Sri Swamiji, has been a yogi since childhood and is internationally known today as a yoga master unsurpassed. His mother was a master yogini who inspired jnana and yoga sadhana in the young yogi. His father, a priest, had knowledge of Ayurvedic herbs for healing. Sri Swamiji has traveled outside of India over 70 times teaching yoga based in Vedic tradition while presenting Nada Chikitsa (healing music), also known as Raga Ragini Vidya. Establishing over 70 Datta Yoga Centers and 30 ashramas worldwide, Sri Swamiji maintains the principal ashrama in Mysore, India. It is the home to Datta Peetham, a facility with a social, cultural and spiritual heritage. Sri Swamiji deeply cares about the environment and gives presentations on nature preservation. The ashrama’s bonsai garden is the largest in India.

Sri H.V. Prasad comes from a family of traditional Vedic scholars. His great-grandfather was a respected author on several spiritual books on Yoga Kundalini Shakti, Music and Vedas. Prasad joined the Ashrama at a young age of 9 and has been groomed by His Holiness Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji ever since. He studied Vedas in Ashrama and has undertaken several Yoga and Kriya Yoga classes. He has authored several articles on spiritual subjects and is the executive trustee of Avadhoota Datta Peetham Trust.

Kali Ray is founder of TriYoga, a complete method that includes the full range of traditional yoga practices. Based on the intuitive knowledge that arises from meditation, Kaliji has established a fully systematized hatha yoga method with Basics to Level 7 TriYoga Flows and Prana Vidya (the trinity of breathing practices, concentration techniques, meditation), as well as hundreds of hand mudras. She has devoted her life to sharing the universal teachings. Kaliji's presence, her mastery of the flow and the ageless wisdom inherent in TriYoga have inspired and transformed the lives of countless students worldwide.

Swami Kriyatmananda is President and Director of Education for Satyananda Yoga Academy which is the Australasian wing of the Bihar School of Yoga. Swamiji had been teaching yoga since 1978. His experience and depth of knowledge have gained him many invitations to delivered Teacher Training around the world on behalf of SYA. He was instrumental in the development of the Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Teaching which is now an Australian Government accredited course and arguably the most extensive mainstream yoga teacher training course in the world. Along with Swami Omteertha this year he will be lecturing and giving workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Guilin, Shaoguan and Beijing on the many concepts and practices that collectively make up what is known today as Satyananda or Bihar Yoga. Swamiji was recently invited to be the speaker at the China Yoga Conference Beijing 2005.

Twenty five years ago Swami Omteertha undertook one of the first teacher training courses offered by Satyananda Yoga in Australia and has been teaching with inspiration and clarity ever since. Today she is a wonderfully experienced and articulate lecturer, yoga teacher and teacher trainer for Satyananda Yoga Academy (SYA). SYA is the Australasian wing of the Bihar School of Yoga. Swami Omteertha is qualified also in Naturopathy with academic awards for excellence in herbal medicine and nutritional medicine. She is a member of the Swan Research Institute whose mission is to undertake mainstream academic research into the outcomes of yoga practice. Along with Swami Omteertha’s scientific background which makes her an excellent lecturer in the Yogic Sciences, and her high skills in practical yoga teaching, she is equally well known for her rare skill in the melodic chanting of Sanskrit mantra to music through the practices of kirtan and bhajan which she will be sharing over this conference.

Duncan’s yogic path began in his teens; seeking solace from his combative youth. His yogic roots are founded in the Ashtanga Vinyasa lineage, which he is authorized to teach by Master K. P. Jois, of Mysore. He is the only authorized resident Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher in China. He is certified in the Jivamukti method, and attributes his asana-goddess connection to co-creators, Sharon Gannon and David Life, of New York. He received his black belt teaching degrees, and main Buddhist influence from his life-long Korean Kuk Sool sword mentor, Kwahn Jang Nym, S.J. Su, of San Francisco. Duncan’s dual edged path found common ground through his exploration and research of the Thai and Shiatsu massage healing methods. Yogic Arts™ was born from the synthesis of this trinity of disciplines, which share ancient roots that extend back to prehistory. Duncan draws his vital kundalinishakti- pat, or awakened source energy from his living spiritual master, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, of the Siddha Yoga lineage. His extensive work with the most powerful performing celebrity-yogi’s in the world, reflect his sense of excellence and cool.

Marlene is a vibrant and enthusiastic Iyengar Yoga teacher who has been practicing, studying and teaching Iyengar Yoga since 1975. She has been teaching in the Victoria, BC Canada since 1979. Shirley Daventry French has guided and inspired her practice since 1979. Marlene first studied at R.I.M.Y.I. in Pune, India with Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar and Smt. Geeta Iyengar in 1981 and has returned several times. She will be going on to Pune in November following the conference. Marlene is an Iyengar Yoga teacher trainer, and an active member and assessor of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada. Current certification is Junior Intermediate III. She will be taking her Senior Intermediate assessment this year.

Michel has been practicing yoga since 1978, and has been teaching since 1983. Until 1993, he was practicing Iyengar yoga and was a direct student of BKS Iyengar. He has been to Pune, India to study under Mr. Iyengar several times. Michel has been practicing Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga since 1993, and studied directly under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India during several different trips. Michel has taught yoga in different parts of the world including the United States, Austria, England, France and Australia. His teaching philosophy is to provide students with clear and sensitive guidance, listening to the needs of the body without pushing or straining, thus making space for their own understanding. Ultimately, Michel encourages everyone to take the practice seriouly, but not themselves.