Laraine Lalita Holt, RYT Certified Yoga Teacher
Laraine
Lalita Holt RYT is a certified Integral YogaŽ instructor and registered with the Yoga Alliance, the regulatory body which
governs Yoga teachers and holds them to strict levels of quality and training. Lalita is also a certified Yoga Therapist for
Cancer & Chronic Illness. Formerly a professional ballet dancer, having performed with companies such as the National
Ballet of Canada, Lalita’s association with Integral YogaŽ began fifteen years ago when she first visited Satchidananda
Ashram in Virginia. Since that time she has received instruction from senior Integral Yoga Ž teachers, culminating in her
graduation from Integral YogaŽ Teacher Training, a demanding 200 hour residential program. Lalita loves to teach, and is one
of the very few teachers in the GTA offering instruction in genuine Integral Yoga.
At present, Lalita is attending nursing school in Toronto to enhance her knowledge, skill,
and competence in teaching those with serious illness.
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STEVE HOLT
Guru Tattwa Ratnam
(Jewel of the Guru's Teachings)
Steve Holt
Meditation Instructor
Steve Holt began training in Integral YogaŽ in 1980 and took initiation in 1981. He has
spent nearly thirty years practicing the teachings of Integral Yoga, studying directly with Sri Swami Satchidananda and his
senior monks for more than twenty-five years. Steve also spent time in India in order to deepen his practice of meditation
and Bhakti Yoga. In 1986 he was given the designation of Guru Tattwa Ratnam (Jewel of the Guru's Teachings), an award
in recognition of a life devoted to the principles of Integral YogaŽ. In 2008 he co-founded Shalom-Salaam Toronto,
an organization of Jews, Arabs, and Muslims dedicated to peace. Steve has also built a worldwide reputation as a health and
fitness consultant, known as The Vegetarian Bodybuilder ™.
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