PRESENTERS

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• Toni Bergins

  Toni Bergins, MEd, is the creator and founder of JourneyDance™, a movement for spiritual practice, embodiment, energy, and flow. She believes that movement has the power to transform by bringing people back in touch with their innate energy and creative wisdom.

  Toni Bergins’ light sense of humor and deep authenticity makes JourneyDance™ accessible to all. She has a popular instructional CD, JourneyDance, and a line of Love Your Body, Love Your Life cards. Bergins has been featured in Yoga magazine and FitnessRx, and spreads her joy and passion for life through creative and powerful workshops offered worldwide. She also leads a growing team of more than 250 JourneyDance™ Teachers.

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  TYMI HOWARD

• TYMI HOWARD is the Owner and Director of Guruv Yoga <http://www.guruvyoga.com/> in Central Florida. Tymi is a Certified Yoga Instructor at the 500 E-RYT level with Yoga Alliance, and is known in the yoga community as a skillful practitioner, and a dynamic, non-dogmatic, playful teacher! Leading ROCKIN Classes,workshops, retreats and Yoga Teacher Trainings is how she dedicates herself to spreading the transformational gift of yoga!
• Her introduction to yoga began in NYC in 1993 after years of ballet and several nagging injuries. After much soul searching, she found her way into an Ashtanga class... what a humbling, yet magical experience! It wasn't until she moved to California years later that she began to seek out this "yogic lifestyle" and embrace it mind, body and SOUL. Having been influenced by so many gifted teachers, she gives thanks for each of them and hopes that she can be a vessel through which God's Grace and gifts may flow..forever a student!
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  LES LEVENTHAL

  Yoga with Les (www.YogaWithLes.com) is a vinyasa/flow yoga practice. Les is one of San Francisco’s most popular and sought after teachers around the world. Les’ classes and videos are filled with all the basic technique and alignment cues you will need to get your yoga practice started. They are also filled with lots of variations and occasional longer sequences to challenge the more seasoned practitioner. The prana (life force) comes from within. So be prepared to sweat and let the rasa (the sap and the juice) flow freely. Les’ studies and ceremonies are steeped in Forrest tradition, having completed Ana Forrest’s teacher training. Les has also assisted Ana’s teacher training and studied many additional hours with her. Also, Les has completed several trainings with Tias Little and has learned much of his alignment and technique cues from Tias, as well as a firm foundation in the 8 Fold path of Buddhism which compliments the asana practice with a sense of grace and elegance that allow you to take classes whatever your yoga experience and whatever traditions you have in your own life. Les pays careful attention to weave in the 8 limbs of yoga and keep the traditional styles and intentions of yoga a part of his classes while making great strides into opening a window into our global cultural shift. Les’ yoga will give you an opportunity to heal your heart and laugh, cry, dance and just let go. Some classes flow freely, while others will explore holding postures a bit longer. Many classes have music. Most of all, is that in Les’ classes, you have an opportunity to modify and do what you need to do in order to take care of your practice and that in learning to take better care of yourself, you can then take better care of those around you and they might then take better care of those around them.

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  DAREN FRIESEN

  Daren Friesen is the owner and director of Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago, one of the largest studios in the midwest. Daren has been teaching and practicing yoga for over 20 years. Having been influenced by Astanga and Vinyasa Flow, his style incorporates tantric techniques such as bandhas, mudras, and kriyas. Daren believes that yoga is needed more than ever in our hectic modern day lifestyle.

