Welcome, Slava!

Slava Kolpakov, originally from Siberia, Russia, is a certified yoga therapist, a marathon runner, Thai massage teacher, and a yoga philosophy teacher in the Vedanta tradition. Slava has been a yoga teacher since 2002, completing several Integral Yoga certifications, and the 750-hour Structural Yoga Therapy training in 2005. He started teaching Hatha Yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City in 2002, under the guidance of the late Yoga Master Swami Satchidananda. Since then, Slava has taught yoga, the Yoga Sutras, and Vedanta philosophy at multiple Yoga Teacher Trainings in Boston, MA, and San Diego, CA. In 2017, he wrote a book of inspiring stories and practical applications of Yogic principles: Threads of Light (available on Amazon).

He is currently working on a historical novel.In addition to teaching yoga, Slava has been a Thai Massage therapist since 2004, and has taught Thai Massage since 2009. He had owned two sports massage centers in Boston for 11 years, certified hundreds of massage therapists around the country in the art of Thai massage, and has worked with thousands of professional and recreational athletes to treat and prevent athletic injuries. Slava is excited to be part of Kev’s Gym and offer Chair Yoga to seniors. Slava joined the Kev’s Gym team in May of 2020 and serves our clients in San Diego, CA. Want to book an appointment with Slava? Click here!

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