. Numerous bidoon are able to furnish ample proof of their families' presence in the country for several generations and their loyalty to Kuwait, as well. Their applications for citizenship deserve consideration. Meanwhile Kuwait should guarantee the bidoon the right to work and earn equitable incomes, allow their children to enroll in public schools, provide them healthcare free of charge, and issue all persons certificates that record births, marriages and deaths.
At the same time the country should undertake a tolerance campaign to address discrimination in the society at large. This cycle of statelessness with its inherent indignity and insecurity is already taking its toll on the next generation. "This is just the tip of the iceberg," and "What is worse is what you don't see," RI was often told.
There is a way out, according to one interviewee. His Highness the Emir of Kuwait could recognize the humanity (as well as the human capital) of the stateless population and make a historic decree granting them nationality. "The people of Kuwait will acknowledge this act," the same individual noted. Kuwait is a small country between three big ones that have advantage in terms of population size. "It is in Kuwait's strategic interest to have more citizens." There is no better time than the present.
Senior Advocate for Statelessness Initiatives Maureen Lynch and consultant Charlotte M. Ponticelli traveled to Kuwait in April to assess the situation for bidoon there. This report also relied on information from consultants Patrick Barbieri and Michael Scott.
Kuwait: Still Stalling on Statelessness
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His bail had been listed as $1,482. The native of Oakland had a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday, according to The Seattle Times.
The Seahawks had no comment other than to say they were aware of the situation and gathering information.
The Seahawks signed Ganther this winter as a free agent from Washington. He ran for 199 yards in eight games last season for the Redskins, after playing in 15 games over the previous two seasons for Tennessee.
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Convicted child killer Allyson McConnell is back in her native home country of Australia. Find out what the reception was like for the former Millet woman, convicted of manslaughter but released from custody here after 10 months. And city council will be


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Courvoisier loses
21 juillet 2004
The High Court in Angoulême has found in favor of the representatives of the workers' committee at Courvoisier (Jarnac) by ordering the company to pay an exceptional grant to finance the mission of a certified public accountant.
Vicard cooperage
21 juillet 2004
The Vicard cooperage in Cognac, which organizes regular visits, produces 60,000 barrels each year with a turnover of 36 million euros.
Charente companies on the Stock Exchang
21 juillet 2004
In the first six months of the year, listed companies in the Charente have performed quite well : Rémy Cointreau has risen by 3.27% and its share price is 26.85 euros. Marie Brizard at Aigre has risen sharply : +17.28% to 84.5 euros as has Pernod Ricard (Martell cognacs ; +19.23% to 105.10 euros). Lastly, Oeneo (cooperage and corks) has risen by 43.75% to 3.45 euros.
Passport for cognac
15 juillet 2004
The Cognac district in launching the "Cognac passport", a document destined only for tourists, which enables them to obtain reductions on visits to the cognac houses.
H Mounier on Internet
15 juillet 2004
The H. Mounier cognac brokerage has opened three Internet sites : www.hmounier.fr, www.reynac.fr and www.polignac.fr .
Director general for Rémy Cointreau
15 juillet 2004
Jean-Marie Laborde has become the director general of the Rémy Cointreau spirits group. The presidency of the board of administration remains with Dominique Hériard-Dubreuil.
Martell prepares its transfer to Lignères
15 juillet 2004
Next year the Martell cognac house (Pernod-Ricard group) is to transfer its bottling to LignËres. The site, which will bring together the activities of Renault and Bisquit, will be operational in June 2005. Two lines should be able to produce 9,000 bottles per hour.
Cognac : the end of the double use system
7 juillet 2004
Speaking to professionals in the cognac business in Paris, the minister of Agriculture has restated his wish to see the end of the double use system for the introduction of the land allocation system. The minister Hervé Gaymard considers that this allocation should be started in 2006. In another move, the level of the forthcoming quantity of wine normally produced (QNV) remains to be set. Brokers are calling for a QNV of 8 hectoliters of pure alcohol per hectare, whereas growers are in favor of a maximum of 7.5 hl.
Hennessy : strike suspended
7 juillet 2004
Labor unions at the Hennessy cognac house have announced a suspension of the strike against the 50% cut in the employees' profit-related bonus. The movement is due to start again in September. The inauguration of a new production line has been cancelled.
Gautier cognac
7 juillet 2004
The Gautier cognac house in Aigre produces cognac and bottles brandies and aniseed-flavored products (100,000 bottles of aniseed products each month). 95% of the company's sales are in exports. It has 120 customers and works with 70 countries.


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The Effects of Orange Juice on Insulin Sensitivity and Plasma Lipids
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The aim of this study is primarily to investigate the ability of antioxidants found in orange juice (OJ) to increase the body's sensitivity to the hormone insulin. Overweight or mildly obese women, who are otherwise healthy, will be recruited. The time commitment for subjects is ~14wks. Subjects will attend the laboratory on 5 occasions after fasting from midnight. The 1st is a medical screening. Laboratory visits 2 & 5 will take ~5hrs and will be separated by 3 months, during which time subjects will consume 250ml of an orange drink (either OJ or an orange flavoured control drink) once a day. During visits 2 & 5, subjects will have a scan to assess their %body fat using a low-dose x-ray machine, and have their insulin sensitivity measured using a technique called a 'Glucose Clamp'. During the 3hr glucose clamp, subjects receive an infusion of the hormone insulin and a glucose solution directly into their blood stream, with insulin sensitivity determined from the amount of glucose required to maintain blood glucose at normal levels. In addition, a small sample of fat tissue (about the size of a haricot bean) will be taken from underneath the skin of the belly. Subjects will record their food intake for 3-days in weeks 3, 7 and 11 of consuming the drink, and come to the lab for visits 3&4 during weeks 4&8. Laboratory visits 3&4 repeat measurements taken in the 1st (screening) visit.
