OUR TRAINERS
Susan LeVine (Swami Priyananda Ma)
Co-Director and Lead Teacher
Susan LeVine E-RYT-500, C-IAYT (Swami Priyananda Ma)
Susan is Co-Director of Living Yoga Kansas, in Wichita, Kansas.
Susan has been teaching Yoga for over 28 years and is a meditation student of Sri Shambhavanda at ShambhAvananda Yoga™ Shoshoni in Rollinsville, Colorado.
She is a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She is also certified to teach ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ Asana and ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ Meditation. She completed her Yoga for Healing Certification in August, 2009, and teaches Yoga with a inner focus for all ages. In 2011, she completed Marma Chikitsa training with Dr. Vasant Lad of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. She has been studying Yoga as Therapy with Doug Keller since 2000. In 2021 she took sannyasin vows and was given the name Swami Priyananda Ma.
She specializes in teaching Meditation, and Yoga for individuals. She is also a CEC provider for Yoga Teachers. With over 28 years of experience, she cares deeply about her students, and hopes to help each one to find the joy of their own Yoga.
Susan is available for private lessons and Marma Therapy by appointment. She also teaches Yoga Movement Therapy Classes, which are held by appointment, or on the public class schedule. Her Yoga Therapy business website is Yoga for You, creativeyogasolutions.com.
Contact Susan for more information or to schedule an appointment! 316.644.3944
Susan has been teaching Yoga for over 28 years and is a meditation student of Sri Shambhavanda at ShambhAvananda Yoga™ Shoshoni in Rollinsville, Colorado.
She is a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She is also certified to teach ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ Asana and ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ Meditation. She completed her Yoga for Healing Certification in August, 2009, and teaches Yoga with a inner focus for all ages. In 2011, she completed Marma Chikitsa training with Dr. Vasant Lad of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. She has been studying Yoga as Therapy with Doug Keller since 2000. In 2021 she took sannyasin vows and was given the name Swami Priyananda Ma.
She specializes in teaching Meditation, and Yoga for individuals. She is also a CEC provider for Yoga Teachers. With over 28 years of experience, she cares deeply about her students, and hopes to help each one to find the joy of their own Yoga.
Susan is available for private lessons and Marma Therapy by appointment. She also teaches Yoga Movement Therapy Classes, which are held by appointment, or on the public class schedule. Her Yoga Therapy business website is Yoga for You, creativeyogasolutions.com.
Contact Susan for more information or to schedule an appointment! 316.644.3944
Amber Davey
Co-Director and Lead Teacher
Amber Davey, RYT-500, ERYT 500, (DurgaDevi) is Co-Director of Teacher Training at Living Yoga and is a certified ShambhavAnanda yoga and meditation teacher. She completed her 200 hour teacher training in March 2014, and meditation teacher training in May 2014 at Yoga For You with Susan Levine. She has been practitioner of yoga since 2009. In addition to teaching yoga, Amber is a certified and licensed massage therapist since 2008. Her experience includes working with clients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, scoliosis, osteoarthritis, osteopenia, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune diseases, headaches/migraines, low back pain, insomnia, and anxiety. Amber combines her knowledge as a massage therapist and yoga/meditation teacher to offer yoga as healing for her students.
Amber is currently a yoga therapist in training.
Amber is in charge of the Level 1 200 Hour Program beginning in September. Call her at 316-213-1849
You can learn more about Amber’s classes and workshops by visiting www.livingyogacollective.com
Amber is in charge of the Level 1 200 Hour Program beginning in September. Call her at 316-213-1849
You can learn more about Amber’s classes and workshops by visiting www.livingyogacollective.com
Sean Govinda Hess, Ph.D.
