Dr. Kelli Sammis is an E-RYT-500 yoga studio owner, Masters of Wisdom Meditation Teacher, scholar of the Bhagavad Gita, and student of The Sutras, Upanishads, and The Tao , but what’s most important to know about Kelli, as your host for this pilgrimage, is that her journey is no different from yours. Through life-threatening and heart-breaking traumas AND incredible moments of joy, peace, and celebration, she has learned that no matter what life has for her today, tomorrow, or in the years to come, the only way to navigate it all is through Sadhana, her daily spiritual practice.

From the mat the last 20 years and from the cushion the last 40 years, Kelli  has developed a deep and sustaining practice of Svadhyaya (self-study) and Santosha (contentment), and what these two principles have taught her is that our everyday living as spiritual beings is a beautiful blend of 3 integral parts -- DHARMA, TYAGA, and BHAKTI. 

The Dharma is her purpose, her duty, the honor that she feels about being part of something bigger than herself that contributes to the welfare of the world.

Tyaga is her sacrifice. At its root, Tyaga is renunciation and was given as a way to show what needs to be released and removed from our lives in order to live out the Dharma.

Bhakti is devotion, deep, heart-felt love for the Beloved, the Divine, for God. And it's the Bhakti that makes the Tyaga feel like an honor instead of a forced giving up. 

Kelli believes and teaches that in those moments when Dharma feels impossible and Tyaga feels hard, Bhakti stirs up the overwhelming love within for God and reminds her that while it is hard, it is SO VERY possible.