YOGARUPA ROD STRYKER Founder ParaYoga®, Author, Celebrated Yoga/Meditation Pioneer, Yoga Nidra expert

• The Power of Yoga Nidra • Overcoming limiting beliefs. • The practice of Vasana & Vikalpa • Understanding the role of Karma in our lives and wellbeing 

SEANE CORN Yoga Teacher, Author, Activist, Co-Founder Off The Mat®

• Healing from Sexual Trauma • Basics of Shadow Work in the Yoga Room • How yoga helped Seane heal her OCD • The importance of Social Activism in our spiritual journey 

RICHARD MILLER, PHD Clinical Psychologist, Yoga Researcher, Creator of iRest™, Co-Founder of IAYT, C-IAYT, ERYT500

• Clinical applications of iRest for PTSD, anxiety, chronic pain, sleep-related issues & other issues • Scientific research supporting Yoga Nidra 

NIKKI MYERS C-IAYT, Founder Y12SR, Addiction/ Recovery Specialist, SE Practitioner, MBA 

• Addiction: The scope of the problem • The solution: from the 12-step & yogic perspective • What a program of action for recovery includes • Mantra + Mudra to deal with addictive mind states 

GARY KRAFTSOW Founder American Viniyoga Inst. & Maui School of Yoga Therapy, MA Psychology,

• Yoga for Generalized Anxiety Disorder • Finding meaning & purpose in life • Sustaining happiness in the face of pain, death & impermanence 

HALA KHOURI Co-Founder Off the Mat®, SE Practitioner, Specialist in Trauma Informed Yoga, PhD Candidate –Psychology,

• Basics of teaching Trauma-Informed Yoga • Best practices to bring Social Justice into the yoga room

ROLF GATES Best-selling author, Yoga-Meditation Expert, Co-Founder Yoga, Addiction & Recovery Conference

• The Primary Colors of Well Being • Diversity & Inclusion in Yoga • Addiction, Recovery & Yoga 

 ANODEA JUDITH, PHD Author of 9 books on yoga, psychology & the chakras; MA Psychology, PhD in Mind-Body Health, Founder of Sacred Centers 

 • The Inner Psychology of Your Life Force • Understanding the role of "Charge" to heal past wounds

DIANNE BONDY Yoga Teacher, Social Justice Activist, Leading Voice in "Yoga for All" movement

• Yoga & Inclusion • Working with Eating Disorders in Yoga • Body Positivity Practice • Best practices to make yoga classes accessible and approachable for everyone 

DR. MICHAEL DE MANINCOR Counseling Psychologist, Clinical Researcher, Senior Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist, Founder & Director - The Yoga Institute

 • Yoga + Modern Psychology....closer than we think? • The difference between "Yoga Therapy" and "Yoga Psychology 

AMY WEINTRAUB MFA, ERYT-500, YACEP, C-IAYT, Founder Life Force Healing Inst., Author ''Yoga for Depression' & 'Yoga Skills for Therapists' 

• Managing anxiety & depression with yoga • Mudras for emotional healing • The history & future of Yoga Therapy 

TOMMY ROSEN Founder Recovery 2.0 , Yoga/Meditation Teacher, Author, Pioneer in Yoga & Recovery

• Yogic practices to break free of conditioned behavior & addiction • Addiction's holistic attack • The role of yoga in recovery • Yoga Sutras for recovery 

ANA FORREST Founder: Forrest Yoga, Author:"Fierce Medicine", Pioneer in Yoga & Emotional Healing incorporating Native American Ceremony & Ritual

• Journey into the Mystery & Dreamtime • Turning your yoga class into a "Vision Quest" with inteligent sequencing, spiritual intention, storytelling, prayer, sound medicine, primordial & shamanic haling practices • Practice to begin Sound Healing  

JOSE CALARCO Director of Descendance Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Dance Theatre; Artistic Director of Forrest Yoga; Winner UNESCO Best Live Indigenous Show

• Journey into the Mystery & Dreamtime • Turning your yoga class into a "Vision Quest" with inteligent sequencing, spiritual intention, storytelling, prayer, sound medicine, primordial & shamanic haling practices 

SARASWATHI VASUDEVAN Founder of YogaVahini: Specialised Yoga Training, Therapy & Research Inst. in Chennai (only IAYT accredited center in India), Yoga Alliance Advisory Board Member, MA in Psychology + Nutrition

• Understanding the mind through Sankhya Philosophy & Yoga • The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: Problems and Possibilities of the Mind • Kriya & Ashtanga Yoga as a means to reaching one's highest potential 

HEATHER MASON MA, MSC, ERYT 500, Founder of The Minded Institute in London, UK; MA in Buddhist Studies, Psychology + Medical Physiology  

• The importance of yoga in mental health • Bringing yoga into mainstream healthcare and the NIH • Mental Health skills for yoga teachers • Yoga Skills for Therapists  

MARIANA CAPLAN PhD, MFT, E-RYT 500, Author of 8 books including: "Yoga & Psyche: Integrating the Paths of Yoga and Psychology for Healing, Transformation, and Joy"

• Power Dynamics in the Teacher-Student relationship • Avoiding the pitfalls of spiritual community + the "Fallen Guru" • Trauma healing + thriving through integrating Somatic Experiencing & yoga

BETH GIBBS C-IAYT , Coordinator for Kripalu's Professional Yoga Therapist Practicum , Author, MA in Yoga Therapy + Mind-Body Health  

• The Koshas: A Yoga Model for Self-Awareness + Healing • How to work with the koshas on and off your mat •Taittiriya Upanishad • How to cultivate the "Waking Witness" • Keys to teaching older populations  

DR. MELODY MOORE Clinical Psychologist, Yoga Teacher, Author, Speaker, Founder of the Embody Love Movement  

• How to recognize students with eating disorders + what to do about it • Overcoming the epidemic of Body Shame • Psychological skills for Yoga Teachers • Take-home practice for Body Love 

JANET LOWNDES Psychologist, C-IAYT , Trainer for Yoga Teachers & Yoga Therapists, Dir. of MindBodyWell in Melbourne, AUS; Specializes in Eating Disorders  

• Embodied Mindfulness & Interoception in Mental Health • What is Interoception & how it relates to mindfulness & mental health? • How to develop Interoceptive Awareness 

MARY NURRIE STEARNS LCSW, C-IAYT, Author of 'Healing Anxiety, Depression + Unworthiness', 'Yoga for Anxiety' & 'Yoga for Emotional Healing'; Co-Director of Soulful Living

• Healing the Shame Complex • Understanding the difference between unworthiness + shame • How yoga cultivates confidence + our "Best Self" 

DANIEL STEWART Licensed Psychotherapist, E-RYT 500, Co-Owner of Rising Lotus Yoga Studio; Kirtan Wallah

• Jung + Yoga Adventures in the Ego-Self Axis • Exploring the parallels in yoga + Jungian Psychology • How to strengthen our relationship to the Self (or Soul) • Use of active imagination, poetry, dream work and laughter in healing + integration