Best Guru Shabd Podcasts (2024)

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Eps 67: 3HO Kundalini Yoga Cult(ure) Update w/ GuruNischan - May 2024 45:54

2M ago45:54

45:54

This episode is a short update on topics relating to the 3HO/Kundalini Yoga community including the traumatic finale of the 3HO/Kundalini Yoga Independent Healing and Reparations Program (IHRP), recently filed lawsuits by former 2nd Gen staff members, SSSC Board election chaos, upcoming documentaries to look out for + more. Referenced in this episo…

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Ep 708: Fatphobia, Shame, Disability & Movement 55:48

5M ago55:48

55:48

Why do people make fun of me being fat? What is ableism? Why do I feel bad about being fat? I am fat and disabled why are doctors so focused on my weight? Why can't I get help for my disability? Why is it hard to ask for help? Why is there limited resources to support my disability? Why is accessibility so limited in the world? What is the morality…

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Ep 707: Fatphobia in Reproductive Healthcare & Pediatrics 43:48

5M ago43:48

43:48

Does being fat make it hard to get pregnant? Does obesity affect fertility? Do hormones impact weight? What science do we actually know about being fat and conception? I want to have a baby and my doctor won't stop telling me to lose weight, why does this happen? Is my infertility all my fault? Does morning after pill/plan b work on fat people? Why…

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Ep 706: Fatphobia & Mental Health 1:01:43

5M ago1:01:43

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Is my therapist mad at me for being fat? Why does my therapist want to know my BMI? Does being fat affect how people treat me? Does being fat make me mentally ill? Is my therapist prejudiced against fat people? Should my therapist give me diet and exercise tips? Why do I feel so guilty after seeing my therapist? Is my therapist judging my obesity? …

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Ep 705: Fatphobia in Medical language, insurance, and clinician communication 41:45

5M ago41:45

41:45

Why does my doctor say I am obese? Does being obese mean I am not healthy? What does obese mean? Is obese a medical term? Is obesity science? Is obesity a disease? Why do I feel shame around the word obese? Do I need an advocate at my doctors appointment? Why does my doctor treat being obese like a death sentence? How do I get my doctor to believe …

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Ep 704: Fatphobia, Weight Loss As A Cure All 58:36

6M ago58:36

58:36

Will losing weight make me healthy? Is my doctor practicing outdated science? Is my doctor hurting me? Does the BMI tell me if I am healthy? Why does my doctor want to put me on ozempic/semiglutide to lose weight? Is there a cure for being fat? Do fat people need to be cured? Why does my doctor only look at my weight and not my health? Why doesn't …

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Ep 703: Fatphobia, systemic racism, patriarchy, cultural stigma and norms 49:54

6M ago49:54

49:54

Is fatphobia racist? Is fatphobia prejudice? Is the medical system practicing racism by vilifying obesity? Do people of color get worse medical care? Is my doctor actually helping me? How can I tell if my doctor is biased? Is BMI meant for women? What are the racist origins of fatphobia? Are doctors and clinicians participating in harming and margi…

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Ep 702: Fatphobia, The Obesity Crisis, & The Medias Portrayal 1:00:17

6M ago1:00:17

1:00:17

Is there an obesity crisis? Is TV and social media fatphobic? Is public health information wrong about being fat? Did the war on obesity work? Why was there a war on obesity? Why do people hate fat people? Does social media and tv still represent old problematic beliefs that aren't actual science? Why should we be careful trusting fatphobic public …

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Ep 701: Fatphobia How Doctors & Clinicians Can Help 54:39

6M ago54:39

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What is fatphobia? Why does fatphobia matter? Why is fatphobia so prevalent? What can doctors and clinicians do about it? Is the BMI real? Is the BMI even science? What are concrete solutions and steps that could help improve the medical system and our relationships with Doctors and Clinicians? Guru Shabd, LMFT and Tresla, Advocate and Public Speak…

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Ep 700: The Prequel, A Different Conversation 2:23

7M ago2:23

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New Season, Serious Vibes, Same Passion Join our heavily researched series Fatphobia in the Medical industry All cited sources found at yesandbodypolitics.com

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Episode 66: Manju Sadarangani - Kundalini Yoga 2020 - KRI Global Teacher Training 2:25:14

