Earle Birney grew up in Vancouver, Canada surrounded by a supportive community network. After leaving University, Earle spent two years in New Zealand’s prestigious Paremoremo Institute where he started studying yoga and meditation. He went on to co-create Diamond Mountain University in southern Arizona where he completed a program in Tibetan Buddhism, concluding with a three-year silent meditation retreat starting in 2011. Now the head of curriculum development and lead teacher with the Yoga Studies Institute (YSI), Earle is reaching thousands of students a year with yoga programs and retreats, meditation teacher trainings, and philosophy workshops. His aim is finding integrity between theory and action; he enjoys guiding people in their personal practices while making these esoteric teachings practical and culturally relevant.

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