NOK Foundation Inc., NY
Teachers
Duna completed her yoga teacher's training at the Sivananda Ashram in the Himalayas, India. She then obtained her prenatal yoga training in Austria. She is also a Hypnobirth instructor, mom & baby yoga teacher, laughter yoga leader, pilates instructor, massage therapist and ThetaHealing® practitioner.
Carole Ammoun is a Kundalini yoga teacher, She recently completed the Golden Bridge Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India. She has been practicing yoga extensively since 2009, attending regular Hatha classes and a variety of workshops.
Carole is also an actress, a writer and a trainer. She performs on stage and for the screen, has published several short stories and conducts acting workshops for non-actors, designed to develop interpersonal skills. 
Anna discovered the benefits of meditation in 1987. Whilst doing her academic studies the search for truth and looking for the deeper purpose of life never left her. She followed her lifelong interest and graduated with a BA in philosophy and psychology from the University of Athens and by profession teaches Greek Literature, Philosophy and Psychology. Anna is currently a senior teacher of Raja Yoga Meditation and the Director of the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Centre in Beirut. She has also been instrumental in helping establish centres in a few countries throughout Europe and the Middle East. Having traveled the globe, she finds that there is a common thread that runs through everyone; a need for inner peace and happiness and everyone wanting to make a difference both locally and globally.
After 15 years as a practitioner of yoga, Helena went to the mountaintops of the Himalayas, India, to undergo her Yoga teacher
training in 2013. Since September '13 she is a 200 Hrs certified yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance U.S/ Canada, giving classes in Beirut and Stockholm.
Helena teaches both soft and dynamic vinyasa classes as well as classic Hatha. She also explores the art of letting go very softly in
her own unique blend of Hatha and YIN yoga.
No matter the style of practice, she designs unique classes that blend
together the body, mind and spirit in a flow of delicious movements.
Always offering a safe and fun practice that builds stamina & core, promotes balance & clarity, and increases flexibility and energy flow.
Helena is the founder of Urban Yoga, and a freelance filmmaker, writer and producer. Originally from Sweden, she moved to Beirut, Lebanon, in 2006. She believes in our natural ability to heal ourselves and
others, and likes to ride her bike on the streets of Beirut and to cook healthy, natural, locally produced, food.
Aaed began practicing yoga fifteen years ago and has studied in various traditions of yoga, meditation and the healing arts in India, Nepal and Thailand. He is certified both as a Sivananda and Bikram Yoga Teacher and is an E-RYT (Experienced registered yoga teacher) with the Yoga Alliance. Aaed's classes blend fluidity in motion with stillness in the postures, promoting a state of meditation in motion for his students. He combines an enthusiasm and love of yoga with expert knowledge of alignment and body mechanics. His class is safe for injured students and he provides modifications for beginners, while offering challenges to more advanced practitioners.
Lougal Jazzar started practicing Yoga with a student of the great yoga and Tantra teacher André Van Lysebeth. His dedication to this practice led him to leave his job as a financial consultant and become a full time Yoga Teacher. He has attended workshops all over the world and completed five yoga teacher trainings, including Sarah Powers Yin/Yang Yoga Teacher training. He is greatly influenced by Tantric philosophy and is currently being instructed in Tantra and Kundalini Kriya Yoga by Swami Anandakapila Saraswati. Lougal focuses on awareness and internal work during the performance of asanas and clearly outlines the difference between Hatha Yoga and other forms of exercise. Meditation and pranayama are emphasized within his classes.
Ayman is a devoted Yoga lifestyle teacher and a Pranic healer. He travelled all over Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, and many other amazing places. A life-changing journey that showed him the true purpose of life and resulted in ending his corporate career and becoming a Yoga devotee. Lived and studied in an ashram in India, Ayman is dedicated to sharing the traditional Yogic science and philosophy. He is known for his calmness in conducting warm and inviting classes and workshops that are best described as physically, mentally and spiritually uplifting. In addition to teaching Yoga, Ayman specializes in healing traumas, depression and stress disorder using combination of Yoga Nidra and Pranic healing techniques.
Alice Mattalia has began her researnd dance, more than 10 years ag. She has an academic background in Social Education and continued with training in 'Dance Therapy' in Torino and in 'Primitive Expression', in Paris. She continued her exploration through contemporary African dance, and specifically in the ritual dances of Benin, following Koffi Koko in Italy, Paris and also in Ouidah, Benin. She is a member of International Dance Council CID UNESCO and believes in the nature of dance as human knowledge, rather than performance.
Mrad graduated from the Lebanese University with a diploma in Physiotherapy in 2008. Mrad gained his yoga teaching certification from Yoga Darshanam school in Mysore, India, approved by Yoga Alliance USA. He also attended workshops in Ashtanga Vinyasa with Sri V. Sheshadri and gained an advanced level training in the 'Back and joint concept'. He combines his knowledge in physiotherapy and yoga to help his students achieve the best results. 
Maria was introduced to the Jivamukti Yoga Method in 2008. The practice of non-violence and compassion to all beings resonated deeply with her own spiritual beliefs so she decided to complete the 300-hr Jivamukti teacher training in Spring 2011 and become part of the Jivamukti lineage. She learned to practice and teach the beautiful harmony of linking intention, breath, and movement through a vigorous and comprehensive yoga practice. She is eternally grateful for all life's lesson and offers thanks and blessings to all her teachers. Prior to moving to Beirut in summer 2012, Maria received her M.S. from Columbia University in 2002 and worked as a city planner in New York, Beirut, and Abu Dhabi.
