Vira Bhava Yoga Teachers
Our Teachers are industry disruptors who works to redefine Yoga as a path of reunification with the innate essence within and without and apply this unity in all aspects life, as it is.
We teach that Yoga isn't something you do, it's who you are at your core, and the practice of yoga is simply meant to re-unite you with that confidence.
Leanne Horvath
E-RYT 500
Leanne is a dedicated teacher and the visionary Director of Vira Bhava Yoga who brings years of experience as a practitioner and teacher and group facilitator of these ancient disciplines.
Leanne's expertise extends beyond the virtual realm, providing in-person workshops, tantra therapy, and personalized instruction.
Leanne enjoys fine art, performance art, and creative movement. Leanne is a Jiu Jitsu Practitioner, but also loves to spend time outdoors on her small farm with her family in New Hampshire.
. With over 20 years of personal practice, over a decade of teaching and extensive training with renowned teachers worldwide, Leanne's teachings are infused with Tantra, empowering students to tap into their inner wisdom and connect with divine consciousness.
Kelly Golden
E-RYT 500
Kelly is the Founder of Vira Bhava Yoga, and a lifetime practitioner of Yoga. She began practicing Yoga in 1994 and teaching in 2002. She leads teacher training all over the US that emphasizes the power and capacity of each individual student to develop their own voice, trust their own path, and share Yoga as a power, rather than the perfection of asana (postures).
She is a former student and certified teacher of ParaYoga, and currently studies embodiment with Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten, philosophy with Douglas Brooks, and life with modern philosophers like Bayo Akomolafe and Stephen Jenkinson.
Kelsey Burke
E-RYT 500
Kelsey is a yoga practitioner and woman of many hats with roots in the Midwest, drawn to the South by one of the very same things that attracted her to the practice of Tantra Yoga- its radical slowness. Fifteen years into practice and study, Kelsey continues to experience profound transformation through the embodiment of these ancient teachings, and is passionate about sharing this transformative path with others..
“I believe that Yoga is an experience; a way of being; a courageous journey that asks us to move towards discomfort rather than away; a practice of getting into our lives rather than escaping them. I believe that Yoga is a living practice which seeks to call back the pieces of ourselves we have systematically abandoned. Yoga, as a physical practice, is a gateway to experiencing the fullness of who we are, and it is only the beginning.”
Rachel Durben
E-RYT 500
Since an introduction to Sivananda Yoga in college, Rachel has been exploring the depths of personal practice, eventually journeying into the Costa Rican jungle to complete her first teacher training in 2015. Seeking a community closer to home, she found Vira Bhava Yoga and received her 500-hour certification in 2018.
Rachel has been teaching since 2014 and finds the greatest fulfillment in creating connections with the natural world and bringing people into relationship with their own innate wisdom. Her teaching unites mindful movement and personal inquiry, promoting a practice that allows students to become their own teachers. She believes that the pathway to wholeness comes through integrating the complexities of our human experience and remembering our interdependence with all beings.