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Seane Corn teaches classes that are an eclectic fusion of various healing and spiritual modalities. She is the National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS and trains leaders of activism through Off the Mat Into the World, an organization she cofounded. She received the 2005 Conscious Humanitarian Award for her outreach efforts and is featured in several DVDs.

Annalise Oberts is the Off the Mat, Into the World Seva Challenge Coordinator. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling the world, spontaneous adventure, spending time outdoors and hanging out with her family and friends.

Since 2004, Vaughn has studied with and earned certifications from Baron Baptiste, as well as Sharon and David Life. She moved to Denver in 2005 to become part of a larger yoga community and completed the Yoga Works teacher training in 2007.

Since then, Blair has worked under Seane Corn, who has been a major inspiration and mentor ever since, including being a participant of the 2008 Seva Challenge, where she went to Cambodia with Off the Mat, Into the World. Vaughn currently lives in Denver with her husband and teaches yoga at several locations such as Samadhi Center for Yoga, Pura Vida Fitness and Ascent Health Center, as well as offering private one-on-one sessions and on-site corporate yoga.

Lea-Rae Belcourt is a mother, potter, painter, music festival director and yoga teacher from Crawford Bay, British Columbia. She is currently enrolled in the practioner certification program at Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy School in Bristol, Vermont and is greatly inspired by the power of mind-body healing modalities.

Lea-Rae fundraised $20K in six months in her local community for the Cambodian Children's Fund, a project organized by Off the Mat, Into the World. Lea-Rae directly relates the life-altering experience of learning to stand on her head to believing that she would be able to accomplish this intense fundraising goal.

Andrea Curry is currently the resident yoga teacher at Parrot Cay, a COMO Resort in the Turks and Caicos. She was in the US Peace Corps in Micronesia 2000-2002. She has a passion for working with people in other cultures as it is a reciprocal learning and sharing experience. Originally from the west coast, Andrea has lived and taught yoga around the world since 2000. She is bringing an open heart, passion and gratitude with her on her journey to Cambodia.

Shiya Mangel is the creative director of the published and gallery Cerealart in Philadelphia. Cerealart develops, produces and distributes three-dimensional visual artist's multiples. The sculptural designs are conceptualized by critically acclaimed internationally recognized contemporary artists. Shiya also teaches vinyasa yoga at Dhyana Yoga. Shiya received a BFA in Product Design with concentrations in Textile and Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design in 2001. In 2004 she was certified to teach vinyasa yoga at Dhyana Yoga and in 2005 completed her Jivamukti Yoga teacher certification. With the help of Cerealart, Shiya curated and published a print portfolio with works by 7 artists in an edition of 25. 100 percent of the proceeds from the sales of the portfolio are being donated to The Cambodian Children's Fund and YouthAIDS.

In 2003, Jennifer moved to New York City and instantly fell in love with the Jivamukti Yoga community. Sharon Gannon and David Life are her first teachers and they taught her the most essential ingredient to a yoga practice: to be compassionate to all beings without exception. She also began working as an art therapist with the adolescents in NYC’s public schools. In October 2007, Jennifer traveled to Mysore, India which has largely influenced and shifted her yoga practice leading her to further study Ashtanga Yoga with teachers such as Annie Pace and Richard Freeman. She is also highly influenced by Seane Corn and the work being done by Off The Mat, Into The World. Jennifer currently resides in Park City, Utah. www.jlsyoga.com

Adi hails from Brooklyn, New York where she teaches yoga and educates about sustainability and eco-conscious ways of life. www.adicarter.com

Nikki Myers, E-RYT500, became a serious yoga practitioner after suffering a medical crisis. Her healing experience led into an intense study of all aspects of yoga and eventually into teaching yoga in the Boston public schools. Nikki received certification through the American Viniyoga Institute and is currently studying to become a certified Yoga Therapist. She has completed teacher trainings with many of the most accomplished teachers in the world. Nikki regularly assists and co-teaches with Seane Corn at workshops and conferences around the world. Her studies have taken her to India, Thailand, Africa and many other parts of the world. Nikki is the owner of CITYOGA School of Yoga and Health and Associate Faculty at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. Her work with yoga and addiction has been featured in Yoga Journal and The New York Times.