John Vosler

John Vosler is a meditation teacher and Yoga Nidra guide based in Los Angeles. He came to this work through more than twenty-five years as an energetic bodyworker, and he is a certified iRest instructor and a senior teacher with the Amrit Yoga Institute, for which he trains new teachers in its I AM Yoga Nidra method. His approach centres on resting in awareness: the guided practices lead attention through body, breath and feeling towards a steady sense of presence beneath passing thoughts and emotions, with the emphasis on recognising what is already whole rather than trying to fix oneself.

Every Monday he leads a donation-based meditation on Zoom, at midday and in the evening Pacific time, for a group that joins from many countries, and his recorded Yoga Nidra sessions for the Amrit Yoga Institute have reached a wide audience on YouTube. He runs day retreats in Los Angeles, leads week-long programmes at Esalen and other retreat centres, and with Shanna Hughes guides small-group journeys to places such as Sri Lanka, India, Bali, Costa Rica and Japan that combine daily practice with visits to temples and sacred sites. He also works with people one to one in sessions he calls Conscious Coaching, drawing on meditation, movement and Yoga Nidra.