Author
Katie Silcox
Katie is the author of the New York Times best-selling book, Healthy, Happy, Sexy: Ayurveda Wisdom for Modern Women. She is also an internationally-recognized Yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, writer, and inspirer of hearts and minds. She is renowned for her depth of study, her ability to present the complexities of Yoga’s ancient wisdom in a […]
Rickie Simpson, Ph.D., APRN-CNS, E-RYT 200, C-IAYT
Rickie Simpson, Ph.D., APRN-CNS, C-IAYT, BCPCC, E-RYT 200, LFYP-2/Mentor, is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist specializing in individual, couples, group, and family therapy. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized, faith-consistent approach tailored to each client. Dr. Simpson is certified as a Yoga therapist, a Coherence Therapist, an Imago Relationship […]
John Schlorholtz, E-RYT 500
John Schlorholtz is a principal Yoga instructor at the Harvard University Center for Wellness. He has worked with older adults extensively, both in individual therapy and in a variety of group settings. John was born and raised in Pakistan, has traveled through much of India, and has led a number of trips to the Caribbean […]
Nitya Griffith, E-RYT 200, CRYT
Nitya, the founder of Nitya Living™, has been an Integral Yoga teacher since 2005. She offers creative children’s Yoga programs with asanas, meditation, mindfulness practices, and breathing practices through storytelling and original songs. Nitya has published the Yoga with Nitya Kid’s Yoga DVD; the Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville Coloring Book: A Child’s Journey into Yoga; Yoga with Nitya Cookbook: […]
Stacy Kamala Waltman, E-RYT 500
Stacy Kamala Waltman is a credentialed Yoga Therapist, Yoga Nidra master, minister, and seasoned yogi with over thirty-five years of experience as a student of Swami Satchidananda’s Integral Yoga. Kamala first met Swami Satchidananda at the age of 17 and immediately began studying under his wing. The name Kamala was given to her by Swami Satchidananda […]
Michael Lee, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, Dip.Soc.Sci, Dip.T., M.A.
Michael is a master educator with 50 years of teaching experience. He founded Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy in 1985 after many years of deep Yoga practice and work in the areas of personal growth and transformation. Michael is the author of two books: Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy—Bridge from Body to Soul and Turn Stress Into […]
Jonathan Goldman and Andi Goldman, LPC, M.A.
Jonathan is an international authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. He has worked with masters of sound from both scientific and spiritual traditions and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Dalai Lama’s Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. Jonathan is author of Healing Sounds: The […]
Rev. Kumari de Sachy
Rev. Kumari de Sachy has been practicing Integral Yoga since 1980 and teaching Integral Yoga Hatha since 1981. She moved to the Ashram in 1986 and was ordained as an Integral Yoga minister in 1995. She has taught Hatha Yoga, Yoga philosophy, and meditation in colleges and universities, in Yoga centers, and has served in […]
Mitra Somerville, RYT 500
Mitra Somerville has offered workshops and programs for over 40 years in Australia and in the US. This is the 3rd program co-leading with Morganne. Our collaboration brings a richness and joy to our presentations. He has lived and trained in Integral Yoga communities in Australia, New York, and Yogaville, VA. He is a trainer […]
Rose Kress, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, LFYP-2, YACEP
Rose,began practicing Yoga in 1994 and has been teaching Yoga since 2004, focusing on the therapeutic aspects of Yoga—for the body, mind, and soul. Rose teaches classes and workshops throughout the Tucson, AZ, area and has been blessed to teach at The Crossings in Austin, TX, at Yogaville in Buckingham, VA, at Kripalu in Lenox, […]
Lisa Jakub
Lisa is an author, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and retired actor who has more than forty film and television credits to her name, including Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day. At the age of twenty-two, Lisa retired from her eighteen-year acting career in search of a life that felt more authentic to her. She has found a […]
Rev. Manjula Spears, CYT, E-RYT 500
Rev. Manjula Spears is an Integral Yoga minister, and a certified Yoga therapist, E-RYT 500, with twenty-eight years of teaching experience. She has created Yoga therapy programs for various institutions in Athens and throughout the US; including the Athens Regional Mind/Body Institute, The Loran Smith Center at Piedmont Athens Regional and the Smith Center in Washington […]
Andrew Holecek
Andrew is an author and spiritual teacher who offers talks, online courses, and workshops in the United States and abroad. As a long-time student of Buddhism, he completed the traditional three-year Buddhist meditation retreat and frequently presents this tradition from a contemporary perspective – blending the ancient wisdom of the East with modern knowledge from […]
Eben Alexander III, M.D.and Karen Newell
After decades as a physician and teacher at Harvard Medical School and elsewhere, renowned academic neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander thought he knew how the brain, mind, and consciousness worked. A transcendental near-death experience (NDE) during a week-long coma from an inexplicable brain infection changed all of that – completely. Since his NDE, Dr. Alexander has […]
Karen Newell
Karen is Co-founder, Sacred Acoustics. As an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation, Karen empowers others in their journeys of self-discovery. Using Sacred Acoustics recordings, she teaches how to enter and engage your own consciousness in order to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. Her lifelong […]
Suzan Saraswati Colón, RYT 200
Suzan Colón is the author of Yoga Mind: Journey Beyond the Physical: 30 Days to Enhance Your Practice and Revolutionize Your Life from the Inside Out (Scribner) and other books. Suzan is an Integral Yoga Institute NY teacher and has been following the IYI path of Yoga for 30 years. Always interested in active meditation, […]
Vivekan John Ferguson
John Ferguson served over 20 years in the United States Marine Corp. During his military career he served two tours in Iraq and another in Afghanistan. Upon his retirement, he and his family moved to Winchester where he began training as a surgical technician. Part of his training included a PE class where he discovered […]
Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500
Swami Karunananda has had 50 years’ experience teaching all aspects of Yoga. She designed and conducts teacher training programs in Raja Yoga and in Meditation. She served as president of Satchidananda Ashram in California and in Virginia, and as director of the San Francisco and Santa Barbara Integral Yoga Institutes. She compiled and edited The […]
Meditation Teacher Training, Whispering Leaves: A Fall Silent Yoga & Meditation Retreat, Pranayama Teacher Training, New Year’s Silent Retreat: The Power of Presence,
Loren M. Fishman, M.D., B.Phil. (Oxon.)
