Erika Faith is the founder and director of Cloud Nine Yoga Schools, which has been nationally recognized by The Yoga Alliance at the highest level since 2002.

Erika lives by trusting that miracles are waiting around every corner. She has been teaching Yoga since 1995 and built Cloud Nine Yoga School in 1999, seeking to create a healing environment through a permission-based model for learning the practice of Yoga. She does this through affirmation, reflection, humor, music, poetry, and prayers. Erika inspires people to find their source of wholeness by asking more profound questions that bring personal insight, community awareness, and connection with the Great Spirit.

Graduating at the top of her class in 1997, Erika holds a degree in Transpersonal Psychology with an emphasis on Yoga Therapy for Mental Health from Sonoma State University, California. A lifetime globe-trotter, Erika has extensively studied with spiritual teachers of mystical traditions around the world, traveling to learn all she can know about people, culture, ecology, and art. Her adventures have led her to China, Japan, Bali, India, Europe, French Polynesia, Australia, Peru, Costa Rica, and Hawaii. 

1998 was a pivotal spiritual year for Erika because she received her Advanced Yoga Teacher Certification from the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California. Erika also became a Karuna Reiki Master-Teacher and was Ordained Reverend by S.H.E.S. – the organization for Spiritual Healers and Earth Stewards. One year later, she started Cloud Nine Yoga School and led international retreats and training. 

Erika held a full-time lecturer position in Kinesiology & Comparative Religion at California State University Fullerton from 2001-2008. During this time, she generously provided personal attention and leadership to all her students, colleagues, and many athletes. Erika took the Bodhisattva Vow and concurrently received the Amitabha and Medicine Buddha initiations with the Dalai Lama of Tibet in 2004. Erika also assisted workshops at the Esalen Institute with Dr. Lorin Roche, author of The Radiance Sutras, a poetic translation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra from 2011-2015. Most recently, she has consulted for and developed curriculum with various non-profits such as Alliance of Hope, Breathe for Change, and O.G. Yoga, 501(c)(3) organizations that specialize in trauma-sensitive practices, promote social justice, provide training for educators, and offer charitable Yoga classes to underserved populations. Since 2013, Erika has worked directly with spouses of active-duty military personnel through Cloud Nine Yoga School’s association with the MyCAA scholarship program.

As a Yogini and quiet activist, Erika is a tremendous balancer, healer, mentor, space holder, and friend. She sees all conscious action as a dedication to the planet’s well-being and all life. Her focus has always been on the transformative ability of art, music, movement, and the gathering of people to bring light to Life.

Erika writes, trains yoga teachers, dabbles in watercolor, dances Hula, and holds sacred space for spiritual practices from her home on the Garden Island of Kaua’i. She lives, loves, and laughs with her husband of 16 years, Adam, a North Shore Lifeguard, and their almost totally grown kids, Magic and Sam. 

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