Insulin Resistance
Dietary Supplement: orange juice
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|The Effects of Orange Juice on Insulin Sensitivity and Plasma Lipids
- Insulin sensitivity ('M' value) [ Time Frame: after 3 months' intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Insulin sensitivity (mg glucose disposal from the blood/kg body weight/min)calculated from glucose disposal during a hyperinsulinemic, euglycemic glucose clamp
- Glucose Oxidation rate [ Time Frame: after 3 months' intervention period ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Measured by ventilated hood indirect calorimetry
- High Density Cholesterol [ Time Frame: after 3 months' intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Serum HDL concentration
- Low density cholesterol [ Time Frame: after 3 months' intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Serum LDL concentration
- Gene expression in adipose tissue [ Time Frame: after 3 months' intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Expression of genes related to insulin sensitivity in adipose tissue
|Study Start Date:
|July 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Orange Juice
Dietary Supplement: orange juice
250ml of orange juice or a sugars matched orange drink
Placebo Comparator: Orange drink
Sugars matched orange drink
Dietary Supplement: orange juice
250ml of orange juice or a sugars matched orange drink
Detailed Description:
Overweight and mild obesity are associated with insulin resistance and mild elevations in lipid risk factors which are not usually sufficiently abnormal to merit treatment. Such people are encouraged to lose weight to reduce their risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, but there is clearly a potential role for dietary modifications to maximize any potential benefit of this weight loss. Flavonoids are known to have vascular effects which might enhance substrate delivery to metabolically active tissues, and thus improve insulin sensitivity. There are many different dietary sources of flavonoids, with fruits such as apples, berries and citrus being rich sources. However, some researchers have expressed concern that a high dietary intake of 100% juice may contribute to the development of insulin resistance, obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome (Bazzano, Li et al. 2008), although this is not universally accepted (Fujioka, Greenway et al. 2006; O'Neil and Nicklas 2008). To date, there have been no studies investigating the effects of citrus fruits on indices of cardio-metabolic health in people who are presently healthy but are at risk of developing some features of the Metabolic Syndrome.
To investigate the effects of orange juice (OJ) intake on insulin sensitivity, appetite hormones, blood pressure and plasma lipids. In addition we aim to investigate any gene expression changes associated with OJ consumption, in particular in adipose tissue.
Experimental protocol and methods:
Overweight or obese women (BMI 27-35), who are otherwise healthy, will be recruited onto the study. They will attend the 'David Greenfield Human Physiology' laboratories on 5 convenient mornings, following an overnight fast. The 1st visit is a medical screening and will involve signing a consent form, completing medical screening, food frequency and activity questionnaires, having height, weight, and hip/waist circumference measurements taken and a sample of blood taken for CBC, urea, electrolytes, LFT, TFT, glucose and insulin analysis. Subjects will then be asked to complete a 3-day diet diary for macronutrient assessment and to consume a diet providing 50% of energy as carbohydrate for 3 days prior to the 2nd laboratory visit. This 2nd visit will involve having a DEXA body composition scan, an adipose tissue biopsy and a 3-hr hyperinsulinemic, euglycemic glucose clamp. Starting on the following morning, subjects will then consume an orange drink (either OJ or a carbohydrate matched orange flavoured drink) once a day for 12 wks. A 3-day diet diary for macronutrient assessment will be recorded during wks 3,7and 11 of taking the drink, and measurements made at screening will be repeated on visits 3 and 4 which will take place in weeks 4 and 8. A standardized diet will be consumed for 3 days prior to the final laboratory visit, as before. This 5th visit will be identical to visit 2.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- pre-menopausal or post-menopausal and taking HRT
- BMI 27-35kg/m2
- HOMA-IR value > 1.5
- healthy
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant or breast feeding,
- any metabolic or endocrine abnormalities,
- clinically significant abnormalities on screening,
- fasting glucose > 6.0mmol/l,
- taking medication other than the contraceptive pill or HRT
- herbal supplement use,
- food allergies/intolerances related to the investigational product (citrus juices, fructose)
- daily consumption of >100ml citrus juices
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01201603
|United Kingdom
|University of Nottingham
|Nottingham, Notts, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH
|Principal Investigator:
|Ian A Macdonald, PhD
|University of Nottingham
|Responsible Party:
|University of Nottingham
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01201603 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2010
|Last Updated:
|January 24, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
Keywords provided by University of Nottingham:
Orange Juice
Insulin Resistance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Insulin Resistance
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 09, 2015


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Please take the Winter Solstice 2012 Survey.
3HO International strives to provide as much organic ingredients for our Solstice menu as possible.
Purchasing organic ingredients costs 30-40% more than conventional ingredients.
In past surveys you voted not to increase the cost of Solstice registration, but to ask participants to donate what they can to cover the costs.
If each person contributes $20 we will be able to cover the increased expense.
Thank you for making your contribution to this program and for co-creating the best sustainable practices for 3HO events.
Sat Nam Solstice Sadhana Community,
3HO Foundation International's Events Department along with the Solstice Security Committee members are developing enhanced Solstice Security Team procedures for implementation at the 2012 Winter Solstice Sadhana Celebration and beyond. We are committed to building a motivated and competent volunteer Security Team to serve the Solstice events and other 3HO camps.
We are now actively recruiting Solstice participants who feel the call to help provide a safe,
secure and enjoyable Solstice experience for all.
The desired qualifications for the Security Team are:
This is an opportunity to work with like-minded people as part of an organized, structured, Security Team.
Participation on this team will serve to mature your 'soldier saint consciousness'. The soldier saint was embodied by Yogi Bhajan. It is one of the highest human incarnations.
If you hear the call and wish to begin this commitment to serve at the 2012 Winter Solstice Solstice Sadhana Celebration please click here to complete a Solstice Security Team application.
You may serve Solstice Security as either a Karma Yogi or as a Service Exchange.
To learn more about Service at Solstice, visit these pages.
"Human is a blend of saint and soldier; this is a complete person. If you
are not a soldier your sainthood will be kicked around. If you are only a
soldier, not a saint, you will start kicking others around." Yogi Bhajan
Personal transformation, growing my practice, service to the community
To connect with "family" and to relax and renew:)
It is my destiny to be there. It is my time to connect sincerely with my soul in an immersed setting within the community. I always connect with amazing people and feel comfortable at Solstice simply being myself.
I love coming home to my spirit family and feeling the love and support of the global community of Kundalini yogis coming together as one. Waheguru!
It works!
To do service and grow spiritually
Because my teacher told us to
Winner of Sat Nam Fest (East) raffle. And absolutely crazy about Kundalini now.
Love the coziness of it (esp after European Yoga Festival which, while wonderful, is huge by contrast) -it feels like a family reunion. Mostly to do Tantric though.
