Trudy Goodman

Speaker

Trudy Goodman, Ph.D., is a vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. She also teaches residential retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA, Big Bear Retreat Center, and Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, among others.

Trudy has trained in two fields: meditation and psychotherapy.
 

Dr Sangeeta Pethkar Nritya Yog Sutra LecDem

Speaker

Dr. Sangeeta Pethkar founder director of NRITYAYOGSUTRA Dance Therapy and NRITYASADHANA  Dance Academy.

A Medical Professional, Yoga Teacher and Classical Dance exponent.

She founded NRITYAYSADHANA dance academy in 2002 and since then works extensively for the promotion of Indian classical dance . She organises festivals, facilitates various dance activities and delivers training through her institute.  

She is a creator of NrityaYogsutra dance therapy.

Her qualification as a medical professional ,  confluence of interests in Indian classical dance and the science of Yoga further helped her to create 78 new body movements carrying immense therapeutic value, which ultimately leads to a fitter body and mind when combined with controlled breathing, relaxing background music and a serene environment.  NrityaYogsutra dance therapy is a recognized practice and open for all , since year 2014.

Dr. Sangeeta is also a prolific writer and has many of her dance and NrityaYogsutra articles published regularly in newspapers.
She has been interviewed  by many Radio channels and also
been interviewed by many renowned newspapers. She counts among
her laurels numerous ‘Awards & Certificates of Appreciation’ . 

Dr. Sangeeta regularly conducts workshops and lectures/demonstrations of NrityaYogsutra explaining its spiritual and therapeutic value. International yoga festivals, social clubs, spiritual and wellness centers and educational
institutes are among the most loyal patrons of such workshops and programs by Dr. Sangeeta. She has designed various teachers training courses available at institute level and a one year Diploma in Nritya Yogsutra course at a Government University.

Dr. Deanna Minich Functional Medicine & Nutrition

Speaker

Dr. Deanna Minich is an internationally-recognized teacher, author, scientist, speaker, and artist.
She has more than 20 years of diverse, well-rounded experience in the fields of nutrition and functional medicine.. She has authored six books on health and wellness and over forty scientific publications. Currently, she is Faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine and the University of Western States. She is a Yoga Alliance registered Yoga Teacher and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.
 

Dr. Smita Naram - Ayurveda Leader

Speaker

Complementary and Alternative Medicine- Ayurveda

Topic: Claim Your Right to Health

Dr. Smita Naram is a renowned Ayurveda expert with 32 years of clinical experience.Psychosomatic problems, Dermatitis.
She has been honored worldwide with many prestigious awards for her contributions including KASHYAP AWARD-One of the most prestigious Award from Germany, Europe.  She is highly specialized and expert in providing successful training to practitioners and Western Medical
doctors across the world. Dr. Smita naram is founder of Ayushakti chain of clinics with 150 clinics in USA, Europe, UK, Australia and New Zealand, India. Ayushakti also has 3 hospitals and resorts for in house Detox Treatments in German Hospital, Mumbai and Goa. Home Remedies and Marma points.Ayushakti Clinics has helped 1.5 million people in 108 countries suffering from Arthritis, Breathlessness,  She is the author of the book “Your health in your hands”. Featured on multiple US based Radio and TV Show and print media in 160+countries.

Dr Leo Galland World leader: Integrated Medicine

Speaker

Leo Galland, MD, a board-certified internist, practicing in New York City, is recognized as a world leader in nutritional and integrative medicine and a pioneer in the study of intestinal permeability and the gut microbiome as they impact immune function and systemic health. Educated at Harvard University and the NYU School of Medicine, he has received the Albert Norris Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who for his contributions to medical innovation and the Linus Pauling Award from the Institute of Functional Medicine for developing basic principles of functional medicine. An international best-selling author,  Dr. Galland has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, on the Dr. Oz Show, The Today Show, and Good Morning America, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. His PBS Special, The Allergy Solution, aired over a thousand times. He is recognized in The Leading Physicians of the World and America’s Top Doctors. Dr. Galland has contributed to world medical literature with several dozen articles in scientific journals and chapters in medical textbooks and created the section on Functional Foods for the Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. 

