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Jonathan Dickstein

Jonathan Dickstein

Jonathan Dickstein is a PhD student in Religious Studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara. He researches South Asian religions, Animals and Religion, and Comparative Ethics. He earned a MA in Religious Studies from the University of...

John M. Doyle

John M. Doyle

John M. Doyle MD , a practicing medical doctor, found yoga at the tail end of his medical training and has been continuing both "practices" ever since.  He is a board certified pathologist who moved into Occupational and Urgent Care medicine. His love of...

David Emerson

David Emerson

David Emerson, YACEP, TCTSY-F, is the founder and Director of Yoga Services for the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he coined the term “trauma-sensitive yoga." He was responsible for curriculum...

Maty Ezraty

Maty Ezraty

Maty Ezraty, E-RYT 500, is a uniquely inspiring teacher known for her dynamic style of teaching, a keen eye for observation and a depth of knowledge that is steeped in years of practice. Maty discovered yoga in her early 20's after years of dance. Seeking meaning in...

Donna Farhi

Donna Farhi

Donna Farhi is a Yoga teacher who has been practicing for 39 years and teaching since 1982. She is one of the most sought after guest teachers in the world, leading intensives and teacher training programs internationally. Her approach to Yoga is informed...

Marshawn Feltus

Marshawn Feltus

Marshawn Feltus is a Chicago West Side native and owner of the first yoga studio, ACT Yoga, in Chicago’s Austin community. He has gained recognition through a variety of media, community members, and organizations for his work in the Chicago community and the Cook...

Richard Freeman

Richard Freeman

Richard Freeman has been a student of yoga since 1968, beginning with one simple sitting posture in the Zen tradition. He spent nine years in Asia studying yoga asana, Sufism, Sanskrit language, and Indian philosophical texts, contextualizing them within the turbulent...

Ginger Garner

Ginger Garner

Dr. Garner is a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trained doctor of physical therapy (DPT), as well as a licensed athletic trainer (LAT, ATC) and professional yoga therapist (PYT). She has spent over 25 years studying and creating “best fit”...

Maria Garré

Maria Garré

Maria E Garré, M.Ed, AP, AYT, ERYT-500, is an ayurvedic practitioner, ayurvedic yoga therapist, and Prana Vinyasa Instructor. She is a respected educator and leader in the field of yoga and ayurveda. Maria delivers practical and inspirational classes, courses that...

Ann Gleig

Ann Gleig

Ann Gleig is an assistant professor of religion and cultural studies at the University of Central Florida. Her primary research area is Asian religions in American. She is co-editor with Lola Williamson of Homegrown Gurus: From Hinduism in America to...

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