Community, renewal, growth
Recharge spiritual batteries. see old friends. enjoy the weather. build my childrens' "solstice habits"
I have attended 7 Summer Solstices but this was my first Winter Solstice experience. It was a most comforting inspiring and fun event. I am deeply grateful. Sat Naam
To connect to my soul and mother earth.
Healing. To love myself and others more.s
For transformation for myself and my family and to connect with like minded people
Love it
Everything listed above. It is especially god to connect with others on the same yogic and spiritual path to learn and share with each other.
I was in Florida at the time.
Especially for the White Tantric Yoga.
Sangat, pangat and White Tantric Yoga-It is a great Spirit Fest.
Tantric, Sadhana, workshops, friends, food, teachers, fun.
I heard great things and wanted to experience it for myself.
Spiritual renewal
Loved summer solstice
For personal growth and service, enjoyment and work
Fell in love with Kundalini yoga and wanted to experience more God.
I always do, to see old friends and to make new ones and for Tantric too
To deepen the awareness of who I am in the midst of commercialized and busy time of the year that I'm not inclined to support. To replace white snow with the white clothes and be surrounded with lots of light of all the elevated beings in the camp.
2 reasons: 1. My friend was going and invited me. 2. I've taken a few kundalini classes before and experienced some…you know….
Spiritual companionship
White tantric and workshops, to come together with others in spirit of growth and oneness
To connect with community and personal transformation.
To readjust myself in spiritual life and community, to see old friends, to participate in white tantric yoga and other activities
Energetic highlight of my winter. I attended even with a 4 week old baby at home.
In order to stay connected with the community, to recharge, and regroup, grow, share, learn!
For balance, to be w nature, cleanse my soul, feel connected
For the Solstice Experience and Tantric
To see people smiling, performing sewa from heart, chanting name of god from mind and soul
Am a teacher and figure it's the biggest assist to this- I thought it was to also make more KY friends – but it isnt so easy in the winter – its is a more inward time.
I came to this last one because a very good friend told me I needed to have this experance. Plus I'm in teacher training and was required to.
I attend Winter Solstice because it is the best place to be to gain clarity and energy for the coming year and because I love being with the spiritual community.
To gain spiritual experience
My daughter wanted to attend for her birthday
To connect with the teachings. To check in with myself. To kick my own butt
To serve and share. Connect with the Guru, sangat and to teach.
We are blessed and grateful to offer these music downloads as a gift from our Winter Solstice Sadhana Musicians. Enjoy!
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Here's the story:
The story behind this song is a bit of a hair-raiser. This is the hukam that was read the day I received a message from the Guru: "I'm sending your husband." It was a beautiful Autumn Sunday morning and I arrived at Gurdwara to rest and recuperate from the recently completed Immersion Course. To say I was bone-weary would be an understatement. I just wanted to bow and listen for awhile and then return home to take a nap. Instead I was asked to sit behind the Guru–and that was the beginning. As I was sitting behind the Guru, suddenly my spine straightened up, as if someone had run a finger up my spine. Chin in, chest out, I heard a voice say to me, I'm sending your husband. Well, you can imagine my reaction. Nevertheless, I stayed for the Ardas and the Hukam to be read and received the confirmation in these words: "you have prepared your bed in good faith, rejoice for the bridegroom has come."
Yogi Bhajan integrated 3 days of White Tantric Yoga into both the Summer and Winter Solstice and the European Yoga Festival events – the only 3 events where you can experience 3 consecutive days of this deep meditative and transformational practice.
White Tantric Yoga® is a powerful meditation practice that clears the subconscious mind, allowing prosperity, success, and happiness to flow freely into your life. It is an ancient and unique yogic science that accelerates your psychological growth by dissolving deep-rooted, subconscious blocks through the direction of a facilitator and the energy of Yogi Bhajan, the Mahan Tantric.
When Yogi Bhajan created the White Tantric Yoga® video series, he gave directions to create 40 seminars to be used over the years. There were 130 tapes made over 15 years. He said they were our greatest asset and gave very specific direction that they could still be used after he left his physical body. White Tantric Yoga® will continue each year under the guidance of appointed facilitators.
All levels of yoga students can participate in White Tantric Yoga®; there are no prerequisites. Beginners as well as more experienced meditators will tune into their internal strength and enjoy a deep and sometimes challenging meditative experience.
White Tantric Yoga® works by focusing the energy of the participants into a resonating pattern that reaches a critical mass strong enough to penetrate and clear blocks that are stuck in the subconscious mind. Just as the energy created by a group of voices may strike the perfect pitch to shatter glass, the exercises and mantras included in White Tantric Yoga® are calibrated to reach the frequency needed to break restrictive psychological forms.
White Tantric Yoga® should not be confused with black or red tantric. Those forms of yoga also transform energy, but in a different way and for different purposes. Black tantric directs the energy to manipulate another human being and red tantric directs the energy solely for sexual purposes.
White Tantric Yoga® is done in pairs as a group meditation. You sit facing a partner and follow instructions for meditation given on video by the Mahan Tantric, Yogi Bhajan.
A representative of the Mahan Tantric will be present to facilitate White Tantric Yoga®. The original facilitators were chosen personally by Yogi Bhajan from members of his staff. Since his passing, the Board Members of Humanology and Health Science, which manages White Tantric Yoga®, have used the profile he created for choosing new facilitators. Currently all White Tantric Yoga® facilitators have studied personally with Yogi Bhajan. The facilitator's role is one of ensuring that the methodology given by Yogi Bhajan is carried out and helping participants maximize their experience.
Each workshop consists of approximately 6 – 8 kriyas. A kriya is a meditation incorporating:
Sometimes the kriyas are accompanied by music. These kriyas vary in length up to 62 minutes. There are breaks between each kriya. The environment is peaceful and the atmosphere is friendly, supportive, and uplifting. A vegetarian lunch is provided.
For more information about the experience or to find out if a single-day course is being held in your area, www.WhiteTantricYoga.com.
The entrance into the Tantric Shelter for the days of White Tantric Yoga® is color-coded. You will be given a color when you receive your badge at Registration. When either your color or your partner's color is called, you may enter the Tantric Shelter. Multiple space saving is not permitted. You may save a space for you and your partner only. Thank you for your cooperation in making the entrance process for White Tantric Yoga® easy and graceful for everyone.
