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Elena Brower

Elena Brower, founder and co-owner of Virayoga, is a Certified Anusara® teacher, and student of John Friend, Douglas Brooks, Hugo Cory and the Handel Group. She’s been featured in the New York Times, Yoga Journal, and on Yogaglo.com. Her teaching weaves the methodology of Anusara with a raw honesty that will light you up and help you bring your yoga practice to your life.

Elena teaches large-scale classes at cultural institutions such as the MoMA, Rubin Museum, and the Great Lawn in Central Park. She writes for the Huffington Post, Crazy Sexy Life, TheDailyLove, and her own blog at Art of Attention. She currently supports Women for Women.

In 2010, Elena served as the Global Yoga Ambassador for Adidas, teaching the methodology of Anusara yoga to their instructors worldwide. She is also an original member of the YogaEarth Yogi Leadership Board, an accomplished corps of yoga teachers coming together to promote and develop yoga nutrition.

 

Desiree Rumbaugh

With the ability to demonstrate some of the most difficult postures and — even more amazingly — getting students to experience the same sequences, Desirée has a well-earned reputation for deepening even the most advanced practices. She does it with a sense of humor balanced with a quest for authenticity. Most surprising about her teaching is her ability to tap into the student’s vulnerable spaces to access these wonderful poses. Her unique ability to draw out the bright and shining light from within every student, no matter what level of yoga experience, is her gift to the world.

All this comes from a lifetime of experience with the most extremes of emotions and tragedy, (click here to read story) which have increased her compassion and strengthened her purpose of helping others. After more than twenty years of practice, including being one of the first students and certified teachers of Anusara’s founder John Friend, Desirée continues to live her passion for yoga every day.  Desirée has an astoundingly full teaching schedule, traveling throughout the U.S. and abroad.