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Grace

 

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Grace Jull MA LMT has been leading transformational workshops since 1986 and is a well-loved faculty member in Kripalu’s professional training Department. She has been described as “the Mary Oliver of the Yoga Mat” and is gifted at eloquently weaving science, movement and the evolution of each individual and collective encounter.

 

Grace remains an avid student and teacher of embryology, osteopathic principles, biodynamic anatomy, yoga, WATSU Ò and massage and was honored with a Scholar in residence term at Kripalu in 2008. Her aquatic bodywork, massage and yoga practice is in the Berkshires, Boston and New York.

 

 

Jovinna

 

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Jovinna Chan, a bhakti yogini, has been practicing yoga for the last 26 years. She is a faculty member at Kripalu Center, where she completed an intensive two-year yoga internship. She teaches yoga, dance, theater, and meditation, and is a presenter for many guest yoga programs, including Introduction to Kripalu Yoga, Deepening Your Practice with Kripalu Yoga, and Yoga of Yes. Jovinna also instructs teachers in the 200- and 500-hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training programs.

Prior to working at Kripalu, she spent 10 years as an actress and dancer in New York City, where she cofounded Fluid Motion Theater & Film, Inc. Along with a variety of yoga mentors, Jovinna’s movement teaching is influenced by Martha Graham, Soul Motion, karate, and traditional Korean dance.

 

 

Alan

 

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Alan “Big-Guy-Yoga” Haines is not your typical yogi. At 6’2” and over 230 lbs he understands only too well the misconception that one has to be extremely fit, thin or flexible to practice yoga. In his class the only thing that needs to be open and flexible is the mind.

With a light hearted banter and regular reminders of the union of breath and movement, Alan emphasizes the "feel" of a posture more so than the look. His every-person approach to yoga and his gift of putting people at ease provides a comfortable environment for practitioners of all builds, backgrounds and ages to explore the benefits of yoga.

He is a certified Kripalu and Yoga Ed k-8 teacher and has also completed the David Swenson 40 hour Ashtanga Yoga Adjustment Teacher Training Workshop. Over the last few years he has assisted in several yoga and hiking weekends at the Kripalu Center in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, as both a hike leader and staff manager.

 

 

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

Steve Mann has been a practicing Family Medicine physician for the past 25 years, examining the mind-body connection to develop an understanding about what is healing. Steve has recently started a practice that is focused specifically on emotional wellness, promoting the medical benefits of mindful living, meditation, yoga, as well as teaching the role we each have in our own good health and healing.

Steve has a long active mindful practice in nature, with a particular interest in geology and local birding.

Steve is also a dad to 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren, with lots of personal parenting experience and theoretical discussion about it.

 

John Mann

 

Trip organizer 

 

 

Embraced by nature, in the presence of giving teachers, or in the community of like minded seekers, these are the conditions during which I have experienced the deepest, most profound openings to the mystery of being.

Inspired to bring the three elements together, this week of meditation, yoga, hiking and whale watching emerged.

The opportunity to explore yoga and meditation with these gifted teachers, to move mindfully through the abundant natural beauty of Nova Scotia, to nourish our bodies with high vibe food and excerise and to share an inquiry into our own connection with Spirit is a gift and a dream.