The Yoga World Reach Seva School draws from a tribe of diversely qualified and gifted teachers to provide foundational instruction in the studies of anatomy, sanskrit, yoga philosophy and theory; as well as how to adaptively share Yoga with cancer survivors, friends with disabilities, survivors of invasive trauma, Spanish speaking friends, mothers to be, and children.

Sree Devi Bringi, Ph.D.

Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy

Sreedevi K. Bringi, MSc , MS , MA, is a senior adjunct faculty member in the departments of Religious Studies and Traditional Eastern Arts at Naropa University in Boulder.  She teaches courses on Hinduism and Yoga Philosophy for BA-MA students. She also offers yoga nidra meditation sessions and Sacred Sanskrit through Naropa Extended Studies, as well as pranic healing and advanced yoga nidra meditation through the Tree House Yoga Center in Boulder. Through her new forum, “Shakti Institute”, she offers workshops and trainings in yoga nidra meditation teaching and Shiva-Shakti Yoga Teachings.

Sreedevi is a native of South India from a family of spiritual teachers, yogis and scholars.  She received her training in yoga, meditation, Sanskrit, and Hindu religious traditions from family elders, Bihar School of Yoga swamis, Dr. Sundar Das and the Swami Vivekananada Yoga Kendra in India..

With graduate degrees in chemistry, atmospheric sciences, and environmental education, Sreedevi endeavors to include modern science perspectives into ancient yogic teachings and world wisdom traditions.

r.r. Shakti, E-RYT, CMT, PYT

The Art of Adaptation

Yoga Philosophy through History

Yoga World Reach Director

and Certified Yoga Therapist,

r.r. Shakti (Rachel Redding) has been teaching “the blissipline” of Inner Power Yoga since 2000. She is a certified massage therapist and has studied holistic approaches to health and well being for over fifteen years. She has traveled extensively throughout the world gaining insight, experience, and inspiration; bringing yoga and hope to people from all walks of life. She combines ecological awareness, social service, and mind/body integration to offer a message of peace and personal empowerment.

Sharing her message with people who have disabilities, survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, cancer patients, those struggling with substance abuse challenges, and friends with special needs; Shakti is a firm believer in the power of yoga to awaken the body’s own healing process by aligning with Grace and celebrating one’s unique expression of their True Nature.

She holds an A.A. in Outdoor Recreation Leadership from Colorado Mountain College, a B.A. in Traditional Eastern Arts from Naropa University and is currently pursuing a M.A./Ph.D. in Mythology and Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

With gratitude and love, Shakti honors her Anusara Yoga™ teachers: John Friend, Jamie Allison, and Amy Ippoliti; and the great teachers who have inspired her life and teaching: Baba Muktananda, Sreedevi Bringi, Devika Ma,  Anthony Bogart, Gary Kraftsow, Don Stapleton, Douglas Brooks. and Tom and Deborah Redding.

“My mom was my first yoga teacher. I can remember joining her as a little girl on seventies shag carpeting for yoga “exercises” like camel, twists, and “butterfly” (Baddha Konasana). Both my parents were and are my greatest spiritual teachers. My mom’s questing into the Bible met my dad’s interest in Earth-based philosophies (we had a teepee and sweat lodge in the back yard!) Together, they inspired my own spiritual journey at a very early age. I began writing journals to God when I was eight years old. Since then, I have completed many yoga teacher’s training programs, receiving certification from the Shoshoni Yoga Ashram, Nosara Yoga Institute, and Ananda Seva Mission.

I am honored to share all that I continue to learn through our Yoga Seva School. This 200 hour Yoga teacher’s training will give you the tools to create a yoga practice that is thoughtful, dynamic, and also adapts to the individual. Hope to see you there!”       

~JOY OM, Shakti

Tataya Radtke, E-RYT

YogaLicious!

With a heart overflowing with peace and joy, Tataya Radtke’s passion for life is evident in everything she does and most profoundly in her devotion to family and her love for yoga. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, she spent the best part of her childhood in a mango tree and learned to speak English at age six.

Formerly a tax attorney in Venezuela, a different path led Tataya to become a yoga instructor. Tataya began her training in the womb of yoga, India and possesses a total of eight years of education in Hatha, Ashtanga and Anusara yoga. She has studied yoga on several continents and has taught yoga internationally since 2003.

In April 2008, she and husband Thomas Radtke opened Yoga Body & Balance (YBB). An instant success, YBB student enrollment has grown by 600% in just one year. Their mission is to empower people to awaken into a life they love and they do so by authentically caring for every individual.

Tataya’s love for humanity, genuine care and concern for her community and commitment to excellence provide her the power and strength to inspire those around her each day. When she’s not teaching or running the business, you will find Tataya sharing her love abundantly with her friends and family including a young son and two daughters.

