Certified yoga, meditation and mindfulness teacher trained in the United States, India, England, Ge She began practicing yoga and Zen Buddhism in 1980s. K. V.
Alma Duran, PhD, is an anthropologist, educator, and yoga and meditation expert. She considers these disciplines saved her sanity and facilitated a long and successful career in the communication industry as well as in the academic world. Dr. Duran had the privilege of having studied with such gifted teachers as Thich Nhat Hanh, T. Desikachar, Larry Payne, Fred Miller, Matty Ezrati, J. Brown, Eric
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Schiffmann, Lisa Walford, Gary Kraftsow, Indu Arora, Andrea Fink, Adriaan van Wagensveld, Gabi Theinert, Cornelia Slisch, Indra & A.G. Mohan, Sriram Sriram and Swami Bodhichitananda Saraswati, among other well-known yogis. Alma’s formal teacher training is very eclectic: Iyengar, Power and Sivananda Yoga. Additionally, advanced workshops and her own yearlong personal practice of Viniyoga, Restorative and Yin Yoga, as well as Yoga for Seniors, Qi GOng and other somatic movement modalities have greatly influenced her instructive approach: an embodied breath-centered experience adapted to the needs of each student. She offers yoga, meditation and mindfulness classes in Spanish, English and German language. Dr. Duran is a Yoga Alliance certified and registered teacher (E-RYT200, E-RYT500 and YACEP),
