Garrett Sarley
Chief Executive Officer, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

Garrett Sarley has been a leader in the field of yoga, integrated health, spirituality and human development for more than 33 years. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health's Chief Executive Officer, he previously spent nine years as president of the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. His passion is applying the principles of integrated functioning—the foundation of yoga—toward personal health and organizational growth and vitality.

Garrett is an active teacher and workshop leader in the areas of yoga, integrated health, organizational development, and authentic leadership. He has devoted his life to the intensive practice of a wide variety of Eastern and Western disciplines for spiritual growth, personal transformation, and organizational leadership. Garrett is coauthor with his wife, Ila, of Walking Yoga and The Essentials of Yoga.

Ila Sarley is a founding member of Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the largest center of its kind in the United States, where she currently serves as its President.  For the past 33 years, Ila has dedicated her life to the intensive study and practice of yoga, integrated health disciplines, and organizational development. She has been a leader in building the Kripalu Center and its sister center the Omega Institute and has led yoga and health based workshops throughout the United States, Costa Rica, and Canada. Ila is the co-author with her husband, Garrett, of the books Walking Yoga and The Essentials of Yoga.