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Abigail “Ifatola” Jefferson

Arts educator, storyteller, and yoga practitioner Iyanifa, Reverend Abigail “Ifatola” Jefferson, M.Ed., conducts programs globally. Through a unique blend of story, dance, and yoga, she keeps alive stories from the African Diaspora. Audiences of all ages have described her programs as spirit-filled, inspiring, and energizing. In June 2017, Abigail was ordained as an inter-spiritual and interfaith minister by One Spirit Learning Alliance in New York City. Abigail is certified in Kripalu Yoga, Karma Kids Yoga, and Yoga 4cancer; she has traveled to Egypt with Master Teacher Yirser Ra Hotep to certify in Kemetic Yoga. Abigail has also traveled to Cuba,…

Abigail Weinberg

Abby recalls how she came to mediation on her knees after what she now sees as repeated failures to keep her life in line with her expectations. In a broken marriage and with a young child, she discovered Reggie Ray’s teachings in 2012. Somatic meditation has offered a method for her to recognize her fear of letting go of control and opening more fully to the present moment. The earth breathing and body work developed by Reggie Ray have uncovered in her a confidence to engage with life in a more authentic way. Abigail works to address climate change and…

Adrienn Light

In 2016, Adrienn Light underwent a profound, spontaneous life-changing experience during a solo retreat while meditating and fasting. Through meditation, she felt her 3-dimensional vessel transforming into a Light Body, liberating her spirit and connecting her to a new frequency. Over the next two years, she learned to communicate, assimilate, and integrate this new energy. In 2018, she was guided to share this knowledge with others and became a facilitator of light body activations, helping many access their own light bodies. In 2022, Anfrinit began to manifest through Adrienn; Anfrinit is a clear channel through all existences, aligning the multidimensional…

Amanda Baudier

Amanda Baudier is an Executive Coach and Spiritual Guide who helps clients bring more joy and magic into their everyday lives. A multidisciplinary teacher, Amanda has spent the past 20 years leading & scaling businesses as an executive herself, while simultaneously gaining certifications in a wide range of modalities including MBSR, Somatic Experiencing, Yoga Therapy, Meditation, and Holistic Health,among others. She is the co-founder of Full Plate Full Cup, a boutique coaching & advisory firm and the co-host of the Full Plate Full Cup podcast. A passionate lifelong learner, Amanda is currently enrolled in a Mindfulness mentorship with Tara Brach…

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Amy Hamilton

Amy Hamilton has been a practitioner of Iyengar Yoga for nearly three decades, and has been teaching since 2002. She is a CIYT, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and C-IAYT, Certified Yoga Therapist. Amy teaches ongoing classes to students of all ages, beginner to advanced and has mentored many teachers to become certified. She has led countless workshops as well as a week-long retreat. Travel to Pune, India to study directly with the Iyengar family was one of the highlights of her yoga studies. With her nurturing yet challenging approach, Amy inspires her students to develop a clear understanding of their…

Amy McTear

Amy McTear is an inspirational speaker, teacher, writer and performer—a contemplative, an artist, an idealist, optimist, a dreamer and someone who likes to bring people together for positive evolution. Amy believes that there is one true voice within each of us and also one true human voice.  Her intention is to motivate people to the highest integrity within themselves, to bring the ultimate version of themselves to life.  She lives every day to achieve the same in herself. She is a Certified NeurOptimal® Trainer, Certified HeartMath® Coach, Certified Sound Healer, Life Coach and founder of One True Voice. She helps…

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Anandajyoti

Anandajyoti (Anthony Tribe), is a longtime member of Triratna, ordained in 1978. He started practicing yoga in London, UK in the mid 1970s. After studying with B.K.S. Iyengar in India, in 1979 he became certified as an Iyengar teacher. He taught in England and Europe for sixteen years before moving to the US, where his teaching has been influenced by the more breath-focused emphasis of T.K.V. Desikachar. Anandajyoti is also a Buddhist scholar, with a doctorate in Indian Tantric Buddhism from Oxford University. He taught in the Asian Studies program at the University of Montana, Missoula, for seven years. Today…

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Ananta

With 25-years of practice experience within the Triratna Buddhist Community, Ananta has received guidance and inspiration from many incredible teachers. He has spent over three years on retreat, and undertook ordination training in 2007, being ordained (spiritually reborn) as Ananta—he who is boundless. A leading teacher of Triratna New York and of the Triratna US & Canada Men’s ordination training team, he has been guiding meditation sessions and retreats since 2005. He also trained and became a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher through the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, and has studied other mindfulness modalities such as for pain,…

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Andrew Faust

With over two decades of experience in the field, Andrew is one of the premier permaculture teachers and designers in North America. His passionate and mind expanding curriculum and talks—including his TED X lecture—have motivated students, teachers, filmmakers and the general public, inspiring the film Inhabit and a life changing Permaculture Design Certification course. Andrew created his own Permaculture PhD project, in 1999, a fully off grid, Straw Bale educational center in Pocahontas County W.V. In 2007, he moved to Brooklyn where he has been applying his knowledge to the urban landscape. Learn more at: https://www.permaculturenewyork.com/

Anna Winkler

Anna Winkler has been practicing and teaching yoga since 1989, when she certified with the Sivananda Yoga Organization, in both India and Canada. She served as a volunteer staff member there for 6 years, assisting in Yoga Teacher Training courses and modeling for 2 yoga books, among other things. Anna has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 1997 (with Eddie Stern and other authorized teachers), and teaching Ashtanga since 2002. She has been studying and practicing Iyengar Yoga at Studio Yoga in Madison, NJ since 2007, where she received her second 500-hour teaching certificate. Anna teaches an Alignment Based Hatha Yoga class.…

Anne Sussman

Anne Sussman is a certified Mindfulness and Meditation Instructor. She helps her students create a fluency in mindfulness, empowers individuals to be compassionate listeners, and shares techniques for living in high vitality. She is the founder of the Mindfulness Meeting Place, a virtual studio that meets students wherever they are, helping them develop a calm mind, focused attention and greater well-being. Anne offers instruction to individuals, small groups, and organizations. She is a 2015 graduate of the McLean Meditation Institute, and a certified trainer of the MMI-Mindful program. Her mindfulness education courses, tailored to companies large and small, are designed…

AnnMarie Shirley

AnnMarie Shirley has a lifelong interest in the healing arts. She brings elements of the Chakra system as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine into her practice. Other healing modalities that AnnMarie has great success with include Lymphatic Drainage and Myofacial Release.  She is a 2004 graduate of The Hudson Valley School of Massage Therapy. Her number-one goal as your Massage Therapist is to attune to and realign the connection of your body, mind and spirit. AnnMarie offers 55 minute massages. The $150 price is discounted to $130 for the Joyoti Yoga program. We will add the charge to your invoice…

AnnMarie Shirley

AnnMarie Shirley is an artist, an experimentalist, an empowerment coach and a body worker. She has practiced massage therapy and yoga for 19 years and has a new found passion for exploring the body mind connection. She shares this exploration with you as part of her own healing journey and guarantees a deep sense of feeling seen, understood and inspired from our time together.

