Our Vision: You at your best; your endeavors thriving.
Key 10th Dot Contributors
10th Dot Founder, Yogiraj Charles Bates
Steeped in both modern and ancient systems thinking, Yogiraj Charles is a rarity in that he is a yogi-adept with 40 years of study with his teacher, HH Swami Rama, and an executive with 30 years utilizing his specialty training in Gestalt Theory, Transactional Analysis, Neuro-linguistic Programming and several more organizational development methodologies. He has served as adjunct faculty at St. Catherine's College and The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
His first book, Ransoming the Mind: The Integration of Yoga and Modern Therapy introduced a revolutionary approach to the use of yoga in institutional psychiatric interventions and drug addiction. In the late 80's, his second book, Pigs Eat Wolves: Going into Partnership with Your Darkside®, brought him invitations to work at the highest executive levels in the communications and banking industries when the largest organizations at that time faced dismantlement or complete systemic transformation. His effectiveness was paramount in the latter scenarios emergence.
Yogiraj Charles' quest to understand the inward and outward sciences of humanity directed him to take a seven year sabbatical in 2001, focusing on his own leadership preparation. His deep study of human anatomy, the psyche, global history and the realms reached in meditation have readied him to direct others in conditioning their own collaborative leadership tactics.
10th Dot serves as a learning field founded upon and enriched by his vast knowledge and practical experience. Yogiraj Charles prepares leaders of the 21st Century to FutureProof their organizations as he does the same with the 10th Dot Enterprise. His next book, The Reinvention of Civilization™, is due to release in 2010.
10th Dot CEO, Vonda Vaden Bates
Vonda is heading up 10th Dot using its methodologies to build the 10th Dot Enterprise. She collaborates with clients, investors, partners, staff, and vendors in ways the exhibit the models and leads endeavors that brings the 10th Dot vision to life; "You at your best... Your endeavors thriving."
Her extensive experience across industries enlivening endeavors with systems thinking, participant engagement strategies, recorded and live entertainment, leadership coaching and communication plans have uniquely prepared her to lead 10th Dot. Clients served represent fortune 500, for-benefit, state government, and individuals. You'll find her complete 20+ year vita on LinkedIn.
Since a little over a year after collaborator Marnita Schroedl suggested Vv and Yogiraj connect professionally, they have been boldly researching the nature of relating with integrity and intention. They married in 2009 and enthusiastically herald their merged family, four adult children, six grandchildren, as well as the 10th Dot team, collaborators and participants.
Ryan Kelly
10th Dot Instructor, Ryan Kelly
With nine years of experience teaching yoga Ryan has come to
believe that two of the most important aspects to true happiness are mobility
and education. To live in a body that is comfortable and able, and to learn to
navigate the mind with compassion are major elements to living a life of
freedom and joy.
In her classes Ryan will integrate the philosophies of
Tantra with breathe linking movements of vinyasa. ″Tantra means to remove the dust and the dirt. Each asana,
or posture, has what is called a bavana, or essence. By stringing postures
together in a mindful sequence we accomplish an energetic out come, or desired
e-motion. All the while
integrating the mind, the body, the breathe, the intellect, and the pure
potential that is your true nature.″
With a 780 hour massage therapy education, and two years
experience traveling with a professional mens cycling team, her understanding
of the gross anatomy of the physical body is well versed both in language and
in the hands of her body work.
Ryan completed a three month yoga training in the summer of
2001 in Koh Phangnon Thailand. The training began with a ten day silent
meditation retreat at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand and then continued with
study in asana, philosophy, anatomy, yoga therapy, and pranayama. Since that
time she has studied with many different renowned teaches, namely: Sean Corne,
Cindy Lee, Doug Swenson, Dharma Mittra, and Rod Stryker. She recently has been
introduce to her teacher, Yogiraj Charles Bates, a forty year disciple of Swami
Rama and today continues a more refined self study.
″They say that when a student is
ready, a teacher will appear. It is with great gratitude, humility, and service
that I am now at the feet of my teacher″.
Apryl Electra
Apryl Electra has been practicing a living foods lifestyle and coaching others since 2007. She discovered raw foods in 2005 while researching ways to manage chronic pain and also in hopes of finding better vegan nutrition while avoiding common allergens like wheat, soy and corn. In 2009 she began making delicious raw vegan gourmet for 10th Dot. She believes good energy comes from living food and the love put into the creation of a meal.
Her company raw.raw.raw. was founded in February, 2010 and aims to bring the knowledge and benefits of raw food into the lives of those ready for it's amazing power. Check out her blog too.
Apryl is also an accomplished recording artist, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist as well as a certified yoga instructor. She has been writing music since age 6 and playing live shows since the age of 16. Her yoga journey began in 1998 and led to her certification in 2004. She has taught privately and professionally
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