Gina Minyard, E-RYT 500 is a certified Anusara Yoga® teacher. She has practiced, studied and taught yoga since 1999. She received her first yoga certification through Atlanta Yoga Fellowship in 2000 under the guidance of Graham Fowler and Ursula Nix. In 2001, through the flow of Grace, she became John Friend's devoted student, and has been dedicated to the empowering and uplifting teachings of Anusara Yoga ever since. Gina's passion for transformation and clarity of presentation inspire her students to deeper power and wilder possibility. Her enthusiasm and delight for the practice is contagious. In addition to her weekly classes in Atlanta, Gina leads Anusara Yoga Immersions and has begun to offer Anusara Yoga workshops nationally. www.yoga5.com

Leigh Anne Neal's teaching is a harmonic blend of classical Hatha Yoga and Iyengar Yoga. Her classes are warm-hearted and full of spirit. She enjoys opening minds and bringing students towards oneness within themselves. Leigh Anne began studying yoga six years ago and received her RYT 200 from Kashi Ashram Atlanta. She recently graduated from Peachtree Yoga Center's 500-hour Advanced Teacher Training. She has also practiced with Stephanie Keech, owner of the Asheville Yoga Center, in the art of Prenatal and Post Natal Yoga. She is currently studying the Iyengar approach to yoga and is slowly, but surely, moving towards certification. She likes to spend time learning from Steve Jacobson and Kathleen Pringle at Stillwater Yoga in Midtown.

In April 2006, Leigh Anne opened Nirvana Yoga in the heart of Cabbagetown. She is currently instructing at Yoga Samadhi, Jai Shanti Yoga, Emory University and Nirvana Yoga. www.nirvanayogaatlanta.com

SADGURUNATH MAHARAJ KI JAY

VICTORY TO THE TRUE SELF

Yoganand Michael Carroll has been recognized as a Master-Level teacher in the Kripalu Yoga tradition. Through many years of intensive study and practice of the Kripalu approach to yoga, Yoganand has gained a profound ability to distil and interpret esoteric yoga texts and techniques. After studying with Kripalu Yoga masters in India and America, Yoganand taught at Kripalu Center for more than 15 years before founding Radiant Well-being Yoga Center in North Augusta, South Carolina, where he leads Pranakriya Yoga 200 hour Basic and 500 Hour professional Level Yoga Teacher Training and a variety of other programs. Yoganand is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT500 level teacher and is a registered yoga therapist (International Association of Yoga Therapists -IAYT).

Bill Hufschmidt: For over 20 years now, Bill has explored meditation and yoga as a means to diminish depression and chronic lower back pain, plus to tame his ever-racing monkey mind. "Practicing yoga has helped me through the most challenging times in my body and my heart.  Teaching yoga has allowed me to share my experiences with other people who are also looking for peace and meaning in their lives." Since 2001, Bill has taught Kripalu Yoga full-time in Atlanta, and 4 years ago, he created Jai Shanti Yoga, located in Atlanta's Candler Park. JSY is an eclectic studio for Yoga, Thai Massage and Meditation Arts dedicated to helping people cultivate self-awareness, compassion and internal peace to manifest global compassion and peace. www.jaishantiyoga.com

Lara Falberg has been teaching since February of 2006 and was trained at Peachtree Yoga in Atlanta, Georgia. Her goal is to never teach the same class twice and uses a variety of ways to get into a pose, and to provide a creative, dynamic, and joyful class. She loves using props and examining alignment. She encourages attention to the subtle nuances that allow each individual to experience a posture based on their awareness in the given moment. Lara feels that the collective experience enjoyed via a group practice is a sharing of energy and attitude and we each have a great effect on the class experience as a whole. She encourages her classes to share in a joint group intention as well as to explore their own personal intentions based on what they bring to their mat with each individual practice.