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  DR. INDU ARORA

  Dr. Indu Arora is a true Yogini by Karma. She is highly accomplished international speaker, Master Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist, very successful Ayurveda Consular, Healer and Author, with more than 30,000 hours/ 13 years of teaching experience. She is an Academic Board member of the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of Northern America (AAPNA), Board member of the World Movement of Yoga and International Advisor to World Yoga Council. She has a Doctorate in Alternate Medicine (MD) and a Medicinal Herbalism degree. Awarded with Yoga Shiromani and Yoga Bhaskar, she has a Grand Parenting E-500 T-500 from Yoga Alliance and is registered Yoga Therapist. Dr. Arora is pursuing her PhD. in Metaphysical Sciences from University of Metaphysical Sciences, CA. She writes regularly for YOGA Chicago and Tathaastu magazine. She is awarded with the titles "Sage Award for Excellence in Teaching Meditation", "Gem of India" and "Ray of Hope" for Yoga, Meditation, Wellness and Holistic Healing. She travels globally for International Yoga Therapy Teacher Training programs, Yoga and Ayurveda Retreats, Conferences etc. Her philosophy is "Nothing has the greatest Power to heal, But SELF".

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  JIM BENNITT

  Jim's studies of Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda have taken him around the world including Ukraine, Russia, Egypt and India.  He is part of an authentic lineage, which dates back thousands of years to the Himalayas. Jim's classes are a complete practice including asana, pranayama, mudra and bandha resulting in samyama (deep meditation).

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  JONNY KEST

  By way of breath, Jonny brings a beautiful balance of intensity and grace to each therapeutic class where he encourages the student to ‘get out of their own way’ and allow one’s own healing powers to inspire each practice.

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  MOSES

  Moses is a down to earth spiritual warrior whose main inspiration is drawn from the infinite well of human divine love. Moses is known to be straightforward while creating a safe, fun and loving space to evolve.
  He is also the founder of iloveyoga.com

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  MAX STROM

  Born with severe clubbed feet, Max Strom spent much of the first five years of his life with his feet confined in plaster casts and braces.  Today, he is known for inspiring and impacting the lives of his students, teaching with the aim of personal transformation and has become one of the most revered teachers of yoga on three continents. Many teachers have cited Max as a most important influence in their teaching and yoga life.  Former director and co-owner of Sacred Movement Yoga in Los Angeles, Max taught over 400 dedicated students a week, he now travels world-wide teaching and lecturing on yoga and transformation and leading teacher trainings.  He is recognized by the Yoga Alliance at their Advanced Teacher Level (ERYT 500).  You can see more of his work on his DVDs, Learn to Breathe, to heal yourself and your relationships, and, Max Strom Yoga – Strength, Grace, Healing. 

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  DAVID ROMANELLI

  
  David Romanelli (Yeah Dave) travels the globe teaching everyday passions (chocolate, wine, music) as accessible gateways to the present moment. His Yoga + Chocolate and Yoga + Wine experiences have been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, and O Magazine. David’s philosophy is steeped in ancient Eastern traditions, but his humor is inspired by the Farrelly Brothers and Saturday Night Live. This refreshing mix of humor and wisdom has drawn a new generation of seekers to his blog “Livin’ the Moment” and his debut book Yeah Dave’s Guide to Livin’ the Moment (Broadway Books) which  was the #1 ranked book on the Amazon.com Self-Help Bestseller List. A Yahoo! Wellness Expert, David is also co-founder of At One Yoga in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. Check out his website: http://www.yeahdave.com/

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  PRIYANKA SHANBAG

  Priyanka literally grew up doing yoga asanas, she continued with her practice studying with teachers in India and the United States. Along the journey she realized that a daily yoga practice is the road to a healthy happy lifestyle. Priyanka now a very popular teacher, has cultivated a large following, first in Michigan and now Florida where she lives. She continues
  to do various workshops in the USA and work with different causes to promote a healthy lifestyles for everyone. Her unique teaching style which combines asanas and breathing as an integral part of moving the spine in six different directions. Her aura of calm, humility, compassion and her sense of humor and innovative teaching style draws large groups of students to her classes.

