Yoga Teacher Training 2012

FACULTY

Maetreyii Nolan, PhD, ERYT 500
Maetreyii has been practicing yoga and meditation for over 30 years, and is the co-founder and president of Ananda Seva Mission, as well as Co-Director of the Yoga Teacher Training. She has a doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, a former director of the Spiritual Emerence Network and a founding board member of the Kundalini Research Network. She has done extensive teaching on Yogic philosophy and practices, drawing on a strong intuitive connection to her Guru, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, through which she receives teachings and shares them with others.

Avadhutiika Ananda Deviika Ma Acharya, MSc, ERYT 500
Ananda Deviika’ Ma graduated from the University in Belgrade, in Yugoslavia , with a degree in Theoretical Physics, which inspired her to further her research in the domain of spirituality. She received her spiritual initiation in 1977 and decided to dedicate her life to serving others as an Acharya, or spiritual teacher. She became a Sannyasini, or yogic nun, in the Northern Indian Tantric tradition under the guidance of her Guru Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. She spent three years training in India and then came to the United States and Canada where she has taught many people the practices of Sahaj yoga. She is a Co-Founder and the Training Coordinator of Ananda Seva Mission, a trainer of family Acharyas, and a Co-Director of the ASM Yoga Teacher Training.

Gayatri Dawson, E-RYT 200
Gayatri's study of classical yoga began in her twenties. In the ensuing decades asana, meditation and spiritual practice have grounded her life. Her interest in the physicality of asana can be traced to her early years as a professional modern dancer. Her intense willingness to bring awareness to the sensations of asana can be traced to her lifetime immersion in the Diamond Heart work of AH Almaas. Gayatri, who resides in community at Ananda Seva, is a graduate of the Ananda Seva Yoga Teacher Training herself and has labored in love as she has spent over 3000 hours teaching asana to students.