Awtar Kaur Khalsa has been living and teaching in Kundalini Yoga ashrams since 1972. She sat at Yogi Bhajan's feet with notebook, timer, and camera, prompting him to remark, "She has perfect notes." Her sense of humor and transparency help her students get real about their own practice and teaching.
Bhagwant Khalsa studied Kundalini Yoga for 30 years in ashrams inBoston andWashingtonD.C. He built a thriving landscape gardening business and studied hands-on healing in several modalities, group dynamics, and Native American ceremony.
Dharma Kaur is a certified teacher trainer and long-time practitioner of Kundalini Yoga and Shakti Dance. Her background includes theatre, hatha yoga, classical Indian Dance, and oriental study. Her teachings highlight the integration of spirituality and creativity through the practice of devotion. She offers workshops, trainings and retreats internationally.
DukhNiwaran Kaur has been an inspiring Kundalini Yoga teacher inChicago since 1997. She engages deeply with her own soul to share her love of Kundalini Yoga. As a professional teacher trainer, massage therapist, and community leader she strives to live authentically in the teachings of Yogi Bhajan.
Gurudhan Singh teaches at Yoga West in Los Angeles. He has been teaching Kundalini Yoga classes since 1971. He is a KRI teacher trainer and has been doing a steady sadhana since August 1971.
Guru Simran Singh has been a fixture at solstice since 1986, where he has been manager of the set-up/grounds crew. In 2001 he completed Master's Touch with Yogi Bhajan and he has been actively teaching Kundalini Yoga and Teacher Trainings. He feels blessed to teach Kundalini Yoga at Summer and Winter Solstices.
Harbhajan Kaur is a Kundalini Yoga Trainer and Kirtan teacher who loves to share the women's teachings as taught by Yogi Bhajan during decades of Women's Camp. She shares the Master's view that "The base of society is a woman," and trusts his technology for "securing" that base.
Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa is the author of Art & Yoga: Kundalini awakening in Everyday Life. An artist and teacher dedicated to healing through yoga and art, she teaches at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the Antrim Girls Shelter, and Omega Institute. www.artandyoga.com
Hari Bhajan Kaur, meaning God's Song, is an inspiring and heart-centered singer, songwriter, musician, teacher and healer. She currently has 7 CDs, ranging from meditative mantra music, to spiritual songs in both English and Sanskrit.
Hari Charn Khalsa is a KRI Teacher Trainer and the KRI Director of Reach Out Teach Out. She has been a student of Yogi Bhajan for over 35 years. She travels and develops teachers around the world.
Haridass Kaur/Thi Kim Hoang, PhD, is classically trained in Shiatsu-Anma. She combines her knowledge of Kundalini Yoga, gentle movements, and diaphragmatic breathing to alleviate Chronic Pain and other painful conditions. She teaches from a place of deep compassion for humanity, reverence for the Teachings, and joy of living.
Harijiwan has been teaching Kundalini Yoga since 1975. Known for his unique Gong playing, his classes are funny, profound, and poetic, and offer students the opportunity to receive rarified instruction and enjoy vast change. He lives in Santa Monica, California. More information at www.harijiwan.com
Harnam Singh is a sacred chant artist with a dedicated 31-minute Bound Lotus practice. His CDs include "A Fearless Heart" and "Love Infinite Divine."
Jai Dev Singh is a yogi, teacher, and practitioner of Ayurvedic Medicine. His innovative Ayurveda and Yoga courses have been attended and studied by hundreds of people throughout the world. He is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and formerly served as the Clinical Director at the California College of Ayurveda.
Jai Gopal Khalsa is from Los Angeles where he teaches a 40-day Kundalini Yoga Bootcamp workshop for lasting change. An army veteran, he explored yoga as a form of alternative fitness, but was immediately drawn to the power of the practice and is honored to be a Kundalini Yoga teacher.
Jot Singh Khalsa is a world class, award-winning artisan. For over 35 years he has practiced and taught Kundalini Yoga and offers related workshops regularly throughout theUSA, Europe andCanada. He has overseen the Solstice Kitchens for 30+ years, which are great blessings of service in his life.
Kartar Singh lives and teaches inHerndon,Virginia. He regularly teaches at Summer and Winter Solstices and the Asian Yoga Festival. His passion is teaching Level One Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training.
Kirpal S. Khalsa, Ph.D. has been a student/teacher of Yogi Bhajan for forty-two years. He founded Guru Ram Das Ashram,Boulder,Colorado in 1971. From 1992 – 2003, he was Academic Director ofMiriPiriAcademy inAmritsar,India. He and his wife, Kirpal Kaur, live and teach inEspanola,New Mexico.
Nam Kaur worked closely with Yogi Bhajan for 11 years while serving as Executive Director of IKYTA and producing The Aquarian Teacher manual. The wealth of knowledge she acquired serves her well in teaching and creating Kundalini Yoga products.
Nirmal Kaur began studying the body with extensive training in dance. She began Kundalini Yoga in high school and immediately fell in love. Nirmal has been teaching for 10 years, is Level-2 certified and an Associate Trainer. She also holds a BFA in Dance and is a practicing Massage Therapist.
Ramdesh Kaur is the author of Yoga and Mantras for a Whole Heart. She hosts the Spirit Voyage 40 Day Global Sadhanas and a live radio show.
Sat Santokh Kaur is an IKYTA/KRI Kundalini Yoga Instructor; SatNamRasayan® III & MahBoundLotus® Instructor/Healer. She met Yogi Bhajan throughGoldenBridge, two weeks after a session with Guru Dev Singh, Master of Sat Nam Rasayan®. She continues to study and serve Guru Dev. Encouraged by Mahan Kirn, she teaches MahBoundLotus®
Satkirin Kaur Khalsa is a beloved singer and kirtan teacher trained directly by Yogi Bhajan. Her music touches and guides thousands. Her deep understanding and experience of spiritual sound current has produced 17 Kirtan CD's. Her specialty is manifesting a deep experience of Naad and rhythm to celibrate joyful, quintessential human experience.
Sat Siri Dougherty, a former Ballerina with the Australian Ballet, completed her teacher training under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan in 2003. Afterwards she openedAustralia's first Kundalini Yoga studio inSydney, and has been teaching internationally ever since. She is a professional teacher trainer in theKRIAcademy.
