About Yogi Chand
Yogi Chand Tegdeep · Artist · Teacher · Wayfinder of the Aquarian Age
Origins in the Heartland
I was born and raised in Saint Charles, Missouri, amid the suburban sprawl of the American Midwest. Like many others, I was conditioned to follow the well-worn script: go to church, follow the rules, and trust in the system. But something never quite sat right. From a young age, I noticed a dissonance between the sermons, the scriptures, and the behaviors of those preaching them. By thirteen, I stepped away from religion—not in defiance of the divine, but in protest of the distortions I saw. I called myself an atheist, but truthfully, I was already a seeker, searching for something more authentic, more alive.
Cracks in the Matrix
At fifteen, my world shifted. The band Tool—particularly their album Lateralus—broke open a portal inside me. Their music wasn’t just sound; it was scripture in disguise, echoing truths I couldn’t yet articulate. That album was a spiral staircase into the unknown, and it led me to esoteric texts like The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda and Nothing in This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly How Things Are by Bob Frissell. These books whispered of unseen worlds, inner technologies, and the deeper structure of reality.
Psychedelic Doorways
After high school, I worked long hours in the culinary industry, caught in the tides of survival. But beneath the surface, something was awakening. Psychedelics became sacred allies—used with intention, not to run from life but to meet it more fully. On one particularly clear night, lying beneath a sea of stars, a large cloud speaking to me as if it were Mufasa from the Lion King reminding me of my true nature. I felt the breath of the universe merge with my own. The boundaries dissolved. There was no separation—only the infinite, humming presence of life itself. These experiences confirmed what I had always sensed: we live in a layered, conscious cosmos, and we are part of that intelligence.
Even so, the outer grind pulled me back often—into kitchens, into substances, into cycles. But the memory of wholeness never left me. It became a compass.
Early Yogic Origins
Somewhere amidst the chaos, a friend invited me to practice yoga from a simple book. It wasn’t advanced, but it was sincere. Around the same time, I found sacred geometry. Drawing these forms—mandalas, spirals, and interlocking shapes—became my first true meditation. I didn’t know it then, but I was practicing Yantra: visual meditation. I couldn’t still my mind with eyes closed, but gazing into these forms carried me into other dimensions.
Creating art wasn’t just therapy—it was initiation. I began to study the chakras, not just intellectually, but as doorways to inner perception. My yoga practice was sporadic, often guided by YouTube videos from the channel, Yoga with Adriene, but something eternal was stirring. The soil surrounding a timeless seed was becoming fertile.
Saturn’s Return and the Vedic Turning
My Saturn return arrived like a storm and a blessing. I walked away from the culinary world and enrolled at Maharishi International University to study Consciousness and Human Potential, with a minor in Ayurveda. For the first time, my formal studies reflected the truth I had been feeling all along. I was immersed in Vedic philosophy, regenerative agriculture, sustainable design, and the boundless field of unified consciousness.
It was here that I received a vision for the Rainbow Warrior Retreat Center—not a dream of escape, but a living example of what our society could become. Picture sacred land with food forests, earth homes, solar sanctuaries, and healing circles under the stars. A space for community and sovereignty, spirit and soil. In my first class at MIU, I met a soul brother with a nearly identical vision—his was called the Rainbow Warrior Nation. We began co-creating the foundations of what we hope will become a blueprint for a new kind of world.
Service, Study, and Shadow Work
During my time at MIU, I served as Communications Coordinator for the student government and co-founded two clubs: the World Entertainment Club, uniting international students through music and dance, and the Dharma Club, where we explored the mysteries of the path.
I was initiated into Transcendental Meditation—a gentle practice that opened the gateway to stillness— (although I suggest anyone curious about the practice to contact the ITMA – an independent organization – to find an independent teacher of meditation) and began diving deep into Human Design. The teachings of Ra Uru Hu gave me a practical language for energetic awareness. Where Vedic wisdom pointed to unity, Human Design showed me how to navigate duality with precision.
A karmic relationship cracked open another layer of transformation. It led to a series of events that revealed deep corruption within the university. What once felt like a temple of consciousness began to feel like a well-disguised trap. I chose to leave, stepping away from the institution and into my own authority.
With this, I have also signed a pledge as a member of the Association of Spiritual Integrity. This is an earnest statement towards my own values and boundaries towards not falling into the same corruption as many others have before me.
Kundalini Awakening and the LITE Path
In the wake of this upheaval, I stumbled across a DVD set—Kundalini Yoga with Ravi Singh and Ana Brett. The practices struck me like lightning: immediate, embodied, electric. My TM practice had taken me upward; Kundalini brought that light through the body.
Soon after, I discovered Guru Singh’s podcast, which carried the fire of Aquarian Age vision. His words weren’t just wise—they were catalytic. I enrolled in the 200-hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training through Kundalini University, led by Guru Singh and Brett Larkin. I graduated in August 2025, not just certified, but transformed.
During this period, I developed my coaching model: LITE Coaching, rooted in Light, Integration, Transformation, and Embodiment. It weaves together Human Design, Kundalini Yoga, NLP, yogic psychology, and lived gnosis. Around this time, I was also initiated into the I AM Sanctuary, where the teachings of Saint Germain and the Ascended Masters activated deep karmic transmutation through the Violet Flame, and empowered my creative destiny through affirmation.
To Infinity and beyond
I now offer donation-based Kundalini Yoga classes in person and on YouTube. I create visionary and meditative art rooted in yantra, color, and sound. I guide others through LITE Coaching into greater clarity, alignment, and self-remembrance.
My long-term vision is to anchor Rainbow Warrior Nation as a global network of awakened creators, land stewards, healers, and truth-bringers. It’s a place and a pulse—a sacred technology of resonance. A future where solar-fed sanctuaries bloom in wild places, youth and elders gather in council, and spirit is integrated into the very soil we walk.
In January 2026, I’ll begin my 500-hour certification in Tantra Yoga and Shamanic Arts at Durga’s Tiger School in Ecuador. From there, I will continue with advanced studies in Laya Yoga, Dyad Yoga, Shiatsu, and Kum Nye. My life and contribution to this world is not about career, but rather 5th dimensional embodiment.
Through every step, my compass remains lokasangraha—the upliftment of all beings through personal liberation.
If you’ve made it this far, welcome. May this path remind you of your own.
With reverence and resonance,
Sat Nam,
Chand Tegdeep Singh
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