Holly Hoffmann

Holly Hoffmann lives in Palm Desert, CA, and is a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher CIYT at the Senior level. Holly has been teaching for over 15 years, and been a student of Iyengar Yoga for more than 25 years. She opened Iyengar Yoga Palm Desert 10 years ago and has a dedicated student body, she holds ongoing general classes as well as workshops, and retreats.

Holly began her yoga journey walking into her very first class as a student of Kofi Busia in Santa Cruz, CA she has al … … … read more … … … »»

Gary Kraftsow

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 … … … »»

Maya Lev

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 … … … »»

Elana Maggal

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 … … … »»

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