Dearbhla Kelly

Dearbhla Kelly began practicing yoga in 1994 while studying philosophy in Amsterdam. She left her hometown, Dublin, Ireland in 2001 to pursue a Ph.D in philosophy in Chicago, where she began teaching yoga. Her teaching style is influenced by her studies of Ashtanga, Forrest Yoga, Anusara, Yin Yoga, Vinyasa flow, Yoga Nidra and Bhakti Yoga. Her philosophical training has given her insight into the more esoteric aspects of yoga, as her heart moves toward integration and self-knowledge. She is also a writer, whose articles on the neuroscience of ecstasy have been published in LA Yoga Magazine and Yoga Journal Germany.