Val Spies
Val Spies, E-RYT500 is the owner/director of the Lotus Pond Center for Yoga established in 2003. The Lotus Pond 200/300hr. Teacher Training programs originated in 2006 and graduate an average of 60 teachers per year. Val is the lead teacher of the local and...
Sierra Rose Stange
Sierra Rose Stange, Ancient Historian, 200hr Yoga Instructor, 300hr in-Progress. Sierra currently teaches Kirtana Classes with Stories from the Puranas, Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata to give students an opportunity to experience Bhakti and Jnana Yoga. Sierra...
Peter Sterios
Peter Sterios, ERYT-500, has been part of the global yoga community for over four decades as a teacher, writer, and entrepreneur based in San Luis Obispo, California. He is the creator of Manduka™, a leading eco-yoga products company based in Los Angeles. In 2009,...
Rod Stryker
Yogarupa Rod Stryker is the founder of ParaYoga® and the author of The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom. He has taught for more than 35 years, dedicating his life to improving lives through his lectures, writing,...
Matthew J. Taylor
Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, C-IAYT provided the first YA website and member database. He is past president of the IAYT board of directors during their early professional development phase 2007-2009, as well as a research journal editorial board member....
Katie Thorworth
Katie Thorworth, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is a licensed physical therapy assistant specializing in the anatomy of movement. Katie started teaching yoga in 2000, has taught thousands of classes, and has helped launch the career of hundreds of yoga teachers over the years. She...
Chétana Jessica Torrens
Chétana Jessica Torrens co-founded the Akhanda Yoga approach and has facilitated philosophy, methodology and transformational experiences sessions for about 25 Akhanda Yoga Teacher Training programs. She also offers workshops and is a YTT guest lecturer in yoga...
Judy Weaver
Judy Weaver, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is a yoga therapist and a yoga “teacher of teachers." She is widely recognized for her expertiseand knowledge of yoga and other body-mind disciplines and regularly conducts certified yoga teacher training classes, facilitates...
Cora Wen
Cora Wen, E-RYT 500, YACEP, has built her reputation as an internationally acclaimed yoga practitioner and teacher over the past 25 years. She is a follower of the great Indian Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar, who passed away in August 2014. Toward the end of an 11-year...
Theodora Wildcroft
Theo Wildcroft is a yoga teacher at the forefront of the movement for trauma sensitivity and inclusion. She teaches local communities in rural England, and especially loves bringing yoga to non-neurotypical children. She’s also a yoga scholar whose...
