Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D.

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. is Director of Research for the Kundalini Research Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  He has conducted scientific research since 2001 on yoga for insomnia, stress, anxiety disorders, and in workplace and school settings. He has been a practitioner/instructor of Kundalini Yoga since 1973, coordinates the International Association of Yoga Therapists annual Symposium on Yoga Research, is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, medical editor of the Harvard Special Report Introduction to Yoga, and chief editor of the medical textbook The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care.  

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• The Scientific Rationale and Evidence for Yoga for Prevention and Treatment of Mental Health Conditions February 5 from 10:00 - 11:30am PST (California) /1:00-2:30pm (New York) / 6:00 -7:30pm (London)

Robin Rothenberg

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Director of Essential Yoga Therapy

Robin Rothenberg is an internationally respected yoga therapist specializing in supporting people with respiratory, immune, and structural imbalances to regain their health through the combined tools of yoga and therapeutic breathing practices. Since the pandemic, Robin has particularly focused her work on assisting people with Long-COVID and is considered one of the top yoga therapists in the field on respiratory conditions.

In addition to working with clients one-on-one, she trains yoga teachers and therapists to be better equipped to work with students with breathing issues, anxiety, and chronic stress. Her text Restoring Prana: A Guide to Pranayama and Healing Through the Breath, presciently released in early 2020, has been hailed as one of the most thorough and well-researched books on the topic of pranayama. Restoring Prana, along with its practice companion, The Svadhyaya Breath Journal, serve as the training manuals for her 15-month Restore Your Prana Training Program designed for yoga teachers, therapists, and healthcare professionals. Robin has been interviewed on multiple podcasts regarding her knowledge of the breath. She currently serves as interim board president of IAYT. Learn more: https://essentialyogatherapy.com

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• Biomechanics of Breathing. February 1 from 9:30-11:00am PST (California) | 12:30-2:00pm (New York) | 5:30-7:00pm (London
• Biochemistry of Breathing. February 2 from 9:30-11:00am PST (California) | 12:30-2:00pm (New York) | 5:30-7:00pm (London)

Ellen Saltonstall

Author, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500

Ellen Saltonstall has practiced and taught yoga for more than 40 years, and holds a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 and a certification with IAYT as a yoga therapist.   In addition to yoga, she teaches Bodymind Ballwork, a method of bodywork which she developed, using rubber balls to facilitate tension release.

Ellen has written five books: Yoga for Arthritis, Yoga for Osteoporosis, Anatomy and Yoga: A Guide for Teachers & Students, and The Bodymind Ballwork Method: A Self-directed Practice to Help You Move with Ease, Release Tension, and Relieve Chronic Pain, and Empowered Aging: Everyday Yoga Practices for Bone Health and Balance. Ellen offers online courses with YogaUOnline, and she is often a guest teacher in studios both nationally and internationally.   She is based in New York City, offering classes, private lessons, workshops and trainings, encouraging students of all levels to find freedom and joy through yoga. Contact her at www.ellensaltonstall.com.

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• Empowered Aging: Everyday Yoga Practices for Bone Health, Strength and Balance. February 1 from 1:00-2:30pm PST (California) /4:00-5:30pm (New York)

Joseph Le Page

Pioneer in the Field of Yoga Therapy since 1993

Joseph Le Page is the founder of Integrative Yoga and Integrative Yoga Therapy, a pioneer in the field of Yoga therapy training programs since 1993. He is co-founder and director of the Enchanted Mountain Yoga Center in Santa Catarina, Brazil, one of the largest Yoga retreat centers in South America.

He is the co-author of the book Yoga Toolbox for Teacher and Students, one of the most widely used materials in teacher training programs in the US and in Brazil, published by Integrative Yoga. He is also co-author of the book Mudras for Healing and Transformation, also published by Integrative Yoga. Joseph’s upcoming book, together with Karin Silberberg, is Pranayama for Healing and Transformation. Joseph is currently on the faculty of Inner Peace Yoga Therapy.  Joseph is recognized as a Yoga Chikitsa Ratna by the Indian Yoga Association for his services to humanity. Contact: https://iytyogatherapy.com/

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• Chakra as Therapy. February 1 from 4:00-5:30pm PST (California) /7:00-8:30pm (New York) 

Liz Heffernan

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500, MA

Liz Heffernan is a gifted international yoga teacher, a certified Yoga Therapist and long-term practitioner. She combines her in-depth knowledge of anatomy and bio-mechanically safe alignment principles with insights and practical wisdom gained from over 24 years of yoga teaching & immersive study.

