meet our teachers ~
Namasté
Keval Kaur Khalsa, Director of the Dance Program at Duke University, is a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor and an Associate in the Aquarian Teacher Academy. Keval Kaur helped implement the first certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training course in North Carolina and has been teaching Kundalini Yoga & Meditation in the Triangle area for the past 10 years. At Duke University, she developed and currently teaches a course entitled Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma. She has assisted with Kundalini Yoga Level I Teacher Training courses in Detroit, MI and North Carolina, and taught workshops at the Summer and Winter Solstice international Kundalini Yoga gatherings in New Mexico and Florida. One of her passions is bringing the tools of yoga and meditation to youth through the non-profit organization Y.O.G.A. for Youth (www.yogaforyouth.org). Keval Kaur is the Program Director for Y.O.G.A. for Youth in North Carolina, and she also teaches and assists with Teacher Certification courses for the organization. A professional dancer and choreographer, Keval Kaur has been Co-Artistic Director of 2 Near The Edge Dance Company for 18 years. She is the mother of a 22-year old son and lives in Durham.
Deborah Morse. Deborah Morse is committed to helping students achieve a level of practice that will fulfill their need for physical and mental strength, flexibility, and clarity. While enjoying the beauty and breath of flow yoga practice, she opens her mind to many teachers and practices. To this aim, she completed Yoga Alliance RYT certification with Esther Myers of Toronto - student of Vanda Scaravelli- in 2001. She has created a broad foundation through workshops with Aadhil Palkhivala (Purna), Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty (Ashtanga), Shiva Rae (vinyasa flow yoga), Paul Grilley (anatomy), Janice Clarfield- Prenatal Yoga Teacher Certification, Gary Keller (therapeutic), Bo Forbes (yoga for anxiety and depression), Patricia Walden (Iyengar), Gary Kraftsow (therapeutic), and Beryl Bender Birch (power yoga), ashtanga with Doug and David Swenson, acu-pressure, gentle yin yoga, and Thai yoga therapy, creating depth in her understanding of students’ needs.
Deborah is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Duke Medical Center, member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and published “Yoga for Asthma” in the IAYT journal November 2007. Whenever possible she provides classes for co-workers at Duke Medical Center and also has provided condition specific classes for the community (arthritis, obesity, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, anxiety/depression). It is her experience and passionate belief that yoga brings out your best self, and keeps you centered there. Her website is www.samadhitrailyoga.com.
Donna Norfolk was drawn to yoga in the early 80’s as a way to strengthen and tone her body. She soon discovered that a regular practice of yoga not only worked wonders for her body but also soothed her mind and opened her more fully to the underlying joy and spirit in life.
“Yoga just makes me feel good, and I don’t mean just physically. There is something about the intention in the practice of yoga that brings you to a deeper, more pleasant place in your self."
Donna opened The Yoga Practice Center in January of 2004 with the intention of creating a place for herself and others to continue to learn, practice, and study the art and science of yoga. Namasté.