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Hemalayaa teaches a unique combination of yoga and Indian dance in Los Angeles and travels the globe transforming lives through these practices. As a yogini, dancer and fitness educator, Hemalayaa has a natural gift for bringing out the joy and the dancer in everyone. The daughter of Indian parents, Hema's upbringing taught her that dance was important to health and well-being, and her yoga training began at home at an early age. Her first teacher was her father. She went on to study yoga, philosophy, and meditation. A life devoted to yoga and dance animates Hemalayaa's playful spirit. Laughter, her own and that of her students, is the trademark sound of her classes. Hema loves turning her students on to the vibrant styles of Indian dance, which is revolutionizing conscious movement. She is the creator and author of numerous health and fitness DVDs and has been featured in publications such as Yoga Journal, Body & Soul, Fit Yoga, The New York Times and LA Yoga Magazine among others. When she's not shimmying with Ellen Degeneres on her talk show, strutting her stuff with the ladies of the Today show or leading workshops and retreats around the world, Hemalayaa is most likely to be found in her kitchen whipping up some healthy, organic food, riding her bike around Los Angeles, spending time with friends and just generally enjoying life.

Kelly Wood's background includes dance, art, music and business. As she practices and teaches both Kundalini and Hatha Yoga, Kelly's classes effectively spark the life force energy to sharpen focus, to ground the body/mind and to cultivate a relationship with one's own heart - self-nurturing. Kelly's specialty Karuna Yoga 200 Hour Teacher Training course is a comprehensive study of Kundalini and Hatha Yoga with an emphasis on the effects of the practice for the brain and heart. Discovering one's authentic voice is also a major focus during this training. Kelly also teaches children in pubic and private schools and greatly enjoys planting the seeds of yoga and meditation in the hearts and minds of kids for life long skills of self-direction and self-soothing.

Sonali Sadequee CHHC, AADP, is certified Integrative Nutrition Coach and Food Educator specializing in diabetes and cancer prevention, weight loss and digestive wellness. Sonali is passionate about helping busy people enjoy and upgrade their health and lifestyle through a gradual and transformative journey while building community sustainability. She is the founder of Sustainable Wellness, a wholistic health & lifestyle coaching practice that supports busy individuals in their journey towards achieving and sustaining wellness. She offers practical nutrition education, healing foods, stress-reduction, and lifestyle coaching services to clients in Atlanta and abroad. Her deep understanding of the healing powers of food and body shine through her fun teaching style. In her cooking classes, you will learn how to use the right foods to powerfully prevent diabetes, heart disease, and cancer while balancing your weight naturally, with quality, nutrient dense and yummy foods. Sonali is also a certified yoga teacher, teaching in Atlanta for ten years. She brings clarity, calmness, and playfulness to each student she teaches. Sonali loves to invite you to discover the source of your limitations while reconnecting you to your greatest aspirations for what truly nourishes you and feeds your heart. Sonali is also a co-founder of Kindred Healing Justice Collective, a non-profit group which seeks to build practices towards collective resiliency, safety, and liberation as responses to community trauma, burnout, depression, and isolation.

As an experienced speaker, Heidi has been featured at many national and global conferences, including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Women's Leadership Summit, and the Million Dollar Round Table. Heidi is CEO and founder of SYNERGY, an integrative neuroscience partnership that provides brain-based training for individuals and organizations. She is also a frequent lecturer Canyon Ranch Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona. Heidi's publications include the NY Times best selling book The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and Relax Your Fat Off.

I am a professional competitive cyclist and a two-time Master's National Champion for road racing. I continue to train as an elite athlete and provide nutritional periodization plans to compliment training periodization plans. My professional passion is for helping people gain essential knowledge for promoting optimal health outcomes throughout the lifespan. Additionally, my desire is to help people put this knowledge into practice through behavior change strategies that take an ecological approach and address the cultural econiche, as well as the biological econiche. The end result of such endeavors should result in a proactive pursuit of compressed morbidity where life and wellness is fully realized and functional for most of the human life span, thus compressing the years of degenerative disease to the final stages of the life span. My personal passions include enjoying physical movement of many forms, the beauty of nature, and good foods.

I am a medical doctor who passionately believes and teaches that when we embody our HOLOS, we become healthier, happy and more alive. MINDING THE BODY; EMBODYING THE MIND!

