Gurmukh Khalsa
For the past 54 years, Gurmukh has been blessed to serve as a Teacher of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Gurmukh and her husband Gurushabd travel the world over… teaching, serving, healing, and helping wherever needed. When they are not out on the road, they are living in Taos, New Mexico, USA; Tulum, México; and Rishikesh, India. They are enjoying life with their beloved daughter Wah and grandson Sai Nakin Rose who often travel and teach together with them in Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in India and the Khalsa Way Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training globally.
Gurmukh loves to share the Teachings through Teacher Trainings to create more Kundalini Yoga Teachers. She loves to join community together in whatever country she is in through fundraisers to support children, indigenous families and communities, and orphanages throughout the world. This is what makes her heart the happiest.
We keep teaching and healing to help humanity have tools to bring them into a consciousness with a foundation to be healthy, happy, and whole. We will find you somewhere soon. We will chant, pray, dance, and share food in laughter and light. We will know and live the most important reason to be alive: to love and to be loved.
Dr. Kirstie Segarra
A Doctor of Integrative Medicine, Board Certified Structural Integrator, Manual Osteopath and Structural Yoga Therapist - Kirstie has been practicing in the healing arts for 28 years.
Dr. Kirstie is a Somatic Medicine practitioner offering an environment to dialogue and access the Soma (Greek derivation is "body") and Rewyld ourselves through a process of integration of wholeness. Her area of expertise is in working with individuals with birth and childhood trauma, chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, scoliosis, pre/postpartum care for moms, and Neurocomplex individuals. Her lineage of training draws on Manual Osteopathy through training and certifications in Structural Integration, Craniosacral, Visceral, Neural and Myofascial Release.
Kari Malen
Structural Integration Practitioner, Yoga and Fitness Instructor, Teacher of Teachers. Kari creates events and help support efforts to expand opportunities for amazing instructors to do what they do best and for interested participants to find great instructors. She coordinates the Festival schedule and teaches in it.
Ru Chao
Ru Chao is a trauma-informed breathwork facilitator who guides clients on a journey of self-discovery, release and liberation. Her compassionate, intuitive approach helps individuals safely relax into their bodies, using intentional and ancient breath patterns to deepen their state of consciousness. She creates a nurturing space for transformation, supporting the mind-body connection, through breath while guiding with cues, song and music.
Sonya Luz
With over twenty-five years of yoga teaching experience Sonya weaves threads of yoga philosophy, anatomy training, movement guided by breath, and subtle alignment into a light hearted and loving tapestry of health and vitality. SATYA yoga, Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement, is a somatic yoga practice to lubricate joint space, hydrate connective tissue, and regulate the nervous system for profound healing of heart-mind and body.
Krysia Boinis
Krysia Boinis Nutritional Therapist with a specialty in GUT & HORMONE HEALING.
Nutritional Therapist, and Restorative Wellness GI & Hormone Healing Practitioner, holistic health ally, creative problem-solver, consciousness explorer, adventure seeker, nutrient-dense recipe maker, and positive change motivator.
Krysia is on a mission to uncover the root cause of your health issues and help activate your body's incredible capacity to heal, achieve balance, lasting wellness, and find the joy in life you’ve always dreamed of.
Jvala Moonfire
Jvala Moonfire lived over 14 years in India absorbed in the ancient yogic path of consciousness evolution through sound. Immersed in the practices of mantra, breath, meditation and the study of Sanskrit Jvala lived and studied with her guruji in the ancient city Varanasi along the banks of the sacred Ganges River and in remote caves high in the Himalayas. Returning to the west in 2012, She continued her studies in sacred sound, training, and becoming a certified Sound Healer with international renowned Tom Kenyon and the Globe Institute of Sound & Consciousness.
Jvala Moonfire offers Crystal Bowl Sound Baths for individuals, private groups, and community events. She is passionate about sharing the transformational power of sound to affect consciousness and invoke healing, as she guides people into deeply regenerative meditative states through activated mantra, toning, and the powerful vibrations of the crystal singing bowls
Aura Garver
I was raised in the mountains of Northern New Mexico and have been an athlete all my life. I was a champion collegiate High Jumper for the University of New Mexico and went on to compete in volleyball, triathlons, cycling and running as an adult. Helping others become fit and expand their own physical horizons was a natural progression from my own exercise background. I use my extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology to ensure safety and efficacy. I also believe fitness can (and should) be fun and functional. Regardless of whether I am coaching young athletes or guiding mature clients in functional fitness for life, I believe in taking responsibility for our own wellbeing. I believe in moving our bodies with a mindset of curiosity, compassion, and positive reinforcement. If we understand our own inner workings, and feel strong and comfortable in our bodies, we can feel capable and confident in our lives! Feeling good in our skin affects all other aspects of our being.
I was initially drawn to yoga in my twenties as a way to balance sports injury and migraines, but fell in love with the full dimensionality of the practice. It not only helps me balance my body in healthy way, but has connected me with peace, presence and mindfulness. I include mantra, pranayama, and meditation in my own daily practice. I am primarily a vinyasa “flow” style teacher. I love using choreography and music to create an experiential class that uplifts your heart. I weave a lot of intention, metaphor, and story into my classes. It's always been important to me to teach yoga in a way that feels accessible, welcoming and comfortable for a wide range of people. My classes are infused with humor, reassurance and creativity because I believe we can take our yoga seriously, but ourselves lightly.
