Mike Riley is a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, Air Force veteran, wellness facilitator, and community advocate dedicated to helping others cultivate resilience, presence, and well-being.

Cat Lynch Capowski is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 300), Medical Qi Gong and Five Element Qi Gong Teacher, Morning Altars Certified Teacher/Guide, Ayurvedic Mental Health and Wellness Coach, and Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. She has spent more than three decades working as a social worker, supporting individuals, groups, and family systems through healing, transition, recovery, and personal growth.

Ro Grace (they/he) is a Black Trans Yoga educator and artist with over 12 years of experience facilitating emergent and liberatory spaces.

Greg Nardi is currently the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Trainings for Yoga 4 Change, a statewide nonprofit delivering trauma-informed yoga services in Florida.

Bethany Trozzo, RYT-500, is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, registered nurse, and creative.

Sunder Ashni, daughter of Cynthia and Allan, is a farmer, at Mumbet’s Freedom Farm, facilitator, educator and Somatic Experiencing (SE)Practitioner, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY with rich roots in the island of St.Vincent and the Grenadines.

Crysta Bloom is a trauma informed Somatic Healer who centralizes body awareness as a primary agent for healing, taking the therapeutic experience beyond words.

Karin Otto is an accomplished teacher and mentor to many students and yoga teachers.

Roshni Rama, RYT 200, has been a student of yoga and mindfulness at Kripalu since she moved to the Berkshires in 2000.

Nora Fenner is a certified 500-hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Reiki attuned, and Shamanic Energy Healer. Nora has been teaching yoga for more than 15 years and has taught at international retreats.