Ishi Khosla Clinical Nutrionist

Speaker

Ms. Ishi Khosla is a practicing clinical nutritionist, columnist, author, an entrepreneur and researcher. She is actively involved in clinical practice at the Centre For Dietary Counseling in Delhi. She founded ‘Whole Foods’, India’s first health food company and initiated ‘Celiac Society of India’. Ms. Khosla writes regular columns for national newspapers Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Tribune and several magazines. She was listed among the 25 most powerful women in the country by the India Today Group.

Dr. Deepak Sachdeva -Medical Yoga

Speaker

Dr. Deepak Sachdeva is the founder & director of Medical Yoga Centers. This journey started in New Delhi in 2005 and has since received international acclaim. His understanding of the body bio-mechanics, muscles, bones, joints, movements, and their pathology & restoration with Medical Yoga Techniques make him the foremost expert of the subject. His analysis and instruction on various yogic postures is perhaps, unparalleled in the field of alternative medicine.

His education includes: Bachelors in Physical Education, Diploma in Yoga Education, P.G.D in Therapeutic Restorative Yoga (in 2005), followed by M.Phil and then Ph.D. in Yoga in 2012. He  has also successfully completed the course AnatomyX: Musclo-Skeletal Cases from Harvard University. His 15+ years of exceptional work in the field of "Yoga therapy for Pain Relief" has brought him numerous acknowledgments and awards including one from the President of India.

He is one of the most sought after speakers on health related seminars. More than 12,000 patients have benefitted through his live seminars and health talks in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai & many cities in India and Australia.

He has delivered talks and conducted workshops at different National and International Institutions, companies, universities, Hospitals and Govt. organisations. Some of them are:
The President’s House of India; Department of Health, Australia; Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad; Yog-Mahotsav at IG National Stadium, Delhi; Parliament Assembly of Canberra, Australia; Raj Bhawan, Mizoram; Canberra Hospital, Australia.

He has effectively addressed gatherings of as small as 10 sitting in a living room to as large as 4000 people in a stadium. His positive vibes and words has helped him to establish him as a powerful orator a motivator & life coach.

Anand Rohatgi

Speaker

Anand Rohatgi, M.D., M.S.C.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Cardiology https://utswmed.org/conditions-treatments/general-cardiology/at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in preventive cardiology.

Dr. Rohatgi earned his medical degree at the Duke University School of Medicine before completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and a cardiology fellowship at UT Southwestern. He also holds a master’s degree in clinical science from UT Southwestern’s Department of Clinical Sciences. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2008.

In addition to his clinical roles, Dr. Rohatgi serves as Director of both echocardiography course education and internal medicine’s cardiology didactic curriculum. He is also a member of Internal Medicine’s Committee to Evaluate Clinical Competence. He is an active CME speaker and has given several invited national talks. Read more...

Dr. Sumana Gangi

Dr. Gangi, a native of India and graduated from one of the most competitive of Indian medical schools, Sri Venkateswara Medical College Tirupati AP, India. She has been a Visiting Clinician at prestigious Mayo Medical Center, Rochester MN for a year before pursing further medical education. She did her residency at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch NJ, an affiliate of Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia. She was awarded as best outgoing resident for excellence in research and academic affairs. Dr Gangi has completed her Fellowship in Endocrinology from The University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY. While pursuing her fellowship, Dr. Gangi excelled as a clinician under supervision of Dr. Paresh Dandona, an internationally renowned physician for his contributions to endocrinology/metabolism, diabetes and vascular disease.

Dr Gangi is board certified in Endocrinology and metabolism and internal medicine. She is a member of American medical association, American college of physicians, Endo Society and American diabetic association. She will provide Endocrine consultative services at Dallas Regional Medical Center, Texas Regional Medical Center and Lake Pointe Medical Center. Her clinical interests include diabetes, obesity, thyroid and adrenal disorders.

