Certified Assistant Teachers

Contact: HealingVibesByMargo@gmail.com

830-237-3053

ianboccio@gmail.com

404-401-0060

Margo and Ian began their Ipsalu journey in 2016 and were at once drawn to the deeply transformative and heart-centered practices, using them to help guide their relationship. They went on to complete all four of the Cobra Breath intensives together under the guidance of Nayano Burdine. In 2019 they began their teacher training and became regular facilitators for the online practice group during the pandemic. In 2020, they were honored to study directly under Bodhi Avinasha and were trained to offer the Power of Voice course. Margo and Ian were also invited to join Ipsalu’s Executive Committee, and they help to organize various projects that expand and enrich the community. Margo and Ian believe that Ipsalu’s open-hearted practices can be a vital tool for healing individuals, helping them to have healthier relationships and in turn bringing greater peace and harmony to the world.

Margo Gomes is a Certified Yoga Instructor and Vibrational Sound Therapist who is passionate about sharing the extraordinary ability of sound vibrations to repair aspects of ourselves that are out of alignment and to restore harmony and wholeness to body, mind, and spirit. Margo offers private sessions during which she places Himalayan 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.

Ian Boccio has been offering mantra music and meditation programs to the public since 2008. He is currently a singer, bassist, and keyboardist for The Spirit Messengers, a progressive rock band that incorporates Sanskrit mantras and Bhakti Yoga practices. Ian actively promotes the benefits of mantra repetition, both on a personal level and for the world as a whole. He has facilitated weekly chanting circles in Atlanta and traveled throughout the U.S. teaching weekend Mantra Chant Intensives. He has also been called upon to lecture and teach on Sanskrit, mantra, and chanting for many Yoga Teacher Trainings. In 2010, Ian helped to create the ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival, a charity organization that raises awareness of chanting and yoga practices through its annual event, which has supported both local and international nonprofit organizations and encouraged people to give their time and/or money to help others in a spirit of selfless service. Most importantly, Ian strives to work on himself, further refining his own energy through his personal mantra practice, to become an ever more transparent vehicle for the Divine Grace that brought him here.