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Ricky Tran, BBA, E-RYT 500, YACEP, YU-QP4, CBA
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Yoga Teacher · Healer · Visionary · Seeker of Truth

Every hero’s journey begins with a call to transform. For Ricky Tran, that call came in 2005, when he faced the depths of addiction and despair. Seeking healing, he stepped onto a yoga mat—and into a new life. What began as an act of survival became a path of awakening. Through practice, discipline, and faith, Ricky rebuilt himself from the inside out—body, mind, and spirit.

Over the next two decades, Ricky immersed himself in study and teaching, logging more than 25,000 hours guiding others toward balance and self-realization. Rooted in the lineage of Sri T. Krishnamacharya and his disciple Srivatsa Ramaswami, Ricky bridges classical yoga and modern understanding to make timeless wisdom accessible to all. His teachings weave movement, breath, meditation, and philosophy into a living art of transformation—helping students not just stretch their bodies but also expand their consciousness.

Ricky’s rise from personal struggle to spiritual purpose inspired the creation of multiple yoga communities, including Krama Yoga Center, Castle Hills Yoga, Yoga Southside, and the beloved Breakfast Yoga Club, which united people through yoga, music, and service. He has taught nationally at venues such as the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, the Texas Yoga Conferences, and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.


Armed with a BBA in Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, and Real Estate from the University of North Texas, Ricky merges business insight with heart-centered vision. His students—ranging from Olympians and physicians to everyday seekers—reflect the diversity and universality of his message: that yoga is a path home to wholeness.


Today, based in Dallas, Texas, Ricky continues his mission through private clients, the Yoga Health Institute Corporation, Addison Circle Yoga, and Urban Harmoni Wellness—initiatives dedicated to healing, education, and conscious living. Having transformed his own life through yoga, Ricky now leaves behind living proof of his journey: conscious humans becoming their best selves, one breath at a time.



October 2025

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Ricky Tran, BBA, E-RYT 500, YACEP, YU-QP4, CBA
Yoga Teacher · Healer · Visionary

Ricky Tran’s journey from addiction to awakening is the foundation of his life’s work. After discovering yoga in 2005, he transformed pain into purpose—rebuilding his body, mind, and spirit through breath, discipline, and devotion.

With over 25,000 teaching hours and two decades of experience, Ricky’s teachings—rooted in the lineage of Sri T. Krishnamacharya—blend timeless wisdom with modern understanding to help others heal, awaken, and thrive.

​Based in Dallas, Texas, Ricky is the founder of Yoga Health Institute, Addison Circle Yoga, and Urban Harmoni Wellness—initiatives dedicated to elevating human potential through education, practice, and conscious living. His greatest legacy is found in the conscious humans becoming their best selves, one breath at a time.
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To whom I lend loving credit.

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Srivatsa Ramaswami, one-on-one student of T Krishnamacharya for 33 years. He is the teacher whom I have learned the most about yoga. He's taught me Krishnamacharya's Vinyasa Krama (asana, vinyasa, pranayama), direct translation of ancient texts, e.g. Yoga Sutra, Bhagavad Gita, Samkhya Karika, just to name a few. I have learned a tremendous amount of Sanskrit through this master's blessings.
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Original Ashtanga Yogis David Swenson, David Williams, (Ricky Tran) and Danny Paradise @Ashtanga Mela 2010. These first generation Ashtangis showed me by example how one can continue to practice yoga for the rest of your life.
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The Amazing Kumar Pallana, actor, performer, comedian, yogi, taught me that no matter the age of the student, everyone must be taught to laugh and breathe.
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Sri Dharma Mitra, circa 2009 taught me about ahimsa and devotion. The master reminds us that the goal of yoga is Self-Realization. He is as his name implies, a friend to all.
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Inspired by Bryan Kest Power Yoga, through Suze Curtis, my first yoga teacher. Learn to be comfortable when uncomfortable. Listen. Respond vs. React.
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“Before you've practiced, the theory is useless. After you've practiced, the theory is obvious.” David Williams

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  • Home
    • Bio
    • Testimonials
    • My lineage
    • Gallery
    • Refund Policy
  • Private Lessons
  • Postures
    • 77 Surprising Health Benefits of Yoga
    • New Students
    • 2023 Continuing Education
  • Beyond Poses
    • Yoga Sutra Book Club 2023 >
      • 2023 Yoga Sutra Book Club
    • Complete Yoga Sutra Lecture
    • Suggested Reading
    • Intro to Sanskrit for Yoga
    • Patanjali
    • 4 Attitudes
    • Quotes
    • Chant
    • Bandhas
    • 3 Gunas
    • My Father's Yoga by Desikachar
    • Yoga Makaranda
    • Bhagavad Gita
    • Ramaswami Chants
  • Booking
  • Insurance
  • Grounding