
Leslie
Kaminoff
is a yoga therapist inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He
is an internationally recognized specialist with over twenty six years’
experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads anatomy
and yoga methodology workshops for many of the leading yoga
associations, schools and training programs in the world.
Leslie's new
book Yoga Anatomy, published by Human Kinetics, sold out its first
print run of 19,000 within one month of its June 2007 release. The book
is currently in its third print run of 25,000.
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Leslie is the
founder of The Breathing Project, a non-profit
educational corporation dedicated to the teaching of individualized,
breath-centered yoga practice and therapy. The Breathing Project
currently teaches classes and advanced training programs out of its
main studio in New York City, as well as a beautiful yurt in Great
Barrington, MA. From October to June, Leslie can be found teaching his
highly respected year-long course in Yoga Anatomy at The Breathing
Project in NYC.
Leslie has also helped to organize international yoga conferences while
serving as Vice-President of Unity in Yoga, and was part of the ad-hoc
committee that established national standards for yoga teacher
training. Prior to the formation of The Yoga Alliance, Leslie was a
strong voice in the ensuing national debate regarding the application
of those certification standards. This dialogue resulted in the
creation of eSutra, an influential e-mail list and blog that has an
active woldwide membership.
What is Rational Yoga?
Leslie’s work has been evolving a rational — non-mystical — approach to
Yoga and Yoga Therapy. Leslie uses the immediate reality of human
anatomy as a starting point for exploring issues of support and
release, stability and freedom, space and boundaries. This process
clarifies and validates much traditional wisdom while exposing many
long-standing misconceptions and myths.
By relating fundamental yogic concepts to their anatomical origins,
Leslie's approach resolves many doctrinal and philosphical differences
between schools of Yoga. |