Gopi Kinnicutt (ERYT 500) is a dynamic, Bhakti-infused yoga teacher that has led RYT 200-hour and 300-hour teacher trainings, is the owner of Bhakti Yoga DC and founder of Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs, New York. She is certified in Thai Yoga Body Work and Ayurvedic Body Work, offering a vigorous herbal oil body massage (Vishesh) and a deep relaxation head treatment called Shirodhara.

Gopi lived in a Bhakti Yoga ashram for 10 years, where she studied and taught Indian philosophy and mantra meditation. She has also trained extensively with Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest and Gary Kraftsow, and is certified and trained in trauma-sensitive yoga. She is known for incorporating mantras, breath work and Kriyas to release energy and Prana in her students, bridging the philosophy of Yoga with the traditions of India, seeking to make them more accessible to the modern 21st century Yogi.