SAGE ROUNTREE holds a PhD in English literature and the highest level of registration with the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT500, YACEP). She co-owns the Carolina Yoga Company and directs its 200- and 300-/500-hour teacher trainings. Rountree has taught the same Monday evening class there for over twenty years. She also offers a robust virtual studio at sagerountree.com, including classes, teacher trainings, and retreats. Sage's work gives yoga teachers everything they need to feel confident, relaxed, and helpful in front of the classroom. Her most recent books are The Art of Yoga Sequencing (2024) and The Professional Yoga Teacher's Handbook (2020). She lives in North Carolina with her husband, Wes.

ALEXANDRA DESIATO is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the highest level (E-RYT 500). She is also certified in Pilates and has an MA in English Literature. DeSiato teaches and leads the 200-hour yoga teacher training at Carrboro Yoga Company. Find videos, blog posts, and more at alexandradesiato.com. DeSiato has partnered with Rountree on two books: Lifelong Yoga (2017),about healthy aging and yoga and Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses (2019), about yoga themes and inspiration. DeSiato is co-creator of a prenatal and postpartum yoga teaching collective, Whole Mama Yoga (wholemamayoga.com), and she co-wrote the yoga for motherhood guidebook, Whole Mama Yoga (2023).

LASHA MUTUAL (http://lashamutual.com) is an artist whose deep commitment to Buddhist theory and practice has suffused her artistic expression, giving rise to a body of work that blends the action of painting with a meditative sense of contemplation and focus. Lasha's intention is to cultivate a generous, peaceful, and clear mind that becomes manifest in her artwork and that can be shared with others. She lives with her husband, son, and an abundance of pets in a little yellow brick cottage in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.