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Shanti Yoga

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Laughter Yoga

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Exotic Retail

 

 
After Bon'L "Bhakti's" first Integral Yoga class, she knew right away that she was hooked. Since then her love and passion for yoga has continued to deepen over the years.

Bhakti is a graduate in Integral Yoga through the Satchidananda Ashram. She has studied with a medley of teachers and gives sincere thanks to each of them. She has also spent time in India practicing and learning Yoga traditions. Bhakti's approach to yoga is gentle and meditative. Her classes incorporate bodily postures (asanas), breathing practices (pranayama), deep relaxation and chanting. Bhakti uses a variety of music in her classes, ranging from Krishna Das to Tibetan Bells, which make them vibrant and melodious.

Bhakti specializes in hatha yoga and yoga for children. She holds a black belt in American Freestyle Karate and is certified in Thai Yoga and Ayurvedic Massage.

  

  
Tilak's love and fascination with yoga has led him to study with many teachers throughout the U.S. and India, but most importantly it continues to take him to his mat every morning. His unique teaching style is creative, passionate, and influenced most by his work with Yoga Masters Sri Swami Satchidananda and Erich Schiffmann. He holds degree is Religious Studies, Literature & Religion, and has studied Sanskrit at the American Sanskrit Institute and the University of Virginia. Tilak's yoga classes are fun, challenging, and meaningful. He recently released his first DVD, Yoga: Altar of the Heart.

Sara Saraswati Lovelace is a recent graduate of the Integral Yoga Academy in Buckingham, Virginia. Before becoming a yoga teacher she was a journalist, travel agent, teacher, aid to Autistic children, and retail diva in various locations. In 2001 she received an MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Throughout all this, yoga has been a stable and grounding force in her life. She believes one of the most important elements of any yoga class is deep relaxation (yoga nidra). Her hope is to become an expert at making her students feel blissful when they leave the classroom.