A, E-RYT 500, is an international yoga professional whose work weaves community building, nonprofit leadership, and making yoga accessible. As Board Governance Manager for Yoga Alliance, the world’s largest yoga nonprofit, he oversees strategic board governance for 110,000 + members. He volunteers as CEO of Elevate Akron, a grassroots organization that has partnered with 300 + organizations to share yoga with nearly 20,000 people since 2015. He’s also a board member at SLS Yoga Center, founded in 1978. As Director of the School of Yoga at Studio Oxygen, Kevin consults RYS programs worldwide through his company, Holistic Leaders LLC, and brings 15 years of study across Rasa, Sivananda, Integral, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and mindfulness traditions. Kevin is a published scholar of academic research and writing on presence. He integrates live handpan, gong, and singing-bowl soundscapes to make ancient wisdom accessible, experiential, and modern. Kevin’s collaborations with musicians through Guided Sound Journeys and the Elevate Orchestra combine yoga with live music, offering transformative, immersive experiences.

Leanna Hartsough, PhD is an online assistant communication professor at the University of Cincinnati Clermont. She has been teaching yoga since 2013 and envisioned ways to enhance people’s happiness, health, and holistic well-being. Her vision is how Festival Fitness opened in August of 2016, where she teaches sip and yoga classes on Zoom Sunday evenings at 6:30pm ET. Leanna received her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training through Studio Oxygen in Canfield, Ohio, where she is currently completing her 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training. Her yoga teaching is rooted in vinyasa, yin, tantra, and mindfulness.