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Notes
1 I interviewed Krishna Kaur in my home in Los Angeles and Ben Caldwell filmed it on 28 September 2009; Ben added parts of the interview to a documentary he has made about the connections among African, Egyptian, and Indian yoga and spiritual practices. Ben, a filmmaker and teacher of the arts with a special focus on African Americans and their homelands, had filmed Sikh-inspired yoga practices in Cuba and Ghana, and a central figure in his documentary was Krishna Kaur. Ben presented parts of his documentary at the Sikh Studies conference, and we interviewed Krishna Kaur after that.
2 The documentary was supported by the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers (IABYT), dedicated to increasing the presence of yoga in the inner city and utilizing the art and science of yoga to better serve the African Diaspora and other communities around the world. The IABYT, with some 15,000 members, instructors, and practitioners, conducts classes, workshops and festivals, spreading Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan to underserved communities nationally and internationally like the West African countries of Ghana and Togo.