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ArinMaya

ArinMaya is an inspirational singer, songwriter, sound healer and activist who Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Gregory Porter described as having “a unique and ancient sound.” Though she’s been called “the Mayor of Brooklyn,” ArinMaya originally hails from Chicago’s South Side where her artistic training began with studies in West African dance and rhythms, continued in numerous church and community choirs and was fostered by her parents’ diverse record collection. She went on to sing and study improvisation and traditional black music with Bobby McFerrin and Voicestra, Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock, respectively. Inspired by these experiences and her…

Ben Brown

As a sound practitioner, visual artist, and bodyworker. Ben Brown seeks the intersection of mediums that provide a haven from social-emotional isolation, and support our adaptive capabilities to self-soothe and heal. Much of his work comes from the impulse to create more space in the nervous system and body through vibrational frequencies that connect us to our ancestral wisdom and being. Ben facilitates live and virtual sound experiences. He is the co-creator of HOME and E L I X I R, two monthly sound practices; LUSH, a hands-on bodywork and sound experience; and Beauty Medicine, an interdisciplinary sound art project…

Bob Blanton

Bob Blanton has over 40 years of experience in the martial arts, 25 of which have been dedicated to the study and practice of Tai Chi and QiGong. For over 10 years Bob has devoted his time to a deeper study of the principals and forms of these arts. In addition to teaching private and group classes, he has participated in numerous demonstrations and competitions.

Bruce Berky

Hudson Valley resident Bruce Berky is an audio professional, musician, and educator who has worked in many different genres and venues. Most recently, he has been working as an audio engineer for live performances and live streaming events with churches, temples, theaters as well as providing live streaming for award winning performers like storyteller Gioia Timpanelli and David Gonzalez (davidgonzalez.com). Mr. Berky is also working on a multimedia project with Astrophysicist Luke Keller (Ithaca College professor Ithaca, NY) entitled “Effects of Gravity”. During his career, Mr. Berky has produced hundreds of music recordings both as a recording, mixing, and mastering…

Candradasa

Candradasa was ordained in 2001. He is from Scotland and has lived in New Hampshire since 2006. He is a founding member at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center and is also the Director of Dharmachakra, which produces Free Buddhist Audio and Triratna’s main web platform, The Buddhist Centre Online. Candradasa’s name means “Servant of the Moon,” referencing the Bodhicitta in Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara: ‘It is the heart’s waxing moon, cooling the heat of passion.’ He tries – sometimes successfully – to live up to this. A published poet, Candradasa is also the author of Buddhism for Teens: 50 Mindfulness Activities, Meditations, and Stories to Cultivate Calm…

Carol Schoffmann

Carol Schoffmann is a Certified Healing Sound Practitioner, Certified Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Meditation Teacher, and Intuitive Spiritual Guide And Mentor. Her interest in holistic health started in her twenties, after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness. As she learned about alternative health practices and nutrition, she changed her lifestyle—and her health. Carol believes we all have an inner wisdom that we can tap in to, if we get quiet enough to listen, that guides us intuitively toward happiness and whole health. This is the foundation of her practice. Carol first encountered Himalayan singing bowls in 1990 on her first…

CC Treadway

CC Treadway is a multi-disciplinary artist and energy healer who has been guiding healers and artists into their fullest, expressed potential for 20 years. A classically trained singer, CC loves music and sang in the Thom Sessa gospel choir in Miami for 3 years. She also writes and performs original music and regularly tours with with devotional kirtan artist, Radharani. Her solo shows weave together classical, folk, channeling, storytelling and the sacred through passionate emotions—creating a rich, musical landscape from which to open the heart. She holds a BFA in film from the Rhode Island School of Design, studied at the…

Christina Helms

Christina Helms has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and began a dedicated meditation practice more than a decade ago.  She completed MNDFL 300-hour meditation teacher training program in 2018 and has attended multi-day retreats with both Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. She will complete a Masters degree in social work this May and plans to incorporate her mindfulness training into her work as a therapist upon graduation. She is a the co-owner of Three Birds Yoga studio where she teaches weekly yoga classes, leads meditation groups and workshops and co-leads the studio’s 200 teacher training. Christina’s training in…

Colette Ruoff, MBA, PCC

Colette is a professional coach and workshop leader with deep experience working with leaders. She has coached mid- and senior-level executives in corporate and non-profit organizations since the 1990s. Her clients include leaders in professional services firms including partners at Ernst and Young and McKinsey, as well as non-profit organizations such as Mass Audubon, Rethink Food, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Vanaver Caravan. Initially, Colette’s workshops focused on leadership competencies, but in the last decade they have shifted towards transformational topics including purpose, empowerment, systems thinking and wellness. Her most recent focus is on offering a living systems framework…

Colleen Bloxham

Colleen Bloxham brings bright, colorful food that is both flavorful and nutritious to the Dharmakaya Center. A self-trained chef, she has spent more than three decades in the hospitality industry. She has managed restaurants, run catering businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, and served as a private chef. Most recently, she produced large-scale events that required staff- and budget-management worldwide. Colleen serves on the boards of three charitable organizations and is executive director for events for another. With a focus on farm-to-table goodness, she ensures that every meal is served with warmth and joy.

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Danika Marie Hendrickson, CYT

Danika Marie Hendrickson, CYT, is a popular restorative yoga and Yin Yoga teacher. She has been leading restorative yoga retreats for more than a decade and regularly teaches in 200- and 500-hour teacher training programs. She is also an Ayurvedic practitioner and professional astrological counselor. DanikaHendrickson.com

Debra Bernath

Debra Bernath is a massage therapist, Qigong Meridian Therapist (QMT), and Reflexologist. Her studies and practice of Qigong began in 1995. She was certified in Reflexology in 2005 and Massage in 2007. She continually expands her knowledge of bodywork and massage and integrates this into all her sessions, especially “Qi” otherwise known as Vital Energy. She also offers Tao of Medical Qigong (Energy Healing), which is used for deep healing through the transfer of “Vital Energy” or “Qi” from the therapist. Debra is Board Certified in Reflexology through the ARCB which requires 200 hours of training.She has taught reflexology at Pacific College…

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Dennis Teston

Dennis Teston first tried Integral Yoga for some stretching of the body and soul; and so began Dennis’ yoga journey. The years that followed found him practicing serial yoga monogamy of styles including Hatha, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Bikram, being inspired by Cyndi Lee, Dharma Mittra, Bryan Kest, and practicing at dozens of studios in New York and around the world. Searching for some new inspiration, Dennis stumbled into Sankalpah one Saturday morning to take a class. The practice, with its intelligent sequencing and the subtle incorporation of yogic philosophy, resonated true for him. Dennis weaves together, with a quiet authority,…

Dharmacharini Viveka

Viveka is a co-President of the Triratna NY-NJ sangha. Her teaching emphasizes awakening here and now—grounded in the body and accessed through a spacious, appreciative, curiosity. Her teaching style is informed by over 20 years of dharma practice and long silent retreats, interaction with a diversity of Buddhist teachers and practitioners, and her work as a certified coach, facilitator, and trainer supporting people in social change movements to realize lasting transformation. She lives in San Francisco, California.