Dr. Nick Shroff

M.D. Western Medicine & Holistic Living

Topic: Yoga, Sleep & Breathing

Topic: Yoga, Sleep & Breathing

Nick Shroff is a urologist, cancer surgeon, healthcare consultant, and yoga-alliance teacher. He practiced conventional Western/allopathic medicine for over 45 years while integrating traditional, modern therapy experiences and skills. His philosophy embraces a combination of yoga, mindful breathing, and holistic living to improve individuals’ health and well-being. 

Dr. Shroff is privileged to share his understanding of the science behind breathing practices as an adjunct to conventional medicine. He has fortified this transformational journey, connecting with many like-minded peers, sharing knowledge and experience with others. He is forever grateful for guidance and grace from Swami Mukundanandji and several revered Yoga masters.

He is fortunate to have been chosen for this path of service, preserving his vision to facilitate healing at a deeper level.
 

Dr. Satish Mocherla

Speaker

Dr. Satish Mocherla is originally from India and received his initial medical training at the Gandhi Medical College in Hyderabad, India. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH in 1998. Late 1990s was a turning point with rapid advances in treatment for HIV in late 1990s and he was drawn towards Infectious Diseases and care of patients with HIV/AIDS. He went on to complete an Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of Indiana.

He has been in private practice till recently at Midland/Odessa, TX where he also worked an adjunct and part time Faculty at Texas Tech University of Health Science, Permian Basin Campus.

Dr. Mocherla brings to UTSW over 15 years of experience in infectious diseases with a strong focus in HIV care and endemic fungal infections. As most of his clinical work has been in health professional shortage areas, Dr. Mocherla is passionate about working with underserved and minority populations. His clinical practice emphasizes patient and family-centered care. Dr. Mocherla’s interests outside of medicine include his family, long distance running, hiking, theatre and painting.

Devi

Yoga Instructor

Prem Yoga & Meditation teacher, principle of Ayurveda medicine educator, teacher trainer E-RYT, personal trainer, owner of yoga remedy essential wellness

Devi grew up in Myanmar where she learnt the traditional values of wellbeing in a meditative society with a profound eastern culture. She has always been actively involved in fitness training, gymnastics, dance, and several athletic sports. In her early years, she was also involved in activities such as aerobics, Tai Chi and gymnastics. She started teaching Yoga in 2009. Her studies carried over to India, where she acquired instruction under well-known gurus. She attained several disciplinary forms of meditation, classical yoga, and many divisions of health and fitness.

Her passion continued to stretch further to the west and she came to the United States to study public health. As she was pursuing to become a physical therapist, she was drawn into a holistic and alternative medicine approach and she decided to continue her education with Ayurveda instead. Her accomplished training includes contemporary health, personal training, kinesiology, nutrition, exercise therapy, silent courses, meditation training, and many different lineages of yoga. She is an experienced 200 RYT & 500 RYT in yoga and meditation, certified as an Ayurvedic Medicine educator, Prem Yoga Teacher Trainer, currently the owner of Prem Yoga Studio (formerly Yoga Remedy’s Essential Wellness Center) in Harbor City, California. By understanding both eastern and western aspects of lifestyle, she embraces a compassionate approach to everyone’s needs. Her teaching is a very unique and effective way for people not only towards working out and circuit training for their health but also emphasizing on the individual’s lifestyle & spirituality with mind/body principles.  Her hands-on stretching and personal teaching sessions are highly recommended by her students for the ultimate experience in achieving flexibility and rehabbing injuries, which diminishes their limitations and takes them to their best potential. 
 

Crissy Luna

Yoga Instructor

FNLP, CIHC, Funtional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner, Yoga & Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher

Crissy Luna is a trauma-informed yoga teacher, nutritionist, and wellness coach. Her work focuses on helping those struggling with chronic stress and anxiety. Crissy teaches her clients how to build resiliency through targeted diet and lifestyle changes, as well as equipping them with tools to self-regulate their nervous system. For more information on her work, please visit crissyluna.com and follow her on social media @crissylunawellness. 

