Rolf conducts Vinyasa Intensives and 200/500 Teacher Trainings throughout the US and abroad. A former social worker and US Airborne Ranger who has practiced meditation for the last twenty years, Rolf brings his eclectic background to his practice and his teachings. Born in Manhattan, Rolf Gates grew up in the Boston area as an avid marathon runner, long distance cyclist and champion wrestler. As the descendant of six generations of ministers, he gained an understanding of service and dedication at a very early age.
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Nicky Myers – Yoga Teacher – Recovery
The 12-step recovery model, created in 1939, is the most well-known and pervasive addiction/recovery program in the world with millions of practitioners internationally. In a word, the characteristics and effects of addiction could easily be described as separation. Addictive behaviors separate and disconnect us from ourselves, our loved ones, our environment and so much more. Conversely, yoga itself means union, integration, balance. Yoga and its practices teach the fine art of balancing our multidimensional lives while living in a complex world. The 12-step program approaches addiction at a cognitive level, yoga includes a somatic approach. The combining of the two creates a model that truly addresses addiction as the physical, mental and spiritual disease that it is. Y12SR recognizes that yoga and its practices are a part of a holistic recovery program and rather than a replacement, it provides adjunct tools to address the physical, mental and spiritual disease of addiction.
Shakta Kaur – Yoga Teacher
Shakta Kaur is a Levl 1 Lead Trainer and Breathwalk Instructor Trainer. From 2004 to 2008 Shakta represented KRI on the Yoga Alliance Board of Directos as Board Chair and Interim CEO. She combines her 30 years experience in the business world, along with her passion for the teachings of Yogi Bhajan, in serving the U.S. and Canadian 3HO communities.
Sally Kempton – Yoga Teacher, Meditation
Sally Kempton is one of today’s most authentic spiritual teachers. She teaches devotional contemplative tantra—an approach to practice that creates a fusion of knowing and loving. Known for her ability to transmit inner experience through transformative practices and contemplation, Sally has been practicing and teaching for forty years.
A disciple of the great Indian guru Swami Muktananda, she spent twenty years as a teaching swami (monk) in the Saraswati order of Indian monks. In her guru’s ashram, she received a traditional training in yoga philosophy and practice, and became a popular teacher, deeply versed in the teachings and practices of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism.
In 2002, Sally began teaching independently. She now offers heart-to-heart transmission in meditation and life practice through her Awakened Heart Tantra workshops, teleclasses, retreats, and trainings in applied spiritual philosophy. Her workshops and teleconference courses integrate the wisdom of traditional yoga tantra with the insights of contemporary evolutionary spirituality and cutting-edge psychology.
Sally is the author of Meditation for the Love of It, a groundbreaking book on meditation, which Spirituality & Health called “the meditation book your heart wants you to read.” She writes a regular column, Wisdom, for Yoga Journal. She offers monthly teleclasses in meditation, and an ongoing teleconference series called the Transformative Practice Journey, which unfolds different aspects of awakening practice. She is one of a select group of teachers in Ken Wilber’s Integral Spiritual Center, and teaches regularly at conferences, and at Kripalu and Esalen.
“I often recommend Sally Kempton to my own meditation students as a realized guide on the path of awakening. We are all blessed to have her and her genuine tantric lineage and teaching transmission in our lifetime.”
– Lama Surya Das, Buddhist teacher and author of Awakening the Buddha Within
“Sally Kempton is the real thing.”
–Ken Wilber
The Source – Yoga Teachers
Source Yoga and Fitness is designed to take care of all your fitness desires, including your psyche. Our philosophy is to teach you everything there is to know about yoga and fitness.
We hope to teach you a new awareness of your body, mind, and spirit. We also hope that you’ll gain the knowledge and the ability to push yourself to new limits in each discipline. We take a very balanced and open approach to physical fitness and yoga. You’ll find something that meets your needs and blends with your personality, hopes, and goals.
Adam Schomer – Yoga Teacher
Sattva yoga offers both yoga and meditation classes in a supportive and loving environment. Adam is a truly gifted and talented teacher who works with people of all abilities. He has a sense of humor and grace that capped with his own immersion in the practice of yoga makes him a truly gifted teacher.
Daniel Stewart – Yoga Teacher
Daniel Stewart is the co-owner of rising lotus yoga. He teaches a powerful yet playful hatha yoga class integrating music, meditation and even depth psychology (he is also a trained psychotherapist). He also shares his joy of music leading a monthly drop-in kirtan and playing sacred music. The studio is clean, spacious and inviting and his classes should not be missed