Specialties: Ayurveda, Chakras, Mantra, Meditation, Mudra, Private / Individual

ISHTA is an acronym for the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra and Ayurveda, and is a style of yoga that fits your individual needs and empowers you to discover more about your true self. ISHTA is dynamic, approachable, and safe for all ages and abilities, and draws from the lineages of Sivananda and Yogananda, offering profound tools for inner transformation. Learn to teach and deepen your practice in beautiful Byron Bay, Australia, a perfect teacher-training environment. Topics include asana, pranayama, tantric meditations, introduction to ayurveda, anatomy, yoga philosophy, teaching skills, therapeutic yoga, kirtan (devotional singing), and the development of creativity and intuition. This course is 250-hour Y.A.-registered.

Rachel Zinman has practiced yoga for over 20 years and taught for 16. In Australia she trained in both the Iyengar and Ashtanga methods, and co-created and produced an Australian Yoga Video series and a kids' yoga video. Rachel is a professional dancer, choreographer, award-winning musician, and published poet. She met ISHTA Yoga founder Alan Finger in New York City in 2000 and taught at his studio, Be Yoga, for four years. While there, she was the co-creator, coordinator, and one of the facilitators and mentors in the Be Yoga teacher training program. Rachel returned to Australia in September 2004 and currently facilitates workshops, retreats, and trainings in the ISHTA System in Australia, Japan, Europe, Bali and New York.