Asian Yoga Holidays collaborates with a small select group of experienced and highly qualified teachers that live what they teach and thus can efficiently help you transform in any way you desire. First and foremost, teaching yoga is a vocation, and all teachers endorsed by us incorporate this primary tenet in their own personal way. The way they live is what they want to share with you.

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ANDREW G. REECE• INTEGRATIVE YOGA & QIGONG• USA

Andrew Reece is an avid student of the great traditions of self-inquiry. From Buddhism to psychotherapy to Yoga to neuroscience, Andrew combines a broad range of perspective and technique into his teachings. His aim is to help students achieve successful body-mind integration, embodied life practices, and authentic personal development. Andrew is an RYT/IYF and Yoga Alliance 500-hour certified Yoga Instructor and Agama Yoga teacher, as well as an instructor of Qi Gong, Energy Therapy, and Integrated Bodywork.

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Andrew was first inspired by the wisdom traditions of Asia during his years at university, where he majored in East Asian Studies. After graduating in 2001, he set off to travel and see the world, and ended up spending the better part of a decade studying with teachers of the physical and subtle arts, all across the globe. Andrew is incredibly grateful to all his teachers, and to all the lineages of teaching which he has had the good fortune to come across in his studies. In particular, he cherishes his time spent in Beijing, China, where he studied intensively with taijiquan and qigong masters Wang Hong Er and Sebastian Lee, as well as his live-in apprenticeship to the late ninja master, Dr. Glenn J. Morris.

Andrew's relationship to Yoga was transformed in 2004, when he began studying a unique style of Hatha- and Kundalini-Yoga in Miami with Santiago Dobles and Tao Semko, based on a system developed by a Romanian lineage of yogis. Andrew continued to absorb these teachings under the tutelage of Swami Vivekananda Saraswati at Agama Yoga in southern Thailand, where he lived for several years as both a student and teacher.

After years of direct investigation into the nature and meaning of the human experience, Andrew returned to the academic world to earn a Master's degree in psychology. This time spent re-immersed in formal education helped him to better understand the experiences that came about as a result of his yogic practice, and gave him a stronger framework with which to understand and guide other practitioners' development. Now, when teaching, Andrew strives to incorporate both conceptual and hands-on learning for his students, with the intent to foster an ongoing discovery of the deeper and subtler layers of self, consciousness, and acute presence.

JOVINNA CHAN• KRIPALU YOGA• USA

Jovinna Chan is an RYT and Yoga Alliance 500-hour certified Yoga Instructor who currently serves as a faculty member for Yoga Teacher Training programs as well as Assistant Dean at the Kripalu School of Yoga in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She began her sadhana at a young age in Singapore, immersing herself simultaneously into practicing yoga, dance and martial arts. Jovinna, a karate black belt who is also trained in facilitating Kripalu Yoga Dance®, is a well-respected teacher in the arts of yoga, dance, and self-expression.

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After completing her yoga teacher training at Kripalu, Jovinna was invited to participate in the school's prestigious two-year residential leadership program. During that time she studied intensively with Devarshi Steven Hartman, Dean of the School, acquiring a mastery of yogic inquiry and developing an array of tools for transformation. Jovinna also received transmission and training in the deeper teaching of Swami Kripalu under the mentorship of faculty member Vidya Carolyn Delluomo and is trained as a transformational facilitator for the body of work "Soul Motion" by movement master Vinn Marti.

Jovinna was born and raised in a village in Singapore. Inspired by the many sacred temples and forests surrounding her home, a sense of awe and reverence for daily living was instilled in her from an early age. The challenges that presented themselves throughout her early years strengthened her belief and her practice of love, compassion, and kindness towards oneself and others. Until this day, her teaching is strongly influenced by these elements.

Wild and radical yet self-contained, Jovinna is able to hold and create sacred space for deep joy and genuine transformational experiences.

Prior to working full-time at Kripalu, she spent 10 years as an actress and dancer in New York City, where she graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts, co-founded Fluid Motion Theater & Film, and received her black belt in karate from master Richard Amos.

Jovinna feels honored to share her knowledge, enthusiasm, warmth and extensive experience with Asian Yoga Holidays, and looks forward to meeting you on one of her upcoming retreats.

