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YSI Staff	Teacher	Accreditations	Location	Website
	Amy Cronise-Mead Amy Cronise-Mead was introduced to yoga asana as a child by her mother, and to mantra and meditation at age 15. Amy has been teaching Yoga as a spiritual discipline since 2000. Her adult yoga studies began at Jivamukti, and evolved to the study of Ta Read More	Staff	USA, PA, Philadelphia	Visit
	Amy Safrankova Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, NY, New York City
	Angie Greenwood Angie Greenwood grew up in southern Alabama the daughter of a Southern Baptist minister. Her parents helped her develop deep roots in Christianity and started her lifelong spiritual quest. In 2000, Angie moved to Oregon with her husband and three son Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, OR, Corvalis	Visit
	Bob Arnold Bob Arnold has been studying meditation and sacred movement, including Tibetan Heart Yoga and Tai Chi, for more than 10 years. He is a graduate of the Yoga Studies Institute 300-hour teacher training and is a YSI Essentials Staff teacher of Tibetan H Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, MA, Cape Anne	Visit
	Bradford Trojan Bradford Trojan's passion and zest for life come through in his teaching. He has worked with various music and theatre groups for a number of years and brings a wonderful joy and excitement to his classes. Bradford likes to blend Tibetan Heart Yoga w Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	Brandy Davis Brandy Davis began the study of yoga during her student years in New Zealand, and since then has studied with numerous teachers across the world. During this period she has also been practicing dharma in the Tibetan tradition under Lama Zopa Rinpoche Read More	Staff	USA, CA, Lake Tahoe	Visit
	Brian Granader Brian Granader has been practicing yoga since 1997 and has been teaching since 2002. He has studied with David Swenson, Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally, Gurudass, and John Friend. He is the owner and director of Red Lotus Yoga in Rochester H Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, MI, Detroit	Visit
	Carie Kawa Carie Kawa was blessed to find authentic yoga as soon as she moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2002. Inspired by her teachers' devotion to their spiritual practices, Carie deepened her own dedication to a life of yoga by completing 200-hour certificatio Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, NY, New York City	Visit
	Carola Terreni Carola was born in Argentina where she started her yoga and dance practice as a child. Inspired by her love of movement and by her mother and grandmother she started to teach dance to children in her early teens. Carola is a certified Jivamukti Yoga Read More	Essentials Staff	Argentina, Buenos Aires	Visit
	Cassandra deLarios Cassandra deLarios secretly feels that her heart teachers, Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christy McNally, created Tibetan Heart Yoga just for her and out of profound gratitude for their loving kindness, she is delighted to share it with the world! Cas Read More	Staff	USA, TX, Dallas	Visit
	Clare Cerullo Clare Cerullo is an accredited Tibetan Heart Yoga teacher and a certified Hatha Yoga instructor. She received her training in Tibetan Heart Yoga from Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally through the Yoga Studies Institute. Her Hatha Yoga training Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, NJ, (Northern)	Visit
	Darcy Jones Darcy has had a life-long interest in Yoga and Eastern philosophy and completed Master's degree coursework in Asian arthistory from the University of Hawaii in 2000. She has traveled extensively to further embody her studies and connected with Tibeta Read More	Staff	USA, CA, Los Angeles
	David Fishman David Fishman began his study of Eastern philosophy and spiritual practices in the Tibetan tradition over a quarter century ago. Living in a small Himalayan village he studied with a number of prominent Tibetan masters and earned a Diploma in Indo-Ti Read More	Staff	USA, CA, Lake Tahoe	Visit
	Denise Deniger Denise Deniger was introduced to yoga as a child by her mother. With the seeds planted, she started practicing Bikram yoga in 1996, while working as a computer programmer. She attended Bikram's Teacher Training in 1998 and opened the first Bikram y Read More	Staff	USA, CA, San Francisco	Visit
