Agni is trained in Reichian, Breath and Gestalt therapies as well as psychic massage, counselling, inner man/inner woman and various meditative therapies. She worked for many years in the Osho Multiversity in Pune, co-leading Tantra for Women Fresh Beginnings Part 2, Sexual Deconditioning, Mystic Rose and Pulsation Training. She now lives and works in Europe leading groups and giving individual sessions.

Meet Giselle an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher and E-RYT 500, introduced to yoga in the early 90’s, featured on yogaglo.com, Giselle offers tools to comfortably lead Jivamukti inspired Strong Flow Yoga classes, focusing on guiding asana and pranayama teaching techniques, teaching methodology, hands on assisting and practicum as well as the study and chanting of yogic scriptures.

Meet Robin the founding director of the Stress Management Center of Marin (SMC) in Larkspur (est.2000). She has been practicing for 40 years and teaching yoga therapy and stress management for over 20 years. Robin is both a teacher and a public speaker for Kaiser Permanente and was recently added to the hospital team working with Chronic Pain.

Robin develops programs and trains therapists to work in western healthcare environments: She trains teachers for the hospital setting at Kaiser, the Brain Injury Network of the Bay Area (brain injuries and stroke), with veteran’s programs and other special populations. Her therapist training program at SMC was the first in the Bay Area to achieve national accreditation and she was recently appointed to a national committee to help other programs achieve this standard.

From athletes to veteran’s research: Robin is in her 8th year assisting as stretching coach to a local football team. She has seen a reduction in injury severity and concussion in her tenure there. Also a researcher, Robin has researched techniques to improve respiratory strength and wellbeing in adults with Traumatic Brain Injury. She has just launched a study for veterans dealing with stress in Santa Rosa. She is also pioneering a new cell phone app with members of the Alameda Police Department that deals with fitness, diet, stress recovery and resiliency.

Website: smcmarin.com

Iskaan’s understanding of the body is influenced by his training and experience in Yoga, Neo Reichian Energy work, Rebalancing, Breath work and various Holistic massage techniques. The most important ingredients, though, are his own dedication to meditation and his love for the human body.

Being present with a person, so they can have the experience of a deep letting go through touch instead of focusing on the tension became the core quality and interest in Iskaan’s Bodywork.

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MEET Stephanie who blends her unique background in healing and the arts into her modality of “Authentic Voicework.” Heidemann obtained a B.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy from Indiana University, and Certification in Massage Therapy from the Association of Research & Enlightenment. She studied classical voice technique with Brenda Boozer (NY Metropolitan Opera) and movement therapy with Fanchon Shur (Growth in Motion).

She sang with the award-winning a cappella world music group, “VIDA” (IMG-Artists), who received national attention (Billboard, Dirty Linen). Stephanie is a Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellow (artist-in-residence) and has recorded her own arrangements of early music (Sounds True, Inc.) and original music for 20 ears. Stephanie resides in the U.S.A. raising a most boisterous son.

Meet Satyadev musician from Kolkata, India, raised in an environment of rich Indian spiritual tradition, Satyadev’s mission is to revive and spread awareness of the ancient Sanskrit mantras. Satyadev carries in his heart a deep understanding of the Vedic and Yogic traditions and through joyful satsangs & kirtans he shares the key to integrating the sacred mantras and Vedic teachings in everyday life.

Meet Volker. One of the defining minds of the modern European Ayurveda scene and with nine books the most successful, european Ayurveda book author of recent years. Among other things, he won the Gourmand World Cook Book Award twice in a row in the category Best India Cookbook in Germany. The plan was actually another ... after graduating from high school, followed by a small excursion to the university in Mainz with the degree course Catholic Theology. After only one semester, but a semblance in Hebrew, he had the idea of ​​going another way professionally. An elementary key experience was the severe cancer of his father, which brought him into contact with integrative medicine for the first time since 1990, and his experiences continue to shape his work to this day.

