Founder & Director: Robert Pelaski

Be present, open and honest with yourself.

Robert Pelaski is a Certified Jivamukti yoga teacher from New York now living in Puerto Vallarta. He draws his teachings from the profound wisdom of his teachers, David Life and Sharon Gannon. Robert received his Jivamukti training at an intensive residental program at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, where he continues his ongoing education and spiritual practice. In his classes, through a variety of vinyasa formats, he shares the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga—ahimsa, bhakti, meditation, nada yoga, and study of scripture—with students and practitioners throughout Puerto Vallarta. With twenty years of teaching experience and thirty years of public service at hand, he enthusiastically continues his daily practice and shares his gifts to all who come.

Types of classes offered: Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Restorative and Basics yoga classes

What makes Samgha Yoga unique and why should someone try your classes? We are a Jivamukti-affiliated center with schools in Chicago, New York, London, Berlin, Sydney, and Charleston from which many students visiting Puerto Vallarta from these cities may continue the method for which the curriculum is prepared and written under. The authenticity of our practices from India are at the forefront of our classes, immersions, and workshops.

What advice do you have for someone who is trying your studio/classes for the first time? Be present, open and honest with yourself.

Robert is known for his challenging but sustainable & insightful classes that infuse soulful eclectic music, chanting, skillful and intuitive assists and a down to earth approach to life and the practice of yoga. The experience invites the student to explore and investigate perceived limitations with an open heart and humor to facilitate the allowing of "what is". Robert is a certified Jivamukti instructor, studied Asthanga yoga as well, he appreciates the potency of this practice and enjoys coalescing these two powerful methods to create a visceral balance positively influencing how we see ourselves, and the world.

Roberts introduction to yoga was a natural progression from his group fitness background, his passion for music and body movement all of which have influenced his style and approach to teaching and life.

When not teaching, he continues his practice in studying yogic philosophy, Sanskrit, and chanting & kirtan. He has personally spanned the Earth landing on five continents and over 65 countries which collaborate the essence of our true form found nowhere else in Puerto Vallarta. He has done a headstand on the Great Wall of China in Beijing, sat in the prison cell of Nelson Mandela on Robyn Island in South Africa six months after apartheid to pray, raced downtown to aide survivors to give blood while living in Manhattan during 9/11, and taught a 77-year old man with Parkinson’s disease a 90-minute yoga class. He describes the people of Samgha as a rare form of holy beings!