Teachers

Surya Kolpakov

Slava Kolpakov (Surya) is a life-long yoga practitioner. He is a Certified Yoga Therapist and a Massage Therapist. Surya is dedicated to preserving the integrity of Yoga as an ancient practice used to heal our bodies and minds, raise our consciousness as spiritual beings, and protect all life on our precious planet. He completed his teacher training at one of the oldest yoga traditions in India, Sri Swami Satchidananda’s Integral Yoga, at Yogaville (www.yogaville.org).

Surya is the founder of Thai Spirit Yoga, a system of personalized healing which blends Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, and body therapies such as Traditional Thai Massage.

Surya has been living, teaching, and practicing in San Diego for the last four years. He recently came back from an extended travel and study in Asia and is here to share some of his insights and experiences.