Skanda has been studying yoga for over five years and completed the Classical Yoga Teachers Training in both 2004 and 2005 at Kashi Atlanta. His foundation of yoga is classically based, infusing Kali, Hatha, Kundalini, and Ashtanga Yoga styles. He has been chela to Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati and student of Jaya Devi Bhagavati for five years and currently resides in the Kashi Atlanta Ashram. He is an avid student of Kali Natha Yoga as taught by Ma Jaya. He has also studied yoga with Mukanda Stiles, Structural Yoga Therapist. www.kashiatlanta.org

Marlysa Sullivan MPT, RYT is a physical therapist and yoga instructor. She is a director in the Pranakriya 500 hour yoga teacher certification where she leads courses in advanced anatomy and therapeutic yoga. Her experience with yoga has shown her how building awareness and knowledge of the body and mind can empower a person in their own healing process. Her classes combine therapeutic principles of safe movement with breathing, meditation and challenging postures. Introspection, self-awareness and transformation are the keys to her practice and what she hopes to pass on to her students.

Kathryn Budig was trained under the expert eye of Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller. She is the co-founder with Jesse Schein of 'Poses for Paws', an organization dedicated towards raising money for animal shelters through yoga. She teaches regular Vinyasa Flow classes heavily influenced by Ashtanga, armbalances, inversions, core work and laughter.

Kathryn has been featured in publications such as Yoga Journal, Yogi Times, LA Metro, and the The Elephant Journal; and has been featured on E! Entertainment, LA2DAY, Yogamates TV, and the documentary film, YYoga. She is a regular yoga contributor for Yahoo! Shines Healthy Living section, Glam.com and is a teacher/writer for Gaiam's www.yogamates.com . She has modeled for many of the top yoga brands such as Hardtail, Marika, Om Pass, Yoga Tribe & Culture, Toesox and Yogitoes. You can experience Kathryn's class at Yogaworks in Santa Monica, www.yogichocolate.com , on Yoga Journal's DVD 'Yoga for Wellbeing'and coming soon on www.yogavibes.com . She will also be teaching 20 minute home practices on Yogajournal.com coming Fall 2009.

Satish Nair graduated from the American Institute of Vedic Studies and is a certified Ayurvedic Health instructor. In addition he studied pulse diagnosis under the lineage of Vaidya Sharma. Satish has been in healing arts for twelve years. He studied Massage Therapy and also became a Medical Massage Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist specializing in Clinical sports massage, Cranio-sacral therapy, Myofascial release Neuromuscular, Manual lymphatic drainage, Swedish, Shiatsu, Reflexology, Thai Yoga, and BioEnergetic Assessment. He is a certified Yoga instructor as well as a certified Pranic Healer and Certified Pranic Healing instructor. Satish has traveled extensively throughout Georgia and surrounding States teaching Ayurveda, Yoga, and Pranic Healing. His passion is to spread the knowledge of Pranic Healing, Ayurveda and Yoga.

Sean Tebor draws from classical yoga systems and his passion for core structural anatomy to inspire students to experience true form within their personal experience. His progressive approach and ability to simplify complex concepts lead the beginning and advanced student to common ground, where yoga is realized as a method of structural integration on multiple levels. Sean infuses yoga with the passionate understanding that life is comprised of simple relationships between pairs of opposites that yearn to be in balance. He loves to invite the simultaneity of stability and comfort, of release within effort, and the wonderful changes in life that occur with such balance.

Todd Delaune was an extremely inflexible though strong individual after decades of athleticism. In 2000 a friend challenged him to a yoga class to which he reluctantly accepted. Since he'd never been able to touch his toes then surely yoga was not for him. Todd's first taste of savasana opened his heart to feelings and energies he never knew existed. He dove into the practice of yoga as he began to experience his body in a whole new way. He never thought he'd be able to touch his toes!

Without ever having the intention of teaching he received his 200 hour training certificate in 2003 marking the beginning of an even grander spiritual journey. He spent the next 9 months traveling exploring the landscape, the people, and the yoga around the country. Upon his return to Atlanta his greatest desire was to share his experiences and moreso his passion for yoga. He wanted nothing more than to share with others that which had been shared with him.

Having recently completed his 500 hour training certificate Todd brings to his teaching a wealth of personal and professional experiences, inspiring his students' minds and bodies with his intuitive teaching style. He brings a warm nurturance, a sensitive touch, and the inspiration for his students to achieve anything!

