Karuna is a devoted yogi, mother, teacher, actress, radio host, and magazine editor.
Sacred Story
The many faces of Karuna: Caroline, Carrie, Rev. Karuna, Livpreet Kaur — the story, the journey, continues – Chante Eton Wowgla Ka Win (“Woman that Speaks from the Heart”, as a Lakota Pipe Carrier). The many names met me exactly where I was in my life at the time, and each was a step of the way.
Caroline, and “Carrie” (my nickname) coming from the Colorado Rockies, being brought up in the mountains at a very high altitude gave me insight to stamina and vitality in it purest form.
Going into my modeling career starting in Paris, New York and London gave me travel and wisdom, knowledge of people, places and material wealth.
India brought compassion (“Karuna” the name given to me in Varanasi) and the journey into Yoga and devotion began. Following the Kundalini Yoga tradition brought LivpreetKaur (“one pointed devotion to God”). My love is to serve and help people find their truth too. Adding to the adventure, I live on top of a mountain and steward 150 acres of land. I offer my heart and soul to mother earth everyday in gratitude, and all this is what I share.
Karuna is a guide of awakening and a teacher of Kundalini Yoga, meditation, and mantra as practical tools for lived transformation and everyday life. A Kundalini Research Institute Associate Level One, Two, and Three Teacher Trainer, she has taught yoga and meditation within Southern California Charter and High Schools and spent more than fifteen years working with triathletes, elite-level athletes, and other high-performing individuals in Boulder, Colorado, cultivating focus, resilience, and clarity through yoga, meditation, mantra, and gong practice.
Her path into self-discovery began long before formal yoga training. Classically trained as an actress at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England and a SAG-AFTRA member since 1983, she also worked internationally as a model represented by New York City’s Ford Models. These early experiences cultivated presence, devotion to craft, and an embodied understanding of transformation that would later inform her spiritual work.
Karuna is the author of Light on Kundalini: Your Lifestyle Guide to Yoga and Awakening, its companion The Light on Kundalini Yoga Manual, and the LOK App, which together offer teachings, classes, courses—including Mind, Rebirthing, and Healing Grief—and meditations supporting daily practice. Her work weaves personal reflection, yogic teaching, and embodied wisdom into an accessible, lived path for integrating Kundalini Yoga into daily life.
Grounded, compassionate, and deeply human, Karuna brings warmth, integrity, and pure joy to all that she offers. www.lightonkundalini.com
FUN FACTS:
- Karuna is a true Tomboy!
- She loves bathing in hot springs and resting with Rumi.
- Her favorite place is at Amritsar, the Golden Temple, in India.