About
John Vosler is a meditation teacher and yoga nidra instructor based in Los Angeles. He has over 25 years of experience teaching meditation, yoga nidra, and energetic bodywork. Vosler is a senior teacher at the Amrit Yoga Institute and a certified instructor with the iRest Institute. He leads yoga nidra certification programs and retreats internationally, incorporating breath work, movement, and coaching into his teaching.
Teaching focus
John Vosler's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the Non-dual tradition. Several threads come up: compassion training that doesn't collapse into pity or burnout;. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. John Vosler works with whatever shows up in the room rather than reading from notes, which is part of why these talks land as conversational instead of scripted. Short pauses, longer sits, and questions that come back to direct experience are usual. Listed specialties on the source profile include retreat, sleep. The bigger move John Vosler keeps making is back toward attention itself: what's happening, how it's being held, and what gets in the way. That keeps the teaching close to practice rather than drifting into commentary about practice. For talks, schedules, and longer essays, the affiliated organization's page is where the live material lives. John Vosler's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. John Vosler's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on.
Background
John Vosler teaches in the Non-dual tradition. The teaching home is iRest Institute. From the teacher's own profile: John Vosler is devoted to guiding others back to the truth of who they are, the unchanging, unshakable presence beneath all thoughts, emotions, and experiences. For over 25 years, John has supported thousands of students and clients through his work as an energetic bodyworker, meditation teacher, and facilitator of Yoga Nidra. Blending ancient wisdom with modern science, his teaching reveals how sensations, emotions, and thought patterns are not obstacles but pathways to our innate wholeness and inner healer. Through meditation, movement, breath, and Conscious Coaching, John's Los Angeles-based practice and his retreats around the world invite deep rest, release, and remembrance. His intuitive presence, grounded compassion, and good humor create safe and meaningful spaces where participants rediscover what has always been true: nothing is broken, and nothing needs fixing. A senior teacher at the Amrit Yoga Institute and a certified iRest instructor, John leads Yoga Nidra certification programs, retreats, and trainings internationally, sharing this timeless practice as a doorway to peace, clarity, and love. John Vosler's teaching tends to stay close to direct experience, working with attention, ethics, and the felt sense of the body rather than abstract doctrine. John Vosler's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. John Vosler's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. John Vosler's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. John Vosler's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. John Vosler's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. John Vosler's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography.
Lineage
John Vosler teaches as a lay teacher in the Non-dual tradition. The institutional home, per the source listing, is iRest Institute, and that's where most of the public teaching schedule and any retreat offerings will be posted. Teaching authority and lineage details, where stated, live with the affiliated organization's profile page rather than with this directory entry.
What to expect
On a class or retreat with John Vosler, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. Retreats are part of the offering, usually a few days to a week, mostly silent. The container is shaped by iRest Institute, so format details, fees, and access policies follow that organization's norms. Expect plenty of silence, less talking-at-you than you might think, and an emphasis on letting the practice do its work rather than chasing experiences. For exact dates, registration, and any sliding-scale or scholarship information, There's usually a short Q&A window and, on retreats, optional teacher interviews where students can bring specific questions about their practice.