Maruti Gudavalli

Yoga Instructor

Certified Yoga Teacher

Maruti Ram Gudavalli, PhD, Professor at Keiser University, West Palm Beach, Florida and he is also a certified yoga teacher. Dr. Gudavalli has been involved in teaching and research profession for more than 30 years.

He obtained his B.Sc. from Andhra University, engineering degrees from Madras Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He obtained PhD degree from University of Cincinnati.  He has traveled throughout the world to present his research at bioengineering conferences related to spine, low back pain, and neck pain. He received several awards for his research on spinal biomechanics.

He has been teaching gentle integrated yoga based on sage Patanjali 8 limbs and incorporates gentle movements, pranayama, asanas, and meditation as well as relaxation. He has been teaching to the community for more than 10 years. Since COVID pandemic he has been teaching using zoom every day. People from all over USA and other countries joined his classes.
 

Julia Long

Yoga Instructor

Julia (Dharma Gian Kaur) is an Advanced Sivananda Yoga Teacher, certified California College of Ayurveda (CCA) Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainer, and a Kundalini Yoga Teacher based in Ottawa, Canada. She has been teaching and providing CCA Yoga Nidra sessions in groups and privately for many years. She is currently the only Classically-based Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainer in Canada (CCA-YN). She is also a certified Canadian Fitness Professional (CanFitPro). She has over 1000 hours of yoga training, including trauma-informed movement. She has 2 sons who are First Responders which spawned the creation of F.R.Y., First Responders Yoga with Sasy Cacace . She is co-author of "F.R.Y., First Responders Yoga. The BOOK", available on Amazon https://amzn.to/3tdMZFQ

Julia holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Laws and was a practicing lawyer. She has used her skills as a leader in the federal arena to help keep chemical substances of concern out of the Canadian environment.  She is also a member of the International Society of Female Professionals. She is writing and publishing in various journals on topics of wellbeing.

Julia is a Registered Yoga Alliance Instructor (RYT-500) and also a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP). 

Micheal Thomas

Yoga Instructor

Michael Thomas- Los Angeles, CA. Pureplanning.org
Michael Thomas, Certified Estate and Trust Specialist, Wealth Strategist, Yoga Instructor, Vippassana Meditator.
Michael combines the insights and wisdom from his own dedicated spiritual practices in the Bhakti & Vipassana traditions with his over two decades of experience as an estate and financial planner. He is skilled in how to ask transformational questions around relationships with money. Michael guides individuals and groups through a powerful process centered on how to live a balanced life around spirituality and money. He has a unique skill set in utilizing methods, strategies, and solutions for bringing families together around financial and estate planning, cultivating a healthy relationship with money, financial sustainability, and expression of purpose, abundance.

Michael has served as an advisor to individuals, families, and businesses for over two decades. His expertise is in designing and implementing strategy-driven

financial and estate plans based on the principles of Love & Relationships. Additionally, Michael consults for the Vipassana Community Foundation and its prospective donor’s individual estate planning and financial planning needs. The Vipassana Community Foundation is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to receive, manage and distribute charitable donations throughout North, South and Central America to support the growth of the teaching and practice of Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. The Foundation is qualified as a non-profit organization under 501(c)(3).

Michael’s work is individually tailored to assist people to fine-tune & heal the relationship with money and move out of the paradigm of fear and lack into the Heart of Peace and Abundance.

In addition to being a sought-after financial professional, Michael is a yoga instructor and former yoga studio owner who has taught thousands of yoga classes and workshops including helping to build a yoga program at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. He brings a contemplative approach to his work that comes from 13 years of Vipassana Meditation practice.
Michael brings a level of experience to the link between the spiritual and the material life that are unique, insightful, and powerfully life-changing.

