Click here to listen to Dev Suroop Kaur on Spirit Voyage Radio with Ramdesh.
Original airdate: July 14, 2011
Dev Suroop Kaur, a highly-respected Kundalini Yoga teacher and KY teacher trainer as well as a delightful and prolific musician joins Ramdesh on this podcast.
Dev Suroop describes her yoga journey: She was living in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1983 when she came across a Kundalini yoga class and began practicing. “For me, as for a lot of people, the music is what really captured my heart,” she recalls. She began her “winding journey” at that point, studying directly with Yogi Bhajan for many years. He encouraged her and gave her valuable feedback on kirtan, chanting, and Naad yoga.
Kundalini BeatThe first track you’ll hear is “Aad Gurey Nameh” from Kundalini Beat. This is a mantra of protection, Dev Suroop notes, and one way to do it is to envision the first four Sikh gurus surrounding you, with Guru Nanak in front of you. Why not try it?
Dev Suroop’s voice is stunning and her musical tastes adventuresome. She explains how she paired up with rapper PBR to learn how to chant mantra with rap rhythm and projection. Says Dev Suroop, who loves pushing edges and being creative, “It was a big, grand experiment.” It was also a success. She’s received a lot of positive feedback on Kundalini Beat. Dev Suroop shares a couple of impromptu rap chants with listeners on this fun podcast. From Kundalini Beat, you’ll also hear a rockin’ version of “Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo.”
As a Kundalini yoga teacher, Dev Suroop’s specialty and passion is Naad yoga. She explains Naad yoga as the science of sound and communication. “It’s how the sound current and how we speak and how we think transform us, really create us and remake us every moment.” When we apply this to mantra, she continues, we take words that vibrate at a high frequency, and we become that frequency. “It’s a huge and satisfying arena,” Dev Suroop says.
Chants Eternal: A Master's RequestListen next to “Sat Siri Akal,” from Chants Eternal. This mantra is part of the early morning Aquarian sadhana. This particular mantra, Dev Suroop explains, reminds us that we are timeless, deathless beings. Ramdesh notes that Dev Suroop recorded this track after the passing of Yogi Bhajan and it is a beautiful honoring of her teacher.
On her album Sahej, Dev Suroop explores an entirely different direction; classical Indian Raag Kirtan. She has been studying this style for the past ten years, and says it is a very rich, lovely, and transforming technology. You’ll see what she means when you listen to “Beauty – Kahaho Milai Kit Galee (Mayro Sundar)” from Sahej.
What is the one tip or tool from Kundalini yoga that Dev Suroop finds most compelling? Listening. Sit and listen to and identify every sound around you: the flies buzzing by, a car on the road, a helicopter overhead, a child’s giggle. Dev Suroop explains that aside from breathing, the practice of deeply listening is the foundation of sound and mantra and Naad yoga; this is the foundation of communication and of so much success in life. It also helps develop your intuition.
SahejNext you’ll experience a group Kundalini Yoga meditation called “Meditation to Remove Fear of the Future.” Dev Suroop describes the mudra, which you can assume as you listen to “Dhan Dhan Raam Daas Gur” from Sahej.
The podcast closes with “Sat Nam Bangara” from Kundalini Rising. No doubt you’ll find it difficult to sit still for this one!
Join Ramdesh and Dev Suroop on this exciting adventure; with her rich and resonant voice, this amazing teacher/musician will take you to places you’ve never been before.
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Kathryn E. Livingston has been writing professionally on parenting issues for nearly three decades and has recently turned her pen to her new passion, Kundalini Yoga, which has changed her life. She lives in Bogota, NJ. 
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