Her favorite practice is called YogaLicious! A blend between Gravity poses, Yin Yoga and playing around with the body and ways of connecting deeper through breath and philosophy, and after having 3 kids she finds this practice to have kept stronger and more open than ever!

Anatomy for Yoga

Jen Tracy Hooker is passionate about the human body on a physical, energetic and spiritual level. Practicing yoga regularly since 1996, Jen is also a therapeutic massage therapist with over 14 years of experience. She has been captivated with anatomy since her first introduction to the wonders of the human body. She taught anatomy at the Colorado School of Healing Arts in Lake- wood, Colorado from 2000-2003 and incorporates her extensive knowledge in an active neuromuscular massage therapy practice as well as infusing her yoga and Ya- muna Body Rolling classes with rich and valuable information. She teaches both anatomy and yoga with enthusiasm, joy and a strong desire to help every body thrive and be alive.

PreNatal Yoga

500 Hr. E-RYT, Certified Baptiste Power, BS in Journalism, Kelly is the owner and lead instructor of Mountain Lotus, a Vinyasa Yoga studio in Vail, CO. Kelly teaches with compassion, focus and often a little bit of humor. Her love of yoga and all that it embodies are evident upon your first encounter. The energy of her enthusiasm and dynamic flow that she teaches in her classes are also embodied in the way that she lives her life. Having practiced every day of her own pregnancy and attributing her natural birth experience and deep connection with her baby, she is excited to teach others prental yoga. Using her blend of Baptiste Power Vinyasa, Anusara and Ashtanga trainings and the experience of life, she will tap into an intuitive energy to offer this prenatal training.

"Looking back over my life, I realize that I have been practicing yoga for a very long time which I now see as an art and a celebration of life, the way it is and not the way I think it should be based on efforts I put forth. Years ago, when I was a competitive basketball player and triathlete, there was tremendous attention paid to the breath - so I was practicing pranayama before I even knew it. I remember some days of pool training were about swimming under water to the other end and seeing if the turn could be made and head back for home in a single breath, certainly a breath retention. Where now, a breath retention is about being still and watching the inhale and how whole, full and complete that one breath is. Then watching the exhale and pausing to be empty of breath and noticing how whole, full and complete I am even without breath. This kind of awareness stirs up the prana or life-force within me that moves me to study and explore what it is that I am doing and why I am doing it.

"I recently had a baby boy-Owen-he is absolutely delicious! But, sometime ago-somewhere around 2002, I got pregnant with yoga. There was this feeling inside my spirit and soul, a yearning for something loving and something that completely allowed me to wake up, open up (even in times of fear) and offer up everything without hesitation or thinking that I would not be taken care of. The baby was born in 2003 when I left the corporate world which really provided me a tremendous beginning and laying of a foundation that continues to be important to how I live my life today. Without being completely aware of if I wanted to teach or not, I signed up for the my first power vinyasa teacher training with a let's check it out attitude. That first training brought me many times over to study with Baron Baptiste. In a few simple words, Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga woke me up, the practice opened me up. I started teaching immediately. For me, this practice has re-introduced me to my gentler loving side and has provided me an opportunity to weave the whole yoga practice in a way that doesn't feel religious or separating but rather all inclusive. And, eventually led to the opening of Mountain Lotus Yoga-a studio I opened in Vail, Colorado, that thrives today."

Thomas Radtke, E-RYT, CYT

Anatomy for Yoga

Possessing more than a decade of training in yoga and body work, Thomas is a guild certified Feldenkrais practitioner and earned a degree in applied science at the Myotherapy Institute. The focus of his bodywork is a unique combination of deep tissue and neuromuscular massage, myofacial shiatsu and aromatherapy. Thomas also studied health and holistic protocols for 10 years at the 21st Century Institute for Colorado. He has a certificate in raw and living foods from the Ann Wigmore Institute and continues his studies in raw food today with Dr. Doug Graham of the 80/10/10 lifestyle. He is trained in Ashtanga and Hatha yoga and has been teaching yoga since 2001.

Thomas envisions the human body as, “a point of access to achieve the higher realities of being” and his passion in support of this vision is to provide students with the tools to discover their highest potential through the exploration of movement arts.  He  truly worships the human anatomy as the most amazing miracle of life and as a tool to thrive beyond its physical barriers and into all the sheds of life force.

In April 2008, in partnership with his wife, Tataya, Thomas opened Yoga Body & Balance (YBB). An instant success, YBB student enrollment has grown by 600% in just one year. Their mission is to empower people to awaken into a life they love and they do so by authentically caring for every individual.