Ahed Sboul is a certified yoga teacher. She received her training at the Neyyar Dam Sivananda Ashram in Kerala in 2006 and has been teaching regularly ever since. She has recently completed Kundalini yoga training in Rishikesh, led by Gurmukh, one of the foremost Kundalini yoga teachers in the world. Ahed is an international civil servant. She considers her yoga as a contribution to the well being of the individual and the community. 
Lina is a student of Iyengar yoga, as well as a student of the Satyananda Bihar yoga school. By combining the Eastern philosophies of yoga and meditation with our very active Western lifestyles, and through her own personal experiences, Lina relates to her students; sharing with them and giving them the teachings of yoga; while seeing them harvest the transforming effects on their bodies and minds.
Yasmine began practicing yoga and meditation in Italy ten years ago. Her strong passion to the practice and her belief that yoga is for everyone, determined her mission to share yoga great benefits with others. She completed her training under the tutorship of Samantha Howick co-founder of the Shiva Shakti Yoga Academy and since then she is a dedicated teacher. Her classes are caring and deeply rooted in traditional yogic teachings thus enabling each student to get rid of the superficial layers of the ego and to manifest their true Self. 
Raised in Boulder Colorado, a haven for yoga practice and spirituality, Lulia considers herself very fortunate to be surrounded by yoga at a very young age. She began her practice and journey of yoga at age 15 with the renown teacher Richard Freeman. After years of attending led classes and Mysore practice, she completed Richard Freeman’s intermediate and advanced teacher training programs and she had the opportunity to be taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in 2003 which reinforced her dedication to the form and lineage of Ashtanga Yoga.
She is very grateful to all her teachers, among them B.K.S Iyengar, Tim Miller, David Swensen, Annie Carpenter, Shiva Rea, Seane Corn, Kia Miller, Vinni Marino, Erica Trice, Mark Stephens, Kino Macgregor to mention. She has been teaching in Beirut and L.A for the past 10 years. She is the President /Founder of the Yoga Federation of Lebanon and she works diligently to continue to spread yoga in Lebanon and into schools curriculum. Her Vinyasa classes are Yogaworks Ashtanga-Iyengar method based -with a strong influence from her background in body structural alignment and Kundalini yoga.
Nancy Dheeresha Abdo is a Certified Change Coach, Well Being & Inner Balancing Consultant. Therapist & Active Meditation Leader. Nancy started her inner journey in 2003 in India, where she studied therapy and different healing modalities. She then moved to Mexico to deepen her self-knowledge path and became a specialist in Louise Hay work and an emotional release expert. Holland was her next step where she stayed at the Humaniversity and had the chance to learn more about group therapy, coaching and healing through breath, sound and body work. She is the creator of www.staypositiveinlebanon.com. Today she guides people into reaching a life that they love living through one to one coaching, Meditation and group Coaching.
Joelle complete her YTTC in Goa, India in March 2013, she has been practicing since 2011. She chose India because she wanted to learn as much as she could about a culture that has always fascinated her. She is eager to spread her knowledge and passion of yoga to her students in the hopes that they find the inner peace and happiness that resides in all of us. She is very grateful to have come across yoga in her life and believes she will always be a student in the quest for new discoveries.
Having practiced yoga for ten years, Monique joined a three years yoga teacher training course with the National Federation of Yoga Instructors (Fédération Nationale des Enseignants de Yoga (FNEY) in France, which gave her the authority to teach. Monique practiced and continues to learn with Jouhaina Dib, in the tradition of Hatha yoga. Her personal focus and enjoyment has come to be teaching yoga to children.
Catherine abandoned her career in Television to travel, first discovering Yoga in Los Angeles. Catherine completed her teacher training in the Sivananda ashram in India. She went on to Thailand to take Ashtanga workshops with Petri Rasenen and then to New York city where she took workshops in Jivamukti, along with courses in Tantra Yoga, Shiva Rhea, Restorative yoga, ViniYoga and GKraftsow. Catherine has been In Beirut for several years now teaching different styles of Yoga, including her signature style 'power yoga'.
With a license in Arabic literature, a history in dance and a mystical interest in Sufism, Amira has discovered Tai ji during a trip to China which led her to start this disciplinary journey in Paris were she studied the traditional Yang Tai Ji Quan in 1988 in Master Dong Kai Ying International School. She has been teaching in Beirut since the year 2000 and attending her Teacher’s seminars on a yearly basis.
Karim Ghaiss is a licensed acupuncturist. He studied at the Florida College of Integrative Medicine and became licensed as a primary health care practitioner. Graduating in 2006, Karim practiced for 2 years in Orlando, and returned to Lebanon in 2009 where he has practiced since. Before that he graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree of BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Karim studied Qi Gong with Dr Huang Ta in 2004 and now visits him yearly to increase his depth of understanding in the practice.
Virginia received a 2 year intensive Masters training in keeping with the guidelines of The Reiki Alliance, and was awarded a Masters certificate in both Traditional and Tibetan Reiki in 1999. Virginia has since received a diploma in Homeopathy and also completed a four year course in Energy Medicine. Throughout her life, she practiced yoga, and in 2000 qualified as a yoga teacher/ trainer and has since given all her time to teaching both yoga and Reiki. 
Layla Habib completed her Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica, and began teaching upon her return to Beirut. Teaching yoga comes naturally to her, as she tries to live artfully with everything she does. Layla believes in helping people reconnect to their own bodies and innate Divinity through Yoga. She also feels that creative expression is the ultimate form of communication with one's Self, the World, and the Divine.
