Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Are You Ready for John Friend's Comeback? Sridaiva and the Bowspring

If you’ve followed yoga in the news for the past few years, the name John Friend probably rings a bell. Once hailed by The New York Times as"The Yoga Mogul," Friend was the founder and leader of Anusara Yoga until he resigned in 2012 amid scandal. Bu it didn't take long before he began to make a comeback with a new yoga style, Sridaiva. 
 
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Are You Ready for John Friend's Comeback? Sridaiva and the Bowspring
If you’ve followed yoga in the news for the past few years, the name John Friend probably rings a bell. Once hailed by The New York Times as"The Yoga Mogul," Friend was the founder and leader of Anusara Yoga until he resigned in 2012 amid scandal. Bu it didn't take long before he began to make a comeback with a new yoga style, Sridaiva. 
 
Ann Pizer
Yoga Expert
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Sridaiva Yoga and Bowspring Alignment  
Curiosity carried me to my first Sridaiva class. I later realized I'd been expecting a riff on Anusara, but that's not what's happening here. Instead, Friend and co-founder Desi Springer are introducing a unique alignment system that they call the Bowspring. And it's catching on.
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Anusara Yoga  
Meanwhile, Anusara is now led by a coalition of teachers. While Friend's departure slowed the momentum of this popular method, it gave former Anusara teachers more freedom to express their individual styles.
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What is Yoga?  
New approaches like the Bowspring continue to push out the boundaries what what we think of as yoga. Since it's ultimately more than the way we do the poses, yoga's tent is big enough for all comers.
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Toe Stand - Pandangustasana  

Step by step instruction will help you get into this pose from the Bikram sequence. 

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