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Donna Amrita Davidge

Donna Amrita Davidge, E-RYT500, YACEP is the Director of Sewall House Yoga Retreat. Donna took her first yoga class in college in the 1970’s but it was not until the mid 1980’s that she immersed herself in learning yoga, first teaching Kundalini Yoga and then branching out to teach other forms of yoga based on studies with Dharma Mittra, Eddie Stern (Ashtanga) and Genny Kapuler (Iyengar). She has taught full time for over 35 years in New York City, and since 1997 at her yoga retreat in northern Maine www.sewallhouse.com. She has taught at Golden Bridge, Kundalini Yoga East, Pure…

Donna Nisha Cohen

Donna Nisha Cohen is a nationally certified Kripalu yoga teacher and is the director of Yoga On Duck Pond: Center for Self Discovery Through Yoga in Stone Ridge, NY. In recent years, she has  developed a therapeutic approach to yoga influenced by her study of Feldenkrais. She is a certified Embodied Life practitioner. An Embodied Life includes awareness practices utilizing meditation, movement, and Guided Self Inquiry, which is a spiritual modality. Donna began community organizing in the 1970’s as a way to strengthen and empower communities, families, and individuals of diverse backgrounds and orientations. Donna is an original member of the…

Dr. Reginald Ray

Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray is the co-founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, dedicated to the evolution and flowering of the somatic teachings of Tibetan Tantra. He is a lineage holder in the tradition of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The author of many books, audio courses, and online series, Reggie’s work and teachings draw from his background as a Buddhist academic and practitioner. He holds a Ph.D. from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in History of Religions. Reggie cofounded the Religious Studies program at Naropa University with Chögyam Trungpa, where he taught for over 30 years.

Eddie Stern

Eddie Stern is a yoga teacher, author, and lecturer from New York City. He is known for his multidisciplinary approach to furthering education and access to yoga, as well as his teaching expertise in Ashtanga Yoga. He most recently created The Breathing App, which guides the user in a paced breathing exercise that balances the nervous system, helping to improve sleep, and reduce stress and anxiety. One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life is his first solo book. We highly recommend you purchase and read this book before the Retreat as Eddie will…

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Elaine Colandrea

Elaine Colandrea explores how the somatic arts shape consciousness, inform and inspire the creative process, as well as foster connections with nature to organically create a more humane world. Continuum teacher and Artistic Director of Watermark Arts, as well as a dancer/choreographer, somatic educator and massage therapist, her work has been deeply influenced by her association with Emilie Conrad, founder of Continuum, a practice she has pursued for over 30 years. With Rori Smith, Elaine co-authored The Elemental Body: A Movement Guide to Kinship with Ourselves and the Natural World, Epigraph, 2022. Elaine’s abiding passion is bringing people together to…

Eric Archer

Eric Archer is a lover of nature and art in all forms, and practices this love through music, meditation, yoga, woodcraft, cooking, teaching, and poetry. Eric has been faculty at The Omega Institute, The Finger Lakes School of Massage, and The Millbrook School; he has been a Senior Jamtse Yin Yoga teacher and co-produced the community-driven series Everyday Expert. Eric is also a naturalist and outdoor enthusiast who includes the visceral, universal experiences of immersing and communing with Nature into his teachings: Simple, spontaneous, vital. Through embodied expressions of nature, knowledge, and devotion, he teaches from his own experience and…

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Evry Mann

Evry Mann directed a nationally recognized program for homeless students for the Seattle Public Schools before becoming founder and senior advisor to the Center for Creative Education. Ev is an accomplished drummer and founder of POOK, the Percussion Orchestra of Kingston. He holds master’s degrees in religious studies from McGill University and music composition from Mills College.

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Gary Wheaton

Gary Wheaton has been a Buddhist practitioner and student of Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche since 2008. He has served as retreat cook, retreat organizer, retreat leader, and teacher’s assistant. Professionally he is a human resources director, with expertise in conflict resolution and coaching. STUDENT COMMENTS “Sharing his personal experiences, Gary made a regular meditation practice seem realistic and attainable.” “Gary knows his stuff—and is also gentle, kind, and open to questions. We even laughed.” “Gary was wonderful and provided me with many skills for finding inner peace. I am so happy to have arrived at this comforting and supportive place.” “Gary…

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Gena Rho

Gena is an educator, dancer, yogini, and certified Clinical Somatic Educator. Her private Somatic Movement practice is based in Maplewood, NJ, where she helps clients of all ages find freedom in their bodies. Gena teaches Somatic Movement, functional movement, and yoga classes and leads retreats. Her primary somatic training has been with Martha Peterson of Essential Somatics, a neuroscience-based somatic modality in the tradition of Thomas Hanna. Gena is currently a lead trainer with Essential Somatics. She has been an adjunct professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Gena’s career as a modern dancer included performing…

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Gina Cunningham

Having had a dedicated yoga practice since 1996, Gina Cunningham was initially attracted to the physical challenge of yoga.  Since then, she has been fortunate to practice and study with extraordinary teachers who have opened door after door to the broader benefits of yoga and mindfulness practices.  Over the years, her practice and teaching style has evolved to be dynamic and physically challenging; yet, infused with compassion, generosity and humor.  With the philosophy that we can do what we practice, Gina is endlessly fascinated by the simplicity and the power of mindful movement, breath awareness and meditation to create space,…

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Grace Osborne

Grace Osborne is a musician and sound performance artist from Pasadena, CA currently based in New York City. Her solo work is often offered through the mediums of soundwalk, sound bath, and sound installations. She earned her BA in Music Theory & History from Mills College and PhD in Ethnomusicology from New York University. Most recently she created the sound design for poet Khaty Xiong’s installation entitled, Grief Garden which is currently showing at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.

