Penpa’s lived experience has been her greatest teacher. She has invested her whole life investigating freedom, Truth and love. Tibetan Buddhism deeply roots her in the pursuit of collective liberation, while modern psychology lends an understanding of the workings of the individual's nervous system. 

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She uses psychosomatics, spirituality and an acute awareness of the ways dysfunctional systems affect individual and collective well being to inspire healing and activate change in her community.

 

She has a passion for connecting dots and is relentlessly hopeful while being completely heart broken. Penpa believes in miracles and is holding space for this deep dive circle because she knows it is possible to taste freedom and be loved by the sacred in our mundane life, if we know how to pay attention and listen.

 

When Penpa is not teaching she spends her time realizing the dream of collective liberation through gardening and parenting.

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A teacher, geographer & somatic practitioner by education, Lori has been practicing and teaching about embodiment for the last 23 years. She’s studied Yoga philosophy with people who name the failure of English translation and the presence of patriarchal dominance. She holds the intention to help people remember their human roots while we untangle the deep misunderstanding and division that colonization has created across the globe. She teaches what has been her yogic path: one of scouting the shadow, living in the light and seeking the full adventure of life. 

 

Lori is a torch bearer & plays an important role in the renaissance we are experiencing by teaching what is not typically taught in western yoga studios. She is holding space for this deep dive as a way to move forward with people who are courageously inspired to co-create a real-life, here-on-Earth culture reflective of our essential interdependence. 

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When Lori is not teaching, she's co-conspiring for a more liberated world by building a community food hub with her family at Lawa Pono Forest Farm in the Kingdom of Hawai'i.