Publication	Year	Title	Read now	Download
ORIGIN.	2011	The Alchemy of a Dirty Yogini

JULIEN L. BALMER • AGAMA YOGA• THAILAND

Julien Balmer joined Agama Yoga in 2002 and has been teaching at the Thailand headquarters and in Europe for the better part of the last decade. Julien has informed his own background in Hatha-Yoga, Tantra-Yoga, and Kundalini-Yoga with intense study of numerous experts and rare sources, as well as his own deep and committed practice. He is a dedicated and sincere teacher, adept at bringing subjects into grasp without sacrificing their mystical qualities.

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An accomplished cross-country skier in his youth, Swiss Virgo Julien came upon the spiritual path in early 2002 after lots of adventure in his early 20s. He traveled extensively throughout Central and South America while enrolled in university, and spent a good amount of his time exploring our amazing planet, immersing himself in unknown cultures and meeting its peoples and ways of lives.

In February, 2001, a life-changing and near-fatal accident on a small paradise island in Brazil kindled his interest in the mysteries and spiritual traditions of the East. He soon embarked on his first trip to Asia, where he did his first meditation retreat at a Thai forest monastery. A few months later Julien found himself in Swami Vivekananda Saraswati's First Level Intensive Course at

Agama Yoga in Rishikesh, which radically revolutionized his outlook on life. The Truths set forth by this passionate teacher deeply touched him, and a feeling that "this was it" began to unfold.
However, he did not drop out all at once. He returned to Switzerland for another year to earn his Masters degree in Finance & Economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG). He wrote his master's thesis on the dollarization of developing countries with special reference to latin-american experience, and was awarded a prize for the best thesis of the year.

In early 2004, Julien moved to tropical Koh Phangan, Thailand, and committed himself fully to his yoga practice and a continuous striving for yogic realization. He also became a filmmaker, producing and co-directing Through the Eastern Gate, a poetic documentary about three young Westerners searching for meaning in modern times; the film has so far screened in 11 film festivals on 4 continents, and was picked up by Alive Mind Media/Lorber HT Digital for DVD distribution in late 2008.

In 2008, Julien conceived and initiated the Phangan Film Festival (PFF) – an annual open-air event bringing high-quality independent films from around the world to the beautiful island of Phangan. Following PFF's success, Julien co-created the annual Dharamsala Film Festival (DFF) in 2011. Since 2009, Julien has also been involved in an earthen house building adventure in the hills above Sri Thanu village where Agama is headquartered.

Julien has experienced the transformational power of the Yoga system first-hand and wishes to share this treasure with others. He has informed his own background in traditional yoga with intense study of numerous experts and rare sources, as well as his own deep and committed practice. Julien has been teaching in Europe and Southeast Asia for the better part of the last decade, most notably at the Agama Yoga Thailand headquarters where he serves as a senior resident teacher. He is grateful for the inspiration, guidance, and support that he continues to receive from members of the Agama family. When off the island, he facilitates transformational workshops and yoga retreats around the globe, creating a sacred space for his practical knowledge and experiential wisdom to overflow onto others.

Publication	Year	Title	Read now	Download
Gesunde Medizin	2012	Von Null auf Yoga (Retreat Review)
Spa Confidential	2011	Interview with Julien L. Balmer
Oriental-Escapes	2011	Retreat on Spring (Retreat Review)
Condé Nast Traveller	2010	Yoga Holidays – The What, Why, and Who
Spiegel Online	2010	Filmfest auf Ko Samui – Kleine Inseln, großes Kino

NICK ATLAS• INTEGRATIVE YOGA & QIGONG• USA

Nick Atlas is an RYT/IYF and Yoga Alliance 500-hour certified Yoga Instructor with additional training in Qigong, Tantra, Dance/Movement Therapy, Mindfulness meditation and Yoga Nidra. An award-winning visual artist, professional photographer, author, musician, DJ, gardener/naturalist, wilderness guide, Reiki/Qi healer and avid dream-traveler with over ten years experience in the healing arts, he is widely regarded as a teacher's teacher. In 2010 Nick established the School for Mind & Nature, a research center dedicated to the advancement of mind/body arts & sciences.