Ingrid A. Marcroft

In 2012, Ingrid co-founded Upper West Side Yoga and Wellness, a neighborhood yoga studio in NYC, with her spouse (and they’re still together!). She is a Certified Yoga Instructor, Urban Zen Integrative Therapist, Ordained Interfaith Minister, Reiki Master, Spouse, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend, and has been a healing facilitator with extremely diverse populations for three decades. Yoga is her primary tool for inner and outer peace. www.uwsyoga.com

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Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens

Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens is the founder of ILERA Counseling & Education Services, where she works as a psychotherapist, professional development trainer, and spiritual counselor. Through ILERA, Iya DeShannon offers a range of workshops and programs focusing on sexuality and spirituality, sexual abuse and healing, and vicarious trauma and wellness. She is the author of Hush Hush: An African American Family Breaks their Silence on Sexuality and Sexual Abuse (2007, 2015). Her work has been presented at national and regional conferences of the American Academy of Religion, Harvard University, Children’s Aid Society, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential (GCAPP), Washington University,…

Jean Vitrano

Jean Vitrano integrates her 25+ years of training in mindfulness practices, meditation, movement, and body therapies to assist individuals in living with greater awareness, ease, and joy. With an emphasis on discovering your own insight, Jean invites curiosity,​ ​kindness, and compassion in everyone who seeks to live a mindful life. Understanding that we all discover our inner wisdom, in our own time, she creates safe communities for people to explore,​​ listen, and share.​​ ​Through meditation and reflective questions and exercises, Jean invites you to pause, sense, and observe your thought and feeling patterns. Jean studied with the late Buddhist Zen…

Jenny Hoffman

Jenny has been teaching yoga since 2013. Her classes are considered a slow and mindful flow-style class with a strong emphasis on proper alignment. This style keeps students connected with their breath and body to calm and quiet the mind. She considers yoga to be a moving meditation and enjoys infusing mindfulness-based meditation principles in her classes. Jenny likes to remind both herself and her students that yoga is inherently therapeutic in nature and that the practice is accessible to everyone, regardless of age, strength or flexibility. Jenny is also the mom of three teenagers and has two dogs that…

John Henderson

John Henderson has studied Buddhist philosophy and practiced meditation for nearly 30 years. Since 2003 he has been a senior student of the Dharmakaya Center’s founder, Rimay master Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche. John has applied the teachings in his professional life as a serial entrepreneur, leading both healthcare and real estate businesses, and as board member of numerous not-for-profit organizations in the Northeast. He has been teaching at the Center since it opened in 2017.   COMMENTS FROM FORMER STUDENTS “John models the attributes that I am always working on developing. Graciousness, patience, compassion. It’s one thing to teach it, another…

Jon Aaron

Jon Aaron’s Dharma home is New York Insight Meditation Center, where he teaches Buddhism and MBSR. He is also the co-guiding teacher of the Makom Havurah at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Jon’s training has been mainly grounded in the Theravāda tradition, in addition to non-dual and Mahayana approaches. His teacher of many years has been Matthew Flickstein. More recently he has been training with Kittisaro and Thanissara, former monastics from the Ajahn Chah lineage, having been invited to join the first iteration of their Dharmapala (Guardians of the Dharma) program. Jon also studied contemplative care at the Zen…

Joshua Gefroh

Joshua Gefroh is the Head Chef at the Dharmaka Center, which he joined following many years of developing his culinary skills and creativity in European retreat centers. He has created delicious meals for retreatants in Italy, Greece, Spain, and Australia, as well as across the US, and has authored two cookbooks. Josh loves cooking, eating, and exploring the world of food. Many of his favorite foods come from diverse cultural traditions rooted in vegetarian cuisine. Trained in macrobiotic cooking, he believes that good food begins with good ingredients. Yet, it is from his family’s strong tradition in home cooking that…

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Julia Abramova

As an executive, Julia always looked to find inner balance and peace. Thus began her yoga journey in 2007. Soon after beginning her yoga teaching career in 2012, Julia realized that there was a need to work with students on a more individual basis in order to help them find peace and balance within their bodies. This desire to help led to further studies in: prenatal yoga, The Kaivalya Yoga Method and Prema Yoga Institute program. Julia graduated from an advanced 500 hour training at Pure Yoga as well as established herself as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) through the…

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Julie Ewald

A costume designer for 25 years in the NYC film biz, Julie Ewald started yoga as a workout—and  thought downward facing dog was nothing short of torture. Eventually, Julie got hooked on fast, hot, power yoga—then, after some serious lower back issues, discovered the healing art of Iyengar. Now? Her practice as well as what she teaches is a magical mix that’s playful yet precise, slow, steady, deep and ever evolving. Julie continues her studies and has endless gratitude for her teachers: Nikki Costello for her invaluable guidance in Iyengar practice; Gulnaz Dashti in India for her vast knowledge &…

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Julie Hannon

Julie Hannon combines her expertise as an energy medicine practitioner and student of spiritual wisdom traditions with more than twenty years of professional experience as a human resources director—in all cases leading people on a journey of discovery and transformation. She has been personally trained by Alberto Villoldo and the Four Winds Society, and holds a certification in Luminous Healing from Healing the Light Body School. She has trained extensively in the techniques of Light Body Healing, Soul Retrieval, Divination and Death Rites, and served as Senior Faculty member of the Light Body School (Energy Medicine & Shamanism). Julie is…

Justin Ram Das Logan, LMT, IKYI

Justin Ram Das Logan, LMT, IKYI, is a Kundalini Yoga and meditation teacher, energy healer, inspirational speaker, licensed massage therapist, craniosacral practitioner, emotion code practitioner and sound healer, facilitator of sound journeys and workshops. Justin has worked in the healing arts for the past 30 years and as a yoga and meditation teacher for 10 years. He uses practices of mother earth based spirituality in union with kundalini yoga and meditation to bring balance and peace to our daily lives. Justin has lived in the Hudson Valley for the past 12 years. His focus is to be of  service to…

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Kadam Peter Kurczynski

Kadam Peter is the resident teacher of Dharmachakra Buddhist Center. He has been practicing Buddhism in formal study programs of the New Kadampa Tradition for nearly twenty five years. He has participated in numerous meditation retreats, and regularly attends international festivals of Kadampa Buddhism. His teachings are timely, practical and easy to apply in everyday life. In 2013, he received the title “Kadam,” meaning senior lay resident teacher.

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Kamalashila

Kamalashila is a longtime member of the Triratna Community who has taught meditation since his ordination in 1974.  He is a founder of Vajraloka Meditation Centre in Wales.  He also has connections with Buddhafield, a land-based Buddhist collective running retreats and festivals, and the West London Buddhist Centre.  Kamalashila has now settled in London after many years exploring Dharma practice in rural and wilderness retreats. He has always been inspired by Milarepa and his lineage.  As well as his lifelong connection as a teacher with Triratna, he trained for a few years under Lama Shenpen Hookham and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso…

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Karma Trinlay Rinpoche

Karma Trinlay Rinpoche is a Buddhist master and scholar. Born of French and American parentage, Rinpoche is the very first Westerner to be recognized as a Tulku (reincarnation of a Buddhist saint) by H.H. the late 16th Karmapa. Karma Trinlay Rinpoche has received all the important transmissions of Buddhism, as well as completed both traditional Buddhist and Western academic studies in the fields of philosophy and history. Fluent in English, French, and Tibetan, Rinpoche is a charismatic speaker who teaches regularly in Buddhist centers and universities in Europe, America and Asia. Karma Trinlay Rinpoche is a genuine bridge between the…