Johanna DeBiase
Johanna DeBiase is an ecofeminist writer whose work examines the many parallels in the way women and nature are both devalued and revered simultaneously. In everything, she seeks magic, the interconnectedness between our societal constructs of reality and the moment-by-moment intervention of the divine in our mundane lives. In this way, she blurs the lines between her art and life, to create worlds that reflect her own world as it exists in dreams and the subconscious realm. She is the author of the fabulist novella Mama & the Hungry Hole (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2015), a New Mexico narrative interwoven with fairytales, which Publisher’s Weekly called an “exquisitely crafted debut novella [that] straddles a line between magical realism and metaphorical truth in a story that explores ties among three generations of women.” Her recently released poetry chapbook, Gestation (Finishing Line Press, 2020) is a personal reflection on her pregnancy through the lens of the four seasons. She writes from her off-grid strawbale home in New Mexico where she is spellbound by the energy vortex of Taos Mountain. Originally from New York, she earned her BA in Literature and Creative Writing from Bard College and her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Her writing has appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Portland Review and Queen Mob’s Tea House, among others. She has taught Creative Writing courses around the country and is a collage artist, yoga instructor and mother of one.
Suki Dalury
Suki Dalury (she/her) is a mama, structural integrator, craniosacral therapist, herbalist, anatomy nerd, and lover of life. She has called on yoga as an ally on the path to mental and physical health for over three decades. It is her pure delight to share gentle and playful yoga practices inspired by her studies in bodywork, somatic awareness and life on the ground, in the dirt.
Nadine Lollino & Movement Lab
Nadine Lollino has been in the healing movement arts since 2001, a practicing massage therapist, yoga teacher, dance artist and Tension and Trauma Releasing (TRE®) Provider. Combining values from these movement based practices, she has developed a creative improv-based movement class, 3Bodies, to connect more deeply with the whole self, to re-inhabit our expressive physical form through use of imagery, story, drawing/writing, object-based exploration and freeform dance. Nadine’s dance company, MovementLab, performs throughout the year for various events around Taos. She teaches at the Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) and offers weekly live/zoom classes alongside a library of yoga, meditation and creative movement classes through her website movementlab.dance
Alana Lee
Alana Lee began her journey in movement at the age of 3 with dance which then evolved into gymnastic, diving, cheerleading and partner acrobatics. Alana took her first yoga class at the age of twelve. Then after completing her competitive collegiate career at the University of Central Florida, she returned to yoga because she realized she needed to move her body for the rest of her life but in a mindful way. Through yoga she was able to overcome many challenges that she had faced in her athletic career and learned to connect to herself and love her body.
Alana has been teaching movement and meditation for over 20 years to all ages and levels. She has led workshops in Yoga and Fitness all over the world and is certified in 20 different formats and modalities, hatha, vinyasa flow, power yoga, mommy & me, kids yoga, Cardio Flow, SculptWorks, Antigravity Aerial yoga and AirBarre, Pole, Lyra, ballet barre fitness, Pilates, Acrobatics, Acro Yoga, TRX suspension trainer and RIP trainer, UrbanKick Cardio kickboxing, JumpSport trampoline Fitness, Pound, Pon De Flo Caribbean Dance, ecstatic dance, Spin, hands on healing, energy healing, transformational breath work and more. Since 2006 she has been teaching Yoga and Fitness as her full time career in Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. She was the NorCal regional Sculptworks Teacher Trainer for YogaWorks, lead regional group fitness Teacher Trainer for Crunch, and lead Trainer for Wee Yogis Kids Yoga teacher training program. In her spare time, she plays violin in a band and she performs partner acrobatics and AcroYoga all over the world. Her joy is sharing her passion for mind-body awareness with others and helping to make the world a better place one deep breath at a time.
Most recently, Alana has taken on transformational life coaching with the goal of walking the walk & guide others to do the same through uncovering their loops to supporting the growth of becoming ones best self. After completing her coaching certification with The Little Volcano, Alana got hired on as a Lead coach & to coach others going through their certification training.
Audrey Lobdell
As an energy practitioner, I utilize Reiki and sound healing techniques to harmonize the body. With my background as an audio engineer and lifelong musician, I made the transition to holistic health. My passion lies in energy work, and I aim to restore balance and alleviate distress in mind, body, and spirit.
April Ramee
I utilize a holistic herbal medicine approach to combine spiritual connectivity and clinical practice, offering a cohesive integration of psychedelics and transformative experiences.
I’m different than most because I’m a muse and ritualistic psychedelic herbalist. There is life before me and then after. I am an example of leading your life fully from your intuitive source connected to your pattern recognition, subtle power, and higher power. I want that for YOU!
As a woman, I have accepted my selfish, independent nature, which has transformed my growth into a pioneering spirit. My passion is to ignite your inner fire through the sacredness of psychedelic herbalism.
Kristin Olson
Kristin Olson is a licensed mental health counselor and a passionate advocate for health and wellness. With a master's degree in Art Therapy from Southwestern College, she dedicates her life to serving others and promoting holistic healing. Currently she works at Community Against Violence, where she supports individuals in overcoming trauma and finding resilience.
Kena Aguilera
Kena is the Co Owner of Charakya Ayurveda alongside Marko Pregelj, and offers Ayurvedic Consultations and Panchakarma Therapies out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She also runs a massage Practice, Kalibrate Massage. Her passion for holistic health and self care was sparked at a young age as she observed her mother using diet and lifestyle to keep her ill brother healthy. This drove her interest and curiosity into the healing modalities, and the journey began with The Connecting Point School of Massage and Spa Therapies and continued with the Boulder Thai Massage School. She then found the Ayurvedic Institute and Samudra Ayurvedic Physician Program, where her knowledge of Ayurveda and PanchaKarma flourished.
