About Saul David Raye

Saul David Raye is a highly acclaimed and inspirational teacher, known for his empowering and transformational approach to yoga, healing and spirituality. He began practicing Yoga and meditation as a teenager inspired by his father Denis and his first Dharma teacher Yogavachara Rahula. He spent a year living in the forest at Bhavana Society, a buddhist Monastery and retreat center, practicing Yoga and Mediation. He then spent several years in Asia and India, studying different healing traditions, including two years in Thailand learning and practicing Traditional Thai massage, pranic healing and Vipassana meditation. He was personally certified to teach Thai massage by his teacher and friend Asokananda, one of the world's foremost experts in Thai massage.

Saul's teaching brings alive the holistic nature of healing in a way that is simple, powerful and accessible, allowing people to connect more deeply with their own authentic power and spirit. He holds certifications in Yoga, bodywork and energy healing , is an ordained minister and musician who infuses his classes with healing music and chants. He has collaborated on many musical projects including recently co-producing albums with acclaimed kirtan singer Dave Stringer and a collective of musicians. Producing several albums of sanskrit chants set to soulful world music.

Sauls is one of the leading teachers of Yoga and Thai Yoga massage in the western hemisphere. He has been on the faculty of numerous national conferences and has been featured in different health publications. He was the co-founder of the original Sacred Movement Center for Yoga and Healing in Los Angeles. Currently he teaches community classes at Shakti's Elements and Exhale Center for Sacred Movement , leads Yoga Teacher trainings and Thai Yoga Therapy training program and leads Yoga workshops, intensives and retreats around the country. He lives in Los Angeles with his partner Kathryn and their three sons
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Saul is deeply grateful for the grace and gifts given to him by his teachers and for the love and support of his family, friends and students.

"Saul is one of the few therapists that I have been fortunate enough to meet who embodies the unique combinations of deep strength and sensitivity with wisdom and integrity. These are not massages, but healings". - Bryan Kest, Director of the Power Yoga Center,
Santa Monica, CA.

"Saul has mastered his gifts of hands, heart and soul."

- Larry Payne Ph.D. Founder/Director International Association of Yoga Therapists /Co-author of Yoga for Dummies.

"Thai Yoga Therapy put me in a different place. Truly great! I recommend Saul's work without resevation. Most Excellent."

- Erich Schiffman Yoga Teacher and Author of Yoga The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness

"Saul is a gifted and inspiring teacher and healer. Participants love his programs."

- Ganga White and Tracey Rich Yoga Teachers/ Directors of the White Lotus Foundation