IAN DARRAH INC.
COCONUT GROVE, FLORIDA

Ian Darrah Ian Darrah brings his expertise and experience as a top Yoga Teacher, Yoga Teacher Trainer, and Personal Fitness Trainer to the Miami community. Ian is an E-RYT 500 (Experienced registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance) and has spent time training under the most masterful Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Satyananda, and Sivananda teachers in the world. Having mentored thousands of students since his own teacher's training course, he is widely recognized as a knowledgeable and powerful carrier of the wisdom tradition. His strength as a teacher comes from decades as an impassioned student of health, longevity and human potential and daily dedication to personal development and the empowerment of others. In addition to leading yoga teacher training courses, teaching public, private and corporate classes, Ian offers private wellness services (personal fitness training, nutrition, meditation and ayurveda/shamanic education) to people of all walks of life. In addition to his numerous yoga certifications, Ian is certified with ACE and NASM (the National Academy of Sports Medicine). He has also received the rights from recognized leaders (medicine carriers) to perform certain Native American healing & purification ceremonies. Ian Darrah began working privately with clients to share his expertise & love of health, fitness, yoga & nutrition to help people lead healthier lives. His clients come from all walks of life and range from baby boomers & seniors to children and teens, and from special needs populations to competitive runners and triathletes. Ian is a native of Ohio and grew up competing in tennis tournaments and ski races. Endurance, however, proved to be his forte as became a nationally ranked amateur triathlete (swimming, cycling and running) before racing professionally for two years. While still in college at North Carolina State University, Ian founded a triathlon club where he trained student triathletes for the Collegiate National Championships where he himself placed 2nd overall. Ian went on to complete his Bachelor’s degree at NCSU (Raleigh, NC) in Foreign Languages and an International MBA at the nation’s top-ranked International Business program (USC – Columbia, South Carolina). After nearly 10 years working with corporations domestically and internationally (marketing) and developing a successful international travel business, Ian decided it was time to step away from the computer & office and get out to help people with their health & wellness. Ian’s mission & passion is to help people of all ages and condition to better their health, meet fitness goals and improve lifestyle/well-being. "Dear Ian,Thank you for all that you have provided me over the last several months. Words cannot explain how thankful I am for this experience! I will take what I have learned and express what is in my heart and hopefully provide others with the joy of yoga. I will continue to look to you for guidance and knowledge as I enter the next phase of my life journey. With great respect and love," I was fortunate enough to be able to participate, along with eleven other extremely diverse and wonderful people, in the Spring 2013 Green Monkey Teacher Training Certification, led by Ian Darrah. The experience was life-changing, and wonderful beyond anything that I could have imagined. It touched many aspects of my life, from the obviously, physical and anatomical, to the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual. Ian is an extremely qualified instructor, who imbues his instructional abilitie" "Ian, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for making the 2013 Green Monkey TTC such an amazing life-altering experience. It truly has been a "radical transformation" for me and I can't imagine having had anyone other than you guide me on this 10-week journey. You're a wonderful teacher and a beautiful person. As the oldest member of our group, the training was particularly challenging for me, both physically and mentally. Although at times, I felt a bit overwhelmed, I sincerely thank" "Dear Ian, I am happy to have participated in the Green Monkey TTC experience I am even more happy that you were/are my teacher. The program is effective; you have helped to create good teachers. Even if we do not teach regularly, the yoga teacher training - what we learned - will be a source support throughout our lives. You have impressive ability, a wonderful presence and impeccable balance. You're everything a teacher should be without being too much of anything. You don't seem to be from an" "Hello Ian, here a brief testimonial, there was so much..... The Green Monkey 200-hour teacher training with Ian Darrah offered insights in the many different aspects of Yoga, like history, philosophy, but also nutrition, meditation, anatomy, breathing and cleansing techniques. Not only did we learn how to teach and structure classes, but also how to benefit from Yoga as a guide in our everyday lives. The possibility to choose from the entire schedule of all Green Monkey locations to fulfill the" "Hello, My name is Hindy Striem and I participated in the spring 200-hour Teacher training program offered at Green Monkey and taught by Ian Darrah.The experience surpassed all my expectations. Ian provided our group with a thorough curriculum that covered all the major subjects a yoga instructor needs to know to become a good teacher.We covered a wide range of topics, from Patanjali's yoga sutras to yoga anatomy and everything in between. Even though there was a lot of material covered Ian mana" "I am beyond blessed to have had the opportunity to take teacher training with the phenomenal Ian Darrah. To say the least, the 10-week course changed my life. Simply stated, I discovered a peace within myself I was not sure even existed and found a deep connection to my own inner wisdom, to those around me, and, ultimately, to the Universal wisdom. Ian raised spiritual conversation in a way that allowed for all of our personal understanding. His gentle and accessible approach encouraged us t"