Rumi has been working as Marketing Executive and practicing yoga for 18 years in various places such as Lebanon, Qatar and Bulgaria. In 2010 she left her job and completed the 250-hr Yoga Teacher training in Mysore Karnataka, India, with Bharat Shetty yoga school.
Nicole has completed her Teacher Training Course in December 2013- Yoga Alliance International certified - in Vinyasa style, in Bali where she felt very much attuned to the spiritual and unspoiled environment. She came to yoga ten years ago, upon her return to Lebanon from France. Since then her passion for the practice and the journey that it represents made her attend trainings and workshops, in Europe, India, Bali as well as in Beirut, with established schools such as Sivananda, Jivamukti, and others. Yoga, biking, nature, writing …are various channels of exploration and celebration for her.
Nicole is keen on sharing her passion for yoga by teaching. She is driven by providing students with an expansive experience that would enable them to create space within and to reconnect. 
Julia's journey in yoga began in Southern California where she lived, loved and trained in Los Angeles, and completed her first teacher training with Yoga Works, Santa Monica. Julia now lives in Beirut, where yoga continues to be a big part of her life. Julia is convinced that we need a lot more yoga in this psychic city and is excited to be part of it. On a personal level, she is a dedicated Ashtangi and currently teaches both LED and Ashtanga-based Vinyasa flow classes. 
Sahar Katib received her yoga teacher’s certification from the Shri Kali Ashram in Goa, India.
She has since been practicing and teaching Tantra Yoga in Beirut. She has been teaching children and adults of various ages, and enjoys teaching yoga in creative ways. Sahar is also a musician, playing drums and rhythms, exploring sound therapy, and uses music during the classes she guides. She also holds a Master Level Certificate in Reiki.
A Dervish, Sufi seeker, on the path of Self, Divine Knowledge and awareness since 1998, Souha discovered Sufism in Europe, coming from a Buddhist philosophy and wisdom. Born in a small Lebanese village near Alley, and raised with the prophets stories at home, along with Mary Hymns at school. Her first Sufi Master is Sheikh Nazim Naqshbandi from Cyprus. She met him in 1999, and took his Baiy'a then.
Souha walked the Mevlevi Path in 2007, with Dervishes from Konya, Turkey, where she goes every year since then.
Currently, she serves as Sheikh Rifai Baba¹s Khalifat in Beirut.
In her daily life, Souha is a Holistic Medical Doctor: Gynecologist, Psychotherapist and Homeopath.
Erin was born and raised in the Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist community in Toronto, Canada. She has held leadership positions within the SGI in both Canada and the United Kingdom, including as a lecturer on Buddhist philosophy and a youth and student division leader and coordinator. She has been living in Beirut for the past four years, where she works as a writer and editor and also teaches yoga. 
Manuel Palazzo is a professional dancer with experience from around the globe. While living in New York, where he performed at the Metropolitan Opera House for many years as a dancer / performer / actor, he fell in love with Yoga. Poetry of meditation in movement, Yoga, to him, serves to unify matter, mind, spirit and body. Yoga is a wonderful journey to bring consciousness to the now. He began to practice under the guidance of Marco Rojas (messenger of Yoga) among other teachers following the Krishnamacharia tradition. He completed his teacher's training at Pure Yoga NYC, which is registered as part of the Yoga Alliance.
Said Reda began his journey with Satyananda yoga in Australia, where he completed teacher training in 1992. He spent many years living among Australian Yoga Communities; his classes are simple & down-to-earth. His kind personality and giving nature is reflected through his classes.
With gentle and sometimes humorous yogic wisdom, his teaching is inspiring; students are encouraged to find their limits and work through them. An energy healer and acupressure therapist, he often introduces these elements into his classes.
Bashir first began practicing yoga over ten years ago. Bashir follows the tradition of Ashtanga yoga, originating from Mysore, Southern India. He studied with London based Hamish Hendry and travels regularly to Mysore to study with Sharath Jois. Bashir teaches the Ashtanga system in its traditional form, supporting students in order to build the strength required for a consistent and devotional practice.
Paula embarked on the yogic path in 2006 while living in Dubai, and has since devoted herself to exploring the many dimensions of yoga. She is committed to the lineage of Ashtanga in her daily practice, while her studies have been deeply nourished by the therapeutic approach of Iyengar Yoga. She has travelled extensively, studying yoga and meditation in Bali, Thailand, India and the USA, where she received her certification in SmartFLOW. Balancing tradition with creativity, her classes combine precise attention to alignment with juicy exploration and self-discovery.
Lizzie became a certified Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Teacher in 2001 in Washington DC, USA. She has since taught in schools, hospitals, leisure centres and in corporate companies. Lizzie returned to the UK in 2008 and has continued teaching at various centres in addition to working as a Global Public Speaking and Business Coach in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. In 2009, Lizzie was certified as a level 1 Sat Nam Rasayan Healer and went on to gain a Level 2 certificate in 2011. Lizzie treats clients from all walks of life, from executives, managers, teachers, retirees, householders and young children. Lizzie has just moved to Beirut to teach yoga, meditation and to continue giving healing treatments. She hopes to spread the Sat Nam Rasayan teachings so people learn to self-heal and re-balance, bringing balance to their families and environments. 
Annabel is a classically trained Ashtangi who gained her Yoga Alliance teaching certification in London. Annabel travels regularly to Mysore, South India, to practice under the guidance of Sharath Jois. She has organized several successful Ashtanga workshops in Lebanon, hosting leading teachers authorized by the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute. Annabel teaches the Ashtanga Vinyasa series with a focus on the foundations of each posture, while offering modifications to allow all students to participate, developing their individual practice.
