Learn Kundalini Yoga in Espanola, New Mexico

Honest level: Beginner -> KRI Level Three teacher — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

The Aquarian Teacher KRI Level One Immersion

KRI's flagship in-person teacher training is a 28-day residential immersion held each August at the Espanola, New Mexico ashram, the home of the Kundalini Yoga community in the U.S. Days follow an ashram rhythm of early-morning sadhana, kriyas, pranayama, mantra, yogic anatomy and humanology, plus teaching practicums; the full 220-hour certification (180 classroom + 40 independent hours, including a 40-day meditation and service project) wraps over the following six months. It is built for people committing to teach.

Next sessions: Aug 2026

A 28-day live-in immersion at the actual community ashram, alongside a cohort, leading to the recognized KRI Level One teaching credential.

Masters & lineage

• Yogi Bhajan (founding lineage)

Why Kundalini Research Institute (KRI)

KRI is the official nonprofit (founded 1972 by Yogi Bhajan) that issues the globally recognized KRI-certified Kundalini Yoga teacher diploma and stewards the KRI International Teacher Training Academy curriculum used by schools worldwide.

Schools in Espanola, New Mexico

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• Kundalini Research Institute (KRI)
  The Aquarian Teacher KRI Level One Immersion
  KRI's flagship in-person teacher training is a 28-day residential immersion held each August at the Espanola, New Mexico ashram, the home of the Kundalini Yoga community in the U.S.
  https://immersion.kriteachings.org/
• 3HO Foundation
  Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration (Ram Das Puri)
  The 3HO Foundation is the nonprofit that shares the Kundalini Yoga teachings of Yogi Bhajan and runs the annual multi-day Summer Solstice Sadhana gathering at Ram Das Puri just outside Espanola, New Mexico.
  https://www.3ho.org/
• Hacienda de Guru Ram Das (Espanola ashram)
  KRI Level One Aquarian Teacher Training (28-day immersion)
  Founded by Yogi Bhajan in 1970, the Hacienda de Guru Ram Das ashram in Espanola hosts a residential community with daily morning sadhana and runs a 28-day immersion KRI Level One Aquarian Teacher Training (220 hours) certifying Kundalini Yoga instructors.
  https://www.espanolaashram.com/

The credential

KRI Level One Certified Instructor (Aquarian Teacher, 220-hr) / RYT-200 · Certifying body: Kundalini Research Institute (KRI) / 3HO; Yoga Alliance recognition

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Kundalini Yoga

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.