BOARD PRESIDENT | PhD, RYT 200

Lee Furey has been doing yoga her entire adult life but became more serious about her practice in 2003, when asthma forced her to begin learning advanced pranayama. Lee has been involved with Pranakriya since December 2013, when she started practicing with a Pranakriya yoga teacher training class and began to try to find more classes like that one. After completing Pranakriya’s 200-hour teacher training at Evolation in Atlanta with William Hufschmidt (assisted by Vladimir Tchakarov and Chris Mastin) in April 2016, she continued to the 300-hour program.

She served on the Board of Directors since October 2018 and is the current Board President

BOARD MEMBER | RYT 500, IAYT

Marybeth brings with her more than 26 years as part of the federal prison system, a career that taught her that all people have value, sometimes you just have to look deeper and see differently. She came to yoga to adjust to her changing physical abilities and completed her 500-hour certification and yoga therapy training through the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts. She is an IAYT certified Yoga Therapist and thoroughly believes yoga is a path to healing.

BOARD MEMBER I RYT 500

Kara Douglas lives in Harpswell, Maine with her husband and two daughters. She teaches yoga and meditation classes in what was once the hayloft of their early 1900’s barn. Kara has been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2001. She has trained primarily in the Pranakriya (300-hour) and Kripalu Yoga (200-hour) traditions. Kara is a poet and free-lance writer and has worked as a science teacher and naturalist. She and began serving on the board of the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts in 2022.

BOARD MEMBER | E-RYT 500, IAYT, LMT, CST

Shelbi completed her 200-hour yoga training in the Kripalu and Pranakriya traditions and her 500-hour in the Pranakriya tradition with a focus in Yoga Therapy. She created and has led the Client Relationship: Cultivating Intuitive Presence and Boundaries program, and the Teaching Restorative Yoga Program for the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts.

As a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT), Shelbi brings over 20 years of training and experience in private practice to her Craniosacral therapy (CST), medical intuition and distance energy healing sessions. Shelbi is a Certified Yoga Therapist through IAYT and is the former co-owner of Crofton Yoga.  She is the Curriculum Committee Chair for Pranakriya and has been on the Board since 2021.

BOARD MEMBER | M.A., E-RYT 200

Lilliana finds her yoga practice helps to navigate the challenges and opportunities of life’s journey. She comes to Pranakriya with a 30+ year practice, a background in social change, education and business development and now, loves teaching as a Kripalu yoga teacher with over 2500 hours of teaching since 2017.

With a BA in Anthropology (Macalester College) and a Masters Degree in Cross-Cultural Communications (University of Oklahoma) much of her studies, research, and work has focused in education from a few angles including: Professional Development, Directing a Non-Profit TV Channel/Foundation, and regional management in sales & business development in technology and E-Learning. She’s grateful to have worked with many noteworthy field leaders who have encouraged her. “Above all, I am grateful for the educators, teachers, friends and family who take time to share themselves and pass on legacies.”

When not teaching or practicing yoga, you’ll find her kayaking and hiking in the woods with her dog, Veda.

BOARD MEMBER

Jason is the founder of Impact One Media; a global company focused on helping people lead more positive and intentional lives. His primary work is as a whole life coach, coaching individuals 1-on-1, as well as hosting the podcast “Positivity on Fire,” where he explores the intersection of ordinary people and extraordinary positivity by sharing his learning, stories, and conversations with guests all in an effort to help people become curious and intentional about their own personal growth and development. With a BA in Psychology (Loyola University of Maryland) and an MEd in Educational Leadership (Fordham University), Jason is a certified personal and executive coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation.

By focusing on mindfulness, intentional thought creation, and positive psychology, and by drawing on the work he's invested in himself and the experiences he's had throughout life, Jason's mission in life is to help people solve complex and challenging problems and to find a better way to move forward. He has served on the Board of Directors since December 2021.

BOARD MEMBER | E-RYT 500

After years of taking yoga classes in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans, Pause began her formal yoga training in 2018 at The Yoga Center in North Augusta, SC.  She completed her Pranakriya 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at The Yoga Center in 2020 under the instruction of Vladimir Tchakarov and completed her 300-hour Advanced Certification in October 2021.

In addition to yoga, Pause has studied Earth and Planetary Sciences and Planetary Geology at Johns Hopkins University and Tulane University, respectively.  She has led a varied life as an actor in musical theater productions, and a fire performer and hulahoop dancer in NYC, Atlantic City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Augusta, GA.  Pause has chosen to become a yoga instructor to share the deep sense of wellbeing, purpose, and clarity that she has experienced through her personal yoga practice.

BOARD MEMBER | RYT 500

Linda is an international technology, transaction and media attorney with offices based in Washington, DC, Montreal, Canada and affiliate offices in the Caribbean and Latin America.  Linda originally sought out yoga to help balance the challenges of her overseas travel and law practice. In continuing to deepen and share her yoga practice, Linda completed a Yoga Alliance-approved 200-hour teacher certification in 2013 in Yin and Vinyasa yoga and received her 300-hour Yoga Alliance advanced teacher training certification in 2021 in Tantra Hatha Yoga (Swami Kripalu lineage/ Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts). 

Along with her personal yoga practice, and as her professional life allows, Linda substitute teaches yoga classes as well as works with private clients. Additionally, before the Covid pandemic temporarily halted foreign travel, Linda taught spot classes in international venues and workshops. She looks forward to opportunities to do this again as the pandemic eases domestically and globally. 

Linda has been serving on the Board of Directors of the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts since June 2019 and is currently completing the 95-hour Yoga Alliance specialty teacher training certification in children's yoga led by Pranakriya, PK Kids.