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Andrea R. Jain

Andrea R. Jain

Andrea R. Jain is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Editor of the Journal of American Academy of Religion, and author of Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture (Oxford University Press,...

Tamara Jeffries

Tamara Jeffries

Tamara Jeffries, RYT-200, been a health writer and editor for national publications including Essence, where she was Executive Editor; and Health, where she oversaw coverage of mental, emotional and spiritual health. She was also Editor-in-Chief of...

Justin Jetton

Justin Jetton

Justin Jetton, MA, MS, RYT 500 is a vinyasa flow yoga teacher and a certified sexual assault response coordinator. He is the owner of Light Lizard Yoga, a visiting teacher at Kripalu, and has been teaching yoga for the past 8 years. Justin is an active duty Air Force...

Leslie Kaminoff

Leslie Kaminoff

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. For four decades he has led workshops and developed specialized education in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. His approach to teaching combines intellectual...

Amber Karnes

Amber Karnes

Amber Karnes is the founder of Body Positive Yoga. She’s a ruckus maker, yoga asana teacher (E-RYT 200), social justice advocate, and a lifelong student of her body. Her commitment to accessible, adaptive yoga practice empowers thousands of diverse practitioners...

Hala Khouri

Hala Khouri

Hala Khouri, M.A., SEP, E-RYT, has been teaching yoga and the movement arts for over 20 years. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing, a...

Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein, M.A., is a private coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, leadership and visibility. She is also a successful writer, speaker, and professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Moorpark College in Ventura County, CA. Her...

Gary Kraftsow

Gary Kraftsow

Gary Kraftsow has been a pioneer 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. Desikachar in 1974 and received a Viniyoga Special Diploma from Viniyoga International in...

Shelby Lafrinere

Shelby Lafrinere

Shelby Lafrinere is a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, personal trainer, and certified polarity practitioner (integrative bodywork). As an artist, activist, professional dancer, and lover of laughter, she began meditating in high school and practicing yoga in...

Judith Hanson Lasater

Judith Hanson Lasater

  Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D. in East-West Psychology and a physical therapist, has taught yoga around the world since 1971.  She is a founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, CA, and of Yoga Journal magazine. Ms. Lasater trains yoga teachers...

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