Teachers and Staff

The core of the ashram's teachings is carried through the senior swamis (monastics) and resident Yogis and teachers as well as a host of invited teachers, performers and lecturers. The resident teachers and swamis lead an integral yogic and dedicated life, full time without remuneration, with the sole goal to improve themselves by the practice of Yoga and to share with others the teachings. Invited teachers come for a specific program to share their teachings.

Swamis and Main Teachers:

• Swami Swaroopananda
• Swami Sitaramananda
• Swami Padmapadananda
• Swami Pranavananda
• Vidya Chaitanya

Other Teachers:

• Krishna Darshan, Hatha Yoga, Jyotish, from Uruguay
• Mahashaki, Hatha Yoga, Children's Camp, from Uruguay
• Mani Chaitanya, Hatha Yoga, from India

Priest:

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Link to the Ayurveda staff

Invited teachers:

• Swami Lalitananda
• Gajananam, director of Vishnu-devananda Center in Berkeley
• Tara Durga Devi, director of the Yoga Center in Stockton
• Komilla Sutton, Jyotish teacher
• Mahadeva Dennis Harness, Jyotish teacher, director of ACVA
• Candis Cantin, herbalist, director of EverGreen School of Integrative Herbology
• Dr. Dale Jacobson, chiropractor
• Dr. Marc Halpern, Director of California College of Ayurveda
• Craig Sim Webb, founder of Dreams Foundation
• Brother Rolph Fernandez, Franciscian monk for 40 years, now doing interfaith work in Montreal and around the world
• Skanda Syne Kune Loh, artist, motivational teacher, designer
• John Dobson, founder, Sidewalk astronomer, quantum physicist
• Silvia Nakkach, director of Voxmundi project, teacher of yoga of sound and faculty member of the California Institute of Integral Studies

Special guests:

• Stephen Longfellow Fiske, musician and peace teacher
• G.S.Sachdev, Master of the Bansuri, musician
• Pandit Habib Khan, Master of the Sitar, musician
• Hasu Patel, Master of the Sitar, musician
• Karnamrita Dasi, kirtan singer and devotional teacher
• Anuradha Prabhasankar, Bharatanatyam dancer
• Sri Lata Suresh, director of the Bharatanatyam School of Dance
• Michael Irvine, musician
• Angelika, musician

Resident Yoga Teachers:

• Sankara
• Jnaneswari
• Rama
• Gopala
• Sivapriya
• Hanuman
• Tara
• Sarada