Douglas Johnson

Yoga teacher and lifelong musician Douglas Johnson E-RYT 500 has studied and played Kirtan with David Durga Das Newman, Jai Uttal, Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band, and Mirabai Moon. He has also studied Vedic mantras with internationally acclaimed author and teacher Russill Paul and recently got certified in Gong Yoga Therapy by Yogi Mehtab Benton (Kundalini Yoga). 

With well over 1000 hours of training and a quarter of a century of teaching experience, Douglas Johnson – E-RYT 500, YACEP is also one of the southeast’s most experienced and well-trained yoga teachers. Founder of the Mahāpatha Yoga community, Douglas has led countless classes, kirtans, retreats, workshops, and yoga teacher training. 

Douglas has been privileged to study directly with some of modern yoga’s best teachers. Teachers like Paul Grilley (Yin Yoga), Amrit and Kamini Desai (Kripalu/Amrit Yoga), Andrey Lappa (Universal Yoga), Deva Parnell (Kripalu), Rod Stryker (Para Yoga), and ‘Yoganand’ Michael Carroll (Kripalu/Pranakriya), and Yogi Mehtab Benton (Kundalini Yoga).

Finally, Douglas has taught people how to meditate and get the most from their meditation practice for over two decades and is a certified Amrit-Method Advanced Yoga Nidra Facilitator.

You can find out more about Douglas and Mahāpatha Yoga at www.mahapathayoga.com.