Danielle completed her yoga training under the tutorship of Alan Finger creator of the ISHTA method (Integrated science of Hatha, Tantra and Ayurveda) in 2002 in New York City and has been teaching with great enthusiasm ever since. She has been blessed with the grace of many great teachers and was given the gift of practicing extensively with Jivamukti yoga school founders Sharon Gannon and David Life whom she thanks for being an inexhaustible source of inspiration. She is the designer and founder of Union Square Yoga in Beirut, a space infused with the paradigm to come together. 
Mona Ahmad is an artist and a certified teacher of Kundalini yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan. She has studied in Holland, Germany, Belgium, France and Italy. She is also a Radiant Child Teacher (Kundalini Yoga for children). Mona discovered the healing power of yoga, Reiki and painting which allowed her to overcome depression and see a whole new world. From her experience she learned that there is no good or bad in life only precious lessons to learn from.
Alper is a multidisciplinary visual artist combining his education with contemporary as well as shamanic
and archetypical ritual movements and dances. For 12 years now, he has been involved in events revolving around the relationship between human, nature & technology, latent and unifying aspects of human consciousness, and transformation of the psyche.
Alper is on the path to understand any kind of whirling forms in ritual and music (ilahis-zikirs) that initiates, transforms psyche of 'insan'- real human being.
He is whirling for almost 7 years and in the last two years he is sharing this sacred knowledge in different cities in Turkey.
With a background in psychology, yoga, yoga therapy and energy work, Najla Ammouri is a trained executive business and life coach from Anthony Robbin's University, Master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic programming and Master practitioner of TCI deep state re-patterning. Najla's combination of skills in coaching, psychology, yoga and healing therapies helped to empower many people across three continents to discover the genius within them via Retreats, TV programs, workshops and personal sessions. Najla is a Lebanese by birth and international by choosing, her clients come from all corners of the globe who are looking to make transformational changes in their lives.
Didi Ananda Jayati, a yogic nun of Ananda Marga since 1985, has worked in many countries, teaching Rajadhiraja meditation and yogic practices. She has also worked with children, using spiritual songs, stories and other yogic methods to help children develop physically, mentally and spiritually. Didi offers workshops and classes on meditation, yoga psychology, and yogic practices for self-development. 
Aoun Abi Aoun is a certified Feng Shui consultant and trainer awarded by the International Federation of the Feng Shui of the Present Time, Switzerland, and is representative of the Federation in the Middle East.
His love for nature and humanity led him to the path of Feng Shui where art and energetic science meet in the service of mankind.
As a Feng Shui trainer, Aoun organizes workshops and seminars on a regular basis, for all those interested in integrating and implementing Feng Shui principles in their living and work spaces.
He also teaches also at the 'Universities Pour Tous' which is a branch of the University of St. Joseph Lebanon.
The wide Feng Shui services he provides cover many areas, examples of which include Feng Shui for: residential, offices, business associations, gardens, real estate, pre-construction master plans of commercial and residential projects, Feng Shui weddings and Feng Shui tourism.
As an active humanitarian, his path started at an early age as a scout for 10 years followed by 5 years as a first aid volunteer with the Lebanese Red Cross. During the last decade he participated in many spiritual/humanitarian expeditions in different places on the planet.
Together with his wife Shirin Sakr, they are trainers for a series of spiritual seminars 'seeds of consciousness - a path to your heart and the heart of humanity'.
In addition to that, Aoun carries vast business experience in the Middle-East in various domains such as eco-tourism development , team building, corporate events, and experiential marketing; all provided under the umbrella of his company 'eventguru.me'.
Martina took her first ballet class when she was 6 years old, and since then she never stopped exploring different techniques of dancing. As a teenager she was introduced to contemporary dance by Maddalena Scardi and she studied in Essen at the 'Folkwanghochschule,' the school directed by Pina Bausch. From 2002 to 2004 she collaborated with the company of Theatre and Contemporary Dance 'Travirovesce' in Rome. She discovered Indian Classical Dance in her twenties, totally fell in love, and decided to devote her time and energy to this sacred art of movement. 
Halla Ayla was born in Baghdad and grew up between Iraq, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia before leaving the Middle East to pursue her university education in Europe. She now lives in the United States, where she has undertaken extensive studies and trainings in metaphysics, spirituality and transpersonal psychology, as well as yoga. For the past 20 years she has been immersed in the study and teaching of the Enneagram in Europe, the United States and the Middle East. Halla has developed and taught a series of self-development and personal growth seminars both at Delphi University Georgia, as well as at the WholeLife Forums and Symposiums in Los Angeles, Denver and San Francisco. In the Middle East, she has taught the Enneagram to the staff at the Emirates Hospital in Dubai, UAE, as well as at different yoga and wellness centers in Beirut, Amman and Istanbul.
Halveti, Qadiri, Bektashi, Nakshibendi, and Melami Sufi orders in Turkey, where he is revered as an Eren, or 'one who has attained.' Baba is currently living in Istanbul, and has toured throughout Turkey and North America, lecturing on spirituality and healing at universities and conferences throughout the United States and Canada. For many years, he was the host of the annual Rumi Festival in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The teachings of Sherif Baba illuminate the soul of the messages brought by the prophets and saints of all spiritual traditions.
Junaline Bañez-Moussi is an international Life Coach, ThetaHealer® and a Nia® Green Belt Teacher. Born in the Philippines and raised in Alberta, Canada, Junaline is the force behind LifeINSPIRED Coaching – a creative mind, body & spirit approach to self-growth and development. She also facilitates creative women’s circles and Vision Board workshops and teaches yoga at a drug rehabilitation center for young men as her seva service.