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Kathryn Costa

Kathryn Costa is an artist, educator, and shamanic practitioner who has opened the door to creative joy for thousands of people in 175 countries through her YouTube videos, online courses, workshops, and book The Mandala Guidebook: How to Draw, Paint, and Color Expressive Mandala Art. Her passion can be summed up in three little words: “create and connect.” Kathryn’s workshops help people find clarity, let go of fear, embrace their dreams, and explore their creativity. Learn more at http://www.truenortharts.com

Kati Walker

Kati has been involved with the healing arts for many years. She holds various certifications including Hatha Yoga Instructor, Yoga for Cancer Survivors, Ayurveda, Healing Touch, Reiki, and Sound Healing. She completed her 200 hour Yoga certification in 2009 and continued her certifications with Yoga for Scoliosis, Principles of Restorative Yoga and Cancer Survivor Teacher Training. As her practice has developed, her appreciation has grown for the subtler qualities of yoga, including the spiritual aspects and stress management. Kati met Master Teacher Suren Shreshta in 2007 and advanced her knowledge of sound healing. She is currently one of the Certified Teachers…

Kayla Dove

Kayla Dove is a E-RYT200, RYT500 hour Yoga Teacher. Dedicated to always learning, after receiving her yoga teacher training at Bhakti Barn, Kayla continued her teacher training, receiving certificates in Restorative Yoga, studying with Jamie Lyn Scholnick, Judith Lasater and Jillian Pransky, and studing Gentle and Accessible Yoga with Stefanie Haberman. In her classes, Kayla strives to create an environment that is fun, inclusive, safe and welcoming so that each person can continue on their yoga journey, get to know themselves on and off the mat, and experience the bliss and benefits of yoga. In New Jersey she is presently teaching at Bhakti…

Kelvin Young

Kelvin Young is a certified sound healer. He is also a person in sustained recovery; he hasn’t used alcohol or any other drug to cope with his mental and emotional distress since March 6, 2009. Kelvin has presented around the country in diverse settings, including yoga studios, retreat centers, conferences, high schools, colleges, prisons, addiction treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals, and mental health agencies. Kelvin is the co-founder of Toivo, a DMHAS funded, recovery-focused, holistic healing center in Hartford, CT. He was inducted into the Connecticut Hall of Change in September, 2020, a group that recognizes formerly incarcerated men and women…

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Khaydroup Zangmo

Khaydroup met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, her first Buddhist teacher in 1982. In 1991 Khaydroup had the good fortune to be guided by the late great Gendun Rinpoche, in two consecutive traditional Three-year retreats, in France. In 1997, she began teaching Dharma in Europe and the US and also helped to establish both the San Luis Obispo Bodhi Path (2001) and the Pasadena Bodhi Path (2002) where she continues as resident teacher.

Lara Braitstein

Lara Braitstein is a professor of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). She taught for a number of years at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (New Delhi, India), has taught at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Kathmandu, Nepal), and is a teacher in the Bodhi Path community. She specializes in Mahayana & Vajrayana Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Hagiography, and Tibetan/Himalayan Buddhist literature and historiography.

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Lester Strong

Lester Strong has studied Eastern philosophies and practiced meditation across four continents over the past 40 years. He has managed and taught in meditation centers in Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC for twenty years. He also served as President and CEO of the Siddha Yoga Foundation, which serves yoga and meditation centers in 46 countries. Lester studied Judeo-Christian theology at Davidson College in North Carolina and the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

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Lori Dalvi

Lori Dalvi combines several modalities to help people awaken their authentic selves. Lori has been initiated into the lineage of the Q’ero Shamans of Peru by the Four Winds Society’s Healing the Light Body School and continues with their advanced trainings. She also holds certifications in Spiritual Response Technique (SRT), Dying Consciously Teacher Training, New Paradigm Multi-Dimensional Transformation, MedicineWay crystal healing, and Atma Buti Himalayan singing bowl sound healing. www.loridalvi.com

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Lucas Hall

With a lifelong passion for self-development, and the desire to help others become their best selves, Lucas Hall took the leap and travelled to Bali, Indonesia to study the teachings of Hatha yoga with renowned teachers Everett Newell & Katherine Girling (Zuna Yoga, zunayoga.com) Already a teacher of voice here in NYC and with a background in dance, Lucas’s skill set of body/mind conditioning and how to motivate and empower his students is one of his most enticing qualities as a yoga teacher. Lucas’s classes are accessible, effective and well rounded. Each class includes strong asana poses, focused breathing and…

Madalina Blanton

Madalina Blanton is a Reiki Master Teacher, Family Constellation facilitator and spiritual artist with a practice based in Maplewood NJ. She has been certified as a Reiki Master Teacher and Spiritual Counselor after a 550 hours program at the Open Center in NY, taught by the late Margaret Ann Case. After a successful career as a designer of children’s books Madalina decided to dedicate her time to healing practices. Through her personal healing journey, she learned that lasting transformation happens when we bring awareness to all aspects of our being and fully engage our soul energy. She brings gentle care,…

Matt Dreyfus

For more than twenty years Matt Dreyfus has been dedicated to teaching the profound subject of Iyengar Yoga. A student since 1994, in 1999, he began traveling to India regularly to study with the Iyengar family. As a core faculty member of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York, and the Institute’s teacher training faculty, he teaches students of all levels and abilities. Matt is also active in New Jersey; he has been teaching in the Princeton area since 2011 and is the director of Teacher Education at Santosha Yoga Studio in Madison. When Matt first encountered Iyengar Yoga, he…

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Meenakshi Moses

Meenakshi Moses began her study and practice of Yoga in NYC in 1985. She received Sivananda Yoga teacher certification in 1988 and Advanced Sivananda Yoga teacher certification in 1990. Meenakshi was a staff member of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers (ISYVC) from 1988 to 1994. During those years, in addition to general ashram work and life, Meenakshi taught the asana portion of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training course in India, New York and Uruguay. Having left the ashram to marry and raise a family, Meenakshi continues to practice and teach yoga in her community.

Melissa Mauro

Melissa Mauro continually searches for natural ways of healing beyond her years of training and work experience as an MD. Aside from serving as a hospitalist at Mayo Clinic and Essentia Health in Minnesota and running her private practice in New Jersey, she immerses herself in nature, among trees and plants, which she calls the muse of her creativity and fountain of youth. As an advocate for self-care, Melissa has experimented extensively with her own healing and helped countless others through meditation, herbalism, shamanic practices and additional therapies such as myofascial massage, acupuncture, and hypnotherapy. Inspired by her own journey,…

Michael "Pondhawk" Gulbrandsen

Michael “Pondhawk” Gulbrandsen is a naturalist and guide and the founder of Natures Whispers. He grew up in upstate New York with acres of woods and streams across the street. He spent the summers exploring and connecting with nature on trails in waterways. In 1995 Pondhawk began to study the connection between hiking trails and sacred spaces, and how they offer the renewal of the inner self and spirit. He brings a lifetime of study of ancient native practices, plant and animal communication, and healing work, facilitated by trained elders to Natures Whispers. His ongoing inspiration is sharing these gifts…