Kquvien DeWeese is a certified Iyengar instructor and has been studying yoga for 8 years. She brings with her a background in dance, martial arts and weightlifting. Her unique teaching style is both motivating and challenging, leaving her students with a sense of accomplishment, confidence and inner peace. Kquvien gets to know her students and works to accommodate each individual's specific needs and physical challenges. She has taught children, adults, senior citizens, pregnant women, athletes, former athletes and self-proclaimed couch potatoes, leaving each student educated both physically and mentally in the benefits of Iyengar yoga. She is compassionate yet motivating, encouraging each individual to work to their potential. Her knowledge and experience have benefited many students in different stages of life.

Ana Lisa Shanti Cesare was introduced to Yoga at age 15 but fell in love with it during a Shinzen Young meditation retreat. The fascination led her to explore the variations in forms of Hot Yoga, Vinyasa, and Ashtanga working with LA's Sean Corn and Shiva Rea. When Integral Yoga came into her life she realized that every intention and every moment of her life had to come from the heart. Yoga wasn't purely about the asana (posture) any more, it was the whole package; integrating mind, body, and spirit to awaken the energetic fire in all of us. The yoga she teaches is an energetic release of playfulness, empowerment, and surrender.

Ana Lisa received her teacher training at the Yogaville Satchidananda Ashram in Buckingham, Virginia. She has intertwined her Integral practice with the fluid movements of Vinyasa Flow through her studies with Shiva Rea. Ana Lisa's scope of practice includes Integral, Restorative, Vinyasa Flow, and Hot Core Power. She is also a Reiki practitioner and a Recreation Therapist with an additional BA in Child Development and is currently on the teacher's path at the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.

Cheryl Crawford has a professional background in education, serving as a reading and curriculum specialist in the Fulton County School system. She was a classroom teacher for twelve years before giving birth to triplet girls. She had been consistently practicing yoga for three years when she made the conscious decision to marry her passions by teaching yoga to children. Cheryl has taught yoga to the children of Atlanta since 2003.

Outside of teaching in the studio setting, Cheryl teaches YogaKids classes at Fernbank Elementary School. Cheryl is also a YogaKids Trainer and conducts workshops. She was instrumental in developing the YogaKids Tools for Schools program and loves training school teachers from all over the world. It is her hope to spread the gift of yoga to children everywhere.

Elizabeth Rogers is the director of Atlanta Yoga and Atlanta Yoga Therapeutics. She has been practicing and teaching since 1997. In addition to ongoing study and research in Yoga practice and Therapeutic application, Elizabeth is pursuing academic and clinical work in psychoanalytic studies with an emphasis on the intersection of the work of French analyst Jacques Lacan and the contemplative practices of Buddhism and Yoga.

Amy Haysman, CYKT, M.S. Ed has a Masters Degree in Education and over 20 years experience educating children of all ages. Teaching Middle School provided her with many reasons to begin yoga, but being a mom to two boys really prompted her practice. Personally experiencing the benefits of yoga, Amy recognized that it could have an enormous positive impact on kids. She is a Certified YogaKids Teacher and Trainer. She holds a certificate in Laughter Yoga and Radiant Child Yoga Program, Level 1-3. Amy will graduate in June 2009 from the 200 hour RYT adult yoga teacher training program taught by Mitchel Bleier of MByoga as well as David and RuthAnn Aukamp who own Springs Yoga, an Anusara inspired yoga studio.

Amy is the Program Director of YogaKids International. She co-created the YogaKids Tools for Schools program and has trained teachers from around the globe. Her passion is to empower children through yoga to live a life full of health, happiness, humor, and harmony

Patrick is a 2006 graduate of the Cortiva Institute, Boston's 900 hour muscular therapy program. He is a nationally certified and Georgia licensed massage therapist. He specializes in creating custom treatments incorporating deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy and myofascial techniques to help relieve stress, reduce tension, alleviate muscle soreness and increase athletic performance.

After 20+ years in the financial services industry and corporate America, a deep commitment and personal interest in health, fitness, and wellness drew Patrick to massage therapy. Patrick believes in continual learning and has taken advanced training in myofascial sport bodywork from the CORE institute. He is currently pursuing advanced neuromuscular therapy training and plans to become certified in orthopedic massage.

Come enjoy a free ten minute chair massage during the lunch break on Sunday!