Guru Fatha Singh is a droplet in the ocean.
He is the ocean in a droplet.
Drops don't last so long however.
After a short time,
They eschew their hard-won gravity and return to the clouds,
Where they continue the dance they have been engaged in for millennia.
This is not a conventional biography,
But you, dear Reader, are also a droplet.
1954 - born in Thunder Bay, Canada
1968 - first poem
1968 - studies philosophies and psychologies, East and West, ancient and modern
1970 - leaves home in Kingston and learns to meditate from Swami Janardan Paramahansa Ji, and Hatha Yoga from students of Swami Satchidananda Ji in Vancouver
1972 - begins study of Kundalini Yoga under Yogi Bhajan Ji, adopts the lifestyle of a Sikh in Toronto
1973-1974 - completes Kundalini Yoga teacher training at the regional centre, Ahimsa Ashram, Washington, D.C.
1974 - consents to arranged marriage while living at Guru Ram Das Ashram, Ottawa
1975-1985 - residency at Guru Ram Das Ashram, Toronto
1975-1977 - serves on the board of the Federation of Ontario Yoga Teachers
1977 - on a dare, applies to join the militia, launches landmark human rights case
1980 - another landmark rights case, this time with Co-Op Cabs in Toronto
1981 - graduates from the University of Toronto with honours Bachelor of Arts, majoring in religious studies
1983 - co-founds with Sartaj Kaur, Khalsa Youth of North America, so named by Yogi Bhajan, dedicated to organizing and hosting camps for Sikh youth
1985 - protests nuclear arms race with Sikhs for Peace
1987 - ordained as Sikh Dharma minister
1987 - birth of son, Himmat Singh Khalsa
1990 - joins support camp for First Nations Kanesatake Resistance, near Oka, Quebec
1993 - begins writing articles for The Sikh Review, Calcutta and Vitality Magazine, Toronto
1995-1996 - spends 5 months in India, based with Sant Baba Darshan Singh at Sangatsar Dera outside Amritsar
1996-1997 - residency at Ontario Khalsa Darbar, Mississauga
1996 - self-publishes first book, Badges of Bondage: The Conquest of the Sikh Mind (1847-1947)
1998-1999 - residency at Sikh Spiritual Center, Etobicoke
1998 - joins the University of Toronto Campus Chaplains Association
1998 - presents What The Media Gets Wrong About Faith at the Faith and the Media Conference hosted by Carleton University's School of Journalism in Ottawa
1999 - with Kita Forever co-founds the Toronto Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association
1999 - self-publishes The Punjabi I Know, a self-learning manual for English speakers
2000-2001 - residency at Nanaksar Thath, Mississauga
2002-2005 - launches annual Peace Week at the University of Toronto in defiance of the Iraq War
2008 - self-publishes historical epic, Five Paragons of Peace: Magic and Magnificence in the Guru's Way
2008 - self-publishes the defining text, The Essential Gursikh Yogi: The Yoga and Yogis in the Past, Present and Future of Sikh Dharma
2009 - self-publishes satirical piece How NOT to Become 10 Times Great Than Yogi Bhajan in 13 Easy Steps
2011 - conducts the first global study of practitioners of the teachings of Yogi Bhajan
2011 - presents paper Yogi Bhajan's Teachings for Women at the first-ever conference hosted by the Sikh Feminist Research Institute at the University of Toronto
2012 - organizes international collaboration to digitalize and publish the typewritten notes of Yogi Bhajan's historic 1972 teacher training course in Santa Cruz, California
2013 - self-publishes Women of Grace and Power: Stories for Girls and Women of All Ages
2015 - with Dr. Farah Jindani co-authors 2 academic papers on Kundalini Yoga for PTSD symptoms
2016 - begins writing articles for sikhnet.com
2017 - with Dr. Farah Jindani co-presents certification course in Kundalin Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress in Frankfurt, Germany
2017 - presents paper on Mool Mantra and the Transmission of Meditative Awareness at the International Sikh Research Conference the University of Warwick, UK
2017-2020 - presents trauma-sensitive Kundalini Yoga classes at the Early Psychosis Unit of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
2018 - self-publishes biography of Yogi Bhajan
2020 - begins work on Climate Crisis Anthem music video with Thomas Barquee
2021 - self-publishes BHAI SAHIB: The Life Story of Bhai Sahib Dayal Singh - Saint, Hero and Gentle Warrior (1954-1975)
2022 - releases Climate Crisis Anthem to 2,000 climate researchers and activists around the world
2023 - hosts Sikh Yoga camp near Toronto with guest teachers from Chile and Togo
2023 - self-publishes Sikh Meditation and Gurbani and Psychiatry in the 21st Century
2024 - tours Argentina, Chile, Colombia sharing understanding of Intrinsic Being, Guru Nanak Dev Ji's essential teaching
2024 - with Dr. Farah Jindani co-presents certification course in Kundalin Yoga for Post-Traumatic Stress in Bogota, Colombia
2024 - self-publishes Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone: Inspiring Stories about Boys for Everyone in Spanish and English
2025 - self-publishes Love and Lovers in the Sacred House of Guru Nanak and GOD: Stories, Talks and Aphorisms of Yogi Bhajan