• Sharon Gannon and David Life
• Alex Jamieson
• Anja Kuehnel
• Anjula Prasad
• Antje Amba Schafer
• cat alip-douglas
• Chloé Jo Davis
• Colin Beavan
• Dechen Thurman
• Donna D’Cruz
• Donna Delory
• Durga Devi
• EarthRise SoundSystem
• Ganesh Das
• Gaura Vani
• Giselle Mari
• Jeffrey Cohen
• Jill Abelson
• Jivamukti Asana Dance Company
• Jules Febre
• Kris Carr
• Liz Robert
• Narayani (Nicole Nichols)
• Neal Barnard
• Patrick Broome
• Purnima Langen
• Ruth Lauer-Manenti
• Tamar Samir
• Will Lau
• Yogeswari

Durga Devi the name given to Denise by her beloved teachers, Sharon Gannon and David Life, is a former dancer & competitive gymnast who grew up in NY city. After high school, she studied fashion design at the fashion institute of technology and hung out in Manhattan's east village, soaking up the downtown music and art scene, which inspired her to become a singer /song writer. Durga spent over 10 years performing as a lead singer for several bands most recently Lady Luck, which released an EP and a full length album and toured Europe and the US. Several close friends introduced Durga to yoga in 1992. Asana practice felt very natural to the former gymnast, but it was the chanting the philosophy and the ancient and holy teachings of yoga the really hit home.
Durga has been a devoted student at the Jivamukti Yoga Center in NYC for over 13 years and taught at the centre for 3 years and is currently living in London teaching at the Jivamukti centre in London. in addition to her Jivamukti teacher training and advanced certification, she completed teacher training at the laughing lotus yoga centre in NYC. Durga is especially inspired by Sharon and David Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Amma, John Friend, Yogeswari, Uma Nanda Saraswati and Joan Suval, direct disciple of Shri Brahmananda Saraswati, kirtan training with Jai Uttal inspires her chanting which is a very important component in her teaching. She is also inspired by Bhagavan Das and Krishna Das for opening up the doors of bhakti uniting song and heart. all of her teacher have brought many blessing to her life for which she is truly grateful, and she will continuer to inspire ;and uplift the lives of all whom she teaches.

Class description:
"Whenever we enter into the heart we're all immediately in the same place together" - Krishna Das If we continuously try to control our lives it creates tension, fear and anxiety but if we are able to truly let go of the outcome we can then create space and miracles can happen! We all just need to surrender. Surrender is not about being weak, it is about becoming larger and more part of the whole. These practices can then help us to connect to a deeper, softer and gentle place in our hearts. Letting go can be very scary and painful but once we start to free ourselves we can then move on to create other realities that are more peaceful, joyful and fulfilling. No matter what the circumstances, if you can learn to love it, you can free yourself from it and move forward on your journey.

Classes:
Monday, Jan 2nd 2012, 8:30-10:05pm. Open Class with Durga Devi. "Let Go - Let Love"*
Wednesday, Jan 4th 2012, 7:30-9:05am. Open Class with Durga Devi. "Uniting Heart and Song"*