Shabad Atma Kaur (Alyson Simms) started yoga in 2001. She has her 200 RYT certification and is currently studying for her 500-hour level. In the last 10 years, her practice has taken her around the world to do, study, and teach yoga. She is currently living inAustin,Texas.
Shakta Kaur Kezios owns Kundalini Yoga in the Loop (KYL) in Chicago, IL, USA (www.shaktakaur.com; 312-922-4699). She is a Teacher Trainer, Breathwalk Instructor Trainer, leads yatras to India and has produced two DVDs: Lunar Woman and Invincible Woman. She represented KRI on the Yoga Alliance (YA) Board of Directors from 2004-2008
Dr. Sham Rang Singh Khalsa is a physician who has practiced Kundalini Yoga and meditation as a student of Yogi Bhajan for over 30 years. He has trained in Ayurveda and Japanese acupuncture. He is a Sikh Dharma minister and practices marriage with his delightful wife, Arjan.
Simran Kaur is a second generation Yogi (daughter of the SatJivan's NYC), wife, and teaching partner of Posture Master, Guru Prem Singh. She studied inIndia for 10 years, Mastered Bound Lotus Kriya, teaches in Teacher Training all over the world, is a devotional singer, and the mother of two beautiful children.
Siri Atma Singh Khalsa, M.D. is an engaging speaker in the field of yoga, healing, and medicine. He has a unique ability to tune into what people need to heal at a very deep level. Author of Waves of Healing, Dr. Siri Atma teaches and offers personal Yogic Consultations worldwide
Siri Sevak Kaur Khalsa began studying Gurmukhi and Japji in the early 70's as part of the first group of Yogi Bhajan's students to do so and now she teaches on-line classes. She has a love for working with people who want to know more about the Gurdwara and the Shabd Guru.
Sunder Khalsa serves as the KRI Coordinator for Teacher Training inAsia. He is on the KRI Board of Directors and is a KRI honoree for 2009. By the grace of the Master he is touching hearts of all those he meets on this journey of life.
Swaran Kaur Khalsa is the ashram secretary at Hacienda de Guru Ram Das in Espanola. She is a Kundalini Yoga teacher, plays Gurbani Kirtan, and co-ordinates the Espanola White Tantric Yoga courses. She manages the Gurdwara team at Winter Solstice and has taught several classes at Winter Solstices about Gurdwara.
Updesh Kaur's approach is to teaching Kundalini Yoga is to get out of the way of the teachings—to teach from a place of Shuniya (zero)—so that each student can go deep within themselves to experience his/her connection to Infinity.
Upma Kaur Khalsa currently serves as the Manager of IKYTA. She has an extensive background in the healing arts including cranio-sacral therapy and aesthetics. Her passion for self-transformation through Kundalini Yoga serves as inspiration to share the teachings with others. She is known for her dynamic and accessible approach to teaching.
6:30pm – 8:00pm EVENING PROGRAM
Welcome Ceremony with Kirtan, Air Tent
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Dance Party, Air Tent
7:00am – 8:15am EARLY MORNING WORKSHOPS
Living with a Whole Heart in the Aquarian Age ~ Ramdesh Kaur and Harnam Singh,NJ (AA) Air Tent
Strengthen your heart chakra and open yourself to love in the Aquarian Age. Heal yourself from past trauma and step into a higher vibration and a new you! Challenging kriya, profound meditations and uplifting mantras will inspire and elevate you to live with a whole heart! We'll also take a healing astral journey. Come ready to chant, to dance, and to move! Chant along with Harnam's sweet live music with band!
Opening the Heart through Experience ~ Harsimran Singh, GA (AA) Water Tent
The upcoming Age will rely on the strength of individuals and their capacity to give. Giving can occur when strength and intention is present. Through experience, we work through the blocks, strengthen our cores, and open our hearts. Exercises for theHeartCenterand Pranic Meditation for theHeartCenterwill aid us in this class to propel ourselves closer to the Aquarian Experiences to come.
Navigating through Troubled Times using Peace ~ Satsang Singh Khalsa, NM (KY) Fire Tent
We will focus on the breath, yoga, and singing for and about peace. We will work on the Heart Chakra allowing ourselves to open through compassion and kindness. Non-judgment of self and others will be considered as we see each other as ourselves. "Let There Be peace" by Matamandir Singh and "Peace" by Awtar Singh will be sung to uplift ourselves and the planet, like a homeopathic remedy! Come and Uplift!
MahBoundLotus®—Align with your Destiny ~ SatSantokh K Khalsa, FL (KY) Earth Tent
Open your heart through a silenced mind (Shuniya), bind the body into Infinity, connect the consciousness, and live in Awareness in this Age of Aquarius. "The yogis who practiced this thousands of years ago lived to be over 120 years old without any illness or disease….Let them know it (MahBoundLotus®) will help them with their future."—Yogi Bhajan. Please bring posture props such as socks, straps, 3-5 pillows, small blanket, shawl, etc.
Roles & Responsibilities of a Teacher In and Outside the Classroom ~ Updesh Kaur, CA (AT) Ether Tent
Yogi Bhajan said, "The teacher is a vehicle of divinity, without duality. That's why you can uplift." Come together as Teachers and Trainers as we connect to the Golden Chain and practice together. We will examine and assess the many roles and responsibilities of being a Kundalini Yoga Teacher in the Aquarian Age, both inside and outside the classroom.
All About Gurdwara ~ Siri Sevak Kaur Khalsa, MA (SG) Gurdwara
When you bow in Gurdwara, you give your head and open your heart. Open your heart to Gurdwara by learning more about it—the history, the do's and don'ts, and what everything means. The intention of this class is to help people feel relaxed and participative in Gurdwara.
10:30am – 12:30pm MORNING WORKSHOPS
Experience and Crystallize the Self ~DukhNiwaran Kaur,IL and Har Darshan Kaur, NC andLivtar Singh,GA (AT) Air Tent
As teachers, we are a conduit to the soul. A cloudy glass cannot show the way. We must become crystal clear to light the path so the soul can be seen. We will go to the depth of the heart center using the sensory self to open to the healing sound current Humee Hum Brahm Hum. Open to the vastness of that Oneness with humility, joy, contentment, and consciousness. Become crystal clear.
