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