Sandra “Sam” Sather is an Endorsed IYI Teacher, RYT-500, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). Sam specializes in seniors, fascia, functional movement, mindfulness, cancer, brain trauma, and yin yoga. She provides training as a YACEP (YA) and APD (IAYT). Sam has two businesses. Dogwood Studios, a yoga therapy studio, through mindful movement and meditative balance, provides services to help empower individuals to progress toward greater health and well-being. And Clinical Pathways, a clinical research consulting and training group, dedicated to supporting high quality. Sam is thrilled to have the ability to integrate mind, body, heart practices in both. Sam and her partner Chuck live in Chapel Hill, NC, USA. She has two delightful grown children, Rob & Sarah.

Hedi believes that we can all lead more fulfilling lives when we take refuge in the paths of awareness and let ourselves become curious to see what they have to offer us. Through her writing and teaching she hopes to inspire others to find their way tohappier healthier mind and heart space, and she is committed to helping seekers from all walks of life understand the simple truth of union of mind, body and heart, and presence in the here and now. Her classes are filled with poetry, storytelling and metaphors as she shares both ancient wisdom as well as modern day scientific and psychological insights in equal measure.

Over the past twenty years Hedi has completed numerous trainings with renowned international teachers in a variety of yoga and meditation styles and practices ranging from Ayurvedic studies to Pranayam and from Astanga to Yin Yoga. She is a dedicated practitioner of meditation and is deeply influenced by Buddhist studies. Hedi believes that lasting transformation is available through the integration of Buddhist practices and philosophy with spiritual psychology and yoga, as taught at the Insight Yoga Institute.

ABOUT SUZANNE

Assisting clients in personal healing and transformation is Suzanne’s passion and purpose in life. Her trained specialties—Clinical Psychology, Insight Yoga and the practices in mindfulness—form a powerful triad. Suzanne has been helping her clients live a healthier, and more heart-based life for over 25 years. Her true passion is helping students truly heal by finding a practice to suit their needs. She is inspired by the physical strength gained through yoga, but her primary interest lies in transformational capabilities of the mind through a regular practice.

About Erinbell

Erinbell’s practice and teaching is one of inclusiveness and compassionate acceptance. “Each day is precious and with each practice/sit/breath we begin afresh to open-heartedly meet ourselves just as we are.” Erinbell honors our individual uniqueness through teaching yoga asana with a functional approach. Mindfulness and self inquiry are the base of her teaching as is laughter and openness. She encourages her students to be brave and feel for themselves what’s going on and to meet what’s there with tenderness and kindness.

In the tradition of the Insight Yoga Institute, Erinbell teaches a modern fusion of Yoga, Buddhism, meridian theory, fascial anatomy, and psychology. She is very grateful to her teachers, Sarah & Ty Powers, Martin Aylward, and Paul & Suzee Grilley. She has also studied with Daniel Siegel and trained intensively in Internal Family Systems.

Born in Vancouver, Erinbell now lives in Berlin where she offers yoga and meditation classes/workshops/retreats in the city and in Europe. She also teaches weekly online classes and offers mentoring.

ABOUT MARIJE:

Marije’s teaching style is understated and compassionate. She has the ability to present complex concepts, and an in-depth knowledge of yogic anatomy and philosophy, in a simple and approachable way, for which she is loved by beginning and advanced practitioners alike.

Marije was born and raised in Amsterdam where, after her training to be a professional ballet dancer, she studied law and worked as a corporate lawyer. She currently lives in a small beach town in New Jersey with her husband and 2 cats and teaches yoga and meditation around the world.

After her foundational and professional level yoga teacher certification at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (MA), she found Sarah and Ty Powers who she considers her most important teachers. Marije is honored and grateful to share and teach Insight Yoga.

ABOUT OLIVIA:

Olivia is a mother of two daughters and long-term practitioner of Yoga and Buddhist Mindfulness. She runs a private retreat in Wales (http://www.thecoachhouseretreat.co.uk/) and loves to work in an intimate and personal way with individuals and groups. Her teaching style is slow, mindful, insightful and deep and will appeal to those who wish to integrate psychological and spiritual teachings, in an embodied and nuanced way. She helps individuals to craft a consistent, intelligent and personal practice, that feels relevant, potent and intentional, empowering others to become their own Healing Master. She has been teaching since 1998 and trained with Sivananda Yoga (Teacher Training & Advanced), Mandala Yoga / Bihar, Shiva Rea, Simon Low (RYS 200), and since 2011 Sarah and Ty Powers, her primary and most transformative teachers. Originally a Healing Shiatsu practitioner (MRSS) she studied TCM, Five Elements and Meridian Theory with Chris Jarmey and Sonia Moriceau.

ABOUT SARAH JANE SHANGRAW:

Sarah Jane studied religion from an anthropological perspective well before discovering Wisdom teachings as a source of personal support. Now, in her classes, workshops, and coaching sessions, she weaves together yogic and Buddhist methods with psychospiritual inquiry as a means to nourish the body, heal the heart, and train the mind. She believes that freedom is possible, in moments, and even amidst difficulty, when we take life as the path. By retreating annually, paying attention to the evolving relationship of Buddhism and psychology, and working to uncover her unconscious bias, she keeps her practice and teaching fresh and responsive. Sarah Jane is also a stepmother, book editor, and musician. She offers deep gratitude to her teachers and spiritual friends.

ABOUT ANNEMIEKE VAN NOORT:

Annemieke is an E-RYT 500 & YACEP teacher with International Yoga Alliance and a certified IFS-practitioner level 3.

She started teaching in 2009. In 2011 she met Sarah Powers, whose teachings and personality had a transformational impact. Throughout the years, Annemieke found her strength and inspiration in the yogic as well as Buddhist & Taoist teachings. Combined with her keen interest in psychology, she developed her own style of teaching, where she focusses on the interrelatedness of our physical wellbeing, as well as our emotions, thoughts and beliefs, in the way we live our life.

Annemieke is in private practice working as a certified IFS-practitioner. She also teaches Yin-Yoga, Vinyasa yoga and meditation classes. Additionally she develops and teaches workshops, leads silent retreats and is a mentor for IYI-students.