our teachers
our story
We are in our 13th year! The Collective was created by a group of Kundalini Yoga teachers who trained together with Karam Kriya School led by Shiv Charan Singh. We began with free classes in Clissold Park in north London during the summer of 2012. They quickly got quite busy and we moved into our first venue The Castle Climbing Centre in 2013. In 2014 we became a company with the aim of formalising our intentions and expanding our Collective over time.
In 2017 the Collective’s Co-Founder Kary Stewart launched Nadi Gatherings with the intention of creating cultural alliances with wisdom keepers of different lands. Peruvian by birth, Kary launched Nadi Gathering in the Andes, and has since held events in Mexico, Colombia, India, Italy and the UK. The next event is in Bali. Kundalini Yoga remains the key practice to help support awareness, understanding and self activation.
We honour and thank all the teachers past and present who have contributed their knowledge and grace to this space. We also give thanks for the spaces we have had the blessing to call our spiritual home in the UK and abroad including those mentioned above and – The Greenhouse and Soma Lab in London and the Ashram Valle Sagrado in Peru.
Our aim is to deliver classes and events that are both accessible and affordable to all. If you cannot come for lack of funds please write to us.
The current teachers are Kary aka Preetam Kaur, Ratan Veer, Anna (Amrit Jiwan), Andres, Sarawati Adi Kaur, Angad Kaur and Tegh Shabh Singh. Find out more about them below.
teachers past and present
The Collective’s Co-Founder is Kary Stewart (Preetam). She continues to run the Collective.
Ratan Veer Singh aka RV is a former Founding Director, stepping down from that role in 2024. He continues to teach for the Collective and holds a special support role.
Co-founder Gaby (Sat Anand), who alongside Kary came up with the idea, moved to Miami, USA soon after co-founding the Collective.
Co-Founding Teachers there from the start were Madschri, Alison, Jayne, and Taras. Madschri was the longest serving, stepping down when he moved to Denmark in 2016.
Other former teachers include Dima, Ana, Emma D, Eva, Emma B, Este, Charlotte and April (Lakshmi). Lakshmi is currently collaborating on Nadi Gathering in Bali 2025.
Current teachers include: Anna (Amrit Jiwan), Andres Dayal Singh, Sarawati Adi Kaur, Tegh Shabh and most recently, Angad Kaur, esteemed Teacher Trainer and colleague.
Founder, Kary aka Preetam Kaur
Kary is interested in nurturing connection and community. As a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga teacher of 13 years, she uses dance, movement, sound and gong and often works with Rebirthing techniques. Peruvian by birth, Kary launched Nadi Gathering in in 2017; exchanges with local wisdom keepers and immersions in nature. She is also a mythical storyteller and a journalist specialising in culture and music.
Aquarian Teacher Level 1
Aquarian Teacher Level 2
Aquarian Teacher Trainer Intern Level
Gong Certification
Path of the Paqo Level 1 Initiate
classes
- Mondays (with RV on rotation)
- Wednesdays
- 40 Day Sadhana (with the Collective on rotation)
- Kundalini Rebirthing special focus
- Gong & Sound Baths
- Kirtan facilitor
- One To Ones
- Nadi Gathering Facilitator
- Storytelling & Wisdom Keepers Project
Teacher, Former Founding Director, Ratan Veer Singh
Ratan Veer is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga teacher whose rich life journey brought him to Kundalini Yoga in 2006. He brings a unique mix of humour and profound experience to his teaching and believes that to realise our destiny we need to lovingly accept all that we are. His classes guide you towards an open heart, a calm, focused mind and knowledge of the Self.
Aquarian Teacher Level 1
Aquarian Teacher Level 2
Aquarian Teacher Trainer Intern Level
Gong Certification
classes
- Mondays (with RV on rotation)
- Wednesdays
- 40 Day Sadhana (with the Collective on rotation)
- Kundalini Breathwork special focus
- Kirtan singer
- One To Ones
Teacher, Saraswati Adi Kaur
I live in the south east of England and have been teaching Kundalini yoga for 8 years. I studied with the Karam Kriya school and am currently an intern teacher trainer. My passion is sharing the women’s teachings from the Kundalini yoga tradition and I also teach adults with special educational needs.
Aquarian Teacher Level 1
Aquarian Teacher Level 2
Aquarian Teacher Trainer Intern Level
classes
- 40 Day Sadhana (with the Collective on rotation)
Teacher, Tegh Shabd Singh
Tegh Shabd is a Level 1 certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and gong Practitioner who was brought to Kundalini Yoga in 2018 after searching for sometime and practicing many other forms of Yoga. He was moved profoundly by the instantaneous and powerful transformative effects of KY and immediately felt called to teach. His style emphasises discipline and consistency, which is important to realise the union of our inner selves to the outer world which turns up everyday regardless of our efforts.
Aquarian Teacher Level 1
Gong Certification
classes
- 40 Day Sadhana (with the Collective on rotation)
- Cover teacher
Teacher, Angad Kaur
Angad is a KRI Lead teacher trainer, Numerology consultant, Kundalini therapist, Spiritual counsellor and Lover of mystical poetry. With a background in the art world, she’s been teaching Kundalini Yoga for 20 years and facilitating an experience for each person to open a creative portal to connect to their essential nature and live a fruitful and spiritually enriching life.
Lead Teacher Trainer
Karam Kriya Numerology Consultant
Chaplin
Aquarian Teacher Level 1, 2
classes
- Tuesday classes
Teacher, Andres Dayal Singh
Andres Dayal Singh has been a regular yoga practitioner for over two decades. After a lower back injury he reconnected with Kundalini Yoga and started a daily practice that helped him to heal not only his lower back, but also to begin a cleansing process of his body, mind and soul – the process still continues. He has been a regular KY teacher in London and in Bogota (Colombia) for the last few years. He has a humble approach to the practice, with a clear understanding that the teachings are beyond him and the space in the class.
Aquarian Teacher Level 1
classes
- 40 Day Sadhana (with the Collective on rotation)
Teacher, Amrit Jiwan Kaur
Bio coming soon
Aquarian Teacher Level 1
classes
- 40 Day Sadhana (with the Collective on rotation)