10M ago2:25:14

2:25:14

Manju Sadarangani was born and raised in India, surrounded by yoga. Her yoga teacher mother insisted on an upbringing informed by yoga and traditional medicine. In her teen years, her deeply spiritual brilliant father joined a Hindu cult, resulting in upheaval resulting in her immigration to the United States with her mother and brother. Manju foun…

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Episode 65: Shabd Singh {Born and raised in 3HO 1987 - 2016} 3:09:15

10M ago3:09:15

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Shabd Singh was born and raised in 3HO Herndon, VA in 1987. His parents are Gurutrang Singh and Gurumata Kaur. He attended MPA from 1999-2005, was in the Eugene, Oregon ashram from 2006-2012, and taught at Miri Piri Academy in India as an economics teacher from 2012-2014. It’s been a slow but gradual disconnect from 3HO, and he fully disconnected i…

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Episode 64: Mel Hofmann {1970 - 1972; San Rafael, CA} 1:41:49

11M ago1:41:49

1:41:49

Mel Hofmann, at the time was Melanie Calhoon started studying Kundalini yoga classes in 1970, at the age of 15 in Berkeley, CA . The local area ashram at the time was known as the “Banana Ananda” ashram in San Rafael, CA. She moved into the ashram in the Fall of 1971 at the age of 16 years old. Shortly thereafter, the name of the ashram was changed…

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Episode 63: Siri Whitecrow (1972 - 1988, Anchorage, Alaska) 2:15:42

11M ago2:15:42

2:15:42

Siri Whitecrow, was born Elias Seneca Whitecrow in 1972 in Juneau, Alaska. His mom, Sat guru Kaur, joined 3HO with his older sister, Siri Kaur, in 1976 and his name was changed to Siri Singh Khalsa. His early life was spent between two different ashrams in Anchorage, Alaska, then in 1979 he was sent to Española New Mexico at 7 years old, living wit…

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Episode 62: Guruganesha Singh Khalsa (1972 - 2023) - Washington D.C. and Herndon, Virginia Ashrams 2:58:55

11M ago2:58:55

2:58:55

Guruganesha Singh grew up in Natick MA, 18 miles west of Boston. Graduated high school class of 1968. In Feb 1972, he attended his first KY class at the boathouse at Smith College in Northampton MA, after seeing YB's tratakum pic on a flyer in the Student Union. Soon after he attended a weekend KY retreat at the Montague (montagew) in MA with Guru …

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Episode 61: Ravi Singh {Chicago/New York City - 1973 - 1999} - Evolving Kundalini Yoga 2:06:33

11M ago2:06:33

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Ravi Singh began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1973 and lived in the 3HO ashram in Chicago, IL. In 1974 he moved to New York City to be a writer and continued to practice Kundalini Yoga and began teaching. In the late 70's I had a brief stint as a resident of the 3HO ashram in Brooklyn, NY. He attended every Summer and Winter Solstice gathering from…

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Episode 60: Els Coenen (Ravinder Kaur; Belgium, 2008 - 2018) 2:17:29

12M ago2:17:29

2:17:29

Els Coenen (formerly Ravinder Kaur) lives in Belgium. She was 49 when she took her first Kundalini Yoga class, immediately fell in love with it and became a teacher in 2008. She taught Kundalini Yoga for ten years, gave multiple classes a week, organized workshops and teacher training programs in Belgium and East-Africa and assisted in them. Every …

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2nd Generation Speaks Out - Open Letter requesting repairs to the Independent Healing and Reparations Program 1:13:19

1y ago1:13:19

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Over 100 Second Generation voices came together to craft an Open Letter requesting repairs to the Independent Healing and Reparations Program. Summer Solstice and European Yoga Festival are in full promotional swing--let's talk about it--and the recent resignation of Sahaj Singh Khalsa from the SSSC Board. Listen Read the OPEN LETTER Sign the Petit…

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Episode 58: Guru Kartar Kaur (Rue) Born and Raised in 3HO: 1997 - 2016; Mexico City, MX 2:02:03