Meditation Teacher
Sean Govinda Hess, Ph.D. is a certified ShambhavAnanda Meditation™ teacher. He has been practicing yoga and meditation for over thirteen years as a student of Sri Shambhavananda, and he completed his certifications at Yoga for You, one of the many ShambhavAnanda Yoga™ centers around the world. Govinda’s meditation classes are designed to help students turn inward, focus and stabilize the mind, and discover the constant state of inner peace and happiness that each student can access anytime, anywhere. He currently teaches an on-going, 6-class series called 'Learn to Meditate' to help students establish and/or deepen their own daily meditation practice. In addition to on-site classes, Govinda is available, by appointment, for online consultations.
Heidi Oblinger Barker
Teacher Trainer
Heidi Oblinger-Barker, ERYT 200 is a certified ShambhavAnanda yoga and meditation teacher and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider. She has been practicing yoga for 20 years and teaching yoga for 15 years. Heidi is also certified in Trauma Informed Yoga from Sundara Yoga Therapy of Austin, Tx . and is a YogaShield Yoga for First Responders Ambassador. She teaches group classes, private sessions and workshops in studio and on site. She also teaches workshops and community outreach trauma informed classes on site.
In addition to teaching yoga, Heidi is a certified and licensed massage therapist. She is a graduate of The Chicago School of Massage Therapy and has been practicing massage therapy for 20 years.
You can learn more about Heidi’s classes and workshops by visiting www.livingyogacollective.com.
In addition to teaching yoga, Heidi is a certified and licensed massage therapist. She is a graduate of The Chicago School of Massage Therapy and has been practicing massage therapy for 20 years.
You can learn more about Heidi’s classes and workshops by visiting www.livingyogacollective.com.
Brad Mahadev Smith
Teacher Trainer
Brad Mahadev Smith, RYT 500, ERYT 200, has been practicing yoga since 1982. He is certified to teach both ShambhavAnanda Yoga™and ShambhavAnanda Meditation™. Additionally, he has been practicing yoga and meditation as a student of Sri Shambhavananda for last five years. His teaching emphasizes helping students release deep tensions so that they can sustain an inward and grounded focus that they can bring to their daily lives. Brad has been assisting Ramani with yoga and meditation teacher trainings at Living Yoga for several years and especially loves helping other teachers deepen their practices
Audrey Sharanye Henning
Teacher Trainer
Audrey Sharanye Henning, C-IAYT, RYT-500, AYSFor Sharanye, , yoga is a passion she wants to use to help people reach their personal goals. Whether it’s to dissolve tensions and pains in the body, strengthen muscles, or regain stability and flexibility, she is willing to customize plans and work with you in private sessions in order to help guide your body toward your desired outcome. In order to do this, she has become a certified Yoga Teacher through a 500-hour training, an Ayurveda Yoga Specialist (AYS), a Marma Point Therapist, and is a Certified Yoga Therapist
To schedule with Audrey , you can contact her directly at 316.518.6935 or ahenning44@gmail.com
Kayla Ragan RYT 500
Kayla Ragan is a yoga and meditation instructor certified with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. She completed her certification collectively through Living Yoga Kansas, Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, and Konalani Yoga Ashram - all ShambhavAnanda centers - and practices meditation under the guidance of Babaji Shambhavananda. She has studied and continues to study with yoga therapists, Doug Keller and Susan LeVine. Kayla has lived, worked, and practiced in four ShambhavAnanda ashrams where she enjoys building community and facilitating teacher trainings, special events and workshops, and kids' yoga camps. Prior to moving into her school’s ashrams in 2021, Kayla taught at various venues from upscale gyms and spas to small, local studios, and she has experience facilitating yoga and meditation for people of various ages, experience, and physical capabilities. Kayla first became familiar with yoga and meditation during her collegiate studies in philosophy and religion and later began practicing them as a way to rectify her relationship with her mind, body, and spirit. She found her personal practice helped her alleviate pain and tension brought on by habitual life patterns and grow to become more conscious of the joy that can be found day to day. She teaches yoga with an inner focus and loves to create and hold space where her students can feel safe and cared for as they practice finding balance, strength, and enjoyment in their own bodies and minds.