About Me

Beryl Bender, an environmental and animal activist since the early 70’s, as well as a renowned yogi and meditation teacher, is the best-selling author of four books on yoga, including Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga. A former biofeedback researcher with a degree in English and philosophy from Syracuse University, Beryl has been an avid student of classical yoga, meditation, and Buddhism since l971and traveled to India in l974 with her teacher, Munishree Chitrabhanu, to further her studies.
She is the co-founder and board chair emeritus of The Give Back Yoga Foundation and the Director of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute (TH&TSYI). From l980 through 2020 her school offered one of the top 10 yoga & meditation teacher training programs in the country and certified hundreds of teachers, spread throughout the world, who now are sharing the methodology of the 8 limbed yoga path in all corners of our communities.
Beryl has been leading annual meditation and yoga retreats since l984 and was one of the first people to offer yoga trips to some of the most peaceful and beautiful locations in the world, like Oaxaca, Mexico; Malaga, Spain; Belize; Nosara, CostaRica; Tuscany, Italy; Culebra, Puerto Rico, Villa Sumaya, Guatemala; and Ikaria,Greece. Her trips draw a bright and mindful group of like-minded practitioners who love to travel, connect with others, do yoga, meditate, and laugh.