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  SAUL DAVID RAYE

  
  Saul David Raye (Charana Atman) is an internationally acclaimed teacher, healer and mystic known for his empowering and transformational approach to yoga, healing and spirituality. Saul’s teaching draws on the depth of the Yoga tradition, Bhakti, Tantra and all forms of universal light, love and wisdom. Through the grace of his teachers and guides he is able to bring alive the ancient wisdom teachings for modern seekers.  The depth of Saul’s teaching allows students to connect deeply with their own authentic power and spirit and the essence of the teachings. He holds certifications in Yoga, bodywork and energy healing, is an ordained minister and musician who infuses his classes with healing music and chants. He has been on the faculty of numerous national conferences and festivals and has been featured in different health publications. Saul shares this work through teacher trainings, workshops, classes, retreats and sacred music.

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  SEANE CORN

  Seane Corn is an internationally renowned Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher and spiritual activist. Featured in commercials, magazines and named the “National Yoga Ambassador” for YouthAIDS in 2005, Seane now utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Since 2007, she has been training leaders of activism through her co-founded organization Off the Mat, Into the World®. Seane has spent time in India, Cambodia and Africa working with prostitutes and street children, teaching yoga, providing support for child labor and educating people about HIV/AIDS prevention. Seane is also co-founder of the Seva Challenge Humanitarian Tours, encouraging yoga teachers to get involved in fund and awareness raising efforts across the globe. Her award winning DVD’s are available through Gaiam and Yoga Journal, and most recently “Detox Flow Yoga” from Sounds True.

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  SHAKTA KAUR

  Shakta Kaur Kezios, E-RYT, is an international teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan.  She owns Kundalini Yoga in the Loop (KYL) located in downtown Chicago, Illinois.  KYL offers its 200-hour “Aquarian Teacher” Training Program (certified by the Kundalini Research Institute) each year beginning in the fall.  For yogis/holistic business owners interested in improving their business skills Shakta teaches and co-hosts a “Teach more, Earn More, Serve More” twice each year.  She is certified to train Breathwalk® (walking meditation) instructors.  From 2004 to 2008 Shakta served as Secretary, Chair of the Board and Interim President/CEO of Yoga Alliance (YA).  In 1987 Shakta (aka Susan P. Kezios) founded Women in Franchising, Inc. (WIF) and in 1993 she founded the American Franchisee Association (AFA).

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  CORNELL COLBERT

  Dr. Colbert has been in Dental Practice for over 30 years. Overcoming pain related to Dentistry led him to Yoga 20 yrs. ago. After Yoga teacher training with Jonny Kest, Cornell began studies in Yoga Therapy with Ginger Garners’ Professional Yoga Therapy Studies (PYTS). Dr. Colbert believes the future of 21st century healing depends on a seamless merger of our Western Medical System with the ancient Eastern Ayurvedic Healing Practices. Cornell  currently teaches at the Center for Yoga Studios in West Bloomfield and Birmingham, Michigan and practices Yoga Therapy in Ferndale, Michigan. Dr. Colbert also teaches Yoga at the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Dentistry in Detroit, Michigan.  He also presents his course: Stress, Yoga and the Practice of Dentistry at national professional meetings throughout the year.

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  QUINN KEARNEY

  Quinn Kearney discovered yoga in 1990. He teaches and practices a blend of ashtanga and Iyengar yoga with an appreciation of shamanism. Quinn feels that the practice is an extraordinary means of integrating and understanding body, mind and spirit. His teaching is inspirational, supportive, non-dogmatic and constantly evolving. Quinn has and continues to study with many senior teachers all over the world, but his principle teachers at this point, are the students and instructors he works with at his studio, yogaview in Chicago.  He also teaches retreats abroad and helps direct and create yogaview’s teacher training courses.

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  GIRISH

  Girish is a singer, songwriter, session tabla player, and producer whose life journey has been marked by a series of profound transformations. He has gone from aspiring jazz drummer to renunciant Hindu monk to first call tabla guru for the likes of Krishna Das to solo mantra troubadour, and he’s not done yet.