Dejana Bori comes from Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated at the Faculty of Geology while achieving degrees in several medical schools. At present, she is working as a physical therapist.
She has always been an eager practitioner of different types of martial arts, such as karate, aikido and tai-chi. She discovered her new passion for Kin-Jo 2008 and started to teach it 3 years ago.
Widely acknowledged as a leading contemporary instrumentalist, Partha Bose represents the MAIHAR GHARANA and is credited with an uncanny ability to communicate with listeners anywhere in the world.
Trained in SITAR by veteran Guru (Master) Pandit Monoj Shankar for 46 years, Bose divides his time between Calcutta (his home-city) and the rest of the world, performing, teaching, lecturing, and composing at reputed venues, including major festivals and well-known universities.
International media, including BBC Radio, CBC Radio & Television, Voice of America, Voice of Russia, Indian Radio & Television have featured Bose in interviews and music sessions, to share his vision of music and life in music.
In addition the Government of India invited Partha Bose to lead a cultural delegation to African countries on the historic occasion of the Golden Jubilee of India's Independence.
Born and brought up in India, Devaki has learnt the classical Indian dance form Bharatnatyam for 12 years and has performed in India and in France. After finishing her Masters degree from Paris, she has now been living in Beirut for past three months, where she works at an international organization.
Sarah Ezrin loves Yoga and nothing is more apparent when she teaches. Sarah's joie de vivre is infectious. Her popular classes are fun, but challenging, with an emphasis on intelligent sequencing and detailed alignment.
Based out of her hometown of Los Angeles, Sarah is an E-RYT-500. She is trained in Vinyasa Flow and the Ashtanga method, which is her daily practice. Having a profound love of travel, she teaches teacher trainings, workshops and retreats across the globe. Sarah is also a writer and certified mentor coach through the Coaching Training Alliance.
Sarah has been a brand ambassador for numerous mindful fitness companies such as Lululemon Athletica, Manduka, Sweaty Betty, Vita Coco, Yoga Earth, and Yoga Gives Back.
Sarah began doing Yoga in college, however she did not get serious about her practice until working demanding hours in the film industry. It was also during this time that Sarah's mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. The mat provided refuge and healing as her mother's illness progressed. Sarah realized that time was too fleeting to not be spent doing what one loves. She quit the film business to pursue teaching Yoga. Her mother was able to see her teach once before passing away.
For Sarah, Yoga is not about the tricks or the postures; it is about finding one's center amidst the challenges and chaos of the world. She believes that life is short and that it should be spent laughing, with the people and animals we love, and doing the things we most enjoy, like Yoga.
After practicing yoga for six years in Dubai, Brigitte completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in Bali with Steve Ross and Mac McHugh. She has since travelled extensively around the world, practicing yoga and attending workshops, seminars and yoga retreats with renowned yoga masters like Eric Schiffman, Annie Carpenter and Brian Kast. In April 2012, she received her certification to teach children from Rainbow Kids Yoga in Rome, which is accredited by the Yoga Alliance.
Susan Hamza graduated from AUB, with a BA in Political Science in 1961. She started practicing Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and she was trained to become a teacher of this technique in 1985. Ever since she has been involved in teaching Transcendental Meditation in UK, Switzerland and Lebanon. She was further trained in Maharishi Ayurveda in the1990s and in Maharishi Aromatherapy more recently.
TM is taught through The Middle East Foundation of Creative Science and the Ladies Foundation for Pure Knowledge, charities established respectively in 1975 by Omar Hamza , her husband, and in 2004, by herself.
Natasha Henry, MA. is a Vegatest and QRA (Quantum Reflex Analysis) practitioner, living foods nutritionist and lifestyle coach. She studied with Gabriel Cousens MD- a globally recognized authority in life food nutrition, natural health and spirituality, for 5 years and holds her second Masters' degree in Spiritual Nutrition from the Culture of Life Institute in Arizona. Using the newest natural health care modalities and technologies, she helps people restore their health and awaken their potential for physical and spiritual wellbeing. Natasha is also a raw and living food chef and instructor and practices holistic healing and nutrition with her husband Dr. Ron Henry at New Paradigm Healing in Boulder, Colorado. 
Samantha was first introduced to yoga by her mother. Her studies led her through the Krishnamacharya lineage, Tantra Kundalini, Bhakti, Tao shiatsu and Shamanic healing arts. These infuse her approach to living yoga and embodying the essence. Inspiring and illuminating her own practice and her teaching. A mother of four young children, the candles of awareness, balance, harmony, intuition, acceptance & freedom light her journey. She is known for bringing yoga alive for modern practitioners in creative, dynamic, and life transforming ways. Allowing them to feel the energy from which they are made. To experience a connection to a deeper part of themselves where awareness and intuition become the guide. Where the body’s healing wisdom can manifest.
Alongside yoga, she holds a BFA in Fine Arts from France and works as a painter and sculptor. This artistic ability is part of what makes her workshops and classes unique. She is an innovator. Her works such as Chakra Cleanse , Yoga Nidra ,Tibetan Tantra Gong Bath are some of her many ideas which are being widely used and adapted for their healing and transformative abilities.
Co-founder of Shiva Shakti Yoga Academy , the first of its kind in Lebanon, is a comprehensive Yoga Teacher Training program providing internationally recognized certification .. Available in Montreal, U.K. & Lebanon.
Samantha was born in Montreal and now lives in Lebanon. She holds Yoga workshops and classes internationally.