Website: https://pureplanning.org

Sasy Cacace

Yoga Instructor

Author of “The Key to Happiness. A mindful life approach and meditation to declutter and master your mind. Happiness itself is the way. Guided meditations”. Yoga Teacher Trainer

Sasy is a former Italian Police Detective and chief who has spent 20 years serving the Italian Government in the field of crime and narcotics. He is now an Experienced Registered Yoga Alliance Instructor (E RYT-500) and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP) and also the author of “The Key to Happiness” and “Yin Yoga”, both available on Amazon. Knowing very well the stress and all the consequences that First Responder service can bring into the personal life of every single officer or member, Sasy was also inspired to offer training for First Responders. Drawing on his past in law enforcement and the knowledge he developed since 2005 in the fields of meditation, stress reduction, Yoga and trauma-informed movement, Sasy co-founded F.R.Y. Firs Responders Yoga Canada of value to paramedics, firefighters, police officers and front liners who put their lives at risk everyday on duty, and dispatchers who support them. 

You can read more about him at www.sasycacace.com
 

Ananda

Yoga Instructor

Yoga Teacher, Co-owner @ Yoga Remedy, Principle of Ayurveda Medicine Educator, Singer, Song writer

Ananda (Full name: Andrew Oliver) is a local from Redondo Beach. He found passion in surfing, sports and the arts. As he got older he stuck with music and woodworking. He picked up on Yoga around 2012 from his personal trainer at the time and became inspired by her to the point where in a few years they together opened their own center for wellbeing. He was more so on the business end but recently became certified as a 200 hr RYT yoga instructor and has been teaching since September of 2018. He has also completed 600 hours in first level Ayurveda as a certified educator in Ayurveda (eastern medicine). In September 2020 Ananda also completed the 200 YYT training as a Prem Yoga instructor.

His big endeavors are to travel to countries and regions deprived of access to knowledge of health, well-being, Ayurvedic healing, eco-farming, eco-construction, and so much more to help assist in educating and building schools, clinics, universities etc.
 

Piyush Verma

Yoga Instructor

Piyush is a long time yoga practitioner who received his Prem yoga training under the guidance of Swami ji and Devi ji. His yoga roots go back to his schooling days in India where he used to practice Surya Namaskar as a part of his daily school routine. Back then, he loved the practice and felt good, however did not understand the true essence of the Yog practice until he met Swami Mukundananda. Swami ji’s spiritual teachings enlightened him with this beautiful divine science of Yog to discover the true self and unfold the divinity.

Piyush’s yoga practice of Asanas, Pranayam & meditation is truly aligned with the Ashtang Yog propounded by the Maharishi Patanjali. Piyush is very passionate to share this wonderful gift of wellness with the community and has been volunteering to teach the adult and kids yoga at the Radha Krishna temple of Dallas

Kishore Sonwane

Yoga Instructor

Kishor started his yoga journey 18 years ago when his office offered a yoga asana class. The study of Yoga enabled him to understand other aspects of yoga like Yamas, Niyam, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi. Over the last 15 years, Kishor has been practicing Asanas, Pranayam, Meditation. He has learned yoga from various teachers as well as through self-study. He completed a 200-hour prem yoga session conducted by JKYog Prem Academy. Kishor would like to share his knowledge to help students understand how yoga can help grow once’s awareness, and dig deeper in the various dimensions of human consciousness. 

Marika Torok

Yoga Instructor

Topic: Yoga For Body, Mind & Soul: Experience Yoga Holistically

Marika received training in yoga and somatic from both US and Indian teachers, including Himalayan Institute and Center for Body, Mind and Movement. She strives to give each yoga student a holistic body, mind, and soul experience. Marika incorporates embodied anatomy and somatics along with the JKYog system of yoga, founded by Swami Mukundananda. Marika specializes in experiential Yoga for the Body Mind & Soul to help people across all age groups holistically transform themselves. She is passionate about using yoga as a Toolbox for Holistic Future of Excellence of youth including using Yoga to help special needs kids excel.