Senior Training Faculty

Laura McKinzie

Laura’s passion and dedication to the practice of yoga was the catalyst to her becoming a Yoga Teacher 15 years ago.  She is an experienced teacher at the 500hr level (E-RYT 500) as well as the founder of It’s a Succulent Life, which inspires people to live their best life now through the practice of Yoga and […]

Stuart Sovatsky, Ph.D

Scholar-in-Residence Stuart (Piyush) Sovatsky brings a heart-centered wealth of knowledge through his own personal experience of our lineage as well as a lifetime of experience as a leading psychologist, bestselling author, researcher and lecturer. Degreed in Religion from Princeton University with contracted publications with Columbia University Press and SUNY Press, Stuart has created events with […]

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Roshan Kristine Valentine-Miller

Kristine began practicing asana yoga back in 1997, but her understanding of yoga shifted in 2007 when, with one year of sobriety under her belt, she visited Amrit Yoga Institute for the first time. Under the guidance of Yogi Amrit Desai (Gurudev), Kamini Desai, Eric W., and Chandrakant, Kristine experienced first-hand that yoga is so […]

Ramdas Ormond

Senior Training Faculty Seventeen years ago, Ramdas began his yoga journey. Years as an I AM Yoga® teacher, Yoga Nidra facilitator, dedicated yogi and meditator gives Ramdas the experience to support and understand his students with skillful compassion.

Ashvini Kenyon Gatlin

E-RYT 200, RYT 500, I AM Yoga Therapy™ Facilitator  Kenyon has been teaching yoga and stress reduction since 2001. She is the author of Relax With Life, Applying Yoga Principles To Reduce Stress. Kenyon helps people from all walks of life to live with less stress and more joy. Kenyon is certified RYT 500 I AM Yoga® […]

Kalindi Edwina Hoffmann

Senior Training Faculty Trained at the Amrit Yoga Institute, Kalindi has experienced the profound and transformational aspects of yoga as taught by Yogi Amrit Desai and Kamini Desai. She is devoted to giving what she has received. Currently, she is the organization’s Director of Relations, one of its lead teachers, and program manager and assistant […]

Liam Gillen

Senior Training Faculty An executive career in the hospitality, education and real estate industries has culminated in studying the Integrative Amrit Method (IAM) of Yoga for the last ten years. Liam is a 500 hr certified IAM Yoga® teacher, and an advanced I AM Yoga Nidra™ facilitator. He leads trainings, workshops and retreats focused on the […]

Hasu Marney Coulter

Senior Training Faculty Hasu is an intuitive and knowledgeable Yogi. For more than 20 years, she has shared a flowing practice which creates self alignment and attunement, based on teachings from her own life experience, Kripalu Yoga, Amrit Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. The focus is on exploring sensation through movement and stillness, while drawing […]

Priti Chanda Klco

Greetings from my heart to yours. I am native to the Colorado mountains. Their wildness and beauty was my first yoga teacher. I am a seeker, adventuress, and explorer, willing to test my limits in order to learn and grow. The sacred, timeless knowledge and practices of Yoga and Ayurveda are among the greatest gifts available […]