Dr. Fishman is Medical Director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City, author of twelve books, and more than 100 academic articles, and a world-recognized pioneer in the use of Yoga in medical conditions, and the treatment of lower back pain and piriformis syndrome. He spent three years in India before going to […]
Dr. Fishman's Yoga for Arthritis – Self-Paced, Yoga for Lower Back Pain Training – Self-Paced, Yoga for Bone Health Training – Self-Paced,
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. is a world-renowned expert in the mind-body connection. A licensed psychologist and a Harvard-trained cell biologist, Joan synthesizes cutting-edge science with deep humanity. A New York Times bestselling author of 17 books and numerous audio programs for meditation and stress management, Joan’s work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street […]
Robin Carnes, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, MBA
Robin is well recognized as a pioneer and innovator in the field of mind-body therapies for trauma and related conditions. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Woman’s Day Magazine, Yoga Journal, Army Magazine, The Huffington Post, Defense.gov, and Yoga International. She presents regularly at conferences and lectured at the National Defense University. […]
Richard Miller
Richard is the author of Yoga Nidra: A Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation and Healing, is a psychologist and contemporary teacher of nondualism whose teachings emphasize spiritual awakening and psychological integration. Richard is co-founder of the International Association of Yoga Therapy, the founding president and CEO of the Integrative Restoration Institute, a founding board member […]
Meera Patricia Kerr
Meera has been associated with Integral Yoga since she began taking classes at the Danbury Center in 1973, where she had the opportunity to meet Sri Gurudev and sing for him. She took teacher training in 1978 and soon began teaching at the New York IYI, where she was working on her first album, Water […]
Sivakami Sonia Sumar, E-RYT 500, CRYT, C-IAYT
Sonia Sumar (Sivakami) is internationally known for her pioneering work using Yoga therapy with special children. Her innovative techniques and methods have been improving the lives of children with special needs for over 40 years. She owned and directed Yoga centers in Brazil and Chicago, where she has achieved remarkable results working with children and adults. She currently travels […]
Bharata Wingham, E-RYT 200, CLYT
Bharata Wingham, E-RYT 200, CLYT, is a longtime student of A Course in Miracles, having studied and worked with it daily since 1980. For thirteen years, he produced and hosted a television program, A Course in Miracles Study Group, which was distributed in the US and abroad. While conducting numerous programs and workshops, he authored the book, An Ancient […]
Krishna Das
Krishna Das has been called Yoga’s “rock star,” layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation. With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das—known to friends, family, and fans simply as KD—has taken the call-and-response chanting out of Yoga centers and into concert […]
Prahaladan Philip Mandelkorn
Prahaladan (Phillip), a former U.S. Navy Seal Team Platoon Commander, Time Magazine Correspondent and Sen. Robert Kennedy’s speechwriter, served later as Director of Teacher Training at Satchidananda Ashram and collaborated with Sri Swami Satchidananda on the books To Know Your Self and The Living Gita. He also collaborated with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shelomi on the book […]
Rev. Fletcher Harper
Fletcher Harper, an Episcopal priest, is Executive Director of GreenFaith, an interfaith environmental organization that works with diverse faith communities internationally. An award-winning spiritual writer and widely-recognized preacher on the environment, he has developed a range of innovative programs to make GreenFaith an international leader in the religious-environmental movement. A graduate of Princeton University and […]
Susan Carol Stone, Ph.D.
Dr. Susan Carol Stone has practiced mindfulness for thirty years. She teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the University of Virginia and is a teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville. A graduate of the Community Dharma Leader Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (CA), she leads mindfulness retreats and workshops, mentors in an […]
M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT
Dr. Mala is a counseling psychologist and certified yoga therapist. She has a private clinical practice in Charlottesville, VA, where she sees clients from around the world. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing where she teaches courses in lifestyle management, neuroscience, and medical yoga to health […]
Steven Weiss, RYT 500, M.S., D.C., C-IAYT
Steven Weiss, MS, DC, E-RYT, C-IAYT is a holistic chiropractor, nutritionist, and yoga therapist with over forty years of professional and yogic experience. He has studied yoga in many traditions. Steven has had a long affiliation with the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY as resident chiropractor and nutritionist. Dr. Weiss teaches anatomy, […]
Mukta Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.
Mukta Kaur Khalsa is the director of SuperHealth and personally trained with Yogi Bhajan for thirty years. She was the director of a specialized hospital in Tucson, AZ, that was rated in the top 10% of all programs in the United States by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. She is the author […]
Amrita Sandra McLanahan, M.D.
Dr. McLanahan is a graduate with high honors from Swarthmore College, and she has an M.D. from Wayne University and a family practice specialty from the University of Massachusetts. For 20 years, she served as director of stress management for Dr. Dean Ornish's research, using Yoga and lifestyle changes to reverse heart disease and cancer. […]