Michael Braudy is a violinist internationally recognized for his performance and teaching of Western classical, Celtic and Indian classical music, who has taught music and meditation for more than 30 years. A versatile improviser, he regularly collaborates with poets, storytellers and dancers. Michael’s teaching encourages ease in playing. He has studied Western violin with Raphael Bronstein and Dorothy Delay and Indian Music with Acharya Roop Verma, Pandit V.G. Jog and Pandit Krishna Bhatt. His recordings of Celtic and Indian music include three ragas for health CDs.

Laurice D. Nemetz , MA, ERYT, ADTR is a certified and registered experienced-level yoga teacher, a member of the Academy of Dance/Movement Therapists Registered and a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist. She is co-President of the YTA (Yoga Teachers’ Association) and has been Chairperson of the nominating committee of the American Dance Therapy Association. Lauri has degrees from Wellesley College and a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from Goucher College. She has also taken the course Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries at Mt.

Guitarist and composer John Guth has toured and/or recorded with many well-known musicians including Bob Gibson, Tom Paxton, Mimi Farina, Susanne Vega, Peter Allen, Judy Collins and the Paul Winter Consort. He was onstage guitarist for Big River on Broadway. His music is on the Grammy winning audio book production of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as well as the other Harry Potter audio books. John Guth is also a singer and songwriter. At present, his main activities revolve around his recording studio in Valley Cottage, NY.

Carrie Schneider is a New York City based yoga teacher who teaches challenging yogasana classes designed to awaken practitioners to their true nature. She is the author of American Yoga (2003) and Yoga Within (2001). Her teaching is informed by her long-time practice and by trainings with yoga masters Richard Freeman and Rodney Yee. Carrie's articles on Yoga have appeared in Yoga Journal and other prestigious magazines. Visit her website for more information.

Bhavani Lee was raised in an ashram environment and exposed to yoga and meditation practices as well as great masters of music and dance early on. She studied classical Indian dance, flamenco, contemporary dance and martial arts and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC and with Pt. Birju Maharaj and Pt. Satya Narayana Charka, renowned Indian dance masters. More recently, Bhavani has worked in choreography and performance for fashion shows, in film and theater, including as a principal dancer in the worldwide production of Cirque du Soleil's Dralion.

Tracy Verma has been a yoga practitioner for 40 years and is a student of Indian culture and music, with much inspiration from her late husband, Acharya Roop Verma, and Pandit Sharda Sahai (tabla). Her spiritual and yogic training was from Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati and Dr. Edith Epstein. She also has a background in Western music. She founded the Catskill Choral Society Girl Choir, sings with the Catskill Choral Society, and teaches yoga at Hartwick College and the Atma Lotus Center in Oneonta, NY.

Arjun Verma, sitarist, began performing at the age of seven. He is a student of his father Acharya Roop Verma and of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, with whom he studied for eight years. Arjun has performed in the U.S., Europe and India, including at the United Nations in Geneva, Prague Castle in the Czech Republic and the Fillmore in San Francisco. He teaches Sitar and North Indian classical music at the Ali Akbar College of Music in California and at the East-West School of Music at Ananda Ashram.

Shri Radha met her Guru Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati in 1977 and received intensive training from him until his passing in 1993. She was his secretary and assistant, traveling with him and serving as his main interpreter during the final ten years of his life. She lives at Ananda Ashram where she is a life-term trustee of the Baba Bhagavandas Publication Trust and a trustee of the International Schools of East-West Unity (Gurukula). Since 2004, she has regularly spent time in India, furthering her spiritual education and practice with Amma Sri Karunamayi.

Elias Lopez is an environmentalist at heart who combines his love for nature with his love for yoga. Born and raised in Mexico, he enjoys bringing inspiration from his roots to his yoga practice. He infuses his classes with music and with careful attention to alignment through breath and heart, and views yoga as a journey to live well and love fully. Elias is honored to study with John Friend, Jim Bernaert, Ellen Salltonstall and Jackie Prete. He loves to create a fun, safe and sacred place where students are empowered to achieve their full potential.

Christina Wypijewska is a 500-hour trained yoga teacher offering balanced vinyasa flow classes with emphasis on breath, alignment and awareness. Her teaching philosophy is rooted in the wisdom of the ancient scriptures. A graduate of Yale University and Vassar College, with a background in public health, she completed her advanced certification at Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in NYC, including a 100-hour training in Ayurveda and Healing.