Sarahjoy Yoga
  • About
    • Sarahjoy Marsh
    • Yogajoy Faculty Members
    • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Sarahjoy's History at Breitenbush
  • Teacher Training School
    • Teacher Training Programs >
      • 200-hour amrita yoga teacher training
      • 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
      • 140-hour Yoga Psychology for Mental Health Providers
      • 800-hour Professional Yoga Teacher Training
    • Resources For New Applicants
    • 200-hour Comparisons
    • 300-hour Comparisons
    • Continuing Education Courses
  • Breitenbush Retreats
    • Retreat Testimonials
    • Yoga Chants
  • Yoga Therapy
    • Individualized Yoga Therapy
  • India Tour 2026
  • About
    • Sarahjoy Marsh
    • Yogajoy Faculty Members
    • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Sarahjoy's History at Breitenbush
  • Teacher Training School
    • Teacher Training Programs >
      • 200-hour amrita yoga teacher training
      • 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
      • 140-hour Yoga Psychology for Mental Health Providers
      • 800-hour Professional Yoga Teacher Training
    • Resources For New Applicants
    • 200-hour Comparisons
    • 300-hour Comparisons
    • Continuing Education Courses
  • Breitenbush Retreats
    • Retreat Testimonials
    • Yoga Chants
  • Yoga Therapy
    • Individualized Yoga Therapy
  • India Tour 2026
  1. TRAINING school

FAculty members

Founding Teacher
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Sarahjoy Marsh, MA, E-RYT-500, C-IAYT
Founder, Yoga Therapist, Training School Director, Author, Member of the Board of Directors for Yoga Alliance

Sarahjoy Marsh, MA, E-RYT-500 yoga teacher and author, is the Founding Teacher for the DAYA Foundation. A yoga advocate for over 29 years, she teaches authentic yoga inclusive of all of yoga's limbs, influenced by her roots in Buddhism and Transpersonal Counseling, and specializes in trauma-informed yoga. Sarahjoy has trained more than 700 yoga teachers.  She is a vibrant, compassionate …
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Faculty Members:

​800hr IAYT Yoga Therapy Training
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​​Saraswathi Vasudevan, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
Yoga Therapist, Training School Director, Board Member for the Yoga Alliance
Saraswathi Vasudevan is the Founder and Director of YogaVahini, a Yoga Institute based in Chennai and Hyderabad, India. YogaVahini offers a range of specialised Yoga therapy and international teacher training programs (virtual and in person). 
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Course: Yoga Sutras in Yoga Therapy

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​Dr. Shubham Kulkarni (IND)
Dr. Shubham Ram Kulkarni MD (Ayu) is practicing as Ayurvedic physician and music therapist in Pune and Mumbai, India, both in a renowned palliative care hospital and in his own private practice. In addition to his medical studies, Dr Kulkarni holds master's degrees in palliative care and psychology. ​ Read More...
Course: Music Therapy for Mental Health, Ayurveda for Pre and Post Natal; Ayurveda and Music Therapy for Neurological Conditions, Geriatric Populations

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Deobrat Mishra
Master's in Sitar, Surbahar and Music Composer

Deobrat Mishra is an Indian Sitar, Surbahar, and music composer. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana school of Hindustani classical music.

The Son of Pandit Shivnath Mishra, a legend of Sitar from this Gharana, has an energetic and innovative playing style, with typical features like selectivity, melody, and rhythmic complexity. 
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Course: The Chakras and Human Development, Naad Yoga

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​​Durga Leela, BA, E-RYT500, YACEP, CAS/PKS, C-IAYT, AYT
Instructor and Author, Yoga of Recovery
​NAMA Professional Member (National Ayurvedic Medicine Association)

Durga Leela holds the RYT-500 qualification, having completed both the Sivananda Yoga teachers Training Course and an Advanced Yoga Training. She is also extensively trained in Meditation and Vedanta. Durga is a Clinical Ayurvedic and Pancha Karma Specialist, trained both in the US (at CCA) and India and serves as the Director of the Ayurveda Programs at the Yoga Farm in California, since 2003. Read More...
Course: Yoga and Addiction Recovery