	Dorothy Raftery Dorothy Raftery began her yoga training over 20 years ago, and holds degrees and certifications in dance and yoga, and has taught and danced professionally. She is a certified Pilates instructor and trainer, and has been practicing this form for over Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, CA, Lake Tahoe	Visit
	Earle Birney Leaving his hockey sticks in the homeland, Earle left Canada for Arizona in 2003 and served the 3 year retreat at Diamond Mountain. When Diamond Mountain relocated to its present site, Earle became one of the first residents, served a 9 month retreat Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	Elisha Knapp Elisha began studying yoga in 2001 and some time thereafter left the redwoods and ocean brezes of California for the desert of Arizona, where she threw herself into the study and deeper practices of Buddhism and yoga. At Diamond Mountain University s Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, CA, San Francisco	Visit
	Ellen Huang Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson
	Elly Van der Pas Elly van der Pas (Venerable Jigme Palmo) has been studying yoga asanas and philosophy since 1970. She spent five years in yoga ashrams in India and in the United States, and later received a master's degree in East-West Psychology from the Institute Read More	Accredited, Classics	USA, AZ, Phoenix	Visit
	Emily Hicks Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Emily moved to New York City in 2004 to pursue a career in acting. Soon after her arrival, she realized that a life of auditioning and waiting tables was not what she had set out to do. Unsure of her true ca Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, OR, Portland	Visit
	Erin Bannink Erin has been seriously studying yoga and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy since 2003 and teaches classes with a particular interest in incorporating the philosophies and meditation practices of these Eastern traditions into a transformative Christian pra Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, MI, Detroit	Visit
	Geoff Eddy Geoff grew up north of New York City graduating from Pelham Memorial High School. He read The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying while a student at The University of Delaware in 1996. 6 and a half years later, Geoff met his yoga teachers in person, f Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, AZ, Phoenix	Visit
	Geshe Michael Roach Geshe Michael Roach is the first American to complete the 20-year course in a traditional Tibetan monastery and earn the title of "Geshe", or Master of Buddhism. Along with founding and guiding the Yoga Studies Institute, Geshe Michael is the founder Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Phoenix	Visit
	Giselle Ansselin Giselle Ansselin is a director of the Diamond Cutter Buddhist Study, Retreat and Yoga Centre in Australia. She is a wholistic practitioner and has a private practice integrating naturopathic medicine, yoga therapy, dance, counseling, astrology and Bu Read More	Staff	Australia, NSW	Visit
	Jaki Fisher Born in Australia, a permanent resident of Singapore and a student at Diamond Mountain University in Arizona, USA, Jaki has been studying Buddhism since 1997. A dancer since her youth, Jaki has trained in ballet, tap, flamenco, and swing dance - join Read More	Accredited, THY	Singapore	Visit
	James Hall James Hall has been practicing yoga for over 10 years. He is a graduate of the first Kelly Morris Conquering Lion Teacher Training Program, and the first YSI 300-Hour Teacher Training program. James has also worked on and off broadway as a wardrobe Read More	Staff	USA, NY, New York City
	Jens Grotefendt Jens Grotefendt studied buddhist topics under various Tibetan Lamas and western teachers at the Tibetan Center in Hamburg and there finished a seven year study program. He works as a nurse in an emergency ward and served as security coordinator for Read More	Accredited, THY	Germany, Hamburg	Visit
	Jessica Kung Jessica Kung started practicing yoga as a teenager in New York City. She continued through college, starting Yogis at Yale (YAY) and Studio K Yoga along the way. She is a certified Jivamukti Yoga® Teacher at the 800-hour level and has studied with m Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	John Buchanan John Buchanan began his yoga practice in 2002 and found that regular asana practice began to positively transform both his inner and outer world. Inspired to share this gift with others, he completed his RYT in Hatha Yoga in 2006. John is also traine Read More	Staff	Canada, BC, Vancouver	Visit