Jordi was born in August 1977, in Granyena de les Garrigues (Spain). Years later he moved to Barcelona, where he lives now. In the year 2012 Reiki came on his path and since then he took several 1st, 2nd and 3rd Reiki courses. Two years later he was initiated as a Usui Traditional Reiki Master by his Master Julia Costa. He went to Prague to learn more about Chinese Medicine with Vladimir Durina, and there he did practices and courses for several years. He also undertook courses on Karuna Reiki and Usui Tibetan Reiki, but he stays true to the traditional Reiki teachings of Usui. Jordi has been teaching Reiki since 2004, up until now more then 200 courses in different countries. Since 2003 he is also working as a therapist. In 2008 he started working with Jose de Groot (Amsterdam) and since then they have been offering Yin Yoga and Reiki Workshops and Retreats in Spain, France, The Netherlands and Finland. They were the first ones to combine Yin Yoga and Reiki and are still the only ones who are teaching Workshops in which both practices are unified. Apart from working as a Reiki therapist, Jordi has also written 3 books which are available in Spanish. Lastly Jordi has also founded and is still running a non-profit organization called Voluntarios Reiki.
Carol Issa is the first certified Jivamukti teacher in Paris. She trained 800 hours advanced training) at the Jivamukti school with Sharon Gannon and David Life in New York. Carol is also a certified teacher in Kundalini Yoga after having studied for 3 years in the ashram school of Karta Singh, Amritnam Sarovar, in the French mountains.She currently assists teacher trainings at the ashram while completing the teacher training program. She was born and lived in Paris for almost all her life; in 1996 she moved to Lebanon where she spent 6 years. She has a Master in Communication Arts and graduated from La Sorbonne in Philosophy (focus on philosophy of religions, mysticism and spirituality). Yoga came to her life as a natural consequence of her personal research through Art, Philosophy, Psychology, dance, music, martial arts and she deeply roots her classes into the different disciplines she explored. Her classes are physically challenging and mentally and emotionally uplifting, flowing into creative sequences. Carol teaches in different studios in Paris and she holds workshops and events abroad while traveling. She is known for her open heart, sincerity and humor.
Mathilde Jazzar started practicing Yoga and Spiritual techniques from books during her teenage years. Holder of a Masters in Philosophy she has taught at the Grand Lycée Achrafieh where she realized that it was her Yogic knowledge that was being more useful to her students' self-development. In 2012, she completed Yoga Point's teacher training certification (Swami Satyananda Yoga Lineage) before quitting her teaching job in 2013 and immersing herself fully in the teachings of Yoga. To that effect she has completed Ananda Ashram's intensive 6 month residential teacher training in Pondicherry (Gitananda Yoga Lineage) one of the most important schools for the teaching of Yoga Therapy, Pranayama, Kriya and Tantra Yoga.
Specialized in ENT surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in London, Dr Kakoday has spent the last 30 years of his life in understanding and teaching the holistic
principles of life and health. His views on health entitled 'The Concept of Total Health' were presented to the WHO in 1994.
One of Dr Kakoday's main areas of interest and research is the relationship between the psyche, emotions, behaviour and health.
He feels that present day society is conditioned to lead a life of limitations and that a fundamental shift in our attitude is necessary to bring about harmony and contentment in our society.
His ideas on consciousness and health, have led to him being invited to speak in more than 80 countries.He has spoken at various Universities, Medical Schools and organizations including the United Nations in Geneva , the ILO, and companies like Telenor in Norway. He is presently Director of the Center for Integral Health in Cambridge, UK.
Kevork Keshishian a.k.a Diamond Setter is a Rebirther and Pranic healer. He is a well-known DJ and music producer who has always been fascinated by the healing and transforming aspects of sound/music. Recently he fully composed a meditation CD with his wife called 'Align'.
Tony Khalife is a singer/songwriter, yogi and Bagua practitioner from Lebanon living in California for 3 decades. He spent 7 years as a protégé of Satguru Sant Keshavadas and served as head priest at the Vishwa Shanti Ashrama , Oakland, California. He is a master Tabla player trained by Maestro Zakir Hussein.
Tony spent a year in India on pilgrimage, chanting with Sadhus from Vishwadhar to Pandharapur singing at the sacred festival of Ekadashi at the shrine of Sant Jnaneshvar. Tony is the steward of a retreat center in Ojai, CA, 'Ojai-Eco Sanctuary' and has been leading retreats and teaching sacred spirituality through music and movement for over 20 years at venues such as Esalen, Kripalu and Spirit Rock; he has been featured in sacred festivals including The World Festival Of Sacred Music, Bali Spirit Festival and Bhakti Fest.
Grace is a Certified Professional Co-active Life Coach CPCC from the Coaching Training Institute, holds an ACC from the International Coach Federation, and is the President of Lebanese Coach Association. She is a clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, Reiki master teacher, Advanced Theta healer, EFT facilitator, and a Breath and Bodywork Coach.
Grace works with individuals seeking to achieve balance, self-development and fulfillment in their lives. She uses a combination of different methods to help her clients release limiting beliefs, release phobias, stop smoking, lose weight and relieve stress and anxiety. She is a motivational speaker and conducts self-development workshops along with management and leadership trainings. She focuses on mindfulness and the power within to create transformation and permanent change.
Hala Khouri, M.A., E-RYT, has been teaching the movement arts for over 20 years. Her roots are in Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga, dance, Somatic Psychology, and the juicy mystery of Life itself. Hala earned her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Religion from Columbia University and has a Master's degree Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and focus on trauma's impact on the body-mind and ways to resolve it. She is a co-creator of Off the Mat, Into the World®. She lives in Venice, CA with her husband and two children. 
