AHIMSA FESTIVAL 2023 PRESENTERS

SEÁN JOHNSON AND
THE WILD LOTUS BAND

www.seanjohnsonandthewildlotusband.com

For the last eighteen years, New Orleans-based Seán Johnson And The Wild Lotus Band (Alvin Young, Gwendolyn Colman, Narada Wise, and Chris Rosser) have been putting a New Orleans and American stamp on spiritual music by merging ancient mantras from the traditions of yoga, global chants, conscious lyrics, roots, rock, gospel and world grooves.

With honor + appreciation for the deep roots of sound and chant from India’s yoga traditions, and sacred chants from around the world, they seek to create authentically relatable spiritually-based mantra-centric music accessible to all to deepen connection, foster healing, and move people’s hearts through music.

RAGHUNATH CAPPO

www.raghunath.yoga

Raghunath is the co-founder of Supersoul Yoga and Farm, a school in the countryside in upstate NY. He leads yoga teacher trainings, workshops, retreats, and host a daily podcast,
Wisdom of the Sages.

Every year he guides sold-out pilgrimages to his favorite cities and villages around India, and shares all that he knows of these places that he loves. In the mood of a pilgrim, he teaches others how to enter these sacred vortexes, so that they may receive an unforgettable transcendental experience.

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COBY KOZLOWSKI

www.cobyk.com

Coby Kozlowski, M.A., is a senior faculty member for the Kripalu School of Yoga and Esalen Institute, author of One Degree Revolution: How the Wisdom of Yoga Inspires Small Shifts That Lead to Big Changes, has been featured on the cover of Yoga Journal and Mantra Yoga + Health, and was named “one of the seven yoga teachers who have changed the practice.”

Her vibrant + inclusive style as a storyteller, TEDx speaker, contemporary yoga and meditation educator, life coach trainer and author are infused with practical wisdom and heartfelt humor. Coby is the creator of Quarter-Life Calling®: Creating an Extraordinary Life in Your 20’s, Karma Yoga Leadership Intensive + Life Coach Certification, Kripalu Vinyasa and is a lead trainer for The Radiance Sutras School of Meditation.

DJ BUMI

www.sheerelan.com

Ifa Halima Bumi is a multi-faceted, creative, mystic, intuitive soul with seedful gifts. She creates spaces with her sound and sends messages of empowerment and healing through music.

The Florida-based DJ, didgeridoo musician and owner of SHEER ELAN LLC, an audio video entertainment company, has been in a path of sacred service since 2016, electrifying hearts + souls within her reach. She has served as the official resident DJ for some of the hottest venues like Petanque Kitchen and Bar, events like POWER HOUSE by The Litt Factor, and hosts programs that air globally on Outreach Radio out of the UK. While advocating the journey of deep healing and love in its purest form, music flows through Ifa Halima Bumi and manifests itself through shared moments and experiences of life.

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CINDY LUNSFORD

www.instagram.com/nashvillebhaktiyogi/

Cindy is the former owner of four Yoga studios in upstate
New York and one in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a certified Bikram, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga and Level 2/3 Barkan Vinyasa teacher. She has completed Yin Yoga certifications with Paul Grilley and Josh Summers. She also completed Ana Forrest's
Advanced Yoga training as well as Baptiste's Art of Assisting and
Advanced Art of Assisting trainings. Cindy fulfilled her 500 hours with both Jimmy Barkan and Rolf Gates.

For five years, Cindy assisted Jimmy Barkan at his level II/III Vinyasa teacher trainings. She practices and studies Bhakti Yoga in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition and owes eternal gratitude to her teacher Raghunath. She currently leads 200 hour Vinyasa and Hot 26 teacher trainings. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee where she teaches at various studios, as well as regularly travels to lead trainings, workshops and retreats.