Josephine Vittoria E-RYT 500, is the founder and director of Institut Yoga Essentiel in Montreal, Canada. Following the teachings of the Iyengar tradition, since 2009 she has studied under the guidance of various senior Iyengar teachers and influencers including Judith Lasater (Restorative Yoga, Relax and Renew®); Elise Miller (Yoga for Scoliosis), and Bobby Clennell (author of The Woman’s Yoga Book). She graduated from École Satyam in Montreal; and completed EYTT & Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with François Raoult at Open Sky Yoga in Rochester, NY. These experiences have influenced the way she understands herself and the world as well as the way she expresses herself creatively through her jewelry brand Inherstudy. Creating space, discovering self-awareness, and learning to let go are the fundamentals of her teachings.

François Raoult, M.A, ERYT 500 is the founder and director of Open Sky Yoga Center in Rochester, NY and has taught yoga since 1975. He first felt the call to yoga at age 19, on a pilgrimage to the sacred sites of India. For a decade, he toured Euope with an avant-garde puppet theatre and imposed music for the plays. The manipulation of string puppets led him to explore yoga and tai chi. He conducts seminars, international retreats and teacher training worldwide. He also leads a group regularly to India. A graduate of the Ecole Nationale de Yoga in Paris and among the first French yoga instructors to study in Pune (India) with Sri B.K.S. Iyengar from whom he received a Junior 3 certification. François has also explored meditation with Thich Nath Hahn at Plum Village, Ayurveda with Dr. Robert Svoboda and experiential anatomy with Thomas Myers. Certified in Gond and Laughing Yoga (!). François ompleted the international Sound Healer program in Spain and also holds a master's degree in Ethnomusicology. 

Amrita Choudhury is the founder of Nrityoga®, Yoga of Dance, a discipline that incorporates ancient Indian Yoga, Sacred Dance, Meditation, Mudras, with Raja, Bhakti, Tantra, Jnana, Hatha, Mantra, and other yoga traditions. She brings more than 30 years of international teaching experience in Yoga philosophies, Yoga practices, Mudra Vigyan, & Nrityoga® (Yoga of Dance). Born and brought up in India, Amrita comes from the Tantra & Bhakti lineages of India through her grandfather- a Shaivite Yogi, her grand-aunt Sri Anandamayi Ma, as well as temple yogini Sashimani Mahari. She was educated in world-renowned Santiniketan Ashram, in India. Her research work has been supported by various Canadian & Indian government institutions. Her talks and workshops on Mudras, Yoga, Nrityoga® (Yoga of Dance), Yoga philosophies as well as therapeutic uses of Yoga have been presented at international Yoga conferences, Yoga trainings, educational seminars, & health institutions. Amrita also holds a degree in Anthropology, and is a respected Yoga-dance researcher & teacher.

Julien Devaud, D.O., is the founder of Hakini, a clinic of osteopathy and yoga school in Verdun, Quebec. He has been practicing as an osteopath for over 10 years and is passionate about movement of the human body. His studies in sports physiology and osteopathy, as well as his yoga practice, have allowed him to develop a global vision of health and well-being. It is with pleasure and passion that he guides you to the heart of human biology and movement. His goal is to make this accessible, and ultimately, to allow everyone to use their body to its fullest potential.

Mirabai Mosca, M.A., is a certified yoga teacher, thai yoga massage therapist, and holds a master's degree in Psychology. She  was raised in a yogic family and has been practicing yoga all of her life. She has been teaching yoga for over 20 years and sharing her expertise in yoga teachers’ training world wide. Originally from Uruguay, she came to Montreal in 2009 to learn Thai Yoga Massage from Kam Thye Chow, a renowned master. She views this unique massage technique as an extension of her yoga practice. Mirabai has also been teaching Sanskrit for over a decade. She believes that the practice of sanskrit can improve concentration and open energetical channels. She makes this sacred language accessible and enjoyable to learn. She also considers the importance of understanding yoga’s philosophical background to deepening self knowledge and personal growth.

Yogesh Van Acker is the co-director of At The Core in Ontario, Canada.  Seventeen years ago, Yogesh and his wife, Shankari, began the journey to leave unsatisfying careers in policing and financial banking to pursue their dream of living and sharing health and wellness.  For more than 15 years their life has been dedicated to the practice, study and teaching of Consciousness and the Vedic Sciences of Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology). 

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During their trip to India in March 2016 they were blessed with the spiritual names of Shankari and Yogesh by their teachers Vamadeva Shastri (Dr. David Frawley) and Yogini Shambhavi Devi. As Vedic Counselors they have each obtained over 10,000 hours of training in courses, classes and retreats with The Forest Academy and The American Institute of Vedic Studies. Shankari and Yogesh have been blessed to study and work with transformational Teachers of the Spiritual Sciences throughout the world.  These years of experience have allowed them to establish a strongly transformational counselling approach which is both insightful and inspirational.