Authentic Relationships: The Dance of our Polarities ~ SatSiri Dougherty,VA (AT) Water Tent
As Kundalini yogis we are constantly evaluating the patterns and programs we have learned through the lens of our awakened consciousness. In this workshop we will honor and balance both the masculine and feminine within us, the elements of the Father and Mother, harmonizing them, thus bringing us to grace. Our caliber and character will then lead us, so our relationships—first with ourselves and then with others—are authentic and powerful and true.
Re-Vitalize with Breathwalk® ~ Shakta Kaur, IL (AT) Fire Tent
Many spiritual traditions use walking as a meditation to calm the mind, to connect to nature and for healing. Breathwalk® is a simple, natural and effective walking practice derived from the Kundalini Yoga tradition. More powerful than 'just walking,' Breathwalk incorporates the meditative mind with specific breath patterns synchronized with your steps. In this session you'll learn to use your prana to regulate the modes and moods of the mind. All levels welcome.
Prosperity through Grace ~ Dr. Sham Rang Khalsa, MA (AA) Earth Tent
If your goals are joy and serving others, and you believe that prosperity would fully support these goals, then come learn this Aquarian science and fulfill your destiny. Clarify your intentions and firmly attract and establish prosperity. Look deeply to find and release any resistance to this powerful flow, allowing Grace to breathe easily through you. Learn how to use Time, Emotions and Contrast to help navigate the journey of fulfillment.
Kundalini Yoga and Creative Arts for All Levels ~ Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, NH with live music by Ajeet Kaur Khalsa, TN (AA) Ether Tent
Hari Kirin, the author of Art & Yoga: Kundalini Awakening in the Everyday Life, will lead us in Kundalini Yoga to free our hearts from past disappointments and open the flow of the fourth chakra. Then we will engage in creative arts to experience our connection and restore our ability to give and receive love freely. Join us for this experiential class combining Kundalini Yoga, art and simple movement.
Gateway to the Guru ~ Swaran Kaur Khalsa, NM (SG) Gurdwara
The Gurdwara is the sacred space that holds and nurtures each Winter Solstice gathering. In a course for people of all walks of life, we will experience the sacred energy of the Gurdwara together, and open the space for heart-centered exploration and discovery.
3:00pm – 5:00pm AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Raj Yoga – The Path of Self Illumination & Service ~ Upma Kaur, NM and Hari Charn Kaur, NM with Jai Jagdeesh, CA on music (AT) Air Tent
Kundalini Yoga as the Raj Yoga is the throne of the neutral mind, bestowed by Guru Ram Das. This class will focus on experiencing the blessings and miracle of Guru Ram Das through yoga, meditation, and naad. Come to recognize, experience, and claim that essence which makes you royal and allows your presence to work. We will have an altar especially for this class; you are welcome to bring an offering.
Spiritual Maturity and the Self Sensory Human ~ Sunder Khalsa,VA (KY) Water Tent
Spiritual Maturity is not a thing, intense experience, or meditative state. It is a refinement of the self while at the same time being beyond it. It is the ability to own your own patterns and step back from them when they are active. Let's explore the art of Spiritual Maturity and the techniques of how to see the faults of others and upon seeing them, unsee them.
Concentrating Prana: Ayurveda & Kundalini Yoga ~ Jai Dev Singh, CA (AA) Earth Tent
Prana and Vata are both created from the air element. Vata is erratic, quick, a-rhythmic and dilutes life-force. It is responsible for anxiety, doubt, insecurity and overwhelm. Prana is slow and rhythmic, centers itself in the body/mind and generates immense energy when concentrated in the central nervous system. It is the life-force intelligence that awakens Kundalini. In this class, Ayurveda becomes a yogic science to transform the body into the optimal vehicle for heightened sadhana.
Yogi Bhajan Living Legacy Lecture: Overcoming the Complexes of Life ~Kirpal Singh, NM (YB) Ether Tent
The Master tells in powerful language how to overcome tragedies, unhappiness, pain and suffering. Meditation: Brighten your Radiance, Ashtang Agni Kriya
6:30pm – 8:00pm EVENING PROGRAM
Yogi Bhajan Video: "Projecting as a Teacher" Meditation on the Self as a Yogi ~ Presented by KRI, Air Tent
In this class Yogi Bhajan calls us to be known by our spirit and asks us to meditate on our Self as a yogi. "How are you going to come out of your shell? How are you going to come out of your cocoon? How are you going to deal with everybody with openness of self? How can you open so much that you can embrace everything?" –Yogi Bhajan July 31, 1996
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Sacred Gong ~ Hari Bhajan Kaur, TN, Air Tent
Yogi Tea Café ~ Cozy Music and Yummy Tea
7:00am – 8:15am EARLY MORNING WORSHOPS
Shakti Dance™ ~ Dharma Kaur, Italy (AA) Air Tent
Shakti Dance™ by Avtar Kaur is inspired by Kundalini Yoga, and it was blessed by Yogi Bhajan in 2001. It is structured in 8 phases including Shakti Stretching, dance steps, free dance and Celestial Communication. The Air Element activates the energy of compassion and love. Following the flow of sound through circular movements such as sufi grind and spirals, we will evoke the Air Element to strengthen the aura and manifest our courage, prosperity and freedom.
Women's Circle of Powerful Prayer, Meditation, and Chanting ~ Harbhajan K Khalsa, MA (WT) Water Tent
"Woman is a Living Prayer; therefore Woman is a Living Power." – Yogi Bhajan. Prayer and Power; Bhakti and Shakti. We will gather as a circle of women to understand, experience and share stories about the important balance of bhakti and shakti within our "inner crystal" as women. Making the liberating connection between the navel center and the heart center, we will magnify and project the clarified beam of our personal prayers and power.
Men's Wisdom Council ~ Bhagwant Khalsa, MD (AA) Fire Tent
Contained in confidentiality, this sacred, men-only circle will open the heart, enlighten the mind, and reveal the soul.
Getting Started with Japji Sahib ~ Siri Sevak Kaur Khalsa, MA (SG) Earth
Imagine what it would be like to recite Japji easily and well, to recognize and respond to key words and phrases, to understand Guru Nanak's answers to the basic questions of life, and to talk about them with other people. Take this class and you will be on your way to what you just imagined.
A Morning Practice for Creativity and Awareness ~ Hari KirinKaur Khalsa, NH (AA) Ether Tent
This Kundalini Yoga & Art session will awaken, calm, heal, and bring insight. It is especially helpful for cultivating awareness. This is a very simple practice, and anyone can do it. But as simple as it is, it develops your ability to perceive and helps you access your intuition. This is a helpful series for teachers who work with populations who have trouble focusing or sitting still.