She is the Founder and Director of Soma Yoga Institute, a world-wide and ONLINE yoga teacher training school that embraces a therapeutically-oriented, heart-centered approach. These programs, heralded by many as truly inspirational, combine modern day biomechanics and research driven science with ancient teachings and serve to teach adaptive Yoga for all BODIES as a practice for vibrant health, self-transformation and personal empowerment.

In her work as a yoga therapist, Liz specializes in helping seniors age gracefully and is highly skilled in adapting practices to meet the complex health challenges associated with aging. In collaborative partnership with Yoga 4 Brain Health she has co-founded the Memory Maintenance Yoga Teacher Training program that certifies Yoga teachers to help their communities delay the onset of memory loss related diseases through Yoga. Liz also served as a faculty-mentor for the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy supporting professionals on their journey to become yoga therapists.

Liz believes that the path of Yoga brings greater ease, not just to the individual, but to all beings everywhere, and ultimately uplifts planetary consciousness one conscious breath at a time.

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• Somatic Movement Essentials: Addressing Hyperlordosis, Psoas Imbalance, and Low Back Pain. February 2 from 4:00-5:30pm PST (California) /7:00-8:30pm (New York) 

• Yoga for Brain Resilience: Tools for a Sharper Mind. February 7 from 9:30-11:00am PST (California) /12:30-2:00pm (New York) / 5:30-7:00pm (London)

   

Sundari Lucey

E-RYT 500, Certified Anusara YT, Certified Neuromuscular Massage Therapist LMT

Sundari’s allegiance to this powerful transformative practice is though her own inner teacher and infinite presence which guides the flow of energy into form creating conscious expression and experience. 

She began teaching yoga under the tutelage of Ramanand Patel in 1987 in Saratoga, CA after completing a 2-year program at The Iyengar Yoga Institute in SF.  Sundari has had the privilege of studying with numerous renowned teachers in her early years of training as well as completing a 17-year circuit with Anusara Yoga where she traveled abroad and the US conducting Immersions and Teacher Trainings for certification to many extraordinary students.  Together with Brown Earth ™ she developed a YouTube channel along with a DVD called  “A dose of Yoga with Sundari.”  In her yoga career Sundari owned and operated 3 yoga studios up until 2020 giving people from all walks of life a place to gather, share and study the art of Yoga.  She specializes in advanced therapeutic health and the art of deep listening in yoga and meditation.  
Yoga experienced with Sundari connects you to the source of your own radiance, that vibration which reflects your own divinity.  Her gift to this life-style of yoga is sensitivity, humor and expertise.  With 40 years of study and practice of yoga, Sundari’s instruction is open-hearted and deeply informative holding the highest intention for each student to reveal their own inner light, presence and essential Self. 

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• Healing Pathways:  Chair Yoga for Breast Cancer Recovery and Lymphedema Support. February 3 from 9:30-11:00am PST (California) /12:30-2:00pm (New York) / 5:30-7:00pm (London)

Alison Scola

LMT, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 

Alison Scola, E-RYT 500, is a Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist with a background in somatic research and trauma resolution. With nearly three decades of experience, Alison blends her expertise in yoga, somatic experiencing, and therapeutic bodywork to guide students toward healing and embodiment. Her journey through chronic pain led her to the practice of yoga, inspiring a deep commitment to sharing these tools for holistic well-being. Contact her: https://www.alisonscola.com/

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• Somatic Embodiment: What It Means & Why It Matters to Yoga Instructors. February 3 from 4:00-5:30pm PST (California) /7:00-8:30pm (New York) 

Bryce Delbridge

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist. E-RYT 500

Bryce Delbridge began practicing Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga at the age of 15, after being diagnosed with severe scoliosis.  Facing the option of full spinal fusion, his dear family friends Andrew and Ray Eppler suggested that he try yoga. During his first class of modified Ashtanga, he felt at home & at peace in his body. From this initial communion, he began researching & devoting his life to various alternatives to surgery.

