Category: Community

Guru Gaddi Day Parade Yuba City

We ourselves have a full house: children & grandchildren, in-laws, friends and yoga students. On Friday & Saturday Gurukar Singh from Bolinas - for maybe the 25 th year in a row - drives to our house, puts his mat & sleeping pad behind the couch, and goes to work. A farmer friend, Kulwant Singh Johl and his brother, for as
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The Parliament of World’s Religions

The World Parliament of Religions was a wonderful environment where people of all faiths and those who were interested in building unity of faith in the world gathered together to address the Global issues of our day.  Economic inequality, sustainability, global warming and care of the indigenous cultures, peace and women’s equality and rights were a few
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NY Interfaith Walk Draws on Diversity

This article is courtesy of the Sikh Dharma Ministry New York is a culturally diverse place colored with an amazing collection of very alive cultural centers and religious communities. My husband and I live in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where it is an odd church that has not been converted to a condominium or health
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Seva in Asia

Over the past 15 years the teachings have spread out to many countries and a community has been established of diverse nationalities, cultures and languages. The region includes the people of Asia Pacific including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Australia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Phillipines, Indonesia, India, Israel. In
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Guruka Langar

The Guru’s Kitchen There are many memorable aspects of a Sikh Gurdwara program, but most first-time visitors are surprised and delighted by the wonderful food that is freely served to the congregation at the conclusion of every gurdwara program. This serving of food is a long-standing tradition called, Guru ka Langar (the Guru’s kitchen)
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Serving God in Each Other

Loss and Hope in Japan Reported by Harinderpal Kaur KRI Certified Yoga Teacher March 11, 2011 changed many of our lives in Japan. When northern Japan was struck with the mega earthquake, the tsunami, and the explosion of the nuclear plant in Fukushima, many families lost literally EVERYTHING: including— and of foremost importance—their loved
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Seva in Russia

The Kundalini Yoga sangat has existed in Russia for several years. Since 2010 it has been supporting a volunteer collaborative project with the Karabanovsky Children’s Home. The idea of starting this kind of seva came at Winter Solstice Sadhana “by the will of God”. The founder of the project, Akaljit Kaur (Dorina Alekseeva), tells the
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