L. Farrah Furtado is Canadian-Portuguese and an international yoga teacher, author of three spiritual best-selling award winning books, award winning filmmaker, world traveler, and founder of Kaohsiung Yoga School in Taiwan and Bend it like Buddha Yoga in Portugal. She has lived in Asia for over 14 years, studying the healing arts in Buddhist monasteries in Taiwan, Balinese healing with energy healing masters in Ubud, and has trained in the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa system and pranayama with BNS Iyengar, the lineage of Pattabhi Jois and Krishnamacharya in India. Farrah is a third degree Usui Reiki master and has a BA in Psychology from the University of Victoria and International Development cert. from the University of British Columbia.