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Matan Levkowich
Matan Levkowich is the founder of the Animal Instinct practice and Movement Lab – a vehicle for realisation of his choreographic work.
Philipp Lemke
Philipp E Lemke was born into a family of medical Doctors in Germany. At the age of 16, he was introduced to the book ‘Siddhartha’…
Jim Harrington
As a youth, Australian born Jim Harrington followed the philosophy that “If you are not living on the edge…
Florian Palzinsky
Florian was born and raised in Austria. He was an avid windsurfer from a young age and at 16…
Elana Katz
Elana Katz was first introduced to yoga at the age of 11, while training as a classical dancer…
Amrit Stein
Amrit Stein learned ballet and modern dance from childhood. In 1980 she met Rohini Bhate…
Amber Spear
Born and raised in Australia Amber’s main passion since her very first steps has been movement and the exploration of human…
Adrian Cox
Adrian’s unique work blends yoga and psychology together, to shift people’s bodies, and…
Francois Chaillou
Francois Chaillou began his journey with Raja yoga in 1980. He began his asana practice with Bernadette Pajot…
Edward Obaidey
Edward Obaidey graduated from the Tokyo Therapeutic Institute in 1990, and leads his practice “Edward Acupuncture Clinic” in Tokyo. He is the founder of …
Basia Lipska
Basia has been involved in the yoga industry since 2000. She has instructed, trained, supervised yoga-related projects appearing in the media as a promoter of yoga and healthy living standards.
Anouk Aoun Wendel
Anouk teaches internationally, sharing not only Asana, but also Yogic breathing techniques (Pranayama) and meditation…
Andrei Fantana
Andrei was born in Eastern Europes communist Romania, raised in the isolated mountains of the Romanian countryside…
Jason Crandell
Jason Crandell was recently named “one of the next generation of teachers shaping yoga’s future”…
Roberto Milletti
Roberto is the founder and director of “Odaka Yoga Contemporaneo” schools in Europe, and the United States…
Demian McKinley
Having spent a good part of his youth in the outdoors and mountains of the Pacific…
Adi Carter
A student of movement from an early age, Adi was introduced to yoga in 1995…
Mark Robberds
Mark has dedicated himself to yoga since 1997. He has studied with Sri K Pattahbi Jois of Mysore, India, since 1999 and…
Dali (Dale-Sandwith)
Born in Australia on Victoria’s coastline , Dali is a passionate surfer/snowboarder and has…
Lea Sölter
The teachings of Yoga came to Lea quite naturally, validating many ideas she had come to appreciate during her studies…
Mark Shveima
Mark is a Certified Anusara Teacher. He has been practicing hatha yoga since 1996, and teaching for over a decade…
Jen Peters
In the fifth year of her Ph.D. research, Jen accepted the invitation of a friend named Nick to attend an Ashtanga yoga class…
Sophie Costes
Sophie Costes is a French born Ayurvedic and water-based bodywork therapist who completed studies in Ayurvedic massage…
Nancy Finley
Nancy offers classes from her home studio in Aptos, California. Her classes, located in a peaceful beach cliff retreat…
Peter Roussel
Originally from Manchester, in the UK, Peter Roussel has followed the trail of yoga around the globe…
Govinda Kai
Govinda Kai has been involved in Martial Arts, meditative disciplines and yoga for over 20 years…
Glenn Ceresoli
He holds a Senior Certificate with the Iyengar Association. He has studied with B.K.S. Iyengar at the Institute in Pune…
Jacqueline Hargreaves
Jacqueline researches the contemporary meeting place between historical practices and their application in a modern (mainly therapeutic) environment….
Clive Sheridan
Clive Sheridan was born in the UK and has spent over 4 decades studying and practicing Hatha Yoga, exploring…
Qbi
Qbi first heard about Power Yoga in California, where she took classes in San Francisco from Larry Schultz…
Mark Singleton
He has written extensively on yoga, notably the books “Yoga in the Modern World”, “Contemporary Perspectives”…
Josi Valicherri
Josi is a highly advanced master in the martial arts of karate, and Kyudo (Japanese archery). He is also…
Chama (Mamoru Aizawa)
Chama (Mamoru Aizawa) is a Tokyo native now based in Izu, where he runs a blog-style …
Lisa Lawton
Lisa Lawton is a passionate Yogini who aspires to fully enjoy the art of living, to see the magic within every moment…
Matej Jurenka
For over 3 years Matej lived and traveled in India spending extensive time in Mysore studying with Shree Jayakumar…
Gabriela Bozic
Gabriela Bozic holds a Masters Degree in Linguistics and she has received advanced certification to teach…
Haidar Ali
Haidar Ali was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He started practicing Tae Kwon Do at age 13 and was introduced to yoga…
Jill Ainsworth
Teaching since 2001, Jill has apprenticed and studied with several senior Ashtanga teachers including extensively…
Mark Ainley
Vancouver-based facilitator Mark Ainley is a Contemporary Feng Shui Consultant and applied kinesiologist…
Natalia Paisano Felipe
She is part owner one of the oldest and the most popular Ashtanga Yoga studios in Madrid, Spain…
Magnolia Zuniga
Magnolia is an authorized teacher and has received blessings from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Rangaswamy to teach the Ashtanga method…
Miles Maeda
Miles Maeda is renowned for his creative work as a DJ and producer. In 1993 he turned to yoga and meditation to ….