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​​Susan Bass, AP-NAMA, AYT-NAMA, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500
Instructor, Founder, Trainer
Susan Bass is an Ayurvedic Practitioner who foundeed the Sarasvati Mission and the Sarasvati Institute.She as been training people in the Vedic Traditions for over 16 years. Susan has taught Ayurveda at NUNM National Univeristy of Naturopathic Medicine. OHSU Medical School, University of Portland School of Nursing, Clark College and the Institute of Digestive Health. ​Read More...
Course: Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda

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Michael Elkin, MA, LMFT, NBCCH
Instructor, Trainer, Author, and Mentor
Michael Elkin, MA, LMFT, NBCCH, is an Internal Family Systems Senior Trainer who has been involved with the model since 1995.  He has been a popular presenter, conducting scores of trainings and workshops throughout the US and Europe and has taught level one trainings in Boston annually since 2003. He was a pioneer Read More...​
Course: Compassionate Therapy: The Bhagavad Gita and the Internal Family Systems Model

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Judith Black, MA  
Instructor, Trainer, and Mentor
Judith Black’s traditional and original stories have rocked laughing audiences to their feet. A creator and teller of tales for over 30 years, Judith’s stories wrestle with everything from familial dysfunction, to the search for spiritual connection, to the questionable joys of aging. Her background in theater, early childhood development, political activism, the the wryly observed life, inform her work. Recipient of the Oracle: Circle of Excellence, Read More...
Course: Yoga Therapy, Ecology and Art Therapy

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Libby Hinsley, DPT, C-IAYT
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Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Certified Yoga Therapist
Libby Hinsley is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Yoga Therapist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, hypermobility disorders, and yoga-related injuries.

​She has taught yoga since 2005 and has trained yoga teachers since 2010. Her teaching and practice have been most influenced by the lineage of TKV Desikachar. ​Read more...
Course: Yoga and the Endocrine System, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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Cynthia Aks, DO, FACOS, ABIHM
Short bioFormer critical care nurse with BSN, a board-certified General Surgeon since 1990 and dedicated Breast Surgeon since 1997.  Certified in Integrative Medicine a Reiki master, certified Yoga therapist, certified Cancer Exercise Specialist, student of Ayurveda, aromatherapy, environmental medicine, and Oncology Nutrition.  I have been a forward thinker and pioneer in my career. ​Read more...
Course: Yoga for Cancer

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Lynn Jensen, E-RYT500, C-IAYT
Instructor, Founder
My Yoga for Fertility program is based on over 25 years of personal yoga study and practice,  and my own experiences with fertility challenges.  My focus is using yoga therapeutically to address women’s health issues,  through the physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual healing power of yoga.   Read more...​
Course: Yoga for the Endocrine System, Yoga for Infertility

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​​David Deppeler, PT, DSc, OCS, FAAOMPT
Founder, Trainer and Entrepreneur bridging Western and Eastern Modalities
David fuses wisdom teachings, modern science, adult learning theory, and clinical experience to create rich, collaborative, team-learning experiences. Passionate about his paddle board, Labrador, and stretching his own thinking. Read more...
Course: The Science of Pranayama

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​Geoff Sittler, OTR/L, BCN
Therapist, MindBody Medicine Practitioner, Social Justice Advocate

Geoff Sittler OTR/L, BCN is an Occupational Therapist specializing in utilizing Mind-Body modalities with both individuals and groups. He has worked for the Portland VA Medical Center and Central City Concern at their Old Town Clinic site with a focus on holistic interventions to address trauma and chronic pain. Read more...
Course: Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy, Group Dynamics

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Rachell Zinman
Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Author
Rachel Zinman is absolutely passionate about Yoga and it’s true meaning and message. She first came across Yoga at 17 and has never looked back. She’s been practising since 1983, teaching since 1992 and teaching teachers since 2000. And has studied with some of the most influential teachers in the west as well as immersing herself in the study and assimilation of the classical system of Knowledge called Vedanta, in the lineage of Adi Shankara.
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Course: Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda, Yoga for Diabetes

