Ellis Gold has a yoga and spiritual practice of many years, which he began in earnest after a heart attack and  a quadruple bypass in 1986.  Ellis is a certified Dharma Yoga Teacher, registered with the National Yoga Alliance.  In 2001, he placed an ad to find a yoga teacher to teach partner yoga with.  Lila responded & they met on Sept 6th, 2001.  This was the beginning of what has been(& continues to be) an amazing plwrk (play-work) collaboration.  Since then, they have developed their personal relationship with numerous "tools"(including various therapies, spiritual processes, meditation, yoga, communication processes such as NVC & the "Cure worksheet", and others).  Within this growth of their relationship & their personal selves, they have developed & continually refine the Equal Partner Yoga process.

                                                     Lila Skye has been teaching Yoga since 2001, and has teaching certificates in Ashtanga Yoga and Dharma Yoga.  Lila is a long-time zen meditator and Reiki master, with a background of dance training.  Lila has also worked in Calcutta, India with Mother Teresa.