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My practice and studies have always
emphasized an awareness of the
alignment and actions of each
posture. This awareness has
continued to develop over the years,
even as I have learned to breathe
evenly to generate each movement
and immerse my practice in
intention. These elements--
awareness, action, alignment,
breath, and intention-- have become
central to the way I teach, as well.
I began a daily practice of yoga in
1999 in upstate New York, and
started working with Elizabeth Troy,
learning hatha yoga and the
hands-on adjustment techniques of
Meridian Flexibility and PNF. 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. Here the breath became the
guiding principle of my practice.
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 with 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.
emphasized an awareness of the
alignment and actions of each
posture. This awareness has
continued to develop over the years,
even as I have learned to breathe
evenly to generate each movement
and immerse my practice in
intention. These elements--
awareness, action, alignment,
breath, and intention-- have become
central to the way I teach, as well.
I began a daily practice of yoga in
1999 in upstate New York, and
started working with Elizabeth Troy,
learning hatha yoga and the
hands-on adjustment techniques of
Meridian Flexibility and PNF. 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. Here the breath became the
guiding principle of my practice.
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 with 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.
I draw on principles of alignment and
action from many traditions, such as
Anusara, Iyengar, and Meridian
Flexibility, when teaching
vinyasa-based classes. I've been
certified to teach Pilates, as well,
which helps me incorporate core
strength movements into many
classes. My experience with Taoist
Yin Yoga and restorative yoga
informs my approach to opening and
closing vinyasa classes, as well as
teaching gentle sessions.
I find the study of anatomy 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 in transliterating and
translating 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 delve into it regularly on
my own and with fellow teachers.
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 western
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.
For recommendations and reviews of
my yoga teaching, click here.
action from many traditions, such as
Anusara, Iyengar, and Meridian
Flexibility, when teaching
vinyasa-based classes. I've been
certified to teach Pilates, as well,
which helps me incorporate core
strength movements into many
classes. My experience with Taoist
Yin Yoga and restorative yoga
informs my approach to opening and
closing vinyasa classes, as well as
teaching gentle sessions.
I find the study of anatomy 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 in transliterating and
translating 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 delve into it regularly on
my own and with fellow teachers.
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 western
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.
For recommendations and reviews of
my yoga teaching, click here.
| *karma yoga is the practice of ego-less service; bhakti yoga is the practice of devotion to something bigger than the self; 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 |