John Vincent Riccio is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Consultant and Health Counsellor, and a 500-hour certified yoga teacher. He received his first teaching certificate from Evolution Yoga in August 2015, nearly 13 years after taking his first yoga class while serving in the U.S. Navy in San Diego, California. In early 2016, he joined the teacher-trainer team for a 30-day training in Tampa Bay, Florida, which set him on a twenty-month, nine-country journey across four continents teaching and learning from healers and yogis.
John went on to study at The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded by Dr. Vasant Lad. There he developed clinical experience in kaya chikitsa, panchakarma, herbology, marma, pranayama, meditation, and pulse reading. He now lives and practices in Italy with his wife Irene, where they teach and study the holistic arts full-time. John leads Santosha Yoga Institute’s 50-Hour Online Ayurveda Course.
