8 Limbs hosts a handful of carefully picked Visiting Teachers from around the country. These teachers all have strong relationships with local 8 Limbs teachers and are also involved in our 500-hour Teacher Training Program. Visiting Teachers visits 8 Limbs every 1-2 years. When scheduled, their workshops can be found on the Workshops page. Click here for lodging options in Seattle and directions to our studios.
Rev. angel Kyodo williams Sensei, is an author, maverick spiritual teacher, master trainer and founder of Center for Transformative Change. She bridges the worlds of personal transformation and justice with fierce compassion.
Astrud Castillo is a yoga teacher and kirtan wallah living in the Bay Area. She has been teaching nationally and internationally since 2001 and is a senior teacher at Laughing Lotus. Astrud’s teachers Mark Whitwell, Jasmine Tarkeshi, and T.K.V Deskichar have inspired and fueled her practice for several years. She is devoted to transformation and wakefulness through the healing power of sound, vibration, asana, pranayama and most importantly relationship.
Baxter Bell, MD, E-RYT 500, has been actively deepening his understanding of yoga and relaxation since making the stress-reducing move from a career as a busy family doctor to that of a yoga teacher and medical acupuncturist.
For more than 40 years, Gary Kraftsow has been a pioneer in the transmission of yoga for health, healing, and personal transformation.
Hala Khouri, M.A., SEP, E-RYT, has been teaching yoga and the movement arts for over 20 years. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is trained in Somatic Experiencing, a body-based psychotherapy that addresses trauma and its symptoms.
Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher, body positivity advocate, and writer based in Durham, North Carolina. Jessamyn uses high-energy vinyasa flow as a way to move past mental and emotional barriers. Her classes provide a body positive approach to yoga which celebrates students’ bodies and encourages them to ask “How do I feel?” rather than “How do I look?” when practicing yoga.
Melina’s classes include insights on physical health and nutrition as well as how to inspire self-knowledge that allows for the conscious adjustment of day-to-day choices.
Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment and integration.
An accomplished speaker, teacher and practitioner, Nikki Myers is an MBA, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Addictions Recovery Specialist, and Certified Health Coach. Born from her personal struggle with addiction, Nikki is the founder of Y12SR, The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery.
Rod Stryker is the founder of ParaYoga® and widely considered one of the country’s leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has taught for nearly thirty years and is one of very few American teachers today transmitting tradition, one that has been handed from teacher to student for literally thousands of years.
Sarah Powers began teaching in 1987. She is the co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute and author of Insight Yoga, which interweaves Yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and Transpersonal Psychology into an integral practice to discover and enliven the body, heart and mind. Her yoga style blends both a Yin sequence of floor poses to enhance the meridian and organ systems with an alignment-based slow flow or Yang practice, influenced by Viniyoga, Ashtanga, Iyengar and Qigong teachings
Shari began teaching yoga in 1977. To the form and alignment methods of her early years, she began to add studies in chakras and a regular meditation practice. Her travels to India and the influence of the Himalayan tradition of yoga have added even greater dimensions to her teaching. She trains teachers in the subtle art of yoga and is known for her unique style and heartfelt and holistic approach.