Yoga at Lulu Bandha's with Kira Ryder in Ojai, Calif.


At the Crib, we do not ask our teachers to give us class descriptions. Instead we ask that they feel welcomed and invited to show up and share what is fresh for them and appropriate for the group that lands in their class. We believe that this is how the Yoga happens. When we show up as our authentic selves we give others the permission and space to do so. Here you will find descriptions of the teachers and links to their websites, vides and books for further investigation. We ask that you pick 5 top choices with 2 alternates. We try to provide some direction below, and we are more than delighted to talk with you and help design the prefect schedule together. Meeting you is one of the reasons we throw this event every year, so do not hesitate to call us.

	Alana can be reached at 805.275.1979
	Kira can be reached at 805.798.1700
Email us at: love@lulubandhas.com
You can also connect with us here.


Just like when you create a good meal, we reccomend pairing spicey teachers with mellow ones, selcting favorites and trying someone new.

It is incredibly difficult and tricky to label teachers by "Levels". As many of you know, the ability to sit and relax can be more difficult and "advanced" than the ability to bring your toes to the back of your head. So we have done our best to generalize styles and approaches. All teachers of course could fall in any of the categories.


Erich Schiffmann is Love. And when you are with him, you realize that you are too. His practice will most likely be a combination of easy but deep asana, meditation and a talk.

Sarah Powers encourages mindful sensitivity through meditation and yin yoga and then invites those qualities into a thoughtful slow paced vinyasa practice.

Chandra Easton's will guide you through the practices of meditation, yin yoga and chanting to cultivate an open state of mind.


Patricia Sullivan offers powerful subtle details of the internal movements of the body allowing for personal insight and revelation.

Kira Ryder offers the space and instruction to connect and feel the subtle currents moving within us encouraging the practice to come from the inside out.

Laura Tyree's creative play with mantra, mudra and vinyasa directs you toward the deep and powerful source of healing within.


Jason Crandell is a mechanical yoga engineer. He removes the mystery of complex postures through his simple, clear, brilliant and entertaining communication of the actions and details.

Jill Miller's keen intuition and mastery of the human body will provide you with a new tool kit that you can apply to your practice no matter the style.


Saul David Raye is a generator of warm fuzzy love. Soft and groovy and deep he holds the space to connect inside and then dance and celebrate our beautiful lives.

Katchie Ananda wants to connect your practice with your work in the world. Offering a call to action through the connection of your heart to others. Her practice has an anusara flavor.

Sean Johnson's bhakti-vinyasa practice will invite you to dive into your soul and allow your Self to wash up on the shores of your heart. His classes are accompanied by the funky grooves and mystic melodies of The Wild Lotus Band.

Uma Goswami weaves the ancient teachings of yoga with the modern understanding of the mind to present an accesisible and understandable model of happiness. Her session will be lecture with some chanting, singing and dancing.


Erich Schiffmann
Erich Schiffmann has been practicing yoga for over 40+ years. He is his own teacher and gently encourages you to do the same. He is the author of one of the best modern books on yoga, 'Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness' in which he writes, "Yoga is a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are...It's a matter of listening inwardly for guidance all the time, and then daring enough and trusting enough to do as you are prompted to do." He recently filmed, edited and produced his own collection of yoga videos, which he calls “The Backyard Series”.
	Watch Erich's Talk at Crib 2008
	Purchase Erich's online video workshop from Crib 2008.
	Listen to Audio Talks of Erich
	Connect with Erich's online Community.
	Visit Erich's Site.
	Join Erich's Teacher Training Group on Facebook


Katchie Ananda
Katchie Ananda is an internationally recognized yoga teacher whose leadership in yoga and social change prompted Yoga Journal to name her one of five top yoga teachers making change in the world and East Bay Express to name her 2008 "Best Yoga Teacher". A former dancer in Switzerland and Brazil, Katchie has almost 20 years of experience as a full-time yoga teacher, trainer and workshop/program developer. She is certified in Anusara, Jivamukti and Integral yoga, as well as extensively trained in Ashtanga Vinyasa under Richard Freeman. She is the co-founder of Yoga Sangha, now Yoga Kula, a studio in San Francisco renowned for its commitment to “Spiritual Activation”, yoga and social change. Deeply inspired by her teacher, Jack Kornfield, Katchie is an avid practitioner of Vipassana Meditation and volunteers at the San Quentin State Prison, teaching yoga to Inmates. Today Katchie teaches and practices Anusara Yoga and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, where she is committed to raising awareness about the interconnectedness of life.
	Visit Katchie's Website
	Read Katchie's Writings


Sean Johnson
Yogi and kirtan musician Sean Johnson is the founder of Wild Lotus Yoga in New Orleans as well as Soul School, an interdisciplinary yoga and spirituality teacher training program that focuses on bringing soul and imagination to the art of teaching yoga. Sean’s teaching seeks to weave the emotional power of bhakti yoga with the sensuality of hatha yoga to free the spirit and bring more love, creativity, and depth to our lives. His playful classes focus on opening the heart through ecstatic chant, storytelling, mythology, creative vinyasa flows, mystical poetry, and enchanting music. All of Sean’s sessions at the Crib will be accompanied by the live soundtrack of The Wild Lotus Band, percussionist Gwendolyn Colman and bass/guitar player Alvin Young. Sean and the band teach and play at venues worldwide including major yoga conferences, retreat centers, yoga festivals, and studios small and large. This fall, Sean and the band’s new album will be released on the Nettwerk/Nutone Music label, also home of Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Bhagavan Das, Wah!, Donna DeLory and other wonderful chant artists. Sean loves Ojai and is grateful and happy to be a part of the Crib family.
	Visit Sean's Studio, Wild Lotus Yoga
	Meet Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band
	Watch interview on YogaMates
	Read interview on YogaMates
	Listen/Purchase Sean's Music
	Visit Nutone Music


