Join me for an enlightening discussion about the Intersecting Paths of Zen Mediation and Ashtanga Yoga with Rich Ray. Rich has been practicing meditation and yoga for over 20 years. He trained as a resident monk for 4 years at a silent monastery. He taught yoga and meditation at state prisons in California and New Hampshire and started a meditation program at a women’s county jail in Boston, Massachusetts.Rich is a KPJAYI Level 2 authorized teacher and  co-directs a Mysore yoga program at Down Under Yoga in Brookline, MA and Ashtanga Portland Maine with Kate O’Donnell. He has made a multitude of trips to India for study. He holds 200 hour and 700 hour yoga certificates and a 200 hour Ayurvedic certificate from the Boston School of Ayurveda. A practicing bodyworker for seven years, he was a licensed LMT. Rich dedicates his time guiding people to realize their inherent wholeness and embodied experience of wisdom.You can find Rich online at ashangaportlandme.com and at richraymeditation.com. You can also follow him on IG at @richrayyoga.