About YSI

Geshe Michael Roach is the first American to complete the 20-year course in a traditional Tibetan monastery and earn the title of "Geshe", or Master of Buddhism. Along with founding and guiding the Yoga Studies Institute, Geshe Michael is the founder of ACIP, which is probably the world's largest database of ancient Asian manuscripts, and of the Diamond Mountain University and Retreat Center.

Lama Christie McNally has studied yoga from some of the world's most renowned masters, and has trained in several major Tibetan monasteries. She is a Tibetan and Sanskrit translator and textual expert with the Asian Classics Input Project, and recently completed a 3-year deep retreat in the Arizona desert.