Marcel was born in Switzerland but grew up in the south of Germany. For over 30 years, he has been practicing Hatha Yoga
and for 27 years, he has been teaching and sharing his energy with
his students. Marcel is a certified Hatha Yoga and Preksha
Meditation teacher, in the service of Love and Light.
Chérine Kurdi is a teacher, coach and workshop leader.
She works with smart and soulful women (and very cool men) who have an insatiable appetite to grow and evolve. They are ready to be liberated and become truer to themselves like never before. Now.
The heart of what she does is to free you from fear and self-doubt. She reconnects you to your own special unique way of doing things, of thinking and experiencing the world, your joy, your core values and desires. She empowers you to have a deep respect of who you are and make choices that make you feel good.
As a result you trust your truth and respect your genius and your unique way of experiencing your life, work and relationships.
On your soulful journey of self-discovery, you get crystal clear on: WHO you are. WHAT you want. WHY you want it. HOW you want to get it and with WHOM- once and for all.
She knows the courage and heart it takes to choose the path of being authentic and it's her delight to support you along the way.
Aruna Ladva was born in Kenya, educated in England, worked in Canada and has lived in Hong Kong and New York. She has been a student and teacher of Raja Yoga Meditation for 33 years, travelling extensively to promote this practice in various countries and helping to establish centres in Canada, Turkey and the Middle East. Aruna is also a dynamic and very skilled personal development trainer who uses down-to-earth pragmatism coupled with a profound understanding of the emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of her subject. She is a Certified Negotiator in conflict resolution and with her degree in natural health promotes vegetarianism and an organic and earth-centered lifestyle. Her positive vision of the future and her passion for life have motivated individuals around the world. Aruna is currently based in Kuwait. 
Maria Leonard is a Rebirther, Pranic Healer, Reiki and Quantum
Touchpractitioner. She is also a self-educated Feng Shui practitioner. She has been a full time English language trainer and when she is not working she is singing and making music with her husband a.k.a Diamond Setter. Maria has combined her teaching and healing skills to provide workshops and has merged her musical talent in making meditative music.
Indranil Mallick is a promising tabla player of rare skill and has already established himself both as a soloist and accompanist. Born to a family of genuine music connoisseurs, he received his initial training in tabla when he was only five from his uncle, Sri Montu Mallick. Later he was trained by Prof. Dhabol Bandyapadhaya. From 1985 he was under the guidance of Sri Uttam Chakraborty, senior disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. Now he is under the guidance of Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri. Indranil belongs to Luckhnow Gharana style of tabla.
Keeping a rigorous performance schedule, Indranil continues to perform with renowned artists in various music conferences in India and abroad. In 2002 Indranil began international touring with performances in Europe, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine, Estonia, Russia, Austria and Holland. During these tours he represents India in many world renowned festivals. Some examples include the Open Baroque Festival in Estonia, the Musica Sacra International Festival in Germany, and the International Jazz and Blues Festival in Austria.
Indranil is a grade 'A' artist of All India Radio, Kolkata where he is featured regularly on programs aired throughout India. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Rony's approach draws upon his wide-ranging experience as Gestalt-Therapy Practitioner, Executive Coach and International Consultant, as well as his spiritual practice of Yoga and Meditation. He regularly facilitates personal development workshops and travel. He also hosts conferences to raise awareness on environmental issues, notably the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. The proud father of two, Rony divides his time between Lebanon and France, when he is not roaming the planet ...
Eliane is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified Master NLP Practitioner, Certified EFT Practitioner and Mind Your Birth Practitioner. Her determination, ambition, passion and family spirit are key factors in her business work life.
She is a well renowned therapist working with individuals as well as in group sessions. 
Swami Mudraroopa Saraswati completed medical school and specialized in Rehabilitation Medicine and acupuncture. He practiced yoga from an early age and in 1988 he recognized Satyananda Yoga Tradition as his path. In 1995 he left for India to meet his guru Swami Niranjanananda. He stayed in Munger ashram, completed master studies in applied yoga at Bihar Yoga Bharati University and continued to live there serving the mission, undergoing sannyasa training and teaching yoga. At present he writes for the magazines on subjects of yoga, is active as yoga therapist and he guides the Satyananda Yoga Center in Belgrade together with Swami Omgyanam.
Nabil Najjar has been teaching yoga in Beirut since 1998, and opened the Sivananda Yoga Center in Gemmayzeh in 2000. He has received certification as an advanced teacher of Sivananda Yoga and has participated in numerous teacher trainings, advanced meditation courses and Sadhana intensives over the past fifteen years. He now divides his time between Beirut and Tripoli, where he lives and teaches.
With a background in medicine, Ayurveda, music and even poetry, Hisham went through his first yoga training in 1995. He's a licensed Sivananda Yoga Instructor, a Hamsa Marga Yoga Meditation Teacher who has been sharing his knowledge in several yoga locations in Lebanon since 2009. His alternative approach is a blessing which allows him to share and guide others from a wider and more natural perspective relating all elements in oneness.
Priyan (Fouad Nassif) is a Lebanese lawyer and disciple of Amma since 1992. He stayed almost continuously at her ashram in India from 1996 till 2004. Since 2008 he is dividing his time between Lebanon and India. During his time in Lebanon he holds spiritual meetings related to Amma, her practical teachings and the Hindu tradition, and offers courses in the IAM technique.
