Jonas Westring, originally Swedish with decades in the USA and Asia, began his yoga journey in 1981 at the Scandinavian Yoga School based on the Bihar School of Yoga. He has an unusually well-rounded and extensive background in the holistic field as a Licensed Physiotherapist, Yoga Therapist, Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher Trainer, E-RYT 500, and is founder of Shantaya Yoga & Bodywork School in Chiang Mai, Thailand that teaches 200-hour and 300-hour Teacher Training Programs certified by Yoga Alliance and Anusara School of Hatha Yoga. Using the effective and systematic Anusara Yoga method as his main teaching path, he also has experience in many other styles including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar Yoga, Kripalu Yoga, Integrative Yoga Therapy and more. Jonas brings to his teaching not only a multitude of yoga styles and therapies but also a background in clinical physiotherapy. With a solid education in western medicine and 35 years experience of holistic healing modalities and personal practices from the east, he is able to integrate both perspectives into his educational teachings. Jonas has also been a pioneer in spreading the Thai healing tradition through a Thai Yoga Certification program he created in the USA in 1998 that has trained thousands of students in therapeutic yogic bodywork informed by physiotherapy and yoga. He enjoys transmitting the essence of yoga, bodywork and therapeutics with an light-hearted educational, anatomical twist as travels to many venues around the world. Jonas is known for his insightful, joyful teaching style that emphasizes students’ educational advancement as well as giving them a clear, valuable personal experience of yoga.