Deborah Garland

I’m truly passionate about helping people feel and look vibrantly healthy, happy and eternally radiant. I’ve been teaching pranayama, yoga and ayurveda for over 28 years and am certified at the advanced expert E-RYT 500 hr level by the National Yoga Alliance. I am a board-certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and Vedic Counselor. My specialty is helping people make small, easy to manage adjustments in their lifestyle to make very positive shifts in physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. Everyone I work with learns pranayama, yogic breathing! We build upon the foundations of yoga, Ayurveda, and universal wellness principles. I work with individuals and groups, and teach workshops and studio classes. I love to train teachers and facilitators! I teach people how to teach pranayama, yoga and wellness lifestyle. I design and write curriculum for a broad range of settings. Whether teaching a group yoga class, working with those with compromised health, leading a seminar on balanced lifestyle choices, or facilitating pranayama and meditation, my focus is the same: helping you look better, feel better, and live better. My premier book, The Eternal Radiance: Good Advice for a Long and Beautiful Life is endorsed by Dr. Lad, Dr. Frawley, David Crow, Srimati, and many other modern Ayurvedic thought leaders. It's very easy to read and is written for everyone who is interested in Ayurveda. Supreme Breath: Yogi Breathing to Access Higher Life Force Energy, is a comprehensive, approachable introduction to pranayama. My dear, dear teachers and mentors, Shiva Rea and Swami Shankardev Saraswati both wrote forwards to the book. I feel so honored! It's available as a print book and audiobook. 365 Ways to Breathe is a fun book with a breath technique or inspiring quote about breathing on each page - one for every day of the year! All three books are available on Amazon. I hold a BA in Education from Ohio State University (I completed my undergraduate studies at Montana State University) and MA in Educational Technology from Barry University (Miami, FL). I have over 25 years experience in the fields of education and training. I worked for over 8 years as a Corporate Executive for a national professional certification association. After successful careers in teaching and corporate leadership, I followed my inner guidance to study classical yoga. While studying yoga, Ayurveda and pranayama, I blended yoga and my life-long hobby of design and sewing and created and manufactured an organic line of yoga lifestyle apparel, Kaivalya Absolute Freedom. The apparel line was named after the 4th chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Kaivalya, the ultimate goal of yoga, in the Sanskrit language, is a universal concept which translates as "absolute freedom". My path in yoga, Ayurveda and wellness has led me to seek out and learn from many contemporary, internationally-known Master Teachers. I have studied extensively with, and am eternally grateful to Shiva Rea, and to Dr. Swami Shankardev Saraswati of the Bihar School of Yoga (Satyananda Yoga). I have studied repeatedly with Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), Dr. Robert Svoboda, Erich Schiffmann, Gurmukh Khalsa, Hari Jap, Bhavani Maki and Rama Jyoti Vernon. I am eternally grateful to my Ayurveda Vaidyas (revered doctors and teachers) Dr. Jayarajan Kodikannath and especially Dr. Karthik Krishnan, with whom I study advanced Ayurvedic medicine. When I am not writing or teaching, I enjoy my two grown children, create wood fired ceramics, travel, garden, hike, cook, sew, and simply breathe! Thanks for being here! I'm looking forward to helping you look and feel vibrantly healthy, happy and eternally radiant!