Toshiro Miura, E-RYT 500, a Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist/group facilitator and certified acupuncturist, has been practicing and teaching Kripalu Yoga since the early 1980s. He is the director and owner of Yoga of Life, a Kripalu Affiliate Studio in Japan, and supervised the Japanese edition of Kripalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat by Richard Faulds in 2011. Toshiro has trained nearly 150 Japanese Kripalu Yoga teachers, and continues to offer workshops and private sessions throughout the country.