I have been inspired in the area of meditation by Jack Kornfield, and Sylvia Boorstein, of Spirit Rock, and Thich Nhat Hanh, of the Mindfulness Community. With Ed Winchester and Corinne McLaughlin of the Sirius Community, I co-founded the EPA Meditation Group in 1988-89 and continued to facilitate that group until leaving the Environmental Protection Agency in 1993-94.
In addition to teaching well over 5000 yoga classes from 1976-2008, I taught yoga and meditation at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa from 1994-2020. I have felt honored to collaborate with my mentor and friend, Richard Miller, Ph.D. on a handful of occasions from 2007-2011 for some of his evening gatherings focusing on the Gayatri mantra, and for some of his Yoga Nidra and Meditation retreats, I led Sanskrit chants from the Jnana and Bhakti yoga traditions. I have led many kirtans with like-minded devotees, chanting the sacred names here in Sonoma County from 1994 to 2008, when I became much busier as a psychotherapy intern. I generally taught one hour of yoga per day, five or six days per week in our community or at our home.
“Whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, whose illumination is within, that yogi becomes Brahman and gains the Beatitude of Brahman.” Bhagavad Gita 5:24
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Hannah Caratti, LMFT, integrates psychology, trauma-informed yoga, and iRest® Yoga Nidra to help individuals cultivate resilience, healing, and lasting well-being.
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 50289) and an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT).