New Dates- Hoping for the week of February 15th- just in time for Maha Shivratri! Many details need to be arranged She might be here as soon as the 3rd of January, 2015. This is exciting news and requires a lot of action on my part and hopefully the support of the local yoga community … Read more

If you plan to make a New Years Resolution to get back into yoga or start up fresh, consider taking this intensive. For all the years all the I have been teaching the method of Ashtanga Yoga, I have come to understand that a little can go a long way. In just a few weeks … Read more

Last week my friends ,family and I randomly ended up in condo next door to the annual Ram Das gathering in Maui. In attendance were many devotees of Neem Karoli Baba, the 60s Indian guru of many well known teachers of dharma, including kirtan master Krishna Das and notable author, Jack Kornfield. Ram Das goes … Read more

My prior post was so satisfying, for all the reasons I mentioned within it, that I’ve gone and started a trend for myself. I’ll be posting at least every week and be including a word from many (all eventually) of the fine yogis of Near East Yoga, as it goes. If you want to offer … Read more

Saturday is the New Moon. Near East Yoga will be closed in observance. Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday are both 8am Led classes with me. Friday’s class will be followed by a 10am Sutra Study as usual. Thanksgiving Eve is open practice only- if you need support with open practice let me know by … Read more

Dear Friends, Greetings via a step away from Facebook. I’m going to be using the valuable but some times confounding tool of social media while focusing my attention on my website and attempting to deliver better and more salient content that serves the Near East Yoga community. For many years I would write a monthly … Read more

The studio will remain open for anyone who can get in to practice. I plan to come in irrespective of the weather but in case that can’t happen due to sheet ice or blocked roads, feel free to call me, 503-890-2212, and I will instruct you on how to open the street door and the … Read more

The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali offers a practical path to becoming established in the esoteric possibilities of yoga. The class is designed to include both the non-Sanskrit speaker and the student of Sanskrit and leads to a personal and group relationship with the meaning and use of the Yoga Sutra. We sincerely and warmly welcome … Read more

The method of Ashtanga Yoga, via Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore South India, has doors and passages embedded in its practice leading to classical results. There are many derivatives of Ashtanga Yoga available to today that can give practical results but the original method still holds the keys to deeper application and meaning that … Read more