10:30am – 12:30pm MORNING WORKSHOPS
Intra-Dimensional Time Shift ~Harijiwan, CA (AT) Air Tent
Energetically position yourself for the first Winter Solstice of the Aquarian Age. Wandering in the seemingly endless maze of ego-dramatized subconscious thought forms has ended. The transmission energy of the chakras has changed allowing for new experiences of spiritual radiance, mental sharpness and physical harmony. Use the zenith Solstice energy to explore the internal Aquarian mind space of heightened sensory consciousness now that the 'ring pass not' boundaries have dissolved into the Piscean past.
The Wisdom to Serve ~ Siri Atma Singh Khalsa, M.D., CA (AA) Water Tent
Knowing yourself, you act on the voice of the soul and naturally serve others, becoming Godlike in nature, as God is the ultimate Giver. "Service creates a permanent love and friendship. Self-discipline creates grace. And a neutral mind creates wisdom. These are the rules of life." – Yogi Bhajan
Sleep: The Art & Life of Sweet Surrender ~ Simran Khalsa, CA (AA) Fire Tent
Learn the art of letting go, deeply relaxing, and having Shivasan at your will. Yogic, scientific, and dharmic techniques to have deep, restful, and peaceful sleep. Habits, yoga, meditations and songs for your evening routine. Sleep is a reflection of what you do when awake! Are you conscious of how you sit, stand, walk, and speak? If you do these correctly, you can relax. Learn to turn off the unnecessary! Bring mat & blanket.
All Heart – The Gateway to Human Power ~ Jai Gopal Khalsa, CA (KY) Earth Tent
The heart is the gateway to all human power and with each breath we can connect to the source of this power, the Infinite. But first, the heart must be open. What are the keys that open this universal doorway and how can we keep it open so that its compassionate flow can inform our every action? Here we will experience through Kriya, what it means to live in the miraculous space of the heart.
Inspiration (Breath) as it Relates to Devotional Invocation ~ Harbhajan K Khalsa, MA (SG) Ether Tent
"Inspiration" is most literally "breath, inhalation." "Invocation" involves using "inspiration" to "call," invite, or devotionally express yourself to Guru, Spirit, Self. We will open our breath/spirit, creativity, and voices to "invoke" our individual and group relationship as the "pray-er." This will be a guided merger into a process of opening yourself to the Self. (You may even unleash your poetic nature as we integrate our psyches with limitless Being.)
3:00pm – 5:00pm AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
11-11-11, the Aquarian Age and Sadhana ~Gurudhan Khalsa, CA (KY) Air Tent
Our identity is our Spiritual Identity! The time is now critical where we must remember this. The portal to the Age of Aquarius has just occured – November 11, 2011. It is now time to be alert and disciplined, and to command our mind. This workshop will provide techniques on how to do that as well as go into the practical aspects of sadhana.
The Lunar Woman, the Solar Man, and Relationships ~ Shakta Kaur, IL and Hari Charn Kaur, NM (AT) Water Tent
Woman's basic nature is like the moon which waxes and wanes, while man's basic nature is like the sun which is continuous and constant. The moon reflects the sun. Come learn about woman as the 'moon' and man as the 'sun.' With this knowledge re-examine your present attitude toward relationships and receive practical tips from Shakta Kaur and Hari Charn Kaur on harmonizing the natural polarity between the masculine and the feminine.
Sikh Dharma Minister Gathering: "The Magic of Asking for Nothing and Receiving Everything: The Experience of 33rd Pauri of Japji" ~ Sardarni Sahiba Siri Sevak Kaur Khalsa, MA and Singh Sahib Sham Rang Singh Khalsa, MA (SG) Fire Tent
Tantric Preparation Class ~Kartar Singh,VA (AA) Earth Tent
What is White Tantric Yoga and why do we practice it? Tantric guidelines, questions, and answers, what to expect, what to bring with you, what to wear, keeping the lines straight, and how to leave the tantric lines and come back, if necessary. Tips and tools on how to sit straight and still and keep up through the White Tantric Yoga experience.
Yogi Bhajan Living Legacy Lecture: Rebirthing II – Fearlessness: Experience Your Vastness ~ Kirpal Singh Khalsa, NM (YB) Ether Tent
This is a wonderful and powerful class that takes you beyond yourself. Meditation: Housecleaning II
Kirtan: Your Voice as an Aquarian Gift of Alignment ~ Satkirin Khalsa, NY (SG) Gurdwara
The human voice can be a gift or a curse. Not many people develop their singing voice to serve harmony and alignment. Yet the gift of this age is that the "Word" is the guiding force. In Sikh Dharma the 11th Guru is the Shabd Guru, or bani, the Word. The Word is the guiding force to serve us to divine alignment with all. We will explore and discover vocal techniques to joyfully move the world
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Sacred Gong ~ Harijiwan, CA Air Tent
Yogi Tea Café ~ Cozy Music and Yummy Tea
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ~ White Tantric Yoga®
6:30pm – 8:00pm EVENING PROGRAM
Stories of the Master ~ Legacy Teachers (YB) Ether Tent
The Legacy Teachers are the early students of Yogi Bhajan who lived with the master, who were personally chiseled by him and who continue to deliver the teachings today. They have some wonderful stories. Through them we get little glimpses into the amazing and beautiful teacher who gave his all to give to us. These stories are inspiring, funny, insightful and always show the way to God.
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Sacred Gong ~ Hari Bhajan Kaur, TN Air Tent
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ~ White Tantric Yoga®
Amrit Candidates Meeting during lunch ~ Gurdwara
6:30pm – 8:00pm EVENING PROGRAM
Stories of the Master ~ Legacy Teachers (YB) Ether Tent
The Legacy Teachers are the early students of Yogi Bhajan who lived with the master, who were personally chiseled by him and who continue to deliver the teachings today. They have some wonderful stories. Through them we get little glimpses into the amazing and beautiful teacher who gave his all to give to us. The stories are inspiring, funny, insightful and always show the way to God.
