Ella Luckett, founder of Jai Yoga, has been teaching yoga for 16 years and is certified through some of the world’s leading contemporary yoga teachers including Sharon Gannon, David Life of JivaMukti, Shiva Rea of Prana Yoga and Trance Dance, and with Larry Schultz in Ashtanga Yoga. For 10 years Ella has been a member of The Yoga Society of New York at Ananda Ashram where she studies with devotees of Shri Bramhanada Saraswati, including Joan Suval. She practices Mantra meditation under the instruction of Gadahara Pandit, "Urban Monk," as well as Music and Kirtan with Dave Stringer. Ella founded Jai Yoga in 2008 and now leads, classes, workshops and Yoga Teacher Trainings, in NYC and locations around the world. Through years of helping people find peace and releasing unhealthy thought and body patterns, Ella has developed keen intuitive eyes and ears that feed her ability to help people navigate their own personal paths.