Gopala has been teaching Yoga for children and adults, as well as meditation and Yoga philosophy, since 1995. He was a monk in the Sivananda Yoga Centers in Israel and the Bahamas for ten years, from 1994-2004.
In addition to his Yoga certifications, Gopala is also an ordained Interfaith minister, a Reiki Master, and he's also certified in Thai Yoga Massage.
He has studied healing through Tibetan bowls, as well as Acro Yoga and Circus Yoga.
In 2007, Gopala co-founded the studio Yoga LeShalom (Hebrew for “Yoga for Peace”) in Tel Aviv, Gopala’s hometown. Yoga LeShalom is a studio for the whole family, where the daily schedule included Drop-in Yoga classes for adults, Yoga for kids, Ma and Baby, and Family Yoga.
That same year, Gopala began focusing on training Yoga teachers for kids, and Rainbow Kids Yoga was born! Seeing the need to bring all of this fun to adults as well, Gopala founded Sun Moon Partner Yoga in 2009, to train Partner Yoga teachers and to enrich the Yoga world with his concept of Community Yoga.
In 2010, Gopala created our unique 280 Hour Teacher Training, focusing on Family and Community Yoga, and is the director and head teacher trainer. Today, Gopala keeps training Yoga teachers and directing family Yoga holidays worldwide with Angel, while writing books and traveling with their four beautiful children, Ems, Oli, Delphin and Indigo. His playful, patient and warm teaching style has been applauded by graduates as “magical”, “inspiring”, “transformative”, and “an unforgettable journey.”
Angel is an experienced and super exciting Kids Yoga teacher and a devoted mummy of four beautiful little cherubs. She believes that children should be surrounded with everything especially magical and wonderfilled and she enjoys sharing the world with them on their level.
She began her journey with little people in 2002 and has spent over ten fun and playful years in childcare and education, working with kids in Australia and abroad.
She is a Yoga Alliance certified Family and Community Yoga Teacher.
She is also a Pre and Postnatal yoga and Baby Yoga teacher, she has studied with Jyothi Larson of Yoga Mom Buddha Baby and Francoise Freedman and Sally Lomas of Birthlight. She teaches Partner and Community Yoga with Gopala. Today Angel and her family continue to study and explore circus arts and acrobatics together with Mark Sands and his family from Sands Family Circus.
Angel believes that we need to trust our instincts and listen more to the natural rhythms of our bodies and of life. Honoring, nurturing and following this natural flow of life creates a playful and loving childhood for kids, and in turn creates strong foundations of love and awareness for the whole family and the community.
In 2010 Angel created our unique Family Yoga Holidays that run parallel to our 280hr Teacher Training. Angel and Gopala work together to weave these programs to inspire, create and enhance a real community feel. Angel and Gopala Co-Direct Rainbow Kids Yoga from their family home and farm in Australia. They travel often with their tribe to conduct Kids Yoga, Partner Yoga and Tantra Teacher Trainings and workshops together, all over the world. Angel can't wait to share all of her passions and talents with you and your kids!
Meet Sora, our amazing, multi-faceted and multi-talented Business Manager and Mentor Extraordinaire who has been a Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher and a part of our team since 2010! Sora became an 200 hr RTY in 2008, graduated our 3-day training in 2010 and has rocked the children's and family yoga movement ever since!
Currently Sora is a life coach for women who are at a crossroad in their life. She has the ability to help you reconnect with your own brilliance, listen to your inner voice, and manifest the desires you want in your life through simple practices. Sora enjoys connecting with women around the world so schedule a free Clarity coaching session with her
here.
Sora was the founder of Sno Yoga, dedicated to teaching children, teens, parents and teachers Mindfulness and Yoga. She was the Director of a nonprofit organization focused on Yoga Health and the Experience Lead at an International Design firm known for human centered innovation.
With a Liberal Arts degree from Barnard College and Columbia University, as well as a Dual Masters of Science degree in Education, and an expansive experience in the business world, Sora is an inspiring mentor for anyone who wishes to be a leader in the constantly evolving world of yoga and entrepreneurship.
Sora is a New York native who has lived all over the world and loves to connect with people worldwide.
Don't be surprised if you see her on a motorbike cruising around in your city. Make sure to stop her and get on for an adventurous ride!
You can find out more about her at www.SoraSuryaNo.com
Lei has been in love with drama and yoga since she was a little kid herself.
She loves to be on stage and to move and entertain people.
Lei studied and taught Asian Theater at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Hawaii from 1996 to 2004 and she was inspired there to combine both of her passions, drama and yoga.
In 2005, she founded an English school in Tokyo (“ESL Theater Project”) and developed a program to teach English to kids and adults through Drama Yoga.
After taking Yoga Ed. and Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher trainings, she expanded her Drama Yoga program to kindergartens and schools, and has now opened the first Asian Rainbow Kids Yoga Center in Tokyo.