Mirabai Bush

Mirabai Bush is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and served as Executive Director until 2008. Under her direction, The Center introduced contemplative practices into education, law, business, environment leadership, philanthropy, the military, and social justice activism. She has been teaching workshops and courses on contemplative practice in life and work for 45 years, integrating her experience in organizational management, teaching, and consulting. She co-developed the curriculum for Search Inside Yourself for Google, the first program in mindfulness-based emotional intelligence; it has been attended by thousands of Google employees. A founding board member of the…

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MJ Watkins

As partner of NY Loves Yoga, MJ Watkins listens to students speak about why they come to yoga – stress relief, relaxation, finding peace internally and wellness. Her interest in and passion for Thomas Hanna Somatics, came after a back injury and loss of physical movement. She focuses on breath, the nervous system and regaining strength through movement to promote flexibility, health and mental relaxation.MJ’s training includes: RYT 300, Academy of Yoga & Meditation, India; E-RYT 200, Zuna Yoga, Tantra–Hatha; Reiki Level 1; Atma Buti Singing Bowls; Restorative Yoga; Yoga Nidra, ISHTA, NYC; Essential Somatics Movement, Martha Peterson, Radiant Child…

Padmadaka

Padmadaka is the co-President of Triratna’s NY-NJ sangha and lives in Norfolk, England with his wife and three children. He is known for his down-to-earth approach to practice and offers the Dharma in a relevant and engaging way.  He encountered the Dharma in his home country of Ireland and lived in residential communities there. He was chair of Norwich Buddhist Centre and Padmaloka Retreat Centre where he lived for ten years. He has been the CEO of the Karuna Trust, UK for the past ten years.

Pallavi Degwekar Shaikh

Pallavi Degwekar Shaikh is a Kathak artist and guru based in New Jersey, who has been performing as a soloist and teaching for more than 25 years both in India and the United States. Born and raised in Mumbai, with a lineage of Indian classical music, she is a senior disciple of the late guru Asha Tai Joglekar, completing her Master’s Degree under Asha’s able guidance. Pallavi was given the title of “Singar Mani” in 2003 by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai. Artistic Statement “The pride of my artistic being, Nrityavali Gurukul (aka Pallavi Kathak) is the most important milestone in…

Pandit Vijay Koparkar

Vidyadhar (Vijay) Koparkar began his musical training at the age of eight, and after 22 years of study, has become a noted performer and teacher himself. He initally spent eight years studying with Dr.Madhusudan Patwardhan, then trained with Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande for the next five years, and Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki for the following seven years. He also studied with Pt. Chandrakantji Apte, Balasaheb Puchwale, and Dr. Aba Godbole For the past 35 years, Vijay has taught students from India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Germany. His goal is to ensure strong training in Indian Classical…

Pandita Shama Bhate

Shama Bhate’s work spans more than 50 years as a Performer, Choreographer,Artistic director, Educationalist, Scholar and an active catalyst of arts in the society. She is the Founder-Director of Nad-Roop, a premier Kathak Institute, based in Pune, which she founded in 1988. Under her leadership, it has become one of India’s foremost dance institutes. Shama has performed at many prestigious festivals in India & abroad, winning the hearts of audiences world over! She is one of India’s leading choreographers with a tremendous spectrum of work to her credit, presenting the ancient traditional form with a unique contemporary vision. She herself…

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Peter Fodera

Peter Fodera completed the 5Rhythms teacher training with Gabrielle Roth in ‘04 and Heartbeat training in ‘10.  He is a NY 5Rhythms teacher and founding member of the 5Rhythms Reach Out. He taught fine arts, was an art conservator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and for 35 years was the chief conservator at Fodera Fine Art Conservation, Ltd.

Peter Norman

Peter Norman has been practicing meditation since the mid-1990s. What began largely as a theoretical practice, developed from reading books, has become increasingly a direct experience – since he discovered the Dharma Ocean lineage in 2015. In the five years he has been studying with Reggie he has seen firsthand how transformative these somatic practices can be. He is trained as a Reiki master, is a practitioner of Qi Gong and Tai Chi, and makes his living as an artist and producer in the photography, film and music fields.

Rabbi Ben Newman

Rabbi Ben Newman embodies mindful Judaism, intertwining over 20 years of study in Jewish and Buddhist wisdom teachings. As a singer-songwriter and storyteller, he enhances contemplative practices with heartfelt chanting and melodies from his guitar, ukulele, and harmonium. An ordained rabbi since 2006, Rabbi Ben founded the Shtiebel in the Rivertowns, promoting inclusive spiritual experiences. His books, such as The Ten Precepts: a Jewish-Buddhist translation of the Ten Commandments, showcase his deep commitment to spiritual exploration. Beloved by learners of all ages, his children’s tales also captivate hearts. Studying worldwide, from Japan to renowned rabbinical colleges, Rabbi Ben’s rich tapestry…

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Radharani (Renee Finkelstein)

Radharani (Renee Finkelstein) is a multi-disciplinary artist who weaves music, ritual, spiritual teachings, and practices to help people stay connected to their hearts and innate wisdom. As a vocalist and producer, she has performed with many well-known musicians in the realm of sacred music. These artists include Kirtan Rabbi, Wah!, Sirgun Kaur, and many others. She has produced two original albums, the latest of which, “Time to Wake Up”,  topped billboard New Age charts. Renee brings great wisdom and heart to her spiritual work. Her angelic voice and spectacular melodies have touched the devotional heart of thousands. Currently, she is a Hebrew Priestess in…

Reb Karen Levine

Reb Karen Levine is a member of the Clergy Team of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation in Woodstock, New York. Karen brings her years of skilled and creative ritual leadership along with her deep love for nature and contemplative practice. She is also a multi-instrumental musician  and visual artist.

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Rev Dr Leonisa Ardizzone

Rev Dr Leonisa Ardizzone is a multi-disciplinary and integrative thinker, a Unitarian Universalist minister, Peace/Science/Environmental Educator, jazz musician and songwriter, activist, author, and parent. Leonisa holds an Ed.D. in International Educational Development with a concentration in Peace Education from Columbia University, an MDiv in Inter-religious engagement from Union Theological Seminary, an Ed.M. in Science Education, and a B.A. in Biology. She has taught for more than 25 years, from pre-school to graduate school, and has trained 100s of teachers through professional development. Currently, she teaches at Vassar College and is the affiliated minister at the 4th Universalist Society in New…

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Rev. Dr. Salome Raheim

Rev. Dr. Salome Raheim, also known as Iyagba Ojewumni Fasina, is an initiated Egun (Ancestor) Priest in the Ifa Orisha tradition, an Interfaith Interspiritual Minister, and a 1st Year Dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.  She identifies as African American, given her predominant West African ancestral lineage and being the 4th generation in her family to be born free in the United States. Her pronouns are she/her. Rev. Salome also serves as a spiritual coach, organizational consultant, trainer, and retreat facilitator. She is passionate about more fully awakening to her own divinity and supporting her fellow travelers in doing the…