	Joni Leung Joni approaches life and yoga with the intention of cultivating a deep understanding of being happy, healthy and whole. She holds a 300-hr RYT certification from the Yoga Studies Institute, as well as a 200-hr RYT certification from the Salt Spring C Read More	Essentials Staff	Canada, BC, Vancouver	Visit
	Joyce Boucard Joyce is a neuroscientist and a yoga instructor. At the beginning of her scientific career she thought science was the way to contribute to humanity. She now believes in more subtle ways to make her actions beneficial to the world: Yoga. Read More	Essentials Staff	Asia, Bhutan, Thimpu	Visit
	Juliana Um coming soon... Read More		USA, NY, New York City
	Karl Straub Karl Straub is a Jivamukti Yoga teacher, a Thai Yoga practitioner, and a staff teacher of Tibetan Heart Yoga. Karl is a graduate of Duke University and studied cognitive science at Teachers College, Columbia University. Karl is a former dolphin commu Read More	Staff	USA, NY, New York City	Visit
	Katie Vergara Penque coming soon... Read More		USA, NY, New York City
	Kelly Roadhouse Kelly Roadhouse is a Senior Staff Teacher for the Yoga Studies Institute, certified in both the practices of Tibetan Heart Yoga and the philosophical teachings of the Classics of Yoga. Her classes are inspired by more than fourteen years of yoga and Read More	Staff	USA, TX, Austin	Visit
	Kendall Magnussen Kendall Magnussen has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over 20 years with extensive study, pilgrimage and retreat experience in Nepal, India, and Tibet. She has received instruction in the Tibetan yogas of Naropa from His Holiness the Dalai L Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, CA, Lake Tahoe
	Kimberly Theresa Kimberley Theresa is an international teacher of spiritual philosophy. Widely-recognized for her experience and knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Christian mysticism, psychology, and integral methodology, she brings a modern voice to ancient wisdo Read More	Staff	USA, NY, New York City	Visit
	Kristen McKee Before becoming a yoga and meditation teacher, Kristen was a Montessori elementary teacher in Brooklyn and traveled around the world during her summers "off." She also spent time volunteering in domestic violence shelters and inner-city schools. As Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, NY, New York City
	Kristina Pao Cheng Kristina Pao Cheng is a Staff Teacher for Yoga Studies Institute, certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher, and student of Tibetan Buddhism with Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally. With over a decade of extensive study in the yogic and Buddhist tr Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	Lama Christie McNally Lama Christie McNally trained in Tibetan monasteries in India and Nepal, and received extensive instruction in all the texts required for a Geshe degree, which is traditionally a 20-year course of study. From there, she immersed herself in Yoga, and Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	Leza Lowitz Leza Lowitz is a yoga teacher, writer and long-time student of Tibetan Buddhism. She is the author of Yoga Poems: Lines to Unfold By, Yoga Heart: Lines on the Six Perfections, and co-author of Sacred Sanskrit Words (with Reema Datta). She is the moth Read More	Staff	Asia, Japan, Tokyo	Visit
	Lindsay Sullivan Lindsay Sullivan fell for Yoga in 2005 in an attempt to strengthen her physical body, but was ultimately taken by its power to transform the mind and the heart. Two years later, she stumbled upon the wild and beautiful Tibetan Buddhist Lineage of His Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, NY, New York City	Visit
	Liyang Xia Originally from Shanghai, China, Liyang started her yoga practice after returning from Norway, where she received her Master's degree in Ibsen Studies from the University of Oslo in 2006. On her path of Yoga, as on every other path she has taken in h Read More	Accredited, THY	China, Shanghai	Visit
	Mariana Caplan Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist, professor of yogic and transpersonal psychologies, and the author of seven books in the fields of psychology and spirituality, including, The Guru Question: The Perils and Awards of Choosing a Read More	Staff	USA, CA, San Francisco	Visit