Adri Kyser E-RYT500, is an international Yoga Teacher, Personal Development Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Energy Alchemist. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela where she went to Law School for two years before moving to the US. For the past 16 years, Adri has helped thousands of men and women worldwide get out of their own way and achieve everything from reduced pain and stress to increased confidence and productivity. Rather than drawing from only one modality, her extensive list of certifications (including NLP, Yoga, Wellness Coach, Pilates, and Ayurveda) allow her to create customized holistic wellness experiences for clients and students. Adri's signature Enlightened Alchemy™ method includes physical and energetic alignment, positive psychology, and energy work for a complete mind, body, and spirit experience. Her unique caring, inspirational, and inclusive style leaves you feeling empowered, inspired, and transformed. Her specialties include Yoga for Pain Relief, Yoga For Beginners, Yoga For Women, Pre-Natal Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Pilates, Intro to Ayurveda,, Corporate Yoga, and Energy Work. She has studied with numerous internationally known teachers but her style is inspired by her friend and mentor Shiva Rea. Adri studied and worked with Shiva for over 10 years and she’s one of the few teachers allowed to offer Shiva Rea’s trainings in the US and abroad. In addition, Adri has taught and mentored hundreds of yoga teachers worldwide during her trainings, workshops, retreats, and special events. Adri is one of the Lead Trainers for a 300-hour teacher training program and co-creator of two 200-hour training programs. Adri is the Founder of Enlightened Alchemy™ Academy, Sacred Movement Online Studio and App, Inner Beauty Wellness, and Rise and Thrive Summits/Retreats. For more information about Adri, please visit www.adrikyser.com

Laura Kupperman, E-RYT 500, began practicing yoga in 1995 and was initially hooked by how great she felt after an intense yoga "workout." It wasn't until she was diagnosed with cancer in 2003 that she began to understand the true potential for yoga to heal us on all levels. Laura is a certified Yoga Therapist, who works with a wide range of clientele and specializes in yoga for cancer survivors and yoga for fertility enhancement. She has started yoga programs in hospitals, cancer centers and PT clinics; and currently teaches yoga for the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, one of the top fertility centers in the U.S. She also leads teacher trainings, workshops, and presents at conferences. Laura is a compassionate, thoughtful teacher who welcomes students of all levels to experience the healing power of yoga.

Leanne has been following her passion for health, wellness, nutrition, yoga, meditation, and spirituality since taking her first yoga class in 2001. Leanne is the owner of True Yoga and since 2002 has taught True Yoga Classes and workshops to thousands of people helping them to realize greater health, peace, happiness and well-being. Her journeys have taken her to study with some of the most gifted Yoga Masters worldwide including her teacher Shiva Rea, and many others along the way. In 2005 Leanne developed the True Yoga Blog: www.trueyogainc.com/blog where she shares information and inspiration related to living a healthy, peaceful and inspired life. Leanne has also explored the world of nutrition, studying about many nutritional lifestyles, including cleansing, superfoods, vegetarianism, veganism, and the raw foods diet. Her experiences have led her to her practice and passion for healthy food and nutrition. In 2011, she wrote the Fresh Fruit Cleanse book filled with information about health, wellness, nutrition and lots of great recipes, as well as, inspiration to uplift and strengthen you. With True Yoga and the Fresh Fruit Cleanse, you will be inspired to grow healthy and well and awaken to your true potential with every breath you breathe. Leanne continues to be inspired to learn and study about the vast knowledge of nutritional wellbeing and its incredible power to promote healing physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and looks forward to continuing to share her love for health and wellness with you here and on the True Yoga and Fresh Fruit Cleanse blogs: www.freshfruitcleanse.com/freshfruit To learn more about True Yoga classes, workshops and the True Yoga DVD available for purchase online, please visit www.trueyogainc.com. To purchase the Fresh Fruit Cleanse book, visit amazon.com.

Silica is an ex-elite runner/triathlete/martial artist (and Cirque duSoleil wanna-be)who loves that yoga has been her primary practice for the past three years. Although she enjoys challenging experienced yogis, her greatest joy is in introducing beginners and ‘non-yogis’ to the internal, healing side of yoga and encouraging them to discover a practice that is not so much about whether your foot ends up behind your head as it is about how much joy, peace, and vitality your practice brings you. Silica is the frequently bemused mother of two delightful daughters, and enjoys writing, painting, and singing.

Jessica Wilson has been practicing yoga for over 11 years since her first class in college. After graduation, she traveled for over 4 years throughout South America and Greece, often teaching and using yoga as a means of balancing her nomadic lifestyle. She recently accomplished a long standing goal of receiving her yoga teaching certification in July 2011 at Wilmington Yoga Center, in North Carolina. Her classes are suitable for all levels, and have a primary focus on basic Hatha and Vinyasa flow.