Rev. Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee

Rev. Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee’s life and career straddle cutting-edge biomedical research technology and a spirituality that is not easily categorized. In both scientific and spiritual realms, her work lives at the interface of image, imagination and creativity. As a scientist, Sushmita works as an Associate Professor of Research, and a Co-Director of the Microscopy and Image Analysis Core Facility, at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Her spiritual home is at the One Spirit Learning Alliance, where she is an Academic Dean of the Interfaith/Interspiritual Seminary Program. Sushmita is an ordained interspiritual minister and a trained spiritual companion/counselor.…

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Rev. Mignon Grayson

Mignon Grayson is the Founder of Sacred Mysteries World Wide and an ordained Interfaith, Interspiritual & Indigenous Faith Minister of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Mignon recognizes that there is a common link to the Divine Creator within all spiritual and religious traditions. Her curiosity of the Divine in its various expressions lead her to study ancient Egyptian (Kemet) religion as her first introduction to African spirituality. Later, Mignon was drawn to other African religions where she became a devotee of the IFA tradition and initiated as a Yayi (Priestess) in Palo Mayombe rooted in the Congo-Bantu…

Rev. Therese Bimka, LCSW

Therese is a spiritual director and a psychotherapist in private practice in the Hudson Valley and the former director of The Interspiritual Counseling Program at One Spirit Interfaith Alliance (2011-2021).  She is a seasoned leader of retreats and workshops on a wide range of psycho-spiritual and creative themes. She has advanced training in various trauma-based teachings, guided visualizations for health, mindfulness meditation, Buddhism and Psychology, Expressive Arts, Jungian Sandplay Therapy, Soulcollage,  Restorative Justice, and Collective Trauma, among others. Therese has led workshops and retreats for organizations, training institutes, educational institutions, government facilities, congregations, and community based nonprofits, in addition to…

Rev. Therese Bimka, Program Initiator and Weaver

Therese is a spiritual director and a psychotherapist in private practice in the Hudson Valley and the former director of The Interspiritual Counseling Program at One Spirit Interfaith Alliance (2011-2021).  She is a seasoned leader of retreats and workshops on a wide range of psycho-spiritual and creative themes. She has advanced training in various trauma-based teachings, guided visualizations for health, mindfulness meditation, Buddhism and Psychology, Expressive Arts, Jungian Sandplay Therapy, Soulcollage,  Restorative Justice, and Collective Trauma, among others. Therese has led workshops and retreats for organizations, training institutes, educational institutions, government facilities, congregations, and community based nonprofits, in addition to…

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Robert Moses

Robert spent over 20 years with his teacher Swami Vishnu-devananda and then settled with his wife in Dublin, NH to raise three children. He continues his sadhana, practicing a synthesis of bhakti, karma, jnana and raja yoga as outlined by Swami Sivananda. Both he and his wife practice and teach Sivananda and Ashtanga yoga. He also co-publishes Namarupa: Categories of Indian Thought, with Eddie Stern and annually guides people on spiritual pilgrimages to India.

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Robert Svoboda

Dr. Robert E. Svoboda is an American author and ayurvedic doctor who gives lectures and courses around the world, related to the subjects of ayurveda, jyotish, tantra and Eastern religion. He is author of eleven books, including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (1989), and the Aghora trilogy (1986, 1993, 1997) about his mentor, Vimalananda, and the Aghori sect. Dr. Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda (in 1980) and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. He lived in India from 1973-80 and 1982-86. Since 1985 he travels the world lecturing, consulting, teaching and writing. He has served as Adjunct Faculty at the Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, NM, and Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA.

Roberta Wall

Many years ago Roberta Wall’s Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh encouraged her to find the mindfulness in her root Jewish tradition. Now, drawing on two decades of immersion in Jewish learning and practices in the US and Israel, Roberta publishes Torah at the Intersection, a weekly blog integrating the teachings of Buddhism, Judaism and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). For over 20 years she has been offering Jewish Mindfulness retreats and practices and Nonviolent Communication Mindfulness practices in Jewish, Buddhist and other communities, schools, war zones, leadership trainings and organizations globally. She has shared Nonviolent Communication in Palestine and Israel for over ten…

Rosie Maud McLaughlin, LMHC

Rosie Maud McLaughlin, LMHC has been a Qigong instructor for over twenty years in the 7 Lotus Chi Kung and Ling Gui Qigong schools. Her longstanding spiritual practice focuses primarily on the Sri Vidya and Tantric Buddhist traditions. A psychotherapist and a certified hypnotist working in private practice in the Hudson Valley of New York, Rosie uses a body centered approach to help individual adults, teenagers, children and their parents to connect more deeply to each other and to their inner resources.

Samayasri

Samayasri is an experienced Order Member in Triratna who has served as Chair of the NY-NJ Sangha for many years. She also serves as President of the San Francisco and Vancouver, BC Sanghas. Samayasri is a dedicated practitioner, teacher and leader. She has taught meditation for over 20 years, and has a deep commitment to her ethics and confession practice. Her practice directly informs her career in global humanitarian & development organizations, within which she has learned to face deeply into suffering.

Sarah Bodnar

Lead Instructor & Co-Owner of Three Birds Yoga Studio Sarah has been practicing yoga for over 15 years. She completed Becomeone Wholeness 500-hour functional yoga teacher training in January of 2022 and has studied yin yoga with Bernie Clark. She is the co-owner of Three Birds Yoga Studio where she teaches weekly classes, workshops and teacher training. Sarah is passionate about creating a space of safety and exploration in her classes so her students can gain a deeper understanding of their bodies, as well as a deeper connection to their true nature. Her classes are thoughtfully curated with each pose…

Sarah St. Onge, PhD, M.M.Ed, SEP, MIT

A former music teacher and school administrator, Sarah St. Onge, PhD, M.M.Ed, SEP, MIT, brings her experience of supporting children, adolescents, and families into her private practice as a clinical psychologist in the Mid-Hudson Valley.  She is the Director of the Integrative Trauma Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) in New York City, where she also Co-Chairs and teaches in the Certificate Program in Trauma Studies. With a strong belief in a holistic approach to trauma work, Sarah is trained in the body-mind modalities of EMDR and Somatic Experiencing.  As a Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant,…

Simcha Raphael

Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D. is Founding Director of the DA’AT Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy and Training. He works as a psychotherapist and spiritual director in the Philadelphia area, and is on the faculty of the Art of Dying Institute of One Spirit Learning alliance. Ordained as a pastoral Rabbi by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, he has published seven books on death and Judaism, including the ground-breaking Jewish Views of the Afterlife, and the forthcoming volume of poetry, Musings with the Angel of Death: Poems of Love, Life and Longing.  Simcha received his doctorate in Psychology from the California Institute of…