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Jane Peterson, PhD
Jane Peterson, PhD is an International trainer, consultant, speaker and workshop facilitator, in the field of Systemic Constellation work and the developer of SocialSoma theory. The Human Systems Institute, Inc. offers customized organizational consulting, training and coaching for executives and business leaders and family businesses.​ Read more...​
Course: Compassionate Therapy, Family Constellations
Teacher Training Program Coordinator
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Crystal Connelly
C-IAYT, RYT 500

Crytals offers evidence-based yoga therapy for individuals. As a certified C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500, and with certifications in Somatic yoga, she specializes in helping clients find balance in their lives.  Read more...

Training Ambassadors
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Jackie White
C-IAYT, RYT-500, Ambassador for the 800 & 300hr Advanced Yoga Training
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Jackie White is a trauma-informed yoga therapist whose focus on healing spans the realms from physical to mental to energetic and to intergenerational and historical trauma. Following an inner calling, through yoga she found her inner healer and now helps her clients to do the same.  ​ Read more...

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Laura Guilliams
MA, C-IAYT, RYT-500, Ambassador for the 800 Advanced Yoga Training
Laura Guilliams (she/her), MA, RYT-500 is a trauma-informed yoga teacher specializing in yoga for survivors of interpersonal violence, including survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She currently offers free and accessible classes through SARA Roanoke, the sexual assault crisis center for the Roanoke Valley in Southwest Virginia where she also serves as Director of Support Services, providing counseling, advocacy, and yoga therapy.​ Read more...

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​Sadie Barr
RYT 500, Ambassador for our 200hr amrita yoga teacher training
Sadie is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, and recovery coach with a B.S. in psychology. Her classes are a melding pot of yoga philosophy, recovery principles, and life on life's terms. She teaches slow flows and restorative yoga to balance the nervous system. Read more...

800hr and 300hr Program Mentors
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Jackie White
C-IAYT, RYT-500 
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Jackie White is a trauma-informed yoga therapist whose focus on healing spans the realms from physical to mental to energetic and to intergenerational and historical trauma. Following an inner calling, through yoga she found her inner healer and now helps her clients to do the same.  ​ Read more...

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Laura Guilliams
MA, C-IAYT, RYT-500
Laura Guilliams (she/her), MA, RYT-500 is a trauma-informed yoga teacher specializing in yoga for survivors of interpersonal violence, including survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She currently offers free and accessible classes through SARA Roanoke, the sexual assault crisis center for the Roanoke Valley in Southwest Virginia where she also serves as Director of Support Services, providing counseling, advocacy, and yoga therapy.​ Read more...

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Shannon O'Brien
​​LCSW, RYT-500, YACEP, C-IAYT Candidate
It is my privilege to meet you and I am happy you are choosing yourself by reading my bio in hopes of furthering your relationship with yoga. I am looking forward to meeting you. I value community, connection, joy and play. I use a lens of curiosity, openness and importance of focusing on fostering a return to your inner wisdom. You are the expert in your own body. Read more...

200hr Program Mentors
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​Sadie Barr
RYT 500, Ambassador for our 200hr amrita yoga teacher training
Sadie is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher, meditation teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, and recovery coach with a B.S. in psychology. Her classes are a melding pot of yoga philosophy, recovery principles, and life on life's terms. She teaches slow flows and restorative yoga to balance the nervous system. Read more...

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ABOUT
Sarahjoy Marsh
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CLASSES
amrita Yoga
Pranayama Mid-Day Refresher
​The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Chair Yoga
Restorative Yoga
TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOL
200-hr amrita Yoga Teacher Training
Trauma-Informed, Brain-Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training
140-hour Yoga Psychology for Mental Health Providers
300-hr Yogajoy Advanced Yoga Training
800-hr IAYT Yogajoy Yoga Therapy Training
FREE Trauma-Informed Yoga Webinar Series
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