Yoga Instructors

	Aruna Ross Aruna is an experienced Yoga Therapist, Advanced Yoga Teacher, Meditation Instructor and Panchakarma Specialist. She has been directing and assisting the Yoga Teacher Training Program since 2002.
	Satya Shiva Satya is a Panchakarma Specialist, Ayurvedic Health Specialist, Massage Therapist, Meditation Instructor and Hatha Yoga Teacher with a degree in Biological Anthropology. She has been the director of YMI’s Panchakarma Department since 2004 and assistant teacher in the Yoga Teacher Training Program.
	Mikyo Wangmo Mikyo is a certified Yoga Instructor and Yoga Therapist since 2004. She is trained in a spinal based classical hatha yoga tradition at The Yogic Medicine Institute and has since assisted in many Yoga Teacher Trainings. She is also a Certified Massage Therapist, a Meditation Instructor, and a Pancha Karma Assistant Technician.
	Robert Martin Robert completed the 500 hour Yoga & Meditation training through the Yogic Medicine Institute in 2006 and has been teaching & practicing regularly since. Robert has also completed 1500 hours of Ayurvedic education at the California College of Ayurveda. He is a full time student at SJSU studying Psychology with the ultimate goal of having a private practice that utilizes yoga & ayurveda for psychological healing.
	Kundini Funk
	Chandala Snow-Shiva Chandala is a Mother, Dancer and Artist as well as a Yoga and Meditation Instructor. She has been teaching Yoga and Meditation since 2003 and especially enjoys a Yoga practice that involves strengthening the body while finding deep relaxation and a calm mind.
	Priya Starbuck A retired Soloist with the San Francisco Ballet Co, Priya has practiced yoga including various forms of Vinayasa, Bikram, and Restorative Hath over the past 10 years. After finding the spinal based Hatha taught by the Yogic Medicine Institute, she has been inspired to share the therapeutic benefits to students throughout the Bay Area and has done so since 2005.
	Harlem Logan Harlem has assisted and provided support in many yoga and meditation retreats and workshops. He has participated in three Yoga Teacher Trainings developed by the Yogic Medicine Institute as well as Yoga Therapy courses. His passion lies in providing students with the tools to alleviate pain in their daily lives.