Guest Teacher

Dawn Thomas

Before this experience, I was striving for perfection and had forgotten how to just be myself. This journey allowed me to fall in love with who I am and feel deeply connected to a community of strangers who became close friends overnight. I left with lasting friendships, inner peace, and harmony with my body as […]

Bhavaani Deanna Gray, RYT-500

Back pain from working on the computer lead Bhavaani to yoga. In 2017 Bhavaani signed up for a hot yoga teacher training to bring discipline to her practice. But what she received was so much more! She gained not only physical strength, but also mental clarity and spiritual connection. Yoga brought so much positive change in her […]

Bhairav Curt Gibson, RYT 200

Bhairav’s introduction to yoga came at an early age, when his mother would take him along with her to the local YMCA for her yoga classes. After practicing hot yoga himself for several years, as a way to condition his body for working outside during the Florida summers’, he completed his 200 hour Hot Yoga […]

Mickey Singer

MICHAEL A. SINGER is the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Untethered Soul and New York Times bestseller The Surrender Experiment, which have been published worldwide. He had a deep inner awakening in 1971 while working on his doctorate in economics and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established […]

Wendy Elwell

Wendy Elwell is passionate about devoting her life to service, to healing and to making love matter. For decades, she’s helped individuals, families, groups, organizations and companies live and create their best lives. Her background as a Practice Administrator in Integrative medicine, corporate communications consultant and certifications as a Raw Food chef, Kundalini Yoga and I […]

David Newman

David Newman is a renowned sacred mantra artist, singer-songwriter, author, and inspirational teacher. David has released numerous acclaimed albums, including the #1 iTunes World Music bestseller Love is Awake. David is also the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller The Timebound Traveler. David travels the world spreading the joy of mantra and the healing power of […]

Menka Stacy Piccolo

Stacy Menka Piccolo is currently completing her RYT500 with Meditation in Motion. She has participated in and assisted many programs at AYI including Yoga Teacher Training, Dancing as the Divine Feminine, Wellness Weekend, and Dancing Mindfulness. She has been a resident at AYI for the past two years and has completed the Seva Lifestyle Program, […]

Tom Gillette

Tom Gillette has taught yoga classes most everyday for 32 years. He has owned four yoga studios, directed 34 teacher trainings and certified over 750 yoga teachers. He has been the principle yoga consultant on 7 scientific research projects studying yoga for pain management, yoga for depression, yoga for pre dementia, yoga for bipolar and […]

Indukanta Udasin

Indukanta as been dedicated to the Kripalu lineage for over 35 years and that has inspired her to share her passion of yoga as a lifestyle and the music and art as sadhana.  Trained as a classical flautist, she was among the first yogāsana teachers in the greater Cleveland area where she established a support […]

Hansa

C-IAYT, LMT, KCYT Hansa is an ongoing student of Kripalu Yoga, and now Amrit Yoga, recently receiving the I Am Yoga Nidra Certification. Over the years, she has studied with many teachers who have offered insight and depth into the path of yoga. Hansa developed the belief that the body is the silent communicator of […]

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