Kali Ray born on April 11, 1955 in Kentucky, is a yoga master and founder of TriYoga

TriYoga

TriYoga is a hatha yoga method with a "trinity emphasis on asana , pranayama and mudra ". The origin and continued development of TriYoga is guided by kundalini-inspired kriyavati siddhi as expressed through Kali Ray....

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Ray says that while in her twenties had a "spontaneous kundalini

Kundalini

Kundalini literally means coiled. In yoga, a "corporeal energy" - an unconscious, instinctive or libidinal force or Shakti, lies coiled at the base of the spine. It is envisioned either as a goddess or else as a sleeping serpent, hence a number of English renderings of the term such as 'serpent...

 experience” while meditating which lasted over twelve hours. In the 1990s, she met Ganapathi Sachchidananda

Ganapathi Sachchidananda

Sri Sri Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji is the head of Avadhoota Datta Peetham in Mysore. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji was born at Mekedatu in Karnataka, southern India on May 26, 1942. His devotees believe he was born "fully realised in command of the eight Mahasiddhis", and is...

 (Swamiji) of Mysore, India, who initiated Kaliji as a swami

Swami

A swami sometimes abbreviated "Sw." is an ascetic or yogi who has been initiated into the religious monastic order founded by Adi Sankara, or to a religious teacher.The Oxford English Dictionary gives the etymology as...

 in the Jayalakshmi Datta Avadhoota lineage

Lineage (Buddhism)

An authentic lineage in Buddhism is the uninterrupted transmission of the Buddha's Dharma from teacher to disciple.The transmission itself can be for example oral, scriptural, through signs, or directly from one mind to another....

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In 1986, Kali Ray established a TriYoga teaching Center in Santa Cruz, CA.

There are currently 33 TriYoga centers in 30 countries.,