Lei’s energetic and dramatic style of teaching excites kids as well as grownups and makes people want to move and play yoga all over the world!
Energetic, creative, melodic and definitely attuned to the wisdom of wild things; Amanda has been dedicated to the children’s yoga movement since 2006 when she founded BlissKids, a sweet, petite children’s/family yoga & music company north of Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Eclectic ERYT-200hr, initially certified as both a teacher and a teacher trainer through YogaKids, and later to train teachers through BlissKids, Amanda now finds synergy in collaborating with Rainbow Kids to inspire and educate teachers in North America via 3-day, 200hr and immersion trainings at yoga conferences.
Locally, Amanda continues to direct BlissKids, mentoring teachers, designing programs and sharing yoga and music with children & families in preschools, schools, yoga centres, retreats, camps, birthday parties, and community events.
Amanda believes in fairies, aliens and world peace, and her revered teacher is her dog, Bela!
Cayetana was born in Madrid 38 years ago and her passion for children started when she was a kid herself!!
Very involved in Performing Arts, she studied drama, song and dance and made it a very important part of her life, and nowadays she makes good use of it when teaching kids and grown-ups.
She also studied education and worked as a teacher for a few years.
Later on, Yoga came into her life by a beautiful chance when she was living in Australia, where her daughter, Lua, was born. There she completed her Yoga teacher training in Melbourne and decided that she wanted to bring children all the joy and
benefits from Yoga!
She completed her YogaKids Teacher Training with Marsha Wenig and The Radiant Child Yoga Program with Shakta Kaur Khalsa.
Last year she met Gopala at her studio in Madrid, and finished the Rainbow Kids Teacher Training, loving every part of it from the beginning to the end…
Nayeli, her name means LOVE in ancient native American tongue and her heart is
bursting with so much to share with you! She was born to a very big and loving
family in Mexico, the eldest of 35 cousins!.
She was inspired in her youth to be a yoga
instructor by her first yoga teacher Annabel Atkins who was 65 years old at the time!
Nayeli is certified in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, pre natal, therapeutic and children yoga
from a variety of schools. Some of her teachers include Sheri Cherokee and Tej Monge
from Namaste Yoga & Pilates, Cheri Clampet and Arturo Peal from Therapeutic Yoga,
Tibetan yoga and Buddhism from Gueshe Michael Roach and Rafael Cervantes from
Adva Yoga.
She has co-created and directs the playful and super fun “Corazones Sabios, niños
atentos” based in México City, offering yoga in schools and studios, yoga and
mindfulness workshops for school teachers and parents, yoga-parties for grownups
and kids and more.
Nayeli believes that children are our LOVE masters! She enjoys immensely being with
children, she loves the way they see life and how easy things can be when we act or
think through the eyes and mind of a child. Rainbow Kids Yoga has helped her to heal
her inner kid soul. She is now completely dedicated to sharing her discoveries and
adventures, spreading the joy and magic of children's yoga all across Mexico and Latin
America as one of the Rainbow Kids Yoga Senior Trainers.
Originally from Morocco, Marco is a father of four lovely children and also the director of the Yoga LeShalom (Yoga for Peace in Hebrew) studio in Avtalion, northern Israel.
Marco started his in depth studies of yoga in 1995 and was certified as a senior yoga teacher in 1999 by the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta organization in India.
In 2003, Marco was certified as a yoga teacher for kids at Reedman University in Israel, and has continued his study of kids and family yoga with Yoga LeShalom in Tel Aviv and with Rainbow Kids Yoga.
From 2001-2003 Marco studied alternative medicine at Medichina University in Tel Aviv and was granted the title of Senior Reflexologist.
In 2007, Marco was certified to teach Therapeutic Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi and Yoga Of The Heart. Marco is working in Israel with the Arab, Jewish and Droz communities, bringing the joy and peace of yoga to all: kids, youth and adults!
Rebecca has been involved with yoga virtually since she could walk.
In the days of her youth when she strode the catwalks of the world as an international model, yoga was a wonderful escape from this hectic and sometimes unnatural world.
She is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and has an Advanced Diploma in Yoga Training (1000 hours) and has taught in many well known institutions around the globe Including Kripalu in the USA.
Rebecca believes it was yoga that gave her the strength to confront all that life has thrown at her, including her brave battle with a very rare cancer.
With this in mind she has made it her mission in life to pass on the gift of yoga to children.
Rebecca always believed this should be done in a way that was fun not only for the kids but also for the adults. It has to be about family and it had to be about giving kids good building blocks for the future.
Rebecca's search for an organization that embodied all those things was fulfilled when she found 'Rainbow Kids Yoga'. Rebecca is now a representative and a senior teacher for 'Rainbow Kids Yoga'' and believes she is part of an unforgettable journey that transforms lives and makes the world a better place.