	Marta Moll Marta Moll has been a Teacher of yoga for more than twenty years. Her training has always run in parallel to the study of Tibetan Buddhism and to her work as translator of classical Buddhist texts from English into Spanish. She has studied with Lamas Read More	Accredited, THY	Spain, Menorca	Visit
	Martina La Bonte Martina La Bonte runs the Buddhist meditation center 'Drikung Kagyu Chockhor Ling' and the 'Lichtraum'- space of artistic creation, healing growth and spiritual way of life. She works as a practitioner of classical Homeopathy, and Esalen Body Work in Read More	Essentials Staff	Africa, Sudan, Khartoum	Visit
	Masaaki Nakajima In his quest for a “natural lifestyle,” a main theme of his life, Masaaki Nakajima was introduced to yoga while working for environmental organizations as an officer on climate change issues. He was entranced by the profundity of yoga, not only a Read More	Staff	Asia, Japan, Tokyo	Visit
	Mercedes Bahleda Mercedes Bahleda is a certified yoga instructor in the Hatha/Ashtanga system of yoga and a professional singer and actress from New York City. She began seriously studying yoga in 1992 at Jivamukti yoga center under David Life and Sharon Gannon. M Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, AZ, Phoenix	Visit
	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson simply wants to help people get enlightened. If more people were aware of what it took, the benefits of doing it, and the consequences of not doing it, then very few of us would hesitate to get started right away. Although the proce Read More	Staff	USA, NC, Asheville	Visit
	Minako Suzuki Minako Suzuki is certified to teach Tibetan Heart Yoga and Yogic Arts. She started to practice yoga when she was suffering from autonomic nerve imbalance. It helped her tremendously so she decided to practice yoga for the rest of her life and share Read More	Essentials Staff	Asia, Japan, Tokyo
	Mira Shani Mira Shani is a founding member, Teacher Training Co-Director and Senior Staff teacher of the Yoga Studies Institute. She's been studying and teaching yoga, philosophy and Buddhist Dharma for over 11 years. She is a close student of Geshe Michael Roa Read More	Staff	USA, NC, Asheville	Visit
	Molly Dahl Molly Dahl first started doing yoga with her sister in 2001. While she was training for marathons, she needed something to ease the pounding of countless hours of running. Yoga was just the thing. Although it started as a very physical practice, the Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, NV, Reno	Visit
	Nathalie Bittar bio coming soon... Read More	Essentials Staff	Africa, Sudan, Khartoum	Visit
	Nicole Nichols Nicole Nichols (Narayani) and has been teaching yoga in New York City and abroad since 1995. Trained directly by Sharon Gannon and David Life, founders of the Jivamukti method, she holds a rare advanced certified Jivamukti teacher status, and is a po Read More	Staff	USA, NY, New York City
	Nicole Sanderson Nicole Sanderson led an ambitious early life, dabbling in many arts and professions even before graduating from college in 2008. Out of all of her interests she has chosen one thing to master, however, and that is the study and daily practice of the Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson
	Ora Sundara Maimes Ora Sundara Maimes has been a student of meditation, yoga and Buddhism for the past twelve years under the direction of Geshe Michael Roach. She helps translate, design and teach courses for Diamond Mountain University, the Asian Classics Institute a Read More	Staff	USA, OR, Portland	Visit
	Paola Munzi Paola Munzi holds a B.A. in Political Sciences and works as a diplomatic officer for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1997 she began to practice Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe Losal, from Kagy Read More	Essentials Staff	Italy, Rome
	Patia Yu-Ping Yeh Patia started her practice of Iyengar Yoga in 2003 and since then devoted herself on the path of Yoga. In 2005, she completed David Swenson's Ashtanga training in Hong Kong. In the end of 2006, she went to India for further study of Iyengar with Usha Read More	Accredited, THY	China, Shanghai
	Rafael Cervantes Born and raised in Mexico, Rafael Cervantes has practiced Tibetan Buddhism since 1997. He has studied with Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally, and Sharon Gannon and David Life. Rafael’s professional Read More	Accredited, THY	Mexico, DF, Mexico City	Visit