1+ y ago2:02:03

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Guru Kartar Kaur (she now goes by Rue) was born into 3HO in Mexico City in 1997 to her parents, Guru Hans Kaur Khalsa and Siri Simran Singh. A couple months after she was born, Rue and her sister, Partmatma Kaur, were brought to New Mexico by her parents, to attend the Summer Solstice where she met YB and received her spiritual name from him. Rue’s…

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Episode 57: Ratnavali Kaur Khalsa (Ratna); 1996 -2023 - Boulder, CO and Espanola, NM 1:52:41

1+ y ago1:52:41

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Ratnavali Kaur Khalsa, (she goes by Ratna) was born in India in August 1996. At a few months of age she was adopted by Guru Nam Kaur Khalsa, of Espanola, NM and Sadhna Singh of Boulder, CO but it took over 1 year to actually get to the USA. In 1997 at 18 months old, she finally arrived to her parents: whom had adopted another child. in 1993, her br…

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Episode 56: The Lasting Impact of 3HO After Childhood - Darci Larocque Part Two: (1976 - 2022) 2:33:54

1+ y ago2:33:54

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This is a follow up conversation w/ Darci Laroque to share the lasting IMPACT of childhood neglect, abandonment, and survivalist 3HO training to breed "spiritual-warriors" that she, and other children of 3HO/Kundalini Yoga, "Sikh Dharma" received. Hint: It's NOT Healthy, Happy, or Holy. It's communal abandonment disguised as consciousness. You can …

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Episode 55: Darci Larocque (1971 - 2020 Dorchester, MA, Espanola, NM and Los Angeles Ashrams) 3:19:34

1+ y ago3:19:34

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Darci Larocque, was born Darci Clack in 1971. Her father joined 3HO in 1974 in the New Haven Ashram. Her mom and father were divorced and at the age of 5, she started visiting the ashram in Dorchester, MA, where her father had moved. One day in first grade catholic school, her dad and a friend in full Bana showed up in the middle of a school day an…

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Episode 54: First Generation Fragility - Two Years in Review 1:35:44

1+ y ago1:35:44

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Speaking on "1st Generation" Fragility: The impact it has on our lives in 3HO present day and historically. Listen to "Second Generation" perspective on how to listen and hear US in real time. Resources: Group therapy with the Trauma Healing Project Email: dmcilwain@healingattention.org https://healingattention.org/ For Somatic Therapy: https://dir…

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Episode 53: Goldie (Started KY in Utah; 2001 - 2014) 1:34:25

2y ago1:34:25

1:34:25

Goldie found her first Kundalini class at 10 years old in 2001 and by age 12 was regularly attending KY classes at her local community college in rural Utah. She then started going to 4AM sadhana and started a 40 day practice. At age 17, she attended her first Summer Solstice and went every year for the next 5+ years and participated in the setup c…

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Episode 52: Pritam Hari Kaur (Joined in 1981, Hamburg, Germany; 1987 moved to Johannesburg, South Africa) 2:42:42

2y ago2:42:42

2:42:42

Pritam Hari Kaur born in Germany and grew up in Indonesia and Spain, of German post-war parents who wanted nothing better than to head out into fresh and new horizons. After being kicked out of her house by father and step-mom at 19 years old, she felt orphaned, and eventually met Yogi Bhajan in 1981 at age 21; fully embraced the ashram lifestyle. …

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Episode 51: BethVandam - (Sat Atma Kaur-2007-2020 Los Angeles) 2:23:29

2y ago2:23:29

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Beth joined the Los Angeles Kundalini Yoga community in 2007 while at grad school earning her MFA in production design for film and TV at the American Film Institute. She discovered Golden Bridge Yoga studio in Hollywood and soon became a regular student there, then quickly a sevadar, then a part-time front desk manager, and ultimately a full-time …

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Episode 50: Jules Hartley Part 2 (2011 - 2018 - Joined 3HO in Los Angeles 2:26:47

2y ago2:26:47

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Part Two with Jules Hartley. We go into detail of her personal story of emotional/psychological abuse from her Teacher Tej Kaur (Los Angeles; Nine Treasures), other 3HO experiences including White Tantric Yoga for both Winter and Summer Solstice, Los Angeles, as well as the highly "coveted" position and privilege of volunteering at the SSS Cabin to…

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Episode 49: Jules Hartley (Amrita Kaur - Los Angeles, CA - 2011 -2018 ) 2:16:15

