We are a community school rooted in the teachings of Nondual Tantra, where practice is not about escape, achievement, or performance, but about presence, relationship, and devotion.

We believe yoga is lived at the edges:

• The edge of breath, where stillness reveals itself.

• The edge of self, where stories dissolve and truth is remembered.

• The edge of the world, where change demands clarity and compassion.

Our philosophy is simple: we rise together.
We lean back instead of striving forward, we open our arms instead of pointing the way. We walk hand in hand, remembering that awakening is not an individual victory but a shared unfolding.

To study with us is to enter a community committed to honesty, curiosity, and the courage to face both light and shadow. We honor the fullness of the human experience while always pointing to the deeper reality of oneness.

This is why we teach. This is why we train.
Not just to create teachers, but to cultivate yogis who can live in harmony with themselves, their communities, and the world in these times of great transformation.

Our approach is experiential, integrative, and rooted in the wisdom of Nondual Tantra.

We don’t teach answers. We teach practice.
Rather than handing you doctrines to memorize, we guide you into living practices that awaken insight, discipline, and devotion from within.

We hold community at the center.
Learning here is not a solitary pursuit. You are supported, challenged, and uplifted by teachers and peers walking the path beside you. We believe transformation is magnified when shared in sangha.

We honor both the practical and the profound.
From anatomy to mantra, alignment to meditation, our trainings weave together the physical, subtle, philosophical, and devotional dimensions of yoga. You will be introduced to practices that are not only teachable in classrooms but livable in daily life.

We walk the edge together.
Our approach invites you to step into the thresholds where growth happens — not as a burden, but as an opportunity to rise in harmony, resilience, and grace.

Our Lineage & Living Transmission

Vira Bhava Yoga stands in a living lineage of Tantra. One that honors tradition while evolving to meet the needs of our time.

Our roots flow from Sri Vidya Tantra, carried forward through the ParaYoga tradition of Yogarupa Rod Stryker, a student of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait of the Himalayan Institute, then passed on to Kelly Golden and then passed on to all those who study with us. From this lineage, we inherit teachings that integrate posture, breath, mantra, meditation, and subtle body awareness into a complete, living practice.

But lineage is not static. It is alive.
The evolution of Vira Bhava Yoga into a teacher-owned cooperative reflects this truth. We see the cooperative as a continuation of the nondual vision — dissolving illusion, dismantling hierarchy, and living in union. Our model embodies the teaching that awakening is not an individual pursuit but a shared unfolding.

We also root ourselves in Nondualism. While our foundation is Sri Vidya, our commitment is to the essence of nonduality itself — the recognition that all life is One. We do not cling to doctrine or dogma; instead, we invite the fullness of human experience as a gateway to awakening.

Our lineage is both ancient and unfolding:

• Anchored in the wisdom of Sri Vidya Tantra.

• Shaped by the integrative vision of ParaYoga and further enriched through the founder of VBY.

• Carried into the future through the cooperative model, shared by all who practice within it.

This is the spirit of Vira Bhava Yoga: to honor tradition, embrace evolution, and offer yoga as a living, breathing path of unity and devotion in this time of great transformation.