Voices

Mary Richards

Mary Richards

Mary Richards, M.S., C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, iREST Level 1, began practicing yoga in 1992 and teaching in 2002. She has studied primarily in the Iyengar system with additional study in other lineages. Her teaching and practice are informed by her deep abiding...

Karen Sahetya

Karen Sahetya

Karen Sahetya​, E-RYT 500, MBA, is an entrepreneur, marketer, yogi, and digital strategist who works with organizations and other entrepreneurs to bring their greatest contributions to life in the online space. Karen specializes in creating ecosystems of online...

Daniel Seitz

Daniel Seitz

Daniel Seitz, JD, EdD, is currently the executive director of the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting agency for naturopathic doctoral programs in the U.S. and Canada. For more than 25 years, his...

Sherry Sidoti

Sherry Sidoti

Sherry Sidoti is the Director and Lead Teacher of FLY Yoga School, a 200 hour and Advanced Yoga Teacher Training on Martha’s Vineyard. She is the Founder of FLY Outreach, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the community through yoga education, teaching...

Ravi Singh

Ravi Singh

Ravi Singh is a yoga teacher with 35+ years teaching experience and is an internationally celebrated New York / LA Teacher who remains fresh in his quest to keep innovating with new methods, approaches, depth and insight. Ravi (with Ana Brett) is author of...

Roopa Singh

Roopa Singh

Roopa Singh, works at the intersection of wellness and justice through art, scholarship, and social entrepreneurship. She is a licensed attorney, university instructor, and a yoga teacher/student.  In 2013, Roopa gathered the first public forums for South...

Mark Singleton

Mark Singleton

Mark Singleton’s research interests lie in the intersection of tradition and modernity in yoga. He was a research assistant at the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research, University of Cambridge, in 2002-3, and went on to complete a Ph.D at Cambridge’s Faculty of...

Eva Norlyk Smith

Eva Norlyk Smith

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D., E-RYT 200, RYT 500, C-IAYT, CMT is co-founder of YogaUOnline.com, a leading provider of continuing education for yoga teachers. As co-director of YogaUOnline with her husband, Terry Smith, Eva has spent more than a decade developing online...

Lorena Saavedra Smith

Lorena Saavedra Smith

Lorena Saavedra Smith, E-RYT 200, YACEP, MRT is an expert yoga teacher, Reiki Master, wellness coach, and the founder of Hanaq Prana Yoga Studios & School in Tampa, Florida. Recently relocated to the Washington, DC area under her husband’s military orders, Lorena...

Taro Smith

Taro Smith

Taro Smith, Ph.D. A scientist, yoga teacher, author, photographer, and conservationist, Taro has over two decades starting and developing innovative organizations in the health and wellness fields. He was instrumental in bringing exercise prescriptions as...

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