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Sacred Gong ~ Sunder Singh, VA Air Tent
Miri Piri Academy Informational Meeting (MPA) Earth Tent
Yogi Tea Café ~ Cozy Music and Yummy Tea
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ~ White Tantric Yoga®
6:30pm – 8:00pm EVENING PROGRAM
Children's Program ~ Children of Winter Solstice in the Air Tent
Stories of the Master ~ Legacy Teachers (YB) Ether Tent
The Legacy Teachers are the early students of Yogi Bhajan who lived with the master, who were personally chiseled by him and who continue to deliver the teachings today. They have some wonderful stories. Through them we get little glimpses into the amazing and beautiful teacher who gave his all to give to us. The stories are inspiring, funny, insightful and always show the way to God.
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Sacred Gong ~ Harijiwan, CA Air Tent
Yogi Tea Café ~ Cozy Music and Yummy Tea
10:00pm – 3:00am
Rensabhai All Night Kirtan ~ Gurdwara and also heard in the Air Tent
The Rensabhai is our sacred sound sleepover. Relax and be enchanted by the sweet strains of devotional music in the sacred space of the Gurdwara. It's the icing on the Solstice cake! Bring your sleeping bag or blanket and join the whole camp for this cozy and divine night as we put the camp to bed to dream and project for the next time we are all together.
7:00am – 8:15am EARLY MORNING WORSHOPS
Taking Solstice Home ~ Solstice Teaching Staff, Fire Tent
This class is designed to support the process of integrating the powerful Solstice experience into our lives. We'll learn how to sustain and support our Solstice journey through yoga, meditation, and discussion to help us continue the process of spiritual unfoldment and upliftment throughout the coming year.
Unlocking the Heart Center to Become your Infinite Fearless Self ~ Haridass Kaur, CA (WT) Earth Tent
Yogi Bhajan said, "Through Pavan Guru, the Pranic Vidya—the knowledge of prana, of creation and creativity and of all incarnations, will dawn on you. You will start winning your self." Increase your prana by unlocking the chest. When the ribcage becomes locked, it affects the diaphragm's function and decreases the prana intake. You could be losing 1/3 of your power and not know it. Reclaim the loss by simply unlocking the chest.
10:30am – 12:30pm MORNING WORKSHOPS
Nagar Kirtan (Guru Parade) starts from the Gurdwara at 9:30am
Gurdwara ~ starts at 10:00am in the Gurdwara
The Gurdwara doors are opened for those who wish to participate in the Gurdwara service. The service is a joyous mixture of Kirtan—devotional music and singing in praise of God—and traditional Sikh prayers. Everyone is welcome to join in, sing and meditate together.
The Power of Purity ~NamKaur Khalsa,CA (WT) Air Tent
When we serve with pure intentions we exhibit our highest spiritual nature, because sacrifice is anti-ego. Strengthen your neutral mind so you can serve with purity from the heart. "Just by being pure you can transform another person. You don't have to utter a word, just be pure, pure at heart." – Yogi Bhajan
Becoming Strong as Steel ~ Guru Simran Khalsa, NM (KY) Water Tent
This yoga set is physically demanding. Every exercise is to be done with maximum strength and speed. This is an intermediate level Kundalini Yoga set. It is challenging, but the level of accomplishment achieved by doing this kriya is easily worth all of the effort.
Healthy, Happy, Holy Heart! Workshop for Women ~ Shabad Atma Kaur, TX (WT) Fire Tent
When we have a healthy Heart Chakra, we are able to connect with our Soul, know our destiny, and experience authentic relationships. Using Kundalini Yoga techniques for women, we will strengthen and open our heart center to experience true joy. We will reset our compass to heal ourselves and the world around us, allowing us to excel, soar, and live in our grace. Come sweat, chant, and deeply meditate with other women in this uplifting workshop!
Enlightened Body ©: Lessons from the Heart ~ Nirmal Kaur Lumpkin, MN (AT) Ether Tent
We've been given the human body to experience the self. An amazing wealth of wisdom, we will explore the heart in all its forms: physical organ, metaphorical teacher, and energetic center of compassion and love. Gain a deeper understanding of how the heart embodies service, self-care and balance. Practice yoga to feel the heart pumping, and meditation to heal the heart chakra. Experience the love of self so you can love, serve and bless others.
3:00pm – 5:00pm AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Embody Radiant Health, Embrace your Destiny and Prosper! ~ Jot Singh, MA (KY) Water Tent
We're just entering the Aquarian Age and a tremendous global energy shift is occurring. If you're feeling unable to tolerate being trapped, confined, or suffocated in a job, relationship, or anything else which affects your heart, this can help. We'll utilize Kundalini Yoga kriyas and meditations to help you access your creativity, better prioritize all things in your life, and offer insights into your unique realties. Small group discussion will also be part of our process.
Men's Council 2 ~Bhagwant Singh,VA (AA) Fire Tent
Contained in confidentiality, this sacred, men-only circle will open the heart, enlighten the mind, and reveal the soul.
Diversity in the Aquarian Age ~ Awtar Kaur Khalsa, CA (AA) Earth Tent
Can our Kundalini Yoga Community be more inclusive of diversity? We will let the air tattva open our hearts and invoke the neutral mind. We will take an hour to suspend/explore judgments and biases that affect us and fellow yogis. We'll do some meditation and kriyas as well as games and dialog.
White Tantric Yoga©: After the Experience ~ Kirpal Singh Khalsa and Solstice Teaching Staff, Air Tent
Do you have any questions about White Tantric Yoga–your experiences, the ongoing process of transformation, WTY history and legacy? This class provides a welcoming space for your questions and answers, facilitated by senior teachers, with discussion about the Tantric experience.
Yogi Bhajan Living Legacy Lecture: Rebirthing IV – Live like a Saint, Act like a Soldier ~ Kirpal Singh Khalsa, NM (YB) Ether Tent
The Master gives us the technology to live as a soldier/saint—the highest ideal of spiritual life. Meditation: Housecleaning IV
8:15pm – 9:45pm EVENING PROGRAM
Sacred Gong ~ Hari Bhajan Kaur, TN Air Tent
Yogi Tea Café ~ Cozy Music and Yummy Tea


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salmaida Started The Discussion:Hi, did anyone have sample of Supersede of clauses on Appointment Letter?
i've accidently put the wrong clauses in the appointment letter to some of our production operator.
they should only entitle for personal accident insurance coverage instead of under group term of life.
i have no idea how to write the letter. if anyone have the sample, it would very much appreciate.
Thanks in advanced.
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