Thomas’s focus is to utilize the yoga taught at YBB to live a harmonious co-existence with his family and community, the earth and the divine. When you meet him, you will witness firsthand that he does just that with even the finest details of his life.

Yoga for Cancer Care

Nova’s love for yoga began the day she was born when, she is told, she did her first Urdhva Danurasana (full wheel ) Since that time, her love has expanded from the sheer joy of the body’s ability to express bliss into the more subtle layers of consciousness.  Recognized for her authentic and warm nature that invites students to experience the fullness of their hearts, Nova (E-RYT 500) has been studying and teaching yoga since 1999.  In 2006, Nova received her Anusara Certification and y.  The same year, she met her teacher, Yogarupa Rod Stryker and has since become a dedicated student of ParaYoga.  Her deep understanding of the Principles of Alignment combined with the beauty of expression she offers of Tantric philosophy and Practices makes each class a rich and joyful practice.   Nova continues to teach locally as well as,  nationally and internationally.   A journey through Cancer in 2006, inspired Nova to offer the work that allowed her to flourish during treatment.    Currently Nova is a Yoga Therapist at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colorado where she works with Cancer and Cardiac Patients. She speaks of her as giving people tools to move beyond the label of survivor and embrace life as a “thrivor!”

Yoga for Cancer Care

Wendi is a devoted yoga student and an Anusara Inspired Yoga teacher. She has been teaching yoga to students whom are in the process of recovering from or are in the middle of their cancer treatments. She also has students with injuries such as hip replacements, spinal injuries, osteoporosis, knee and shoulder injuries or recovering from operations to fix these aliments. She has learned to soften the yoga practice and make it real for people who are learning how to be in touch with their bodies. When patients and recovering men and women begin yoga, they become more aware of their bodies. The yoga allows the body to open up, to move, and awaken to something bigger then themselves.

Encouraging people to grow in their heart and to honor their bodies gives them the freedom to move in a way that feels good. Being able to teach the students to listen to what their bodies need in the moment while they are on their mats is very important. The students begin to find inspiration and hope as they move and grow with their yoga practice.  “If I am able to offer inspiration and hope to my students, I have accomplished my goal to make people happier in their lives. This can only make the world a brighter place to live in.” ~Wendi 

Anatomy for Yoga

"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy."
-Rumi

Lauren has been living and teaching fitness for more than 15 years. She passionately shares and seeks further knowledge of: the healing arts; developing spiritual, physical and mental health; and ways that she can help people reach beyond perceived potential into their true power of being. Join Lauren for a private yoga session as you journey towards optimal health.

Lauren is a 4th generation Colorado native. She spends much of her time rock climbing and hiking with her dog miles. She also enjoys trail running, mountaineering, and chocolate chip cookies. (as does miles!)

She is certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA; a Personal Trainer and a Group Exercise Instructor through the American Council on Exercise; and graduated with Honors as a certified Massage Therapist from the Boulder College of Massage Therapy. She earned her B.S and B.A. from University of Colorado at Boulder. She has studied under several yoga instructors, most recently completing a 200 hour training with Richard Freeman in traditional Ashtanga Yoga.

Carole Westerman, E-RYT

Prenatal Yoga

For me, yoga and my family are my true passions!  I have been blessed with an amazing husband and three daughters, who let me be who I really am.  In return, I try my best to live my yoga each day, both in the studio and in everyday life, enjoying each breath I am given on this beautiful planet!   I strongly believe in the mind-body connection, and use my experience as a Psychologist to help bridge the two through heart-centered teaching; weaving together body, breath, and mind through the power of movement and the vibration of music.   

In order to help keep my fire burning bright, and share my light with others, I love to continue my education with as many teachers as I can!  Some of my most inspirational experiences have been with Shiva Rea, Twee Merrigan, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Amy Ippoliti, John Friend, and Aadil Palkhivala. I am a happy and joyful member of Shiva Rea’s Prana Flow® Yoga Tribe, and am a mentor in her Teacher Training Program as well as an assistant for both Shiva Rea and Twee Merrigan.

Anyone that knows me, knows that I whole-heartedly believe in the power of Shakti!  Therefore I am dedicated to empowering women through their life cycle and birthing experiences, and am so humbled to be a Childbirth Educator, Doula, and Prenatal Teacher. I have taken several Prenatal Certification programs, most notably with Shiva Rea and Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa.

What’s next for me?!  Who knows where this juicy river will take me... but I know I would like to continue to grow as a person and share my mistakes and victories along the way... In the meantime, I hope to see YOU in class one day soon, and we can share a moment in time together, as we are ALL connected in this great big web of LIFE!!!!!!

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