Gian Atam Kaur (Janice Siska Hjelmgren)

Janice Siska Hjelmgren (Gian Atam Kaur) (Lakshmi) began practicing yoga as a child by looking at the pictures in her father's book, Yoga for Americans, by Indra Devi and practicing them on her living room floor. She particularly liked shoulder stand for putting her back into place. Janice has been teaching yoga since 1998 when Christina Ptak, owner of Yoga and Friends in Kenosha, Wisconsin, asked her to begin co-teaching with her. Janice has over 500 hours of training in yoga. She completed her Integral Yoga Hatha Teacher's training and Yoga for the Special Child (TM) training with Sonia Sumar in Evanston, Illinois and Brazil. Janice completed her Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Training Level 1 with Gurumukh, Gurushabd, Tej, Sat Siri, Harijiwan and many others, Spirit Baby Yoga with Gurmukh all at Golden Bridge Yoga in Los Angeles, California. Janice also completed the Radiant Child Yoga Levels 1 and 2 with Shakta Kaur Khalsa and Y.O.G.A. for Youth with Krishna Kaur. Additional trainings at Yoga Journal Conferences with Angela Farmer, Rodney Yee, Shiva Rea, John Friend, Tripsichore and workshops with senior Anusara instructors have influenced her teaching.

Janice teaches the Kundalini classes and includes deep relaxation with the gong at the end of each in person class. Currently teaching in studio and on Zoom!