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Nick Atlas is an RYT/IYF and Yoga Alliance 500-hour certified Yoga Instructor with additional training in Qigong, Tantra, Dance/Movement Therapy, Mindfulness meditation and Yoga Nidra. An award-winning visual artist, professional photographer, author, musician, DJ, gardener/naturalist, wilderness guide, Reiki/Qi healer and avid dream-traveler with over ten years experience in the healing arts, he is widely regarded as a teacher's teacher.
 
After graduating from Emory University with a degree in social-psychology, Nick spent several years as a professional photographer documenting tribal communication and ritualism at music festivals throughout North America prior to receiving the bulk of his mind/body education in India and Thailand. To date he's traveled to over twenty-five countries and forty-nine US states honoring the work of an overwhelming number of gifted healers, swamis and shamans, and has served as a faculty assistant to some of the world's foremost spiritual masters. In particular he is proud to honor the work of Toni Bergins, Roger Jahnke, Jack Kornfield, Bobby McFerrin, Dr. Richard Miller, Stephen Spyrit, Swami Vivekananda Saraswati, Ken Cohen and Paulie Zink.   

In 2010 Nick established The School for Mind & Nature, a research center dedicated to the advancement of mind/body arts & sciences as universally-accredited forms of preventative and complimentary medicine, as well as prescriptions for the conscious evolution of humankind in the 21st century.

Currently based in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, Nick is on faculty at Canyon Ranch Resort, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and the Omega Institute, in addition to facilitating retreats internationally.

Nick is proud to share his knowledge, wisdom, unbelievable stories and vast experience with Asian Yoga Holidays, and looks forward to learning with you as you become your own master.

The Practice of Yoga	Discovering Yoga	Retreats
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February 2011	Practicing Eternity - A Guided Relaxation with Nick Atlas	11 mins.

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2011	Peeling the Onion

REINHARD GAMMENTHALER• KUNDALINI YOGA• SWITZERLAND

Reinhard Gammenthaler was born 1953 in Switzerland. After traveling the world extensively in search for true happiness, his quest for the deeper meaning of life was amply rewarded when he started to practice Yoga in 1979 and got in contact with his Guru Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari, an accomplished Hatha-Yogi of highest caliber. After two decades of dedicated yoga practice in virtual seclusion, Reinhard founded a School for traditional Hatha- and Kundalini-Yoga and is now teaching internationally.

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Reinhard Gammenthaler was born 1953 in Switzerland. During the wild and adventurous years of his youth he undertook vast trips through Europe, Arabia, Asia, North- and South-America and Africa, in search for true happiness. His quest for the deeper meaning of life was amply rewarded when he started to practice Yoga in 1979 and got in contact with his Guru Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari, an accomplished Hatha-Yogi of highest caliber, by whom he was initiated into the Tradition (Parampara) of authentic Kundalini-Yoga. He transformed into an ardent devotee of the great Shakti and spent long periods in the remote foothills of the Himalayas in the Indian part of Kashmir. There he underwent a rigorous Sadhana under the auspices of his Master, who died 1994 in a plane crash. His Guru had admonished him many times not to become a Yoga-Teacher, but a real Yogi, and so he started to teach only in the year 2002 and founded a School for traditional Hatha- or Kundalini-Yoga in his hometown Berne (Switzerland), to introduce other seekers into the intricate secrets of inner energies.

Reinhard has since brought the rare teachings of authentic Hatha-Yoga to many practitioner in Switzerland and abroad and has been invited to teach workshops in many countries including Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Israel, France, Germany and Nigeria. He is excited to share now for the first time with aspirants in South-East Asia.

Publication	Year	Title	Read now	Download
yogaservice.de	2011	Hatha-Yoga pure – Interview with Reinhard Gammenthaler
yogaservice.de	2011	Hatha-Yoga pur – Interview mit Reinhard Gammenthaler
Yoga Aktuell	2007	According to God's plan
Yoga Aktuell	2007	Alles nach Gottes Plan
Swiss Yoga Journal	2003	The Last Disciple of Shri Dhirendra Brahmachari – Interview with Reinhard Gammenthaler
Schweizer Yoga Journal	2003	Der letzte Schüler von Shri Dhirendra Brahmachari – Interview mit Reinhard Gammenthaler