About Radiant Sun Academy

Ayurvedic Health Practitioner

Certified Yoga Teacher

James is a clinician and educator trained in classical Ayurveda and yoga.

His work emphasizes getting to the root cause of disease and restoring the bodies natural intelligence. Healing is approached as a biological and cognitive process that unfolds through understanding, precision, and appropriate intervention over time. James Nohinek is a practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine and a lifelong student of the classical yoga tradition.

James approaches both disciplines through careful study of classical texts and through the practical application of their principles in everyday life. His teaching often centers on close reading of the Yoga Sūtra and the contemplative recognition of samādhi as the ground of yoga practice.

Within Ayurveda, his work emphasizes observing the body’s signals with clarity and tracing patterns of imbalance back to their underlying causes. Rather than presenting Ayurveda as a system of lifestyle trends or popularized concepts, James works with it as a clinical tradition that interprets the body through careful observation, reasoning, and lived experience.

Together with his wife Ali, James co-founded Radiant Sun Academy and Radiant Sun Medicine. Their work integrates yoga, Ayurveda, and traditional healing practices through study, small group training, and one-on-one guidance.

James teaches Ayurveda study series, meditation programs, and teacher trainings, and works privately with individuals seeking a deeper understanding of their health through the lens of traditional medicine.

BS • E-500 RYT

Yoga Therapist • Traditional Thai Medicine Practitioner • Reiki Master

Ali Nohinek has spent almost two decades studying and teaching yoga as a path of healing and transformation.

As a teenager, Ali was diagnosed with ADHD, manic depression, and bipolar disorder and spent many years on medication. When she eventually developed a steady exercise and yoga practice, she made the decision to leave those medications behind and began searching for deeper ways to understand the patterns that had shaped her early life.

Through her study of Traditional Thai Medicine, Ayurveda, and element theory, Ali came to see human health through a different lens — one that recognizes how profoundly our environment, movement, food, and mental patterns shape our wellbeing.

This perspective continues to guide her work today. For Ali, yoga is not simply a system of exercise but a lifelong process of becoming more aware. Even after decades of practice, she describes herself as a humble and ongoing student of the tradition.

Ali’s work is grounded in the belief that modern life has pulled many people far from the natural rhythms that support health. Increasing technology and increasingly sedentary lifestyles have come at a significant cost to our physical, psychological, and cognitive wellbeing.

Her life’s work is devoted to helping people reconnect with nature, with their bodies, and ultimately with the deeper spiritual dimensions of life that yoga was always intended to cultivate.

Ali is also a co-founder of the Radiant Sun Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a more sustainable and nature-connected future for coming generations.

Current Work

Ali works with individuals and small groups through yoga therapy, Traditional Thai Medicine(Massage), and women’s mentorship.

She leads yoga workshops, teacher trainings, retreats, Thai bodywork clinics, meditation practices, and women’s circles, and also works privately with individuals seeking therapeutic support for mobility, chronic pain, and nervous system regulation.

In 2023, Ali closed her yoga studio of nine years and relocated with her family to Costa Rica, where they cultivated a deeper connection to the land, local community, and the importance of creating sustainable ways of living. Living in an indigenous mountain community further shaped this vision and helped inspire the work of the Radiant Sun Foundation, their nonprofit dedicated to supporting a more sustainable future for the coming generations.

Experience

Ali has more than 25,000 hours of yoga teaching experience and has worked with a wide range of students throughout her career.

Early in her teaching path she specialized in working with athletes and founded Yoga Warrior, a yoga program designed specifically for athletic performance and recovery. Through this work she taught athletes from Duncanville High School, the University of Texas at Arlington, Southlake Carroll athletics programs, and many others across the Dallas–Fort Worth area.

In addition to her work with athletes, Ali has worked privately with individuals facing complex health conditions including spinal cord injury, paralysis, neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Her work integrates yoga therapy and Traditional Thai Medicine to help individuals restore mobility, strength, and freedom within their bodies.

Education & Training

Bachelor of Science, Interdisciplinary Studies

University of Texas at Arlington

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — Live Love Teach (2012)

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — Sri Vidya Lineage with Shanon Buffington (2014)

Yoga and the Internal Organs — Srivatsa Ramaswami

300-Hour Yoga Therapy Training — Tantra Vaya

Traditional Thai Massage Training — Shama Kern

Thai Massage Specialist Training (250 hours)

Naga Center: School of Traditional Thai Medicine with Nephyr Jacobsen

Bhagavad Gita Study — Manorama

Yoga Sutra Study (Pada 1 & 2) — Dr. Katy Jane

Introduction to Sanskrit — Dr. Katy Jane

Reiki Levels I & II — Sandra Vanatko, Jennifer Rylinski, John Stockenberger

Reiki Master Training — Sandra Vanatko & Jennifer Rylinski

Down There for Women (Pelvic Health Training) — Katy Bowman

Ho’oponopono Certification — Dr. Joe Vitale