Kira Ryder
Kira Ryder is the hostess of the Ojai Yoga Crib. She takes inspiration from the incredible beauty and intimacy of the Ojai Valley in which she is fortunate to live. Fascinated by the opportunities of Relationship, her teaching style has evolved to reflect the needs of who shows up. With attention to the sublte currents, Kira aims to be the FAT to allow your flavor to come through. She is the den mother of Lulu Bandha's.
	Watch a yoga class with Kira
	Watch clips of Kira on YouTube.
	Become a Friend of Kira's on Facebook.
	Read Kira's Blogs
	Visit Lulu Bandha's


Sarah Powers
Sarah interweaves the insights and practices of Yoga and Buddhism into an integral practice to enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of long held poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems, combined with a flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, and Iyengar teachings. Sarah feels that enlivening the physical and pranic bodies, as well as learning to open to our emotional difficulties is paramount for preparing one to deepen and nourish insights into one's essential nature--a natural state of awareness.
	Watch Video of Sarah Powers
	See Sarah's just released book, Insight Yoga.
	Visit Sarah's site.


Jason Crandell
Jason Crandell is the Yoga Director at The San Francisco Bay Club, a regular presenter at Yoga Journal conferences, and staff instructor at Yoga Journal Magazine. He is Yoga Journal's "Basics" columnist and has been featured in Natural Health, Yoga For Everybody, 7x7, and San Francisco Magazine. Jason has had the great fortune of apprenticing extensively with Rodney Yee (and studying with countless other teachers with recognizable names). But, more than any other qualifier, Jason just really loves to practice and teach. www.jasonyoga.com
	Watch video of Jason from Lulu Bandha's Yoga School.
	Watch Jason's podcasts on Yoga Journal.


Watch video of Jason Crandell from Crib 2007.




Uma Goswami
Uma Goswami, MD, has practiced child psychiatry in Bangalore, India, for 14 years and is a pioneer of yoga psychology. During the course of her practice, Dr Goswami, an international lecturer, has conducted her own research on the transformation of emotions using yoga therapy, and has a forthcoming book on the subject. She is also an accomplished dancer of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance of India. Uma is Lulu Bandha's Bhakti teacher. We are all completely in love with her. When she transmits the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Sutras, you Understand.


Chandra Easton
Chandra Easton grew up with Tibetan Buddhist practices and has studied Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, North India, founded by H. H. the Dalai Lama. She furthered her studies in the Religious Studies Department at UCSB where she translated Tibetan Buddhist root texts on meditation and philosophy. Chandra blends the yin style of yoga with more active, dynamic forms to prepare the body and mind for seated meditation. Chandra lives in Berkeley, California with her family. Chandra will be leading the morning meditations. www.shunyatayoga.com


Patricia Sullivan
Patricia's teaching springs from a broad study of the yogic tradition. Breathing practices, Sutra study, directing the flow of energy through the body, and meditation all play a part in her classes. Her style is is non-dogmatic and non-judgemental. She emphasizes process rather than end result, curiosity rather than "knowingness", and always brings to her classes a feeling that yoga is not only a vehicle for self-transformation, it's fun. www.patriciasullivanyoga.com
	Watch Video of Patricia from Lulu Bandha's Yoga School.


Saul David Raye
Saul David Raye is a highly acclaimed and inspirational teacher, known for his empowering and transformational approach to yoga, healing and spirituality. His teaching is simple and powerful, bringing people to a deeper place of connection within themselves and the world around them, revealing the beauty and power of our spirits. Saul leads Yoga workshops, Yoga Teacher Trainings, Thai Yoga Trainings intensives and retreats around the globe he is deeply grateful for the grace and gifts given to him by his teachers and for the love and support of his family, friends and students. www.thaiyoga.com


Watch video of Saul David Raye from Crib 2007.


Laura Tyree
Teaching since 1990, Laura's personal approach to the eight-limb path, japa and meditation practice, and the study of ayurveda, anatomy, physiology, and psychology all blend beautifully with her life experience and teaching skills. Introspection and sincerity along with her warm humor encourage students to utilize the practice to deepen their awareness, and to open to their unique beauty and strengths. Her studio, Dragonfly Yoga Studies, is her home base. Laura’s love of music and chanting led to the release of “Amma Bhakti” CD in 2007.
	Visit Laura's MySpace Page to her album 'Amma Bhakti'.


Jill Miller
Jill brings more than 23 years of expertise including the moving arts of Modern Dance, Pilates, Bodywork, Shiatsu, and Butoh. Her teaching playfully integrates the nuts and bolts of human movement coupled with profound yogic philosophy. Jill teaches workshops and retreats internationally as a Yoga Alliance ERYT-200, is a longtime faculty member of the Omega Institute and Kripalu, and has traveled nationally choreographing programs for the Discovery Health Channel. Recognized for her unique approach, Yoga Tune Up®, she has been featured in Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga, Self, Women’s Running, Breathe Magazine, and on NPR; the LA Times calls her “kinetically arresting,” and LA Yoga Magazine declares her work “genius.” Jill’s DVD series include Yoga Tune Up®, the Pranamaya produced Yoga Link and Gaiam’s Yoga for Weight Loss Workout. She is a “Contributing Expert” at Gaiam.com. Yoga Tune Up® classes are taught nationwide through Equinox Fitness clubs.
	Read Jill's Blog on Gaiam.
	Watch Interview on YogaMates
	Listen to NPR Segment
	Join YogaTuneUp on Facebook.
	Visit Jill's Site