2y ago2:16:15

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Jules Hartley joined 3HO in 2011, changed her name to Amrita Kaur, and actively participated as a Kundalini Yoga teacher, worked for White Tantric Yoga (Health&Humanology), Golden Bridge Yoga, Nine Treasures Yoga, and performed work exchange for KRI and 3HO, and did seva (selfless service) at the RaMa Institute as well as the Guru Ram Das Ashram in…

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Episode 48: Siri Om Singh; Mexico City, Mexico (Started KY 2006 - 2021) 2:46:29

2y ago2:46:29

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Siri Om was born Ivan Sanchezin Mexico City in 1971, graduated from the National University of Plastic Arts with a degree in Graphic Communication. Being a restless seeker of answers and in the midst of incessant alcoholism and deep depression he begins taking regular kundalini classes in February 2006. Making great changes in his life, he takes hi…

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Eps.47 - 3HO Reparations Claims and Concerns 46:47

2y ago46:47

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The deadline for the Independent Healing and Reparations Program of Sikh Dharma (3HO/KY/SSSC) is coming up on August 19, 2022. The protocol and eligibility is available for all to read below. Help get the word out to others who may be eligible by sharing this podcast. This episode discusses basic eligibility guidelines and the importance of legal r…

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Episode 46: The Ram Das Puri Land Purchase Story with Gigi Kaur; (GuruGun Kaur - 3HO member from -1971 - 1983) 1:44:44

2y ago1:44:44

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Guru Gun Kaur, simply goes by Gigi, joined 3HO in 1972 at Mendocino Summer Solstice. She became devoted to the practice of yoga, cleansing and detoxing from her young adult years during the time of sex, drugs and rock and roll; moving away from the “negative” lifestyle, while rapidly moving toward her new found faith and “conscious” family, led by …

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Episode 45: Kartar Diamond (In 3HO from 1974 - 1995; Los Angeles, CA) 2:01:06

2y ago2:01:06

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Kartar Diamond was Born in 1961 and grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County with a Reform Jewish upbringing. First exposure to 3HO was about 10 years old. She started practicing Kundalini Yoga at age 14. She took Sikh vows at age 19. She had a semi-arranged marriage at age 20, which lasted 2 years. She dropped out of college b…

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Ep 614: Know When to Take a Break 52:32

2+ y ago52:32

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This week we talk about self compassion. When is it important to recognize our limits and prioritize certain needs. It can be hard, but changing the world, building a business, or being your best self is a long process. You need to make sure you can handle the marathon, not just the sprint. You deserve rest and respite. You deserve to celebrate eve…

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Ep 613: Why Are Doctors Fat Phobic? 1:00:24

2+ y ago1:00:24

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How do you feel when you think about doctors visits? Are you filled with dread, excitement, anxiety? Join us as Guru Shabd talks about her recent experience, and how we can take care of ourselves and our bodies even when “authorities” are telling us the opposite. Follow us on Instagram: @yesandbodypolitics Producers: Tresla Friedrick (@curvykimchi)…

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Episode 44: Vandee Crane (formerly Pavandeep Kaur Khalsa; 2009) 1:47:51

2+ y ago1:47:51

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Vandee Crane is the author of My Body, My Soul: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Both, as well as Founder and Director of Rise In Love Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit, whose mission is to support individuals, families, communities and companies in understanding and healing the individual and collective Mother Wound by bringing Women of all Nations…

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Ep 612: I Feel Ugly 59:58

2+ y ago59:58

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This week we get VULNERABLE! How do we deal with feeling ugly and unattractive, when despite our best intentions, it feels impossible? Join us as we practice being gentle with ourselves and each other, and try to navigate difficult feelings we often leave unsaid. Follow us on Instagram: @yesandbodypolitics Producers: Tresla Friedrick (@curvykimchi)…

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Ep 611: AITA Others Shitty Opinions 1:09:34

2+ y ago1:09:34

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AITA Body positive edition continues with uncovering how other peoples beliefs, comments and attitudes can change and form our opinions about ourselves. Join us as we talk about and ask: Ways family, friends and even strangers can add to the self loathing that hurts us and what if we didn’t have to internalize other peoples issues, and we just got …

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