Stefanie Haberman

Stefanie Haberman (RYT 500) was initially drawn to yoga as a way to balance the challenging transition from her corporate job to full-time mom. Once she realized the positive impact yoga had on creating more peace and grounding in her life, she was inspired to share the practice with others. After completing her 200 hr. teacher training, Stefanie continued her studies with a focus on gentle, adaptive and restorative yoga and went on to receive her 300 hr. advanced certification. Stefanie teaches weekly gentle and restorative classes and leads teacher training modules in adaptive and restorative yoga. Her teaching style…

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Stephanie Diamond

Stephanie Diamond began dancing 5Rhythms in ‘06 and completed her teacher training in ‘18. As an artist, she has exhibited in galleries and museums such as: MoMA, Queens Museum and Mass MoCA. Her Listings Project helps thousands find homes in 70 countries and across the US. Visit her website at: https://www.hudsonvalley5rhythms.com/

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Tedi Zeng

Dr. Zixun “Tedi” Zeng is a board-certified clinical acupuncturist and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herbalist in New Jersey. Dr. Zeng specializes in women’s health and fertility, mental health and trauma recovery, pain management and sports medicine, cosmetic and facial acupuncture. She has been practicing Chinese martial arts since her teenage years. She had won awards as a martial arts athlete in China and taught Tai Chi and Qigong in China and the U.S. in the past decade. Dr. Zeng received her M.B.B.S degree (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, one of the top 3 integrative medicine…

Theresa Bimka

Therese Bimka, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in The Hudson Valley and in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and the Director of The Interspiritual Counseling Program at One Spirit Interfaith Alliance. She is a seasoned leader of retreats and workshops for groups who have experienced some form of trauma. Her work centers on trusting the innate drive to wholeness. Understanding that the psyche contains many aspects of self, based on personal life stories, she believes in the self-regulation of the psyche and the innate wisdom within. She is licensed to practice psychotherapy in the State of New York.   Therese has advanced…

Tina LaGreca

Tina LaGreca has been studying with Reggie Ray since 2005 and is deeply grateful for the teachings and practices of this lineage.  Tina has taught high school, been in the performing arts and is now a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City.  She, along with her husband, Marty Enright, leads Dharma Ocean of New York.  Tina is inspired on the path by awareness of her mortality and a wish to face death and loss with courage, a longing to reduce unnecessary suffering, and the desire to be truly helpful to others. As Dilgo Kyentse once famously said, “Never forget…

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Tom Francescott

Tom Francescott, ND, is an intuitive naturopathic doctor, specializing in energy medicine, environmental detoxification, and chronic Lyme disease. An inspiring retreat leader, he shares natural, authentic, and complete ways to care for the body, mind, and spirit through science-based wisdom, naturopathic principles, mindfulness techniques, and traditional healing methods. He maintains a private practice and natural pharmacy in Rhinebeck, New York. drfrancescott.com  

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Trinlé Dordjé (Carlo Pani)

Born in Brussels, Belgium, Trinlé Dorjé began meditating in 1980 to help balance a busy career of teaching sports, relaxation techniques, and specialized life and business coaching. This work led him to accompany people who were at the end of their life, in particular those struggling with Alzheimers disease. During this time he started his work as a Dharma teacher, co-founding the Zen Center of Brussels Belgium. In 1986 he met and received teachings from Kalou Rinpoche and Lama Guendun Rinpoche; this transformed his life and led him to begin practicing Tibetan Buddhism. He embarked on his first 3 year,…

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Trish O'Gorman

Trish O’Gorman, also known as Ravi Kirtan, is a level 1 and 2 trained teacher of Kundalini yoga who has been teaching several classes a week, leading workshops and trainings, since 2005. Her first experience with Kundalini yoga was in 2004 and it was an experience of coming home. It resonated so deeply physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, Ravi Kirtan knew she had found her dharma. Sharing this enormous body of work and its transformative power has become her purpose. A nurse by profession the science behind the teachings fascinate and compel Ravi Kirtan to keep learning and continuing on…

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Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche

H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing. Known as a scholar, teacher and meditation master to thousands of students around the world, Rinpoche is also the first incarnate lama to earn a PhD in the West. He completed his doctoral studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism at Harvard University in 2004. He is the head of the Trungram lineage, its monasteries, meditation centers, schools, dharma centers and groups around the world. One of the highest tulkus of the Kagyu lineage, he is a Rime master, having received teachings from the great masters of…

Tulku Sherdor

Tulku Sherdor is Executive Director of the Blazing Wisdom Institute. Born in Montreal, Canada in 1961, he began studying Buddhist Insight meditation from a very young age, and met his principal teacher, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, in Nepal in 1981.  He was fortunate to study with other pre-eminent masters of the 20th century, including His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khetsun Zangpo Rinpoche, Dung Say Trinley Norbu Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Kalu Rinche, and many others. He completed a 3-year lama retreat in the Karma and Shangpa Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and a year-long solitary retreat in the Chogling Tersar practice…

Upayadhi

Upayadhi began her journey in the Buddhadharma in 2004 at the London Buddhist Center in Bethnal Green. Over the years she has trained in a range of Buddhist contexts and traditions, but remains firmly rooted in the Triratna Buddhist Order, to which she was ordained in 2018. Professionally, her background is in leadership development, executive education and coaching. Following the wake-up call of the 2016 elections, Upayadhi entered Union Theological Seminary in New York, where, as a seminarian, she studied Buddhism and Interreligious Engagement. Now a doctoral student in Religious Studies at the University of Chicago, her scholarship has focused…

Valerie Linet, LCSW

Valerie Linet, LCSW has two decades of experience in the mental health field as a clinical social worker, group leader, and trauma therapist. In addition to a traditional background in psychotherapy, she has expertise in holistic mind-body treatments, including Somatic Experiencing (SE) and EMDR. SE is highly effective in healing trauma through encouraging awareness of a felt sense of embodied experiences, rather than relying on exploration of thoughts and emotions alone. Valerie is a Senior Training Assistant with Somatic Experiencing International, where she helps teach the next generation of SE practitioners.   Valerie has a strong personal investment in supporting front-line…

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Vanush Von Love

A knee-injury led to Vanush Von Love discovering yoga and bodywork, opening the door to a personal and professional path of self-discovery, growth, and healing. He completed his 200 hour yoga teacher training at Laughing Lotus Yoga Center followed by apprenticeships with Ali Cramer and Sheri Celentano and now teaches group, corporate and individual yoga classes all over New York City. By combining his dance background and extensive training in various bodywork modalities and human anatomy, Vanush offers a style of yoga that helps students to find their breath, balance, and the profound wisdom that movement is medicine. A  yoga session…

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Vedya Amrita Kaur

Vedya Amrita Kaur has taught Kundalini Yoga and Meditation for 15 years. She is an advocate for fostering diverse and inclusive environments in yoga. Vedya Amrita teaches through a Warrior’s paradigm all while nurturing students to unleash their powerful, joyous and graceful nature.  Her enthusiasm, open heart and neutrality holds a delightfully dynamic space for love and joy cultivating an experience you won’t want to miss.

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191 Cragsmoor Road Cragsmoor, New York 12566
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