Meet our Certified Teachers

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CI Practitioner, Mentor, Circle Leader. Systemic Coach, Personal Development Counselor, KY teacher in training.

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Sat Dharam Kaur has been practicing as a naturopathic doctor since 1989, with a focus on women’s health, cancer and mind-body approaches to healing. 

Sat Dharam has been studying, hosting, working and teaching with Dr. Gabor Maté since 2012, and structured his work in a format that could be taught to others, which is now the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training. Since 2019, much of her naturopathic practice has included Compassionate Inquiry.

Her educational background includes a BA with a major in psychology and English literature, and a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She also graduated with a diploma in fine art from Ontario College of Art and Design in 1982. She completed postgraduate studies in naturopathic medicine at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto in 1989 and taught stress management and women’s health at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine for 10 years. She has written three books on women’s health and presents at numerous conferences.

Sat Dharam is an expert instructor in Kundalini Yoga, which she has practiced and taught for over 45 years. She has created yoga-based curriculums in addiction recovery, trauma and breast health and trains teachers globally in those specialties. She has developed her own 200-hour kundalini yoga teacher training program, which she has been teaching since 2024.

Sat Dharam lives with her husband in an off-grid home on 105 acres on the Niagara Escarpment and takes care of fruit trees and a large garden. She enjoys hiking, cycling, rowing, and communing with plants. She has three adult children and two grandchildren.

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Alice is a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Clinical Psychologist and a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher. Her work lies at the intersection of mind, body, and spirit—guided by the belief that true healing begins when we reconnect with our inner wisdom. Alice integrates psychological insight with yogic tools to help people cultivate resilience, emotional balance, and self-awareness. Whether through therapy, yoga, or mindful practices, her intention is to create a safe and supportive space where individuals can reconnect with themselves, rediscover their inner balance, and experience meaningful growth. She is dedicated to walking alongside her clients on this journey toward greater clarity, authenticity, and wellbeing.

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Nyana Sabharwal, is the founder of Safe Space, an organisation working in the space of trauma and healing. She is a trauma psychotherapist, and a Kundalini yoga (KY) practitioner and in process of being certified as a KY teacher.

Her area of work includes trauma, addictions, suicide bereavement and adverse childhood experiences and its impact on the human potential. She uses a mind, body, soul approach to support clients to begin to reimagine their life, and innate potential beyond the trauma experience.

The fact that Nyana Sabharwal is a suicide loss survivor adds a deeply personal dimension to her work, and the creation of "We Hear You," a support group for suicide bereavement, is her commitment to giving people who have suffered the profound loss of a loved one to suicide a place to feel safe. Her desire is to support people in understanding and healing trauma, grief and suicidality.

Nyana is committed to creating a more conscious and compassionate world through the integration of science and ancient wisdom, in her work and lifepath choice.

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Anouk is a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner and Beyond Addiction Instructor-in-training. She works in private practice and facilitates group trainings for adult education in Nonviolent Communication and group support.

Rooted in a deep commitment to holistic care, Anouk brings together a unique blend of experience in third-culture life, outdoor education, doula work, midwifery, grief counselling, traumatology, all supported by the technology of Kundalini Yoga. Her work reflects a dedication to accompanying others through life’s thresholds: grief, birth, loss and recovery, by integrating somatic practices, trauma-informed as well as trauma-focused approaches together with neuroscience and Eastern Teachings. With a passion for creating safe, empowering spaces, she supports individuals in reconnecting with their True Self.

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Dr. Wen Harris (Livtar Kaur) is a KRI Level II Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher and International Trainer for Beyond Addiction: The Yogic Path to Recovery. She is also the Director of the Addiction and Recovery Specialization at Antioch University in Los Angeles where she trains therapists in a compassionate, multi-dimensional approach to understanding and healing the pain and trauma that seeds self-defeating patterns.

Along with her passion for supporting clients in gaining insight to heal core issues for sustainable recovery, she is dedicated to bridging the gap between Kundalini Yoga, academia, clinical settings, and the community.

Other Certified Training: CBT
Specialties: Addiction, LGBTQI2+

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Sahiba (Dayana Rivera, E-RYT 500) is a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer and Beyond Addiction Instructor with the Saibhang Institute. KRI-certified and currently in training in Compassionate Inquiry (CI), she brings over 20 years of experience teaching across the Americas, Europe, and Asia in diverse settings, including yoga studios, universities, cultural institutions, corporations, schools, correctional facilities, and addiction recovery centers.

With a background in Visual Arts and a Master’s Degree in Art Education for Social and Cultural Institutions from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Sahiba offers an interdisciplinary approach that integrates embodiment, creativity, and therapeutic awareness. Her additional training includes Art Therapy, Sat Nam Rasayan, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Polyvagal-informed Therapeutic Yoga, and Advanced Pranayama.

Her work focuses on creating safe, inclusive spaces that support nervous system regulation, self-awareness, and resilience.

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Dr. Rachna Shah is a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, therapist, educator, and Compassionate Inquiry practitioner based in Mumbai, India. She has completed the year-long Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training and is currently part of the Compassionate Inquiry Mentorship Program. With a background in Clinical Psychology and Education, her work integrates Eastern wisdom traditions with Western psychology, somatic awareness, and trauma-informed approaches.

Drawing from Kundalini Yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, somatic practices, and Compassionate Inquiry, Dr. Shah offers a compassionate and integrative approach that supports emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and self-awareness. Her work focuses on helping individuals move beyond coping patterns and reconnect with themselves in a more authentic and embodied way.

She values presence, compassion, authenticity, and conscious self-inquiry, and is committed to creating safe spaces for healing, growth, resilience, and deeper emotional connection.

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Priya is a naturopathic doctor and kundalini yoga instructor practicing in Toronto, Ontario. Areas of focus in her practice are breast cancer, autoimmune disorders, addictions and supporting people affected by mental health issues using the Compassionate Inquiry Approach. Priya obtained her Doctor of Naturopathy degree from Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM), Toronto. Prior to attending CCNM, Priya was trained as a medical doctor in India and did her post-graduate training in paediatrics and family medicine from Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, UK.

Priya’s introduction to yoga began when she took the Healthy Breast program with Sat Dharam Kaur, ND. She continued her education and personal growth, training in Kundalini yoga, Beyond Addiction and Compassionate Inquiry. She practices kundalini yoga and meditation daily and has experienced its transformative power. She is inspired to share the gift of these teachings to her home country, India. She is translating the Beyond Addiction manual into Hindi and Punjabi to make it accessible to everyone in India as she envisions the program expanding all over India.

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Artist, teacher and therapist, Danielle’s life has been dedicated to exploring the world through the lens of the body-mind. A former contemporary dancer, she holds a BA in Literary Studies/Health Sciences, an MA in Critical Theory/Creative Movement and Laban Movement Analysis.

Danielle founded the first Pilates studio west of Toronto in 1998, fostering a community of movement for two decades. Here, she created a movement approach called Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)®, re-orienting Pilates not just as exercise, but as a therapeutic wisdom journey and exploration of self. IMT is the foundation of her Second Wind® Method, one of Canada's longest-running Pilates teacher-training. Today, Danielle serves as Life Coach (ACC-ICF), Pilates and Integrated Movement Therapies (IMT)® practitioner and Yoga Therapist. She rediscovered Kundalini Yoga in 2023 and is a KY/BA Trainer for Saibhang Institute. Danielle is currently a student in the Compassionate Inquiry professional program. She loves cycling, hiking, painting, sharing and creating something new.