At the age of 20, he traveled to India to pursue a more austere regiment of traditional practice with Sri B.N.S. Iyengar, a direct student of Sri T. Krishnamacharya.  While studying all 4 classic sequences of Asana (Primary, Intermediate, Advanced A, Advanced B), along with Mudra, Pranayama and Philosophy.

Bryce became pain free.

Since then, Bryce has continued to travel & study with world renown teachers, such as David Williams, Danny Paradise, David Swenson, Dharma Mittra, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Maria Mendola, Joseph & Lillian LePaige, Robert Boustany, among many others. Along with completing 1000hr certification through Integrative Yoga Therapy.

Bryce is E-RYT 500, YACEP & C-IAYT certified.

Bryce's deepest desire is to create safe spaces for people to be themselves & to remember the innocence that exists before all wounds.

In April of 2016, Bryce returned to India to help film a documentary about the evolution of the yoga community of Krishnamacharya in Mysore, India; how this community has influenced the vast majority of modern day Yoga practices & the current views held by the keepers of these traditions. The film is called Mysore Yoga Traditions and is available online at: www.mysoreyogatraditions.com 

From this film, my team of Andrew Eppler, Joey Paz and myself have created the Mysore Yoga Conference taking place in person in Mysore, India showcasing the local wisdom keepers, scholars, ayurvedic practitioners, Yogi's, professors and practitioners who have kept the knowledge that has transformed the world alive.

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• Healing Ashtanga - How to Prevent Repetitive Use Injuries So You Can Keep Doing the Practices You Love .February 4 from 9:30-11:00am PST (California) /12:30-2:00pm (New York) / 5:30-7:00pm (London)

Per Erez

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, C-HSE, R-SME/T

Per Erez, C-IAYT, RSME/T, CHSE brings over 30 years of experience in somatic education, Yoga, and developmental movement practices to his work as a facilitator and teacher. A certified Hanna Somatic Movement Educator and Integrative Yoga Therapist, he also teaches Tai Chi Chi’h, Butoh-inspired dance, and leads Sound Baths, offering a uniquely convergent approach to mind-body wellbeing. As a Mindset Guide, he blends somatic principles with neurocognitive education, mindfulness, biofeedback and wellness strategies. His work highlights the power of interoception and organic intuition to address tension & pain, restore natural movement, and foster profound self-awareness. For further contact email: [email protected].

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• Hanna Somatic Yoga: Deepening Organic Biofeedback for Wellbeing and Movement Clarity February 4 from 4:00-5:30pm PST (California) /7:00-8:30pm (New York)

Peggy Profant

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500

Peggy Profant, E-RYT 500, and Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, is a playful, passionate and adventurous spirit who is on a lifelong path of Yoga. 

Her first initiation into yoga was through Kripalu, and it gratefully changed the course of her life in her formative teen years.  Yoga provided balance, self discovery, and restoration throughout her academic years in college as she completed studies in Environmental Education and Dance.  

Peggy travelled to India to immerse in the practice of Ashtanga yoga where she met her life partner. Teaching yoga coincided with settling down, raising a family and becoming a massage therapist in 1998.  Later Peggy pursued the rigorous path to become a Certified Anusara Teacher in 2004 and began to delve into more studies of the therapeutic aspects of yoga.  Every class she teaches is a creative expression with meaningful and uplifting heart themes partnered with skillful sequencing and therapeutic alignment. An avid believer in the benefits of meditation, she volunteers her time after classes to lead meditations. Peggy is a thoughtful  and encouraging Life Coach and mentor to many students and yoga teachers in her community and around the globe. It is her wish to empower her students, friends and colleagues to overcome obstacles to self love and allow each person to joyfully offer their gifts back to humanity.  In addition to Yoga, Peggy finds her deepest joys through being in nature, travel and sharing time with family. Peggy founded and operated a premier yoga studio in Arcata, Om Shala Yoga, for 10 years, and co-founded World Family Yoga leading family retreats in Costa Rica. She has been leading workshops, retreats and Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2005. 

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• Our Five Dynamic Winds: Unlocking Inner Balance Through the Vayus February 5 from 4:00-5:30pm PST (California) /7:00-8:30pm (New York)

Samantha Akers 

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist. E-RYT 500, CMT, MFRT

Beth Gibbs

E-RYT 500, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist