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My practice of hatha yoga has
always emphasized an awareness of
alignment and action in each posture.
This awareness has continued to
develop over the years, even as I
have learned to breathe evenly to
initiate each movement and immerse
my practice in intention. These
elements have each become central
to the way I teach, as well.
I began a daily practice of yoga in
1999 in upstate New York, and soon
started working with Elizabeth Troy,
learning hatha yoga and the
hands-on adjustment techniques of
Meridian Flexibility. When I moved
to Ohio, I trained to teach in an
eight-month Ashtanga program
through It's Yoga, with Indu Bala
Bhardwaj, Mike Burgasser, and Larry
Schultz.
Then, in 2003, I was honored to
train with Sharon Gannon and David
Life in their intensive Omega
Institute program for Jivamukti
certification. The passionate
commitment of Sharon and David to
their students and to the traditions of
yoga has been inspirational, and
their approach to teaching is the
foundation for every one of my
classes and workshops.
These training experiences were
amazing; they opened my eyes to the
teaching of yoga as its own practice,
as a karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and
jnana yoga practice all rolled into
one.*
This practice is one in which the
learning never ends, so I regularly
travel to attend workshops and
classes to integrate other traditions
and perspectives into my personal
practice and teaching. I have
attended workshops Sharon Gannon,
David Life, Cyndi Lee, David
Nichtern, Erich Schiffman, Rodney
Yee, Aadhil Palkhivala, Gary
Kraftsow, Dharma Mittra, David
Swenson, Beryl Bender Birch, Doug
Swenson, Larry Schultz, Martha
Marcom, Marcia Miller, Seane Corn,
Johnny Kest, Ana Forrest, Tias Little,
Thomas Myers, Paul Grilley, Sarah
Powers, Todd Norian, John Friend,
Betsey Downing, Ami Jayaprada
Hirschstein, Frank Jude Boccio, and
others. I continue to attend classes
with senior Jivamukti teachers in
NYC and teachers from all traditions
when I travel.
always emphasized an awareness of
alignment and action in each posture.
This awareness has continued to
develop over the years, even as I
have learned to breathe evenly to
initiate each movement and immerse
my practice in intention. These
elements have each become central
to the way I teach, as well.
I began a daily practice of yoga in
1999 in upstate New York, and soon
started working with Elizabeth Troy,
learning hatha yoga and the
hands-on adjustment techniques of
Meridian Flexibility. When I moved
to Ohio, I trained to teach in an
eight-month Ashtanga program
through It's Yoga, with Indu Bala
Bhardwaj, Mike Burgasser, and Larry
Schultz.
Then, in 2003, I was honored to
train with Sharon Gannon and David
Life in their intensive Omega
Institute program for Jivamukti
certification. The passionate
commitment of Sharon and David to
their students and to the traditions of
yoga has been inspirational, and
their approach to teaching is the
foundation for every one of my
classes and workshops.
These training experiences were
amazing; they opened my eyes to the
teaching of yoga as its own practice,
as a karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and
jnana yoga practice all rolled into
one.*
This practice is one in which the
learning never ends, so I regularly
travel to attend workshops and
classes to integrate other traditions
and perspectives into my personal
practice and teaching. I have
attended workshops Sharon Gannon,
David Life, Cyndi Lee, David
Nichtern, Erich Schiffman, Rodney
Yee, Aadhil Palkhivala, Gary
Kraftsow, Dharma Mittra, David
Swenson, Beryl Bender Birch, Doug
Swenson, Larry Schultz, Martha
Marcom, Marcia Miller, Seane Corn,
Johnny Kest, Ana Forrest, Tias Little,
Thomas Myers, Paul Grilley, Sarah
Powers, Todd Norian, John Friend,
Betsey Downing, Ami Jayaprada
Hirschstein, Frank Jude Boccio, and
others. I continue to attend classes
with senior Jivamukti teachers in
NYC and teachers from all traditions
when I travel.
My practice and teaching is most
guided by the principles of Jivamukti
sequencing, cueing, and integrating
age-old theory into modern practice.
I also draw on principles of
alignment and action from many
schools of hatha yoga, including
Anusara, Iyengar, Meridian
Flexibility, and Taoist Yin Yoga,
when teaching vinyasa-based
classes and alignment-focused
workshops. I have been certified to
teach Pilates, as well, which helps
me incorporate core strength
movements into many classes.
I find the study of anatomy and
alignment always fascinating, and I
also enjoy studying Sanskrit and the
philosophies of yoga, both as they
survive in textual form and through
lineages of teachers passing them
along orally.
My work with Sanskrit began at
Boston College with Dr. Michael
Connolly. I renewed my interest
when reading and learning the Yoga
Sutras with Indu Bala Bhardwaj, and
found a new approach to the
Sanskrit language as sound with
Manorama, during the Jivamukti
training. I continue to practice
transliterating, translating, and
reciting Sanskrit on my own and with
fellow teachers in Oxford.
I study the philosophies of Advaita
Vedanta, Tantra, and Buddhism,
threading them throughout the
classes I teach. In addition, I have
considered the influence of these
ancient philosophies on
poststructuralist theory and film
theory in my academic work, which
you can find in my academic CV here.
For a more complete resume of my
work as a yoga teacher, click here.
guided by the principles of Jivamukti
sequencing, cueing, and integrating
age-old theory into modern practice.
I also draw on principles of
alignment and action from many
schools of hatha yoga, including
Anusara, Iyengar, Meridian
Flexibility, and Taoist Yin Yoga,
when teaching vinyasa-based
classes and alignment-focused
workshops. I have been certified to
teach Pilates, as well, which helps
me incorporate core strength
movements into many classes.
I find the study of anatomy and
alignment always fascinating, and I
also enjoy studying Sanskrit and the
philosophies of yoga, both as they
survive in textual form and through
lineages of teachers passing them
along orally.
My work with Sanskrit began at
Boston College with Dr. Michael
Connolly. I renewed my interest
when reading and learning the Yoga
Sutras with Indu Bala Bhardwaj, and
found a new approach to the
Sanskrit language as sound with
Manorama, during the Jivamukti
training. I continue to practice
transliterating, translating, and
reciting Sanskrit on my own and with
fellow teachers in Oxford.
I study the philosophies of Advaita
Vedanta, Tantra, and Buddhism,
threading them throughout the
classes I teach. In addition, I have
considered the influence of these
ancient philosophies on
poststructuralist theory and film
theory in my academic work, which
you can find in my academic CV here.
For a more complete resume of my
work as a yoga teacher, click here.
| *Karma yoga is the yoga of actions that are free from the individual self or ego; bhakti yoga is the yoga of devotion; jnana yoga is the practice of inquiry into the nature of Self and the Real. |
Yoga Studies and Training
| I wish to offer many, many thanks to all my teachers, both near and far. Everything that is conveyed in my own classes is the wisdom of the teachers who have come before me intersecting with the insight of the students who are here now. It is with the blessing of my teachers that I continue to be this point of intersection. |
| Sharon Gannon |
| David Life |
