Prani Lifestyle Consulting is a heartfelt vision of Kirsten Joy Burch to help others find better health, less suffering and more joy. In a world of modern issues, we use ancient solutions as a proactive solution to change.
About Kirsten Joy: Kirsten is a leader in the D/FW yoga and wellbeing industry, providing education and wellness services for body, mind and energy. Private clients enjoy simple diet, exercise and mindfulness / meditation techniques, customized to their needs and stage of life. Public classes are geared to provide wellness across a range of ages and abilities, reducing stress and physical instability that can lead to illness and chronic disease. Kirsten's classes help students live a more complete and vibrant life.
Kirsten owns LivingYogaDallas.com, producing, promoting and teaching yoga and wellbeing education across the metroplex. She is a holistic health coach and founder of PraniLife Consulting. She provides a holistic wellness lifestyle program offering therapeutic yoga / yoga for healing, ayurveda, tantra, yoga nidra (transformative rest), and traditional meditation.
She is co-founder of the World Bhakti Festival. She also served as the Vice President of DFW’s Free Day of Yoga and the annual Dallas Yoga Festival, bringing together all forms of yoga in our community, and providing the largest free yoga class in Texas for 13 years!
Kirsten has practiced yoga since 1988. She retired from her career in the software industry in 2012 to become a full time teacher and student of the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science & Philosophy, and member of the Himalayan Masters Living Tradition. In 2021 Kirsten re-joined corporate life as an analyst and business process strategist at Fiserv, leveraging her experience and deep personal practice to maintain a life of purpose and fulfillment.
She is a member of The Modern Widows Club, The Widow’s Journey in Dallas, and enjoys her step family and grandkids in Tampa.
Studies and Certifications
Master Trainings:
500 Hour ParaYoga Certification + Master Training; Rod Stryker 2014 - 2020
Moon/Sun/Fire - 2014 Philadelphia
Tantra Shakti PYMT - 2014 Dallas
Prana Shakti PYMT - 2014 Colordao
Vinyasa Krama PYMT - 2014 Colorado
Koshas PYMT - 2014 London
Sankalpa Immersion / Himalayan Institute 2014/2015
Marma PYMT - 2015 Colorado
Yoga Sutras PYMT - 2015 Colorado
Four Desires PYMT - 2015 San Francisco
Tantra, Path of Beauty & Bliss Intensive - 2015 Dallas
Gheranda Samhita / Shiva Sutras - 2016 Minneapolis
Gheranda Samhita PYMT CE - 2016 Colorado
Yoga Nidra PYMT CE - 2016 Colorado
Kundalini Tantra PYMT - 2016 Colorado
Guru Parampara PYMT - 2016 Colorado
The Yoga of Awakening - 2020 Himalayan Institute
Himalayan Institute; Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D / Sandra Anderson / Luke Ketterhagen / Judy Moulton / Ishan Tigunait / Shiva Tigunait:
2014 - Present
Mastering the Yoga Sutras with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - 2015
Living Tantra 2017 - Online Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Hallmark Retreat / Tantric Alchemy with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - 2015/2016
Sadhana Immersion with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - 2016 Khajuraho, India
New Years Rudra Yaga Sadhana Immersion- 2016/2017
Lifting the Final Veil - Lotus of the Heart / Rudra Yaga with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait 2017
Durga Saptashati: The Treasure Trove of Tantra Vidya 2018
The Year Long Meditation 2019
Vishoka Meditation Immersion 2020
Vishoka Meditation Teacher Training Certification Program Level 1 and 40 Day Practice Immersion 2020, 2021
Sri Yaga New Year's Retreat Tantra of Inner Resilience & Joy 2020/2021
The Living Wisdom of the Yoga Sutra with Ishan Tigunait 2021
Sri Sukta - The Vessel of Tantric Elixir with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait 2021
The nexus of Sri Sukta and Vishoka Meditation with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait 2021
Somatic Psychology of Yoga with Sandra Anderson 2021
Living Wisdom of the Yoga Sutra with Ishan Tigunait 2021
Sri Sukta Immersion with Ishan Tigunait 2022
Vishoka Self Mastery Series with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait 2022
Mystical Powers of the Yoga Sutras with with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait 2022
Ayurveda Lifestyle Counselor 200 Hour Certification - 2015 & 2017 Dallas
Assistant & Studio Support for Yoga & Ayurveda Retreat Thailand 2017
Ayurveda Wellness Counselor 600 Hour Certification 2022
Other:
Yoga for Anxiety & Depression Intensive- 2014 Dallas - LifeWorks Institute
Power & Freedom Costa Rica Retreat with Rod Stryker & Elena Brower 2015
7 Days of Dhi Retreat Tulum - Mary Bruce, Tracee Stanley, Chanti Tacorante-Perez May 2016
Yoga4Cancer - Tari Prinster 2017 Dallas
Tracee Stanley - The Four Desires Jan 2017, Yoga Nidra & Intention April 2018 Dallas
Jeff Masters - The Alchemy of Samskaras March & October 2018 Dallas
Mary Bruce - Enlivened Shakti, the Yoga of The Divine Feminine - March 2018 Dallas
Luke Ketterhagen - The Path of Fire & Light - June 2018 Dallas
Media & Testimonials
‘My blood pressure is better since practicing yoga with Kirsten. I find that I can achieve greater flexibility by relaxing than through the traditional stretching for athletics and gymnastics. My wife and I both enjoy how it’s improved our quality of life.’ — Russell
“What I didn’t expect from Yoga was that it would teach me to take time for myself. I care for my family, employees and friends, but had never given dedicated time to my own health and self awareness.”
Park Cities People interviews Kirsten Joy
“I’m thrilled to be working with my body in new ways. My practice yesterday and this morning made me feel more tuned into areas that hold tension and can be released.”
“She is so supportive of everybody in class I’ve been in class between a 20-something SMU student, who was like a rubber band, and a lady that I found out later was 78. You wouldn’t think that somebody could teach a class like that, but Kirsten did it.”
“Yoga has taught me how to still my mind so I can listen to God in prayer.”
“I talked about going to a yoga class for a couple of years. I finally found the courage on a December evening in 2015, and stepped into a studio for a Fundamentals of Yoga class with Kirsten Joy Burch, and my life has never been the same. Through her instruction of tantra yoga, she led me to something far more powerful than asana. Tantra become the vehicle by which I have learned to quiet my mind, so I can hear God whispering to me to develop a personal relationship.”
“I practice yoga, meditation and ayurveda with Kirsten Joy Burch—she has made me a believer. Before bed, I’ll do ‘legs up the wall’; it totally re-circulates your blood and balances your hormones, and you sleep better.”
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