Nancy Gilgoff
Nancy began practising Ashtanga Yoga over 30 years with K.Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. As a result of her close …
Louisa Sear
In 1987 she established her Byron Bay yoga studio, Yoga Arts. She regularly teaches workshops and retreats around the world…
Barnaby O’Rorke
Performer, musician, visual artist, writer and teacher. Barnaby is a musician (cello, piano) and singer…
Yuiko Yasuda
She enjoys both practicing and teaching flow vinyasa where she incorporates elements taken from various styles of yoga, dance and pilates movements…
Manuela Heider de Jahnsen
Manuela is a highly qualified teacher of Oriental Medicine, Chiropractics, Yoga, Dietetics…
Jessica Heynis
Initially yoga was just another form of exercise, but with time she noticed that life outside the yoga studio started looking slightly different…
Philippe Brawerman
The start of his yoga journey coincided with the end of his corporate career. He started practicing regularly and reconnected…
Joanne White
Joanne’s love for movement began as a 4 year old with ballet. She has gone on to carve out a career in dance…
Maria Lucia Agon Ramirez
Since 2003, she works with TANZMOTO Dance Company as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographic assistant …
Mohan C. Thomas
In 2003 Mohan founded the TANZMOTO Dance Company, whose first choreography “Orientation” was performed at Joyce SoHo Theatre in New York…
Emilio Mercuriali
Emilio is now a teaching the Diamond Approach working under the supervision of Faisal Muqqadam. He is also…
Alastair Prentice
Alastair is a Licensed Trainer of NLP ( Society of NLP), a John Grinder Certified New-Code NLP Trainer…
Dave Stringer
One of the leading innovative artists of the new global Kirtan movement, based in Berlin and Los Angeles…
Koko Niwa
Diving deep into the techno party/festival subculture, koko has experienced a free nomadic lifestyle based on travel, music, and spiritual awakening…
Daniel Aaron
Founder of Radiantly Alive, directs the Vibrant Living Yoga School and Teacher Training in Bali…
Lance Schular
These days Lance travels the world to help others integrate their mind and body and bring yoga into the new millennium…
Steph Davis
Steph spends summer and fall climbing in Yosemite or Moab, and the winter on alpine expeditions in the Andes…
Nikki Durant
She teaches Dynamic, Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series, and Tripsichore Beginners, Intermediate and Advance Technique…
Lisa Booth-Bozek
Empowered by the inspiring words of Swami Vishnudevananda, “Health is wealth, peace of mind is happiness, yoga shows the way”…
Duncan Wong
Duncan is the founder of the Yogic Arts system. He is a pioneer of yogic flow motion dynamics that combines yoga, martial arts…
Danny Paradise
Danny Paradise has spent 40 years traveling “a luminous path” around the globe. He is a world renowned and …
Edward Clark
Edward Clark is the creator of Tripsichore Yoga Theatre, the London based yoga group who have delighted audiences in Europe…
Simon Borg-Olivier
Simon is co-author of ‘Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga’, which is the main textbook for a course he developed and lectures in at RMIT University (Melbourne)….
Chris Kummer
Christoph Kummer practiced therapeutic yoga as a child with lasting rewards for his health…
Emil Wendel
Emil Wendel was born in Switzerland and has been living in Asia since the mid-seventies, studying Sanskrit and Indian…
Dr. Jason Birch
Jason Birch received a doctorate in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford in 2013. His area of research is the medieval yoga traditions of India, in particular, those called Haṭha- and Rājayoga.
Tom Weksler
Tom has been practicing Martial Arts and different forms of acrobatic disciplines from a young age…
Dave Dobson
Born and raised in New Zealand, David has been living in Asia since 1990 and studying and practicing Ayurveda since 1997. His attraction to Ayurveda…
David Swenson
David Swenson began practicing yoga in 1969 at the age of 13. His older brother Doug was his first teacher. They practiced hatha yoga from…