What are the qualifications of the AVI Staff who teach in the Viniyoga Therapist Training?
Gary Kraftsow, E-RYT 500, Director and Senior Teacher Gary Kraftsow has been a pioneer in the transmission of yoga for health, healing and personal transformation for 30 years. He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikachar, in 1974 and received a Viniyoga Special Diploma from Viniyoga International in Paris, France Gary graduated with a BA, Magna Cum Laude, from Colgate University in 1976, and received his Master’s Degree in Psychology and Religion from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1983. At this time he opened Maui School of Viniyoga Therapy. Since then, he has become a renowned speaker and teacher of the Viniyoga methodology at many conferences and schools nationally and internationally. In 1999 he founded American Viniyoga Institute, LLC. Gary has developed protocol for two National Institute of Health studies: “Evaluating Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain” and “Yoga Therapy for Generalized Anxiety.” He is the Director and Senior Teacher of the American
