taught by Dr. David Frawley (Pt. Vamadeva Shastri), one of the few Westerners ever recognized in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the ancient wisdom. In 1991, he was named Vamadeva Shastri, after the great Vedic Rishi Vamadeva. In 1995 he was given the title of Pandit along with the Brahmachari Vishwanathji award for his knowledge of the Vedic teaching. Vamadeva is a prolific and renowned author on a vast array of topics ranging from Vedanta, to yoga to Ayurveda. He is also a distinguished speaker and teacher in USA as well as in India and has lectured at most of the major Vedantic and Yogic institutions in both countries.  (www.vedanet.com)

taught by world famous Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, a world-renowned Kundalini yoga instructor. She is the co-founder and director of Golden Bridge, Los Angeles’ premier center for the study and practice of kundalini yoga and meditation. She is a direct disciple of kundalini yoga master Yogi Bhajan. Gurmukh has been teaching for over thirty years and is also a prolific author on the ways kundalini yoga can be used to bring peace and health to the body, mind and soul.   (www.goldenbridgeyoga.com)

taught by Shri Birjoo Mehta, a long standing disciple of Yogacharya Sri B.K.S Iyengar, as well as the managing trustee of the Light on Yoga Research Trust, Mumbai. Birjoo has been a student of Sri B.K.S. Iyengar since 1975, and since 1984 has accompanied Sri Iyengar on many tours in India and overseas. Birjoo has been teaching Iyengar yoga in Mumbai for 18 years and has been one of the principle teachers at the Iyengar Yoga Conventions in UK, France, Holland, Spain and Israel. (www.bksiyengar.com)

taught by Karin O'Bannon. Previously the Senior Teacher of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles, and a certified Senior Intermediate Level 3 Iyengar Yoga Instructor (one of the highest levels), Karin resides part time at Parmarth, and offers periodic special courses and workshops as well as daily classes when she's in residence.  She has just been awarded the prestigious Manouso Manos Award by the Iyengar Yoga association in California, USA

Yogi Amrit Desai began teaching yoga in 1960 and became one of the earliest pioneers of yoga in America. He is the founder of Kripalu Yoga, and the yoga society he founded eventually grew to become the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, one of the largest centers of its kind in America. Amrit Desai has been honored with such rare awards and titles as: "Doctor of Yoga," "Jagadacharya," and "Vishwa Yoga Ratna," awarded by the President of India. (www.amrityoga.com)

taught by Smt. Rohini Khatri a renowned Reiki master a Tarot reader  from Hyderabad, India.  She practices and teaches all levels of Reiki , Crystal healing, Tarot reading ,Aura reading and a string of Indian ,western and Zen practices at her healing center in Hyderabad , the south of India.She conducts workshops at different levels all across the globe. She has been guiding people on the healing-path , giving love ,light and peace to one and all. (www.rohinikhatri.com)

Led by Janet Atwood, a world renowned speaker and author who has taught "The Passion Test" (www.thepassiontest.com) to thousands in the U.S., Canada, Europe and India. Co-Author of the #1 national bestseller, The Passion Test – The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Destiny, Janet Attwood is also co-founder of the online transformational magazine Healthy Wealthy n Wise (www.healthywealthynwise.com) and partner in Enlightened Alliances (www.enlightenedalliances.com) .

taught by Sadhvi Abha Saraswati, an avid yoga practitioner since the age of 25, when - through yoga - she cured herself of a terminal kidney ailment called nephritis. Since then she has delved more and more deeply into various forms of yoga and has become not only a practitioner, but also a teacher. Sadhvi Abha took Sanyas diksha in 2003 from H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji. She resides at Parmarth Niketan, where she teaches yoga nidra, nada yoga and Vedic chanting to students fas well as infuses the Ganga Aarti with the heavenly sound of her voice.

taught by Sadhvi Bhagwati Saraswati. A graduate of Stanford University, she left America in 1996 and has been at Parmarth Niketan since. She took Sanyas diksha in June 2000 from H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, marking her pledge to a life of service, renunciation, purity and devotion. She performs a vast array of selfless service at Parmarth Niketan as well as teaches meditation and yoga both at Parmarth and also in travels around the world. She also speaks to audiences across the world on the importance of having God and spirituality in our lives.