Instructors

William Hipp

William F. Hipp has over 35 years in commercial banking, where he developed extensive experience in credit, workouts, merger integration, capital allocation, investments, private equity funds and strategies. Mr Hipp has considerable experience in the management of investment portfolios and estate planning for family offices. He is also currently chair of a non-profit foundation and its endowment portfolio.

Nyssa Kutilek

Nyssa Kutilek has been an avid yoga enthusiast for over fifteen years and has been a certified instructor for the past eleven years. Nyssa received a National Yoga Alliance Certification at the Ashville Yoga Center and is certified in pre-natal yoga. In addition to these modalities, she leads and practices Yoga Nidra. Nyssa’s philosophy is to strengthen the inner core both physically and mentally. While the classes are energetic and precise, she makes all levels of students from beginner to long time students welcome and comfortable. Nyssa has had a very loyal following throughout the Metro Atlanta area and local community over the years. “…we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves, for the moment we do that our spiritual growth comes to a halt…..banish the word ‘struggle’ from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred way and celebration. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for” -Hopi Elder

Jai Ram Lentine

A dedicated yogi, devotee of Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji), and student of Ram Dass, Jai Ram Lentine has been active in Atlanta’s yoga, meditation, and chanting communities and served on the organizing committee of the ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival. He has long studied and practiced yoga and meditation and became a certified rebirthing breathwork coach in 2007.

During the final five years of Ram Dass’s life, Jai Ram became close to him and traveled to Maui many times to be with him. Ram Dass gave him the name Jai Ram, meaning “Victory to the One.” Since 2016, Jai Ram and his husband, David Ault, have organized monthly gatherings for Atlanta’s Ram Dass satsang.

Jai Ram loves spending time in India and supporting Kaleidoscope Child Foundation, his husband’s nonprofit serving children in India and Cambodia. He holds a Master of Public Health, retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2025, and is the proud father of two young adult daughters.

Margo Gomes

Margo Gomes is a certified Vibrational Sound Therapist who is passionate about sharing the extraordinary ability of sound and vibration to repair aspects of ourselves that are out of alignment and to restore harmony and wholeness to body, mind, and spirit. She facilitates group soundscape experiences using a variety of Himalayan singing bowls, Chinese wind gong, chimes, and other instruments to create an atmosphere of relaxation and healing.

In addition, Margo performs private sessions during which she places Zen Therapeutic Singing Bowls directly on and around the whole body. The induction of sound waves directly into the body, along with soothing ambient tones, produces a state of profound relaxation that allows stagnant energy to begin to flow and enables the body to begin to heal itself, thus enhancing our health and wellbeing, heightening our consciousness, and bringing balance and harmony into our daily lives. Clients have reported benefits that include relief from stress and anxiety, reduction in pain, improved sleep, peace of mind and mental clarity, emotional healing and release, and deeper spiritual connection.