Yoga is so dynamic that it is difficult to describe in few words. A great modern day yogi Joel Kramer said it best so I will quote him here...

"For thousands of years, yoga has been a tool to open the mind and body, bringing transformation. Yoga is a process that involves confronting your limits and transcending them. It is a psychophysical approach to life and to self-understanding that brings the benifits of good health both mental and pysical. Yoga transforms you by opening up the physical and mental binds that block your potential, limiting your life. Transformation is a process that brings newness and interest. You might think that changing deeply could make you so different that you'd lose touch with those you love and even yourself. Actually, the transformation that yoga brings makes you more yourself, and opens you up to loving with greater depth. It involves a honing and refining which releases your true essence, as a sculptor brings out the beauty of form in the stone by slowly and carefully chipping away the rest.

Doing yoga brings many concrete benefits: it's a powerful therapeutic tool for correcting physical and psychological problems; it retards aging and keeps you opened sexually; it gives strength and flexibility for other physical activities; it can enhance your looks, posture, skin and muscle tone, and vitality; and it can give your life a sense of grace and overall well-being. At its deepest level, yoga involves generating energy. Energy is often thought of as a mysterious force which is either there or not, and out of your control. But through yoga, you can actually change its quality and generate more of it."

TEACHING HISTORY

New Mexico Workshop - Mirror of the Heart
(yoga, pranayama & meditations in sufi tradition) 2008

NYC Mixed Level Classes Weekly 2004-2006

NYC Naked Yoga Weekly 2005-2006

TEACHER CERTIFICATION

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center (January 2004)

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Suluk Academy, The International Sufi Order (2005-2009) Teachers include: Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Aziza Scott, Gayan Macher, Wali Ali Hamayat Inayati, and Shahabuddin David Less

Teachings in the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism with Lama Rinchen (2007-2008)

Sama'a Workshop with Javad Terhania (2007)

Insight Into Iyengar Yoga with Joan White (June 2004)

Turning The Mind Into an Ally with Ethan Nichtern (May 2005), Shambala Center NYC

Student of Fanette Johnson (2002-2004)

ETC... GIFTING
Each month I try to find a worthy group to extend free classes to, but always my classes have a fee and include that no one is turned away for lack of funds:
September & October 2005: Volunteers of Swap-O-Rama-Rama
January 2005: Jan 4th & 11th: folks considering or who've had WLS surgery
January 6th, 2005: Free try out class for new mixed level students
October 2004: RNC Prisioners, anyone arrested for protesting during the RNC
August 2004: RNC Protesters
August/September 2004: Cast and Crew of the production, The Vomitorium

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