our teachers

Brie Kalamir / Har Simrat

Brie Kalamir/ Har Simrat is the founder and director of Spirit Rising Yoga, Brisbane's home of Kundalini Yoga and the Radiant Child Yoga Program.  Brie is also known as Har Simrat Kaur, the name she was given by Yogi Bhajan as a tribute to her spiritual path.
 She has began practicing yoga over ten years ago in Hong Kong, and has now been teaching for over six, having taught for three years in Sydney before relocating to Brisbane in January 2007 with the aim of sharing Kundalini and Kids Yoga in the Queensland sun.  Her classes aim to both nurture and inspire, to help you not only bring health and healing to your body, but to your mind and your spirit as well, so that you can live a life that feels whole, a life built on a foundation of  joy and self knowledge instead of fear and addiction.  Brie is a member of IKYTA (International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association) and KYTAANZ (Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association of Australia & New Zealand), having trained under the guidance of Yogi Bhajan in New Mexico in 2004. She trained in Hatha Vinyasa Yoga (Samadhi Yoga, Sydney) in 2003/04. 

Always delving deeper, in 2009, Brie entered the Aquarian Teachers Academy where she is training under Guru Dass Singh to be a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer, and is also currently engaged in the Level 2 Kundalini Yoga teacher training program.  She is trained to teach Yoga to children of all ages (Radiant Child Yoga Program, Levels 1-3 with Shakta Kaur Khalsa); has also completed further training with Shakta Kaur (author of Fly Like A Butterfly, internationally acclaimed children's yoga book, as well as several Kundalini Yoga books) to become Queenslands only certified Radiant Child Program Facilitator.  Brie is also part of the guest faculty on the Samadhi Yoga teacher training (Sydney - www.samadhiyoga.com), having taught the Kundalini Yoga module on their last eight teacher training courses, and lectures at Endeavour College on Yoga and Meditation.  She has worked with children all her life, including as Program Director for ChildzPlay, a Hong Kong based children's play program that first ignited her passion for combining children and yoga.

Guru Dass

Guru Dass, Lead Trainer and Director of the Spirit Rising Yoga Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, is a Master Teacher of Yogic Philosophy, a musician and Yogic Numerologist and founder of Lifemap. He has been teaching Kundalini Yoga for over 38 years and training teachers worldwide for 21 years. His life experience and affinity with Truth have blessed him the gift to explain the most profound spiritual concepts simply and joyously. His teaching will open your heart and help you come home to your self.  Guru Dass will be supported by Brie/ Har Simrat (director of Spirit Rising Yoga), a joyful and dynamic teacher of kundalini yoga and meditation who will help you to explore your depths, enjoy your body and your life.