"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.  Meanwhile the world goes on.  Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers.  Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are headed home again.  Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place in the family of things."
​- Mary Oliver 

THE TEAM

Biff is surrounded by a passionate and dedicated team.

Prema Mayi, has been practicing bhakti yoga for 38 years. At a young age she entered a bhakti yoga ashram. Learning the arts of sacred music…kirtan, dance, mantra meditation, puja ceremony, and the sacred texts of the vedas, she immerse her self in a devotional way of life. She traveled to India for many years and walked in pilgrimage with her spiritual master Bhaktivedanta Narayan M. deepening in her practice under his guidance. Discovering the healing and purifying power of this practice, she has dedicated herself to share these gifts with the world, traveling extensively, accompanied by her sons.
www.premamayi.com

Cécile Roubaud 
After succeeding in one of the most prestigious French business school, Cécile decided to quit a promising career in marketing to share what she thought to have a profound meaning: Yoga. Her passion led her to cross the world to study with the most renowned teachers (Biff Mithoefer, Bernie Clark, Judith Lasater and Shiva Rea). Cécile is 500 -RYT certified (in Ashtanga and Prana Flow (Vinyasa Yoga). She is also certified in Yin and Restorative Yoga. Since 2005 she loves to transmit a yoga that fits each individual properly, respecting one’s own body and nourishing the mind. Cécile offers workshops, retreats and teacher trainings (in Yin Yoga) in France and around the world. She just released the first book on Yin Yoga in French « Yin Yoga, Lâcher-Prise-Méditation-Simplicité » (Ed. First).

http://www.ashtanga-yoga-annecy.com/wp/

Betty Papadopoulou
Betty has been a High School Teacher. She is studying and practicing Tai Chi, Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage, Osteothai, Chi Nei Chang, Cranio Sacral Theraphy. She is a Vipassana meditator. She has practiced contemporary dance for 6 years, continues her research through Dance Therapy Schools, Singing art therapy, Psychotherapy, End of life care. She feels inspired by many philosophies and cultures, especially Buddhism, and the Indignant Traditions. She wishes to teach and live in a way that empowers the yin energies to sprout and bring more balance and peace to the Global community of Souls. Betty uses her drum, guitar and voice to connect with the clear rhythm of the heart. For four years together with indignant people in Uganda and Burundi she co-created a “You Create Your Own Reality Program, through Creative Arts and Fairy tales" for the children and the youth of the area. She offers continuous education through Yin Yoga TTC and teaches "Basic Thai Yoga Massage and the Yin" Courses.
www.yogathaisoul.gr

Jennifer Ciarimboli
First introduced to yoga in 1999, Jennifer began her teaching journey in 2007. Since then she has been teaching full time, logged over 800 hours of study, and has led local and regional workshops, retreats & trainings. She is on staff as the Co-Director/Founder of Twin Cities Yoga Collective and founded Balance yoga studio in 2008. She has been most influenced by her teachers, Rusty Wells, Biff Mithoefer and Sarah Powers and has been assisting Biff at his Yin Yoga trainings at the Omega Institute and Yogaville since 2012. Deeply transformed by Yin Yoga and Buddhism, Jennifer has spent the last four years integrating the practice and insight of Yin Yoga with the devotional elements of the Bhakti teachings. Jennifer’s group classes are unique and intelligently designed so students are able to cultivate a deep understanding of their individual needs through breath and both passive and active movement (asana) to increase strength and vitality throughout the entire system. 
Jennifer continues her work and studies with Biff Mithoefer.  She is committed to sharing her deep love of yoga through karma work with under served populations. Lover of the earth, hot tea, velvety wine and all things blue, Jennifer stays busy enjoying a full life with her husband, four children, three dogs, two cats and ten chickens.
www.jenniferciarimboliyoga.com

​Eric Archer is a lover of nature and art in all forms, and practices this love through music, meditation, yoga, cooking, teaching, and poetry. Eric’s work as a musician, a chef-nutritionist, and a mindfulness instructor allows him to share his passions while also continuing his own studies by way of serving others and building community.  Through a fusion of the mind-, body-, and spiritual-arts, Eric attempts to blend his artistic sides with his scientific lens to present a truly holistic approach to health and vitality. 
http://ericarchernutrition.com 

Amy Trefry is the founder of Full Element Living, a health and wellness company that focuses on providing a unique and tailored approach to health services, ranging from Nutrition and Fitness Programming, to Life Coaching and Personal Chef options.  She is passionate about all things food and is an avid gardener, and cook and writes a weekly food blog of her kitchen adventures.  Amy's work in yoga started in 2007 and she has been teaching, facilitating retreats and coordinating workshops internationally since.  She was first introduced to Yin Yoga following an injury and found an increasing draw to the message of acceptance and stillness that it brought to her life. Taking her first Yin Teacher Training with Biff in 2015 she has been working with him and his team of instructors since and is honoured to be able to continue to learn and study under them.  
http://www.fullelementliving.com_

Kristen Volpone is a heart consciousness activist. She is a believer in using the heart as a lens to see life through. She promotes self study and expression of human emotion as a way to liberate the heart’s voice. Her journey has taken her into deep self study through Yoga and Art. Kristen is passionate about spreading Yin in a very Yang world. She believes in Yin Yoga as a practice of the Heart’s journey.  Her Yin Yoga classes aim to remind people of Mindfulness, self love, and the quiet power within. 
Kristen completed her Hatha/ Vinyasa training with Sonic Yoga in New York. She has studied Kirtan with Bhakti Data Lasi at the Bhakti Center, where she deepened her devotion to heart consciousness. She has studied Yin Yoga with Biff Mithoefer, and has assisted his Yin Yoga Trainings. 
Kristen is grateful to be a part of the Yin path and to spread its magic! 
 www.yinwithkris10.com