Ilana Beigel, MA, is a Kripalu faculty member, yoga teacher trainer, meditation teacher, Kripalu RISE™ facilitator, and wellbeing educator known for making the wisdom of yoga accessible and relevant to modern life. A 500-hour Kripalu Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher and Kripalu Vinyasa Yoga Teacher, she teaches yoga, meditation, and personal-growth programs through the Kripalu School of Yoga, R&R, retreats, and online offerings.

Ilana is the cofounder and board president of Everyday Wellbeing, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to yoga and wellbeing practices, and a longtime teacher for Cancer Connection. Before devoting herself more fully to this work, she spent more than 20 years as a speech-language pathologist specializing in neurological rehabilitation. She is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work degree.

Her teaching weaves together embodied practice, compassionate inquiry, evidence-informed tools, and the wisdom of yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, and dharma. She invites students to cultivate greater ease, resilience, self-trust, meaning, and connection—both on and off the mat.