	Reema Datta Reema blends her experience studying Vedanta with her Grandfather and Mother, and Tibetan Buddhism with Venerable Puntsok and White Lama, to offer classes and workshops which include hatha yoga, mantra, meditation, pranayama and ayurvedic cooking. S Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, OR, Portland	Visit
	Rene Miranda Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	Robert Mitchell Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson	Visit
	Sarah Canfield Sarah Canfield became a yoga instructor to help others find the same bliss that she found in this sacred practice. Her Mother was her very first yoga teacher and her inspiration on this path. Sarah’s love for both yoga and dance has been the light Read More	Staff	USA, CA, Los Angeles	Visit
	Sarah Class Sarah has been a student of Tibetan Heart Yoga since 2004, having studied under the guidance of Yoga Studies Institute and Diamond Mountain University teachers. Sarah is a Sivananda-trained yoga teacher and teaches regular Tibetan Heart Yoga classes Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, NV, Reno
	Stephane Dreyfus Stéphane Dreyfus is a teacher for the Asian Classics Institute in Los Angeles and a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher. He has completed all 18 core courses of the ACI curriculum. He worked as a film-editor in Hollywood for five years, and successfull Read More	Staff	USA, CA, San Francisco	Visit
	Stephanie Johnson Stephanie is honored to have received the blessings to pass on the lineages of Jivamukti Yoga, Tibetan Heart Yoga and Restorative Yoga. She offers infinite gratitude to each of her precious teachers. Read More	Staff	USA, NC, Asheville	Visit
	Sue Stannard My first life was in the print and publishing industry; specialising in packaging and retouching I worked in Liverpool, London and Dubai. My concerns were; work, money and parties. My second life was in teaching 11-18 year olds in the UK Technology, Read More	Essentials Staff	UK, Bath	Visit
	Taylor Sand Read More	Essentials Staff	USA, AZ, Tucson
	Ted Lafferty Ted Lafferty is Co-Director of Teacher Training and Asian Regional Executive Director for YSI. He is a graduate of the Masters of Buddhism program at the Asian Classics Institute and the Vajrayana program at Diamond Mountain University, as well as an Read More	Staff	USA, NY, New York City
	Vanessa Hopkins Read More	Accredited, THY	USA, CA, Los Angeles
	Venerable Lobsang Nyingpo Venerable Lobsang Nyingpo (Eric Brinkman) is an ordained Buddhist monk and an accredited staff instructor with the Yoga Studies Institute. He travels extensively to study and teach; he has recently taught classes in Tibetan Heart Yoga in New York Cit Read More	Staff	USA, AZ, Phoenix	Visit
	Venerable Sumati Marut Venerable Sumati Marut (Brian K. Smith) is ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He served as a founding Board member of the Yoga Studies Institute, is the Spiritual Director of the Asian Classics Institutes of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, Los Ange Read More	Staff	Australia, NSW	Visit
	Winston McCullough Dr. Winston McCullough has two masters degrees and a PhD in psychology from NYU and has worked in industry for 25 years as an industrial/organizational psychologist and director of communications and employee benefit programs. He taught for several y Read More	Staff	USA, OR, Corvalis
	Yat Peng Chew Yat Peng started learning yoga in 1996 in London, where she received her PhD in Biochemistry. She was attracted to teachers who taught with love. That drew her to her heart teachers - Geshe Michael and Lama Christie. And she fell in love with Tibetan Read More	Accredited, THY	Singapore	Visit
	Yelena Zaric Yelena graduated from Kelly Morris’s pioneer group of Conquering Lion Yogis in 2007. In 2010 she has completed Yoga Studies Institute teacher training program and is a YSI essential staff member. She is currently pursuing her yoga philosophy studie Read More	Essentials Staff	North East	Visit
	Yvonne Jaques Yvonne Jaques is a faculty member of the Langara College Yoga Teacher Training Program in Vancouver, Canada; Yoga Studies Institute in Tucson, Arizona; and at Diamond Mountain University in Bowie, Arizona. A graduate of Salt Spring Centre of Yoga’s Read More	Staff	Canada, BC, Vancouver	Visit