Teacher Bios

Will 

(William Brashear / E-RYT 500) is the president of Cincinnati Yoga School. He has studied yoga since 1987 and has traveled regularly throughout India since 2003 to deepen his practice. He has been trained at the Advanced (500hr) level 3 times in India . Once through the Swara yoga school in Elemental Yoga Therapy and before that in Astanga by Masterji Vishwanath (nephew and former assistant to “Guruji” Patabhi Jois). His 200 level training was in America in the Kripalu Yoga tradition by Martha Abbot, as well as Advanced training in Thai Yoga Massage thru the Lotus Palm school with Rishi Dion in "Yogavilles" Satchitananda Ashram in Virginia.

In 2004 Will assembled a crew of yoga teachers from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and other yogic lineages throughout India to create a model Graduate Degree program for Antioch University McGregor (AUM) in Integral Yoga Psychology. He is also the only student to be certified by Joe Williams to teach the Delsarte System of Expression (See Joe Williams bio below) 

Will has served on the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i's of Cincinnati and other communities for many years and was asked by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i's of India to create materials to help Baha'i communities connect and correlate with Hindu and Buddhist communities through the teachings of yoga.

As a long time student of comparative/complementary religion, Will is the author of The Yoga of Religion (Inland Press, 2004) and was the host of YOGA: The Other 98%, on 1530 WCKY –The Revolution of Talk Radio.

Will has been the Director of Yoga Teacher Trainings for CYS, CYTA (Cincinnati Yoga Teachers Association), Frankfort Yoga Studio, Vishwa Yoga and the Vishwa Yoga Journey. There are also plans to team up with the Swara yoga school based in Portugal to help in creating a 1000 hour Elemental Yoga Therapy program. 

However, Will considers his greatest accomplishment as starting an elementary school that serves around 100 impoverished children in Chandigarh, India; and funded by the (501c3) non-profit organization known as Virtues First, International; of which he co-founded and serves as president. Most of the profits from this training go to this organization to help and empower India's needy:  www.virtuesfirstprojects.com

Jeff Emerson, RYT fulfilling a lifelong dream, Jeff completed his 200 hour yoga training a few years ago and is now perusing the 500 hour teaching certificate. Jeff has studied meditation for a number of years and teaches meditation at Lebanon prison and the drop in center downtown.  Jeff is also a Reiki Master and trainer as well as a Thai Yoga Bodyworker, enabling him to combine the two art forms into a uniquely powerful healing experience.

Janet Osmond, RYT is a certified Kripalu instructor.  Her classes have a strong focus on body awareness alignment and modifications. For Janet Yoga is a haven which creates health and well-being for the body, mind and spirit. 

Master Roy Bushman, 8th dan black belt with I K Kim Ja Be Ryu Tae Kwon Do, teaches the Sun Do classes and began Tae Kwon Do under Grand Master Kim in 1972. Roy Bushman is the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Sun Do Instructor for the International Sun Do Association www.sundo.org and Lotus Yoga Temple has one of the few Midwest locations to teach this art. Mr. Bushman met Be Kyung during his stay in the U S during the 1970’s and uses Sun Do to keep his martial arts abilities sharp though over 50 years of age. He attends at least 3 Sun Do retreats each year (California, Vermont and British Columbia) under Master Hyun Moon Kim, who leads Sun Do in the United States.