The kosha’s are a map to explore the deepest levels of our being. We imagine this map as layers of an onion and they form a barrier from realizing our true nature of bliss and oneness with the universe. Let’s peel back these layers and bring our awareness deeper reaching the innermost core, our True Self.

Allison Rissel is passionate about helping and inspiring yoga teachers to overcome self-doubt and burnout. She is dedicated to assisting yoga teachers to connect with their authenticity, enabling them to become powerful leaders of transformation in their yoga communities. Since becoming a yoga teacher in 2006, she has completed her master’s degree in exercise physiology in addition to over 2,000 hours of formal yoga and yoga therapy trainings and is an C-IAYT Yoga Therapist. She uses her knowledge and experience to guide yoga teachers along their yoga teacher journey, supporting them through the mental, spiritual, and physical challenges that they face. She is the founder of the Yoga Teacher Conf, dedicated to elevating, educating and inspiring yoga teachers around the globe through affordable continuing education, community support and connection. She is an extroverted optimist and she loves hiking, skiing, and connecting in nature with her husband, Sean.