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Gary Kraftsow pic of Gary Kraftsow … short bio extract:««

Gary Kraftsow is Founder and Director of the American Viniyoga Institute. He has been an innovator in the transmission of yoga for health, healing, and personal transformation for over 40 years. He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Deśikācar in 1974 and received a Viniyoga Special Diploma from Viniyoga International in Paris, France in 1988.

Gary graduated with a BA, Magna Cum Laude, from Colgate University in 1976 and received his Masters Degree in Psychology and Religion from the University of California at Sa … … … read more … … … »»

Gary Kraftsow’s Sessions:
“Guru Paramparā: Åšrāvaṇa, Manana, Nididhyāsana: Teachings from the Tradition of Kṛṣṇamācārya  “
“The Integrated Practice: Ä€sana, Prāṇāyāma, Svādhyāya, Mantra Japa, Devatā Yoga, and Manasā PÅ«jā “
Maya Lev pic of Maya Lev … short bio extract:««

Maya Lev was introduced to Surya Namaskar as a warm up when she was trained to bellydance at the age of 8. But it was not until she attended UCSC that she was introduced to Iyengar yoga by Sarah Pepper, who had just returned from Pune and strode about the studio insisting that students hold virabhadrasana II for what seemed like hours. A few years later she became a student of Ruth Hille, one of the founders of Yoga Center Santa Cruz, who noticed her love and reverence for yoga and encouraged her to consider teaching. Maya attended the Teacher … … … read more … … … »»

Maya Lev’s Sessions:
“The True Meaning of Yoga in Asana: Connection, Deep and Wide“
Pixie Lillas pic of Pixie Lillas … short bio extract:««

Pixie Lillas started Yoga in Florence, Italy with Dona Holleman in 1976, and she made her first trip to study with BKS Iyengar at his Institute in Pune, India in 1977. Pixie found doing classes with Guruji over 2 months that year to be a completely transformative experience, and she has dedicated herself to the practice and teaching of Iyengar Yoga since then. Pixie has travelled almost yearly to study with the Iyengar family since that first visit.

In 1980 Pixie moved from Florence to Sydney, Australia and set up Balmain Yoga St … … … read more … … … »»

Pixie Lillas’s Sessions:
“Stability, integration and balance “
Elana Maggal pic of Elana Maggal … short bio extract:««

Elana is senior faculty recruitment director for The Shift Network, an online transformational education company. Prior to joining Shift, Elana founded an international events consulting company, Elite Events Group, where her clients included the wellness retreat center 1440 Multiversity, Sutter Health, Wisdom 2.0, and the < … … … read more … … … »»

Elana Maggal’s Sessions:
“How to Market Yourself as a Yoga Teacher in Both a Virtual and In-Person World“
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Stan Andrzejewski | Marla Apt | Olop Arpipi | Victoria Austin | Sherri Baptiste | Gitte Bechsgaard | Ros Bell | Sophie Boller | Nora Burnett | Paul Cabanis | Cristina Costa | Anna Delury | Mary Devore | George Dovas | Erin Ehlers | Aileen Epstein Ignadiou | Ruth Fisk | Gloria Goldberg | Eden Goldman | Alan Goode | Gail Grossman | Sheila Haswell | Jeanne Heileman | Juliet Heizman | Justin Herold | Holly Hoffmann | Greta Kent-Stoll | Magi Khoo | Gary Kraftsow | Maya Lev | Pixie Lillas | Elana Maggal | Simon Marrocco | Amey Mathews | Ginny Nadler | Jaki Nett | Jayne Orton | Aadil Palkhivala | Larry Payne | Shiva Rea | Cathy Rogers Evans | Ila Sarley | Antonio Sausys | Carrie Schneider | John Schumacher | Wendelin Scott | Maria Shatlanova | Peter Sterios | Maxine Tobias | Patricia Walden | Lisa Walford | Joan White | Anat Zahor | Kate Zuckerman |