Thus, in 2006, with his training as an Ayurvedic Health Consultant, he made his great passion his profession and here he has also found his personal destiny and can pursue his two great passions, cooking and dealing with people every day.

The search for new inspiration led him, among other things, to the three star kitchen of the Schwarzwaldstube, then still under the direction of legend Harald Wohlfahrt. You can experience his passion for cooking with Europe-wide cooking classes and workshops live.

However, not only foodies but also people with serious health problems benefit from his culinary skills and rich experience.

Volker teaches the Ayurveda module in our Yoga Therapy Training.

Meet Anandra. A pioneer in the global yoga community, Anandra has aided in re-introducing the ancient practice of sound as a fundamental practice. She created the world’s first registered yoga teacher training based entirely on the transformational power of sound (including Sanskrit, mantra, Indian classical vocal meditation, and non-violent communication for everyday life). American by birth, Indian by soul, and global citizen by expression, she helps people to transform their limiting belief systems and to cultivate their most fulfilling contribution to the world.

MEET Talib. Relationship and trauma specialist, therapist and teacher since 1994. Global leader in the Path of Love. Healer of somatic and subtle bodies. Integrated understandings of Eastern and Western methodologies. Psychology graduate at university level. Avid Osho studier.

Hometown : USA

Meet Michael an international yoga teacher, meditation guide and the co-founder of Sunday School Yoga. Born in New Zealand, raised on the beaches of Santa Monica, who now calls London home, his relationship with yoga and physical movement spans over the past two decades and throughout this journey Michael has been lucky enough to travel the world sharing his teaching to all those willing to listen. Always a student first, Michael continues to practice and teach with a powerful body, and open mind and a fearless heart.

Urban hippie. Baby mama. Therapist & group leader. Creator of LET GO and life long music mix maker. Picky coffee drinker. Wannabe writer. Image maker and space creator. Passionate about supporting people to step out of the personality and find the courage to be real.

Isa holds a degree in psychology from the University of Stockholm as well as a degree from Swedish Acadamy for Psychoterapist Education (SAPU). Part of creating Baravara and Urban OM. Leads groups at Baravara (baravara.se) and workshops at Urban OM as well as giving private sessions.

Meet Neo amateur gardener, father of Bhumi Alaya & former teepee owner. Wannabe artist, ex businessman and current creative entrepreneur. Passionate to evoke and inspire people to live an authentic, creative and purposeful life. Loves chopping wood and making fires in the open air.

Founder of Urban OM. Trained as a Yoga Therapist (IAYT), Osho Therapist (Osho Risk Denmark), Yoga Teacher Trainer (E-RYT 500) and NLP Practitioner (London). Holds a Law degree (London) and studied business at Columbia Business School (NY) & IE Business School (Madrid) & THNK School for Creative Leadership (Amsterdam).

Meet Trishul. IAYT certified yoga therapist and yoga teacher, warmhearted yogini with a gentle touch and a sparkle of wisdom. Trishul’s practice spans over 30 years. Trishul is passionate about the tools yoga has to offer for daily life, especially Yoga Nidra. Trishul is on the faculty and mentors on The Urban OM Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training.

Trishul shares her speciality of how to use props and create a safe atmosphere as she is known for in her regular classes at Urban OM - Relax Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Mamma and Baby Yoga.

Hometown: Australia

Teacher Training: 1000 hours +, with speciality trainings in Prenatal, postnatal, Well Women Yoga Therapy.

Meet Parvati. Certified physiotherapist and with experience of working with stress-related illness and long term pain. Her yoga therapy work also focuses on musculoskeletal related pains. Guides creative, therapeutic Hatha influenced yoga with a humble aspiration to inspire self acceptance, self love and true health. Loves seeing yogic empiricism meeting modern science.

Trainings: 1000+ hours of Yoga teacher trainings and studies Advaita Vedanta in the Swami Dayananda Saraswati lineage. Certified Yoga Therapist with IAYT.

Parvati also offers Yoga Therapy one-on-one sessions.

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