Swami Omgyanam Saraswati was initiated into Satyananda Yoga in 1988 and dedicated herself to both learning and teaching yoga. Between 1995 and 2008, she stayed in Munger Ashram in India. In 1999, she entered Sannyasa (a way of monastic dedication to self realization). For several years she was teaching meditation and Satyananda yoga nidra in the Bihar School of Yoga. Today, she spends her time between Munger ashram and Belgrade, Serbia where she teaches relaxation and meditation. Swami Omgyanam's special interest is in yoga philosophy and mind management. 
Rima was born and raised in Beirut. While working in Brand Management at Colgate Palmolive, she took her first yoga class at Jivamukti. She was immediately taken by the beautiful exchange and genuine interaction people from all walks of life could experience together on their mat. “Realizing that there is a blessing to a living person that can never be approximated by books”, she found master teachers to learn from within the Jivamukti lineage.
Maya is one of the first out of a handful of Indians to be given authorization to teach the Ashtanga system by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, known as Guruji. She has been training for more than 10 years at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute under Guruji and his grandson Sharath Rangaswamy. Maya’s journey of yoga first began with the Iyengar method, moving on to Ashtanga. She has also studied in the Bihar school of Yoga, spending time in the ashram. Between her many travels and adventures, Maya currently teaches in her home city of Mumbai, India.
Joumana Rizk is a life coach and transformational agent dedicated to uplifting people’s spirits through coaching, workshops and public events. Participants in Joumana’s work experience a deeper connection within themselves and with each other. They report creating a life that is more fulfilling to them, and aligned with their true purpose. Joumana trained in shadow work with renowned coach Debbie Ford for 12 years. Previously, she was a theatre director and producer. Lebanese born and US educated, she is a graduate of the Wharton School and Yale University. Joumana is the founder of Peacelights and Remapping Relationships coaching. She lives in New York City with her son Kai.
Pema Sanders is a Registered Homeopath from England, with 30 years of experience in practice. She has been teaching homeopathy for the last 25 years, to both medical professionals and the general public , in the UK, Romania and Lebanon. Pema is also a registered UK spiritual healer, a massage therapist and aromatherapist, as well as being a flower essence producer and teacher.
With a background in clinical psychology, Avedis Seropian’s experience in the field of Martial Arts (Wushu, Taiji Quan, Qigong) and energy work has started around 9 years back and is radiating around Lebanon, Europe and the Far East. His self-discipline highlights the honor, respect and awareness from within and the ability to share in that space flows freely.
San Francisco-based choreographer Joti Singh has studied with some of the greatest West African dancers of all time, including Moustapha Bangoura, Youssouf Koumbassa, Kemoko Sano, and Alseny Soumah. She has traveled to Guinea several times, and with her husband Bongo Sidibe leads a group of students to Guinea every year to study the rich dance and music traditions. With their company, Duniya Dance and Drum Company, Joti and Bongo recently premiered 'The Madness of the Elephant,' an evening-length West African dance and music performance about the first president of Guinea, Sekou Touré. Recently, Joti and Bongo opened the Duniya Center for Arts and Education in Conakry, Guinea to help artists gain the tools they need to have successful careers. 
Sarai first discovered yoga as a teenager in Auckland, New Zealand, when her father taught her some Sivananda sun salutes, when she was about 12. Ashtanga hadn’t made it to NZ back then, so she attended Iyengar classes during her teens, and at home practiced along to a hatha yoga LP of her mothers! After moving to London in 1997, she discovered Ashtanga and the magic of a daily Mysore practice. What followed, whilst studying for a BA in Humanities, was an immersion in yoga: she practiced daily with Hamish Hendry for 9 years, attending teacher trainings and workshops with many senior teachers, the whole time being compelled to study at the source. In 2003, she travelled to Myosre, India, to study with the late Shri K. Pattabhi Jois (Guruji) and R. Sharath Jois- a journey she has since made nine times. She is one of 18 people in the UK with Authorization Level 2 qualification from KPJAYI of Mysore, India. Having taught in London and abroad since 2002, Sarai is a senior teacher with Yoga Alliance, and teaches in London at Triyoga and Indaba. 
Hania was born and raised in Lebanon where she completed a PhD in Immunology at the American University of Beirut. She moved to New York in 1985. She was blessed when, in 1995, she discovered yoga and her life started to change and blossom. Hania completed an 800+ hours teaching certification through the Jivamukti Teacher Training program. She is devoted to all the great teachers she trained with including David-ji , Sharon-ji, Yogeswari, Jessica Kung, Lady Ruth, Narayani. In addition, she was also incredibly fortunate to meet Gumukh and take the Khalsa Way Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with her. She then attended Level 2 Conscious Communication and then level 1 Kundalini teacher training with Gurmukh, Gurushabd and Sat Siri Dougherty.
J.D. Thomas is the founder of New Me Trainings and New Me Breath and Bodywork. After a short career as a professional athlete, he managed his own company is Mexico, advising corporate groups through physical challenges and leadership skills trainings. He later began adding holistic elements to his events that included modern breath work and related awareness exercises. He now has over a decade of experience and has shared his work with thousands of people in five of the seven continents on the globe.
For more than 20 years, Martin Zoller has been invited around the world to share and use his ability as a psychic and spiritual teacher. He has written and published many articles and books, a meditation CD and a documentary about Remote Viewing. He has hosted and discussed these topics on his own TV shows in Bolivia and Germany.
His gift to foresee the future allows his clients to receive direction and exceptional guidance in times of need for answers. His clients consist of individuals, corporations, law enforcement, embassies and governments.
Martin designs and delivers workshops and lectures with the goal of helping individuals understand their human nature, inner potential as well as their spiritual nature.