Celebrating Life and Legacy: A Tribute to Ashtanga’s Guiding Lights

Russell Altice Case began painting professionally in 1991. However, as a person who wandered from place to place for over a decade, he didn't establish a permanent studio space until settling in San Francisco. In 2016 he has relocated his studio space to Calgary, Canada, where he resides and continues to create stunning works of art.

Russell has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga for more than 25 years. An Authorized level II teacher through Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, a humble and refined teacher, Case is known for his joking spirit, and his perpetual eye toward social justice work. When Pattabhi Jois invited him to his pranayama class in 2007 he considered this distinction to be the highest grade.

First and foremost his work is convincing cynical skeptics to the efficacy of mindfulness practice, and his art work is distinctly post-structuralist as it weaves a range of intertextual connections and cultural motifs through its field of view.

That is to say..
Who are we looking at all these things?
Where does the seer reside?
Who is the one doing the looking at all of these things?

Kate O’Donnell has spent the last twenty-five years traveling through the far-reaches of India in search of ancient healing practices to bring back to the United States. Through her own healing journey, Kate experienced first hand how a holistic system creates lasting health. She’s since emerged as a preeminent expert in Ayurveda—the sister science to Yoga—and has built her own method customized for modern Americans. Her individualized approach—“guiding from disease to ease”—has transformed the lives of thousands of people and made her one of the most respected thought-leaders in holistic medicine. Kate is a three-time bestselling author, a highly sought-after speaker and the founder of the Ayurvedic Living Institute where she has educated a generation of practitioners.

Kate’s highly anticipated Everyday Ayurveda for Womens Health drops April 23. Thousands continue to heal with Kate through her annual detox programs, community education and retreats, and are inspired to radiant health by her keynotes.
Kate’s books, The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook, The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care, Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for A Calm Clear Mind, and Everyday Ayurveda for Womens Health continue to be the top resources in her field.

Find Kate at healwithkate.org, and follow her on instagram @kateodonnell.ayurveda for daily inspiration.