Ryan Krupa

Sun Sign:  Taurus

Nickname:  Crazy Horse

Favorite Word:  Epic

I hope for all of us to experience inner peace

I thank God for my parents who raised me with unconditional love

What gives you peace?  Silence

Why Yoga? It’s relevant for anyone, anywhere, anytime… a thin mat for endless experiences.

3 words to describe you:  Strong, Loving, Faithful

What inspires you? Anything that emanates Beauty

Who inspires you?  Anyone who radiates Love

What you can’t live without?  Grace

Favorite yoga pose and why? Any hip opener – because they open what needs to be healed

Secret comfort foods?  Ben and Jerry’s Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Words to live by (or your favorite quote):  "One of the main purposes of spiritual growth and self-transcendence for the human being is to become something novel and emergent...to form a new and different whole."  - Wilber

“Love is the Will to nurture one’s own or another’s spiritual growth” - Peck

Best advice you’ve ever received (from who?):  “Fear is the most selfish emotion of a leader” – David “Bull” Gurfein, Lt. Colonel, USMC

Words to describe your teaching style?  Vulnerable, Energetic, and Playful

What do you love to do for FUN?   LOUNGE… as much as possible

When/where/with who was your first yoga class? San Diego, Bikram Yoga, Solo… 

Local escape:  Anywhere outside of an office

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Ryan has been practicing yoga since 2004.  As a Marine Corps Officer, he found the meditation, concentration, breath, and grace required of yoga to be the missing component in developing warriors.  He discovered that the style of Vinyasa spoke to him the most.  The free flowing nature turned out to be an expression and metaphor of the way he lives life.  He loves yoga because of its ability to develop our character, the human spirit, and ignite our God given potential.  His teaching style brings the warrior ethos with a blend of vulnerability and playfulness.  He received his initial 200 hour training from Tami Schneider at Cleveland Yoga (CY) in 2009.  His teachers are all the Teachers at CY, The Teachers from the CY Teacher Trainee Program Spring 2009, his Creator, Parents, Family, Friends, Fellow Warriors and U.S. Marines.

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