Instructor

Kiran Kaur Saini was first exposed to yoga through her father who came to this country from India in the 1950s and who practiced yoga every morning at dawn while Kiran was growing up. Kiran began studying yoga 19 years ago and became dedicated to Ashtanga yoga in 1995. Kiran travels to India to study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India, and has also had the opportunity to study with and be trained as a teacher by some of his senior students here in the United States. This is Kiran's fourth year teaching Ashtanga in New Orleans.

Some of my priorities as a teacher are evident on the home page. Also, it is my determination to teach the Ashtanga vinyasa system in the traditional method of Pattabhi Jois. It is the precision of breathing and movement which gives this yoga its meditative qualities and lead to the ability to focus the mind, and Mysore-style teaching and practice which enable the practitioner to reach for Ashtanga's depths. I am committed to caring for each student who practices with me individually. It is important to me that Ashtanga be taught and practiced in the traditional way and also in a way that heals the body. I consider the development of the body as only groundwork for the development of the heart and spirit, and I aim to teach the physical practice as a methodical approach to this more important work for which yoga is intended.

Kiran

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