  Girish lived in an ashram for five years taking the vows of a monk in the divine mother tradition called Dakshina Marg or Mahashakti Yoga. Another compelling sound force emerged for Girish: the chanting of Sanskrit mantras. As a monk in the ashram he spent hours every day chanting. Girish also studied Sanskrit as a means to understand the deeper meanings of these ancient chants, and helped his teacher translate dozens of hymns.

  Girish is currently on tour to support Diamonds in the Sun (Mondolaya, April 2010). His widely acclaimed Yoga Vision (Mondolaya, January 2008) Shiva Machine (Spirit Voyage, October, 2005) and Reveal (Mondolaya, May, 2004) cds, dvds, and tours popularized his original music in yoga studios, churches, and music festivals all over the world.

  "Now with “Diamonds in the Sun” Girish has found the perfect blend of musical styles, pure inspiration, tender ballads, and that awesome combining of chant form and English lyrics.” ~ Lloyd Barde, Common Ground Magazine

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  KRISTA CAHILL

  She fell in love with the practice of yoga in 1999 when she took her first Ashtanga class with Tim Miller. Since that day she has devoted her time and energy into exploring the numerous dimensions, both as a teacher and student. “I look forward each day to the possibility that my practice both on and off the mat can promote a greater awareness in our immediate need for global peace and unification. ALL is ONE.”

  Krista teaches retreats around the world and regular classes at Yogis Anonymous in Santa Monica, CA. She teaches a vigorous Vinyasa flow class filled with challenging armbalances and inversions; she believes that our obstacles are our greatest blessings.  Krista and her husband Brock live their yoga together in Venice Beach, CA.

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  BROCK CAHILL

  He began his training at yogaworks, in santa monica, where the style is heavily based in the classical ashtanga and iyengar methods. He was lucky enough to have been mentored by some of the finest teachers on the planet including; annie carpenter, chuck miller & maty ezraty, heath house, and seane corn. These fine people taught Brock the roots of yoga, how the roots of the asanas directly correspond to gravity, and how the body interacts with earth. It was from here that he developed the strength and the confidence to take flight. Brock continually tells his students, "gravity is strong. You are stronger." practice with him for a while and you most certainly will be. As soon as YOU believe it... anything is possible. Gravity is, of course, a law: a rule. After we have learned the rule, we can break it, we can bend it, we can ride on it.

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  JANET STONE

  In 1996, Janet Stone traveled to India, the birthplace of her  grandfather, where she met a powerful yogi and became dedicated to a  conscious evolution through yoga.

  As one of San Francisco's premiere yoga instructors, Janet blends a  wealth of knowledge and yoga experience to create a unique, vigorous-yet-sumptuous approach to Vinyasa yoga. Her classes are often  strong, sweaty and deeply nurturing, full of great music, humor and  lots of heart. Based in San Francisco, she also teaches workshops, teacher trainings, and retreats all over the world.

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  MICHELINE BERRY

  Micheline Berry's Vinyasa Flow Yoga work integrates fluidity with yoga asana structure, flow with dynamic stillness, strength with deep release.  Often accompanied by live world music, her yoga classes are an urban ritual experience designed to activate and deepen the flow of Shakti Prana - the sensual and vibrant creative principle that exists as latent potential within us all.  You will come away from this practice feeling deeply relaxed, creatively inspired, empowered and rejuvenated.

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  JOEY LUGASSY

  Joey Lugassy started his musical career at the age of seven when world renowned singer/composer of Sephardic sacred music, Cantor Isaac Behar selected him as his protege.  A gifted musician, among his professional highlights are to sing for Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh; to write and perform an official song & video for a world-wide Amnesty International Human Rights Campaign; and to receive two Emmy nominations for best song in a drama series (ABC/Disney).

