Bonnie is a non-dual teacher in the lineage of Adyashanti, and a transpersonal therapist who has specialized in working with spiritual emergence issues for 30 years. She has published several books and articles related to kundalini and spiritual awakening, most recently “The Kundalini Guide” and “The Awakening Guide”, available on amazon.com. These are based on assessments and consultations with over 2000 people over the years, and also reflect her own experiences of awakening. She holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and founded a counseling and education center in Ashland, Oregon called Shanti River Center where she offers satsang, study groups, workshops, meditation programs and spiritual guidance. She was a founder and organizer of the Kundalini Research Network, and has trained therapists and offered seminars in Europe, Australia and the U.S, and currently does assessments by phone and skype with people in awakening processes from all over the world. With a broad background in eastern and western mystical teachings, energy work and psychospiritual counseling, she describes her role as being a mentor or a mid-wife for people going through the spiritual awakening process.

Websites:

• www.kundaliniguide.com
• www.awakeningguide.com

Books:

• The Kundalini Guide: A Companion for the Inward Journey (Inward Journey Guides) (Volume 1)
• The Awakening Guide: A Companion for the Inward Journey (Companions for the Inward Journey) (Volume 2)
• Energies of Transformation: A Guide to the Kundalini Process
• When Spirit Leaps: Navigating the Process of Spiritual Awakening
• Being Awake

Transcript of this interview

2nd BatGap interview with Bonnie.

Interview recorded 4/25/2015

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to the Interview
• 00:03:54 – Overcoming Fear in the Spiritual Awakening Process
• 00:07:40 – The Energy Rushing Through Your Body
• 00:11:25 – Kundalini Awakening and Transformation
• 00:15:28 – The Unique Experience of Enlightenment in Human Beings
• 00:19:42 – Different Definitions of Enlightenment
• 00:23:59 – The Intelligent Nature of Kundalini
• 00:28:52 – The Essence of Our Presence
• 00:33:07 – Embracing Diversity and Oneness
• 00:37:10 – Triggers for Awakening
• 00:41:25 – Kundalini Awakening and Spiritual Awakening
• 00:45:22 – The Importance of Moderation and Listening to the Body
• 00:49:45 – Awakening through the Body
• 00:53:53 – Kundalini Awakening and Energy Flow
• 00:57:33 – Kundalini Awakening and the Variations within Experience
• 01:01:35 – Awakening and Enlightenment
• 01:05:43 – Longing for Bliss and Contentment in Awakening
• 01:09:49 – Involuntary Energy Phenomena
• 01:13:32 – Kundalini imbalances and grounding techniques
• 01:17:09 – Grounding and Ayurveda
• 01:21:02 – Navigating Emotional and Psychological Upheavals
• 01:24:53 – Extrasensory Experiences
• 01:28:49 – Strange Phenomena and Spiritual Awakening
• 01:32:53 – The Gift of the Right Teacher
• 01:36:53 – Fear and Letting Go
• 01:40:40 – The Blissful Energy Flow
• 01:44:29 – The Subtlety of the Awakening Experience
• 01:48:33 – Awakening and Transformation
• 01:52:22 – Integration and Embodiment in Awakening
• 01:56:20 – The Longing for Truth
• 01:59:51 – Ordinary people’s experiences with spirituality

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Gurucharan is a leader in the design and delivery of applications of meditation and controlled breathing. He is the author of several texts on yoga and meditation including 21 STAGES OF MEDITATION: Kundalini Yoga As Taught By Yogi Bhajan. He is currently Research Professor in Contemplative Science and Transdisciplinary Dialogue at Chapman University while continuing a broad-based consulting and clinical counseling practice.

Whether in his clinical psychology practice or in training yoga teachers, he has been most interested in the application of simple, immediate and impactful tools that elevate well-being and solve the daily challenges of modern life. Gurucharan has a distinctive ability to teach from 45 years of personal meditation experience while maintaining the pragmatic approach of a clinician and the skeptical approach of a researcher. His doctorate in counseling psychology and his immersion in the study and understanding of classical eastern techniques have both served his commitment to the elevation of people.

Gurucharan is an expert in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan and has been his interpreter and compiler of his teachings since they met in 1969. In addition to developing the 21 Stages, he co-authored with Yogi Bhajan Breathwalk: Breathing Your Way to a Revitalized Body, Mind and Spirit and The Mind: Its Projections and Multiple Facets.

Karuna is a classically trained actress and former Ford model. She began teaching yoga professionally while at drama school in Bristol, England, and later helped develop The Life Centre’s yoga program in London.

Karuna continued her journey of self-discovery as she studied Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Lakota Sioux healing tradition. As her exploration of spiritual practices continued to deepen, she attended a Kundalini yoga class in Los Angeles taught by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa.

Immediately, Karuna was captivated by this amazing technology—unlike any other yoga she had experienced—in which posture, breath, mantra, and meditation blend into a rich whole. Gurmukh invited Karuna to apprentice with her, a great honor, as Gurmukh was trained by Yogi Bhajan himself, whose teachings are the foundation of The Yoga of Awareness.

