Durga Leela is an Ayurvedic and Yoga Therapy Specialist and the founder of Yoga of Recovery®, a comprehensive program that integrates Ayurveda and yoga with recovery tools for those affected by addiction and self-destructive behaviors. She teaches a holistic approach to recovery, integrating mind, body, and spirit. She overcame her own struggles with addiction and is a grateful member of 12-step fellowships for over 20 years. She is the author of Yoga of Recovery: Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda With Modern Recovery Tools for Addiction with a foreword by David Frawley.

Nikki Myers, MBA, C-IAYT, is the founder of the Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, a relapse prevention program. A writer, teacher, and wellness practitioner, she is a co-founder of the annual Yoga, Meditation, and Recovery Conferences at the Esalen Institute and Kripalu Center, and was named a Yoga Journal Game Changer.

A yoga therapist, somatic experiencing practitioner, and addictions recovery specialist, Nikki received the NUVO Cultural Visionary award in 2014. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Black Enterprise, the Huffington Post, and CBSnews.com.

Dr. Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John (hon.doc) M.A has been named one of the leading African Descent voices in the field of mindfulness approaches for addiction. An international keynote speaker, they are one of the founding Facilitators of Dr. Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry. An award winning Author of 11 books, including A First Aid Kit For The Mind that was published this year. While living in Canada, they work in the USA, UK and Canada.

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For the past 10 years, Tarini has closely studied with Durga Leela, incorporating the practices of Yoga of Recovery into her unique recovery journey.

Tarini’s own recovery journey led her to discover the transformative power of Yoga of Recovery. She has attended multiple Yoga of Recovery courses since 2014, completed the Sivananda Yoga Teacher’s training course (Yoga Farm, California 2016), became a Yoga Nidra facilitator (2016 with Dr. Marc Halpern), and graduated as a Yoga Therapist from Yoga Vahini’s 4 year course in 2022. Throughout these programs, she gained invaluable insights into her addictive habits and discovered effective tools and practices to find her own flow through life’s challenges. Tarini (she/her) brings a unique perspective to YoR Yoga Therapy sessions, drawing from her personal experience as someone in long-term recovery from heroin use disorder.