Board of Directors

Swami Ramananda, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a highly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, with over 45 years of dedicated practice. A certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of Yoga Alliance, Ramananda is known for his compassionate presence, deep wisdom, and ability to translate the timeless teachings of Yoga into accessible tools for everyday life.

He offers practical methods for transforming life’s challenges into pathways toward inner freedom and realizing one’s full potential. Ramananda leads teacher training programs at all levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced—in San Francisco, and presents workshops and retreats throughout the U.S., Europe, and South America.

He co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda and has trained numerous Yoga teachers to serve in hospitals, corporations, and other professional settings. In addition, he has taught mind-body wellness programs across a range of communities.

A co-founder of the Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI), Ramananda brings together individuals committed to social justice, environmental healing, and spiritual activism. His warmth, insight, and gentle humor have inspired and uplifted countless students on the path of Yoga.

A native of San Francisco, David has been teaching Yoga since 2001 after taking Beginner Teacher Training at Integral Yoga (IYI) New York. Later he took additional training/certifications for Intermediate Yoga, Meditation, and Raja Yoga. With a background in management consulting, David brings a focus on finance, fundraising and governance to the Board of IYI San Francisco and serves as Board Chair. David also teaches a weekly Hatha 1 class at IYI SF and has led lunch hour Yoga in corporate settings, and Chair Yoga in senior / memory care centers.

Alan and his wife Sarani have been part of the Integral Yoga community since 1991, originally at Yogaville and now in San Francisco. Alan is an attorney who has practiced in both the public and private sectors. He recently retired from a San Francisco based practice representing Indian tribes.
Alan and Sarani have three grown children and six grandchildren (all age 5 and under) and at this point he considers himself to be a professional grandfather.

Alan was voted the Most Outstanding Player on his junior high school football team, which he considers the highlight of his life.

Muktidevi Kristine Demafeliz, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, is a passionate and dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher. Born and raised in San Francisco, Muktidevi has been embracing the practice of yoga for nearly two decades. Her journey into yoga began with the guidance of her mentor, Tony Garcia, through the SFO Airport’s Wellness Program in 2012. Tony encouraged her to pursue yoga teacher training, which she completed in the Integral Yoga® tradition. She holds certifications in Basic Hatha I, Intermediate Hatha II, Accessible Yoga (Gentle), and Mindful Resilience Training through the Veterans Yoga Project, enabling her to teach trauma-informed yoga. Recently, she graduated from Meditation Teacher Training. Her passion for continuous learning drives her to pursue further training, such as Yoga For First Responders, which aligns with her role as the Wellness Program Coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department. Muktidevi mentors and supports teacher trainees and newly certified teachers, helping them grow and develop on their yogic path. Yoga has profoundly impacted and transformed her life, and she genuinely believes it is a saving grace for all. Despite living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 28 years, Muktidevi continues to utilize the mindfulness practices to navigate through life’s challenges and adversities.

Yoga is my life, and my lifestyle. I am a 20+ year practitioner, 15+ of that as an instructor, with 1000+ hours of yoga-related training, and an RYT-500 from the Integral Yoga Institute. My style of teaching is holistic and meditative in nature, with breath as the entry point. I create a sacred container for students to go deep in their practice, find their center, and access peace within.

Saroja Subrahmanyan, E-RYT 500, has studied and practiced yoga for several decades. Her early yoga studies were in India followed by extensive teacher training in the Integral Yoga tradition since 1994 (Basic, Intermediate, Stress Management, Accessible Yoga Teacher Training, Laughing Yoga, Raja Yoga, Meditation). She also received training in other areas such as Therapeutic yoga, Laughter Yoga in the Madan Kataria style, Ayurveda, Reiki, iRest® Level 1 and a 20- hour teacher training course on Yoga vs. Osteoporosis offered by Dr. Loren Fishman in February 2024. She has taught yoga and stress management courses in a variety of settings and for varied audiences (colleges, gyms, offices, ashram, yoga studios and private classes) in the US, Singapore & India. For the past two decades, she has taught a popular yoga philosophy and practice course at Saint Mary’s College of California, where is also a tenured professor in the business school. She loves how yoga practices offer guidance for physical, mental, and spiritual health and can be practiced by anyone.

I began studying Eastern philosophy as a teenager and continue that inquiry to this day. I am a Buddhist chaplain serving incarcerated communities, and I have practiced yoga and meditation for decades. Alongside this spiritual path, I am the owner of nine car dealerships in the San Francisco Bay Area. I also find great joy in kirtan and devotional practice.