Guiding our Yoga and Tango


Ashley Turner, M.A., is a yoga/meditation instructor, writer and therapist in private practice based in Los Angeles and New York. Recently named “Who’s Who of Power Yoga“ by Yoga Journal for the 2nd year in a row, Ashley’s signature teaching style is creative, passionate and inquisitive, moving beyond the physical practice of yoga.

She offers a deft combination of intense physical instruction focusing on proper form as well as philosophic inquiry to help clients channel energy and release stress for improved fitness, awareness and self-expression. Ashley has the unique ability to rigorously challenge, inspire and nurture students, simultaneously. Her discerning clientele includes renowned musicians, models, Hollywood creatives and distinguished business leaders.
Ashley is dedicated to translating the conscious and unconscious mind through the power of movement and spirituality in a modern approach based on yoga psychology. She inspires her clients through practical instruction to move beyond the pull of opposites that act as obstacles in everyday life. The end result is optimal body conditioning, peak creative flow and more vital, joyful living.


Ashley has toured with top musicians and worked intensively with individuals, couples and corporate clients on creativity, intimacy and empowerment. Currently, she is producing a series of “LIVE” yoga DVDs in partnership with Gaiam / MonthlyYogaDVD.com. Ashley works in a variety of settings – from private sessions, group classes, weekend workshops and international retreats to onsite consultations with companies of various sizes, as well as lecturing in academic situations.

She is a West Coast spokesperson for Zobha yoga clothing company as part of their Circle of Grace program and co-founder Yoga Groove Collective – a non-profit committed to collaboration, activism and fundraising. Ashley has been featured in a number of magazines and journals including Outside, Women’s Health, Yoga Journal, Health, YogiTimes, and LA Yoga.

Ashley’s practice is multi-dimensional – primarily influenced by Tantra, Advaita Vedanta, Ayurveda, Insight Meditation, Shamanism and the visionary work of Ram Dass. She began her formal training in Classical Ashtanga Yoga with Baba Hari Das (Mt. Madonna) and went on to complete an Advanced Vinyasa Training with Shiva Rea. She has studied extensively with Sharon Gannon and David Life of Jivamukti Yoga, Mark Whitwell, and Krishna Das.

In 2006, Ashley was ordained as a Priestess after completing a year-long Priestess Training with Ariel Spilsbury. Subsequently, she has given special focus to feminine spirituality and transformation, leading an annual Women’s Empowerment retreat with Seane Corn and Suzanne Sterling.

At the Sorbonne in Paris, France studying existentialism piqued Ashley‘s interest in the synthesis and profound psychological impact of symbolism, art, culture and design. While completing her BA in International Relations at the University of Southern California, she began her study of ancient wisdom traditions and came to recognize the importance of a global vision under the guidance of two distinguished mentors – a Taoist master and a Native American elder. Earning an MA in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Depth (Jungian) Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, she began writing on the synthesis of modern science and eastern spirituality.
www.ashleyturner.org

I've been practicing & learning with Ashley Turner for over 5 1/2 years now. When I first started yoga, her 1 PM time slot was perfect for folks like myself who had too much fun the night before. Her classes have always been informed by a cereberal quality, not to say that they are not physically challenging either. With teachers like Baba Hari Das, Shiva Rea, Bryan Kest & influences from Jivamukti Yoga, she inspires with tradition, spirituality & bhakti. And I can attest that she hardly repeats herself.
—MaMo


Micaela Cortada. We are very pleased to have Micaela Cortada facilitate our YogaTango event. She and her company will be instructing us in Tango throughout our time in Buenos Aires, including our times in the selected dance clubs, "milongas."

Micaela Cortada started dancing tango at the age of 13, in the typical "milongas" of Buenos Aries and then began studying Classic and Contemporary dance in the Art XXI School directed by Oscar Araiz, a well-known Argentine choreographer with an important career in Switzerland.

Master Héctor Zaraspe, a famous choreographer living in New York, chose her as a member of his company, and she danced under his direction at the Argentine Theatre in La Plata city.

Micaela’s most outstanding teachers were the famous dancers Mr. and Mrs. Dinzel, Roberto Herrera, Héctor Falcón and Vanina Bilous. She worked for the Konnex Foundation in "Vamos al Tango", presented at the Cervantes and Liceo Theatres in Buenos Aires.

She danced at some of the most distinguished tango places like "Homero Manzi", "El Querandí", "Complejo Tango", "Taconeando" and “El Café de los Angelitos”. Once, she performed for the Vice President Mr. Daniel Scioli, together with the Leopoldo Federico Orchestra at the Honorable Senate of the Nation. She has danced in Documentary films for Japan and Germany. She also danced in the film "La suerte está echada", directed by Sebastián Borenstein.


In 2005, she was part of the "Tangos" company which toured among several international cities. She also worked in the Seabourn Pride Ships several times performing and giving lessons.

In 2007 she entered in Ana María Stekelman company called “tangokinesis” were she performed for one year and a half in several cities of the country and also in Colombia.

In 2008 Micaela received the “Beca Nacional para investigación en Danza”, distributed by the Fondo nacional de las Artes.

In 2009 she danced again in the Cervantes National Theatre with a dance theatre company directed by Silvia Vladimivsky in a piece called, “Azares de Gardel y del Quijote”.

From the teaching perspective, she was invited by the Superior Art Institute of the Colón Theatre in Buenos Aires to dictate summer and winter intensive tango seminars.

Currently, she teaches at the Mora Godoy Tango Studio, gives semestral lessons for students of Swarthmore University in Buenos Aires, dances in the “Café de Los Angelitos” dinner show, and gives private lessons in her studio in Barracas called Finoquietto Tango.

Micaela Cortada and her company will provide us with a rich and warm YogaTango Experience.



For more information:
Call (1) 505 559 4632 or (44) 020 8133 4994
email: Event Info