  Today, as a highly acclaimed kirtan artist, Joey Lugassy performs internationally and has collaborated with Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer, Krishna Das, Wah!, Bhagavan Das and is a member of the Shaman's Dream World Groove Ensemble.  He is often featured at Esalen Institute and has co-led retreats and teacher trainings with Shiva Rea, Sean Corn, Annie Carpenter, Micheline Berry, Dr. Robert Svaboda, Christopher Tompkins, Sharon Gannon, David Life, Michael Franti.  In addition to his music career, Joey Lugassy had studied and taught metaphysics for over 30 years.  He enjoys offering a non-sectarian approach to the Hindu deities, viewing them as archetypes or basic aspects of consciousness.  Besides music, his passion is in translating the metaphor which lies at the heart of all great religions of the world.   

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  John Hagelin, PH.D.

  Dr. John Hagelin is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, author, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace.

  Dr. Hagelin was featured in the hit movies What the Bleep Do We Know?! and The Secret for his cutting-edge research in physics; higher states of consciousness; meditation and brain development; and the peace-creating effects of large groups practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.

  Dr. Hagelin has appeared many times on ABC's Nightline and Politically Incorrect, NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's Larry King Live! and Inside Politics, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, and others. He has also been regularly featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and most other major metropolitan newspapers.
  

  Dr. Hagelin is honorary chair of the Board of Trustees and professor of physics at Maharishi University of Management, and president of the David Lynch Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarship funding for students around the world who want to learn the Transcendental Meditation technique, as well as a wide variety of at-risk populations, including American Indians suffering from diabetes and high suicide rates; soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the homeless; and incarcerated juveniles and adults.
  

  Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is responsible for the development of a highly successful Grand Unified Field Theory that was featured on the cover of Discover Magazine. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Dr. Hagelin was named winner of the prestigious Kilby Award, which recognizes scientists who have made "major contributions to society through their applied research in the fields of science and technology." The award recognized Dr. Hagelin as "a scientist in the tradition of Einstein, Jeans, Bohr and Eddington."

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  Rina Jakubowicz

  Rina Jakubowicz has been active in the field of yoga for more than ten years. Known in Miami as a teacher of teachers, her studios, Rina Yoga, continue to serve the community. She is an inspiring young author whose first book, Choose Peace, empowers others to feel the potential that they have within and instill motivation for deeper healing.

  She is a frequent guest personality on Univision's Tu Desayuno Alegre and was chosen for Discovery Channel's first yoga segments to be aired in Latin America. Rina continues to conduct her unique teacher trainings and travels extensively hosting workshops and international retreats. For more information about Rina, please visit www.rinajaku.com

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  John douillard

  Dr. John Douillard is the former Director of Player Development for the New Jersey Nets and has written and produced 18 health and fitness books, CD's and DVD's. Dr. Douillard publishes a nationally known video-newsletter on health issues and cutting edge research available at www.LifeSpa.com. He is the author of The Yoga Body Diet, The 3-Season Diet; Body, Mind, and Sport; Perfect Health for Kids and The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage. He is the creator of the LifeSpa Ayurvedic Skincare and Herbal Line and currently directs LifeSpa, an Ayurvedic Retreat Center, where he offers consultations and personalized Panchakarma Detox Retreats. He lives with his wife and six children in Boulder, CO.

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  Anne Marie Kramer

  Committed to empowering others, Anne Marie inspires love and compassion with her vibrant, intuitive teaching. Always passionate, she shows up to serve and guide others on this inner journey of yoga with her unwavering faith that self-transformation and full self expression is possible. Grounded in tradition she offers an authentic, playfully edgy approach to the practice of yoga. With a degree in Exercise Physiology and 15 years of yoga teaching, Anne Marie Kramer brings an exciting dynamic to the yoga community.

  She has created her own innovative vinyasa style called ZUDA Vinyasa Yoga which incorporates an energetic physical practice anchored in finding your true self and sharing it with the world.

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  Kia Miller

  Kia has spent 2 decades studying, practicing and teaching yoga throughout the world. Kia teaches at YogaWorks in Los Angeles and leads several of their 200-hour and 300-hour teacher training programs each year. Trained in both Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, Kia offers an inspiring and powerful combination of asana, breath, meditation and chanting that leaves students uplifted and empowered.