Ratna Ling Retreat Center

Gloria Baraquio, a Hawaii native, has been teaching Vinyasa since 2006 and studying Tibetan Buddhism since 2004. For four years, Gloria served as the Wellness Director of The Springs in Downtown Los Angeles, managing the yoga studio and wellness center. Gloria is passionate about making yoga and meditation accessible to all, and she is currently a Lead Teacher for Shivakali Yoga, facilitating teacher training, and retreats throughout the world. Her aim is to help others cultivate an intimate relationship with themselves and their surroundings.

Christine manages our Group Retreats and is a co-creator of many of our Programs. She is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a Civil & Family Law Mediator. She uses mindfulness practices and techniques in her therapy and mediation practices. She is a passionate listener and loves to help others touch the infinite wisdom which lives in each of us.

Kamali is passionate about helping people restore connection where it has gone missing; both in their relationships and their bodies.She did her 200 YTT with Shivakali Yoga, Tantra teacher training with Embody Tantra, is a certified Sacred Feminine facilitator through Tao Tantric Arts and the Universal Tao, and is a trained Reiki Master. Her approach to healing is about making ancient wisdom relevant to our modern lives by guiding practices that have been used for thousands of years to reach enlightened states, in ways that are accessible and fun. http://www.spaceforlove.com/

Serge Berliawsky is the Founder, Director, and Lead Teacher of Shivakali Yoga School. He has been practicing the Yogic arts of India & Tibet since his youth, and teaching Yoga since 2001. He holds a BA in Religious Studies with an emphasis on South-Asian traditions, a certificate in Yoga Philosophy, a diploma in the study of Yoga & Ayurveda, many teacher training certifications from diverse lineages of practice, an E-RYT 500 designation from the Yoga Alliance, he reads/writes Sanskrit, and is currently enrolled in a Ngakpa Seminary program. http://www.shivakaliyoga.com/instructors/

Growing up in a traditional South Indian household, Pranathi was exposed to the ancient Vedic practices of mantra, meditation and yoga since the age of 5. She started following her mother's lineage when she was 16, when she was initiated into the matriarchal shakta tantra teachings of Sri Vidya through her first teacher, Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati of Devipuram, India. Pranathi completed her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training through Shivakali Yoga School. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she continues to cultivate her spiritual practices through Sri Vidya teachings.