Ilana Beigel

Ilana Beigel is a yoga and meditation teacher in Amherst, Massachusetts, and a long-standing member of the Kripalu teaching community. She first worked as a speech therapist, with a master's degree in that field, and had practised yoga since the late 1990s before a quieter period in her own life drew her into its philosophy. A training at Kripalu followed, and she went on to complete Kripalu's 500-hour Ayurvedic yoga and 200-hour vinyasa certifications, with further study in restorative yoga, yoga nidra, Reiki and the Bhagavad Gita. She is also a certified facilitator of RISE, Kripalu's programme on resilience.

Her teaching keeps returning to dharma, the yogic idea of each person's own purpose, and to making older yogic tools workable in ordinary family and working life. At Kripalu she leads welcome weekends, vinyasa teacher training modules and online dharma workshops, and her gentle yoga classes and guided meditations can be found on Kripalu's YouTube channel. Nearer home she teaches outdoor classes in Amherst, gives private lessons, mentors other yoga teachers and has co-led international retreats, including one in the Azores. She writes about purpose and presence on her Substack, Truth, Illuminated. Her manner is light and nurturing, with plenty of room for reflection.