Derek Beres is the creator of EarthRise Yoga, a rigorous Vinyasa-based practice pulling from his decade of study in various yogic practices, as well as studies in various martial arts and dance disciplines, including certifications in Budokon and Thai Yoga Massage.
He currently teaches fourteen weekly classes at Equinox Fitness and Pure Yoga in New York City, and travels internationally as an instructor and lecturer on yoga, as well as his work in international music as a journalist, DJ, and music producer.
Derek currently writes for Yoga Journal, Rolling Stone, National Geographic, Huffington Post and others. His column, Beyond Postures: The Art of Yoga, was featured on various Gaiam websites. Derek served as a Lululemon ambassador for their store on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
He co-founded the Sacred Strength EarthRise Yoga teacher training program at Equinox in 2008. He is one half of EarthRise SoundSystem, which released its debut, The Yoga Sessions, in January 2010 on White Swan/Yoga Organix, which reached #5 on the iTunes World Music Charts and was featured in every major yoga publicaiton.
More recently, he produced the album InnerVersions: A Six Degrees Yoga Compilation on Six Degrees Records. Derek has been featured by NBC Weekend Today, ABC Eyewitness News, Fox Business, BBC, and NY1, as well as in Fitness, Yoga Journal, Boston Globe, AOL’s Spinner, Newsday, MTV, NPR, and PRI.