Vajra (Mike) Kohm, RYT, CPT

Vajra Kohm is a respected physical therapist, the former medical director of Alpha Rehabilitation, and co-owner of Whole Yoga School. He also trains yoga instructors for the Shambhava School of Yoga in Boulder. His unique combination of knowledge of anatomy, knowledge of healing and knowledge of yoga bring a special quality to his instruction.

He is a senior student of His Holiness Rishi Maha Mandaleshwar Sri Shambhavananda and teaches meditation at Whole Yoga.

Karyn Karlson, RYT

Karyn Karlson is the Founder and former owner of Whole Yoga School. She has studied and practiced yoga for 22 years and became certified to teach in 1997 through the Shambhava School. She is a continuing student of yoga and meditation, working daily to advance and deepen her own practice.

Karyn studies yoga with a variety of master instructors, with her greatest influences and inspiration being the work of Erich Schiffmann, Barbara Benagh, and the guidance of her meditation/life Teacher, His Holiness Rishi Maha Mandaleshwar Sri Shambhavananda.

Jason Adam, RYT

Jason began practicing yoga in his early 20's as just another form of physical exercise. After years of "losing and finding" yoga, always searching for something deeper, he came across Whole Yoga in the summer of 2006 and has finally found his yogic home.

Jason has recently been delving deeper into the meditative aspects of yoga. He hopes to teach students how hatha yoga can lead to a deeper sense of peace inside.

Monica, CYT

Monica graduated with a Master of Music degree from the University of Denver and went straight into yoga training at the Shambhava School of Yoga. As a singer, the use of breath is a familiar and important tool in helping her relate to yoga. She provides her students with the same sense of refreshment and connection to soul and body that she has found at Whole Yoga. Monica is a student of H.H. Rishi Maha Mandeleshwar Sri Shambavananda.

Rosalie, RYT

Rosalie simply loves yoga. She began practicing yoga during high school at the YMCA in Casper, Wyoming, and in college she continued to attend yoga classes and dabble in meditation. She found that yoga helped her connect to her body in a way that brought calmness to her mind. In 2004, Rosalie became certified to teach yoga through the Shambhava School. Since then, she has been continually energized, excited and motivated by her students and by her own yoga practice.

During class, Rosalie draws on her experience as a massage therapist and visual artist. Her focus is on solid physical alignment, which protects the musculoskeletal system, and on bringing each student to an awareness of the creative self that dwells in everyone. She is deeply grateful for her opportunity to interact in a caring way with the sweet students and staff at Whole Yoga.

Carol Sullivan, RYT

Carol studied at Shambhava School of Yoga and is in her twelfth year as a yoga practitioner. She holds a doctorate in literature and likes to search in yoga, writing, and literature for "the poise of the soul." She has a gift for communicating the intelligence and the beauty of yoga and meditation to her students.

Carol has been a state legislator, college professor, high school teacher, journalist, and published author. One of her favorite quotes about yoga practice comes from Swami Shambhavanada, who states, "The breath comes in, you expand, and the energy soaks in."

Kamala Viecelli, RYT, CMT

Kamala is one of the instructors for the Whole Yoga teacher training. She has been a yoga practitioner for 11 years and received certification from the Shambhava School of Yoga in 2000. She was a resident of the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat ashram and one of the faculty teacher trainers for the Shambhava School for four years.

Kamala is a popular instructor and teaches many classes each week all over the North Metro and Boulder areas.

Kamala brings the same creativity to her yoga as her other endeavors - she is one of the lead vocalists in the band Shiva's Garden, which played at a recent Yoga Journal Estes Park retreat; a massage therapist; and, when she is not on the mat, you will most likely find her in her pottery studio.

Brahmani, (Melisa Kotecki Schlote) RYT

Brahmani began practicing yoga in 2000 because of job-related stress and lower back problems. Yoga helped her slow down, de-stress and now her back pain is almost non-existent. She became a certified yoga instructor through the Shambhava School of Yoga in 2004 and is one of the instructors of Whole Yoga’s Teacher Training program.

Her yoga classes emphasize uniting breath and movement, using breath as a tool to release tension and aid in increasing flexibility. She infuses her classes with her pure enjoyment and excitement of yoga.

Besides teaching yoga, Brahmani has had a long career in non-profit management, counseling, case management and currently works full-time at a public relations firm.

Sue Khodarahmi, RYT

Sue found yoga in 1993, and she received her teaching certification from the Shambhava School in 2009. Her classes are energetic and fun, with an emphasis on core and upper-body strength and flexibility.

Martina, RYT

Martina has pursued a spiritual yoga practice since 2000 and received her certification through Whole Yoga. She continues to pursue her practice through the guidance of His Holiness Sri Shambhavananda and the Shambhava Yoga Community.

"As a Shambhava yoga teacher, I learned to teach from my heart by being taught from the heart. I believe the best way to share this gift is by staying connected to my true self and keeping my practice."

Martina is a triathlete and uses her yoga practice with a focus on pranayama to create energy and endurance.

Cristina, CYT

Cristina found yoga in 2005, attending many yoga classes until she found one she liked. The instructor of this class took Cristina from the gym setting to a yoga studio where Cristina found herself at peace. She decided to take the teacher-training program at Whole Yoga and now enjoys teaching yoga to a variety of students.

Cristina likes to teach a series of vinyasas in her classes and enjoys incorporating different pranayama (breathing) techniques during class.

Nalini, RYT

Nalini Eleanor Bystrom is on sabbatical to finish her masters in art in Pennsylvania. She is a devoted student of His Holiness Rishi Maha Mandaleshwar Sri Shambhavananda and very grateful to have grown up with yoga and meditation.

In 2001 Nalini founded the College Yoga Club at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Denver, offering free classes to college students. In 2002 Nalini became certified to teach yoga from the Shambhava School of Yoga. She also has taught yoga as a "full time job", teaching over 15 classes weekly in Stockholm, Sweden for almost two years.

Nalini enjoys working with people of all ages and loves to share her experience of Yoga with others.

Maulik, RYT

Maulik is on sabbatical, living in the Philippines. We look forward to his return!

Maulik grew up doing yoga in India, but left yoga behind as a teenager. He came to the United States to study and stayed to work. As time went by, he felt a longing for a spiritual practice and to return to his roots. He recently graduated from the Shambhava Whole Yoga School as a certified yoga instructor.

Maulik decided to give to the community by offering a class on Saturday afternoons by donation. All proceeds from this class will be donated to Brent's Place, a local charity, which provides home away from home to children with life-threatening cancer, and their families. To learn more about this charity, please visit www.brentsplace.org.

Maulik brings a tremendous sense of humor and fun to his classes. But that fun is balanced with a deep committment to hatha yoga and spirtual practice.