Teachers' Biographies

Craig Sharp, Principal Teacher

I first discovered yoga in my early twenties while travelling in India. After an apprenticeship in teaching over a period of eight years I became a qualified Iyengar yoga teacher. During these years I formed a strong foundation in practice and teaching, particularly in the technicalities of alignment and the discipline of practice. I was guided thoughtfully, carefully and rigorously by many teachers within the lyengar tradition. I travelled four times to India to study at the Iyengar Yoga Institute with B.K.S. Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar.

My search for meaning continued to take me deeper into my practice and on first meeting John Friend (the founder of Anusara Yoga) I was immediately excited and soon saw that the practice of Anusara Yoga embraced the whole. Not only was it satisfying philosophically, I could see it working magically on my inner life. I was becoming happier, the pieces were coming together and I could see a wholistic practice emerging.

Anusara Yoga has given me the guidelines and principles for my own practice as well as a system that allows me my own expression in sharing with and guiding others on the path of yoga. The vision of Anusara Yoga is a vision that holds as sacred the qualities of the heart the desire for a harmonious community of teachers and practitioners and a deep yearning to honour and connect with spirit in all its forms.

 

Kokila De Silva, Teacher in Training