Today, Karuna shares those treasured teachings with yoga students in Boulder and all over the world. Karuna teaches daily group yoga classes and private lessons, leads weekend intensives on varying themes including relationships, women’s issues, and mastering challenges, and conducts retreats internationally. She is an Associate Level Trainer in the Aquarian Trainer Academy and arranges teacher training programs and modules with Lead Teachers from the Kundalini Research Institute. In addition, she organizes special events featuring world-renowned Kundalini Yoga teachers, artists, and musicians under the Light On Kundalini banner.

True to her spiritual name, which means “compassion,” Karuna likens herself to a coach, helping her students push beyond self-imposed limits. Her classes are filled with humor, music and the spirit of transformation.

• Site: lightonkundalini.com
• FB page: http://facebook.com/lightonkundalini
• Twitter: LOKundalini
• Contact: [email protected]

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded October 26, 2014, at the Science and Nonduality Conference.

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Yogi Bhajan and Kundalini Yoga
• 00:02:54 – Taking Off the Turban and the Essence of Kundalini Yoga
• 00:05:16 – Understanding Kundalini Energy
• 00:07:44 – Understanding Dharma and Kundalini
• 00:10:06 – The Playfulness of the Universe
• 00:12:19 – The Devotion of Kundalini Yoga
• 00:14:10 – Guru Deva Namo: Introduction to Mantra Meditation
• 00:15:42 – The Power of Kriya: Exploring Yourself
• 00:18:08 – Understanding Kundalini and the Goal of Kundalini
• 00:20:59 – Awakening the Guru through Stillness
• 00:23:38 – The Flow and Variance in Kundalini Yoga
• 00:25:51 – Individuality and Adaptability in the Practice of Yoga
• 00:28:07 – The Twists and Turns of the Path
• 00:30:12 – The Power of Sound and Music in Kundalini Yoga
• 00:32:12 – The Practice of Being Present and Cold Showers
• 00:34:41 – The Journey of Self-Discovery
• 00:37:50 – The Game of the Heart
• 00:39:58 – The Fun of Cow Staring
• 00:41:35 – Memories from Childhood and Spiritual Practice
• 00:43:41 – The Joy of Living in the Present Moment
• 00:45:38 – Engaging, Poetic Flowerings of Existence
• 00:47:48 – The Missing Core in People
• 00:49:37 – Discovering Kundalini Yoga
• 00:51:15 – Unexpected Encounter in Southern California
• 00:52:33 – The Real Deal
• 00:54:02 – The Moment of Recognition
• 00:55:38 – Beginnings of a Long Relationship
• 00:57:27 – Dedication to Consciousness and Science
• 00:59:05 – Connecting with Kundalini Yoga Resources
• 01:00:43 – Exploring the Menus and Categories
• 01:01:56 – Sat Naam

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Marlies Cocheret de la Morinière brings a potent invitation into the deep Silence that we are. She has been offering satsang and retreat since 2000 when her root teacher, Adyashanti, asked her to teach. Marlies is trained as a psychologist in The Netherlands and works as a certified Hakomi practitioner and a certified Tantric educator. She invites all seekers to live as the Divine in the body. She brings together Sensuality and the Silence of our Being.  With love, directness and humor Marlies creates a safe place for seekers to discover and deepen into the Stillness and Love that is our True Nature. She works internationally and lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Marlies’ website: marliescocheret.com

Interview recorded 7/5/2014

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction and Struggling with Pronunciation
• 00:04:51 – Discovering Osho and Going to India
• 00:08:44 – The Human Side of Gurus
• 00:12:52 – A Transformative Experience with Osho
• 00:16:20 – The Deep Silence of Adya
• 00:20:20 – The Power of Transmission and Silence
• 00:24:47 – Discovering Stillness and Silence
• 00:28:44 – The Importance of Practice
• 00:33:08 – The Solvent of Realizing True Nature
• 00:37:00 – Realizing Something Beyond the Human
• 00:40:07 – The Awakening Process and the Power of Stillness
• 00:44:35 – A Journey of Healing and Self-Discovery
• 00:48:43 – The Deepening Process of Awakening
• 00:53:05 – The Beauty of Beginner’s Mind
• 00:57:00 – The Challenge of Calming the Nervous System
• 01:00:32 – Exploring Tantra with Sri M
• 01:04:33 – Sexuality and Tantra
• 01:09:06 – Shankara’s Divine Intervention
• 01:12:56 – Sacred Sexuality and Healing
• 01:16:54 – Healing and Awakening
• 01:21:27 – Total Inclusiveness and Following Orders
• 01:24:38 – The Method of Realms Therapy and Mindfulness Experiments
• 01:27:36 – Studying with Sharon Lentrit and a Week-Long Retreat
• 01:30:55 – A new ingredient in the soup
• 01:34:44 – Embracing the Essence of All That Is
• 01:38:47 – Being Authentic as a Teacher
• 01:42:58 – Understanding Enlightenment
• 01:46:32 – Liberation and Enlightenment
• 01:49:52 – Overflowing Generosity and Gratitude
• 01:53:12 – Interview with Marlies Cocheret de la Mourinière
• 01:55:49 – Traveling Europe, UK, and Ireland

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