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A Friendly Approach

Practice opening to Grace with Anusara Yoga Founder John Friend as he guides you through standing poses in this short, but powerful, practice.

Enjoy this 15-minute devotional standing sequence from Yoga Journal's Anusara Yoga Grand Gathering DVD set.

Filmed live at the 2008 Yoga Journal Conference at Estes Park, John Friend Teaches 3 Days of master Classes that make up over 9 hours of expert instruction. In these classes Friend provides precise alignment instructions to guide you through a flowing progression of energetic standing poses, stimulating backbends, and introspective forward bends.

John Friend is one of the most charismatic and respected hatha yoga teachers in the country. Above all, John respects and honors his students and inspires them to see their own unique beauty and divine power. In 1997 John founded Anusara® Yoga to promote this innovative vision. Today, Anusara Yoga is regarded as a preeminent hatha yoga school and has an expanding presence in countries throughout the world.

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J. Marie

I just think John Friend looks and seems very, very tired in this clip. But...how can you argue with the beautiful grace of the yogini doing Anusara yoga?

Vicky

I am not sure how I felt about this, either John Friend (did he change his name by deed poll?) is a visionary or a fraud. It is always so fantastic to feel the element of laughter in a yoga class, but I got the feeling in this clip that this was always about John Friend 'the showman' and I found some of his commentary actually lacked sincerity and I felt that he was more connected to the music than the people and their practice. It left me strangely cold.

Charisse

Hmm. So via the fascial trains, the movement of the big toe is connected to and affects the heart. So it makes sense to say you move the big toe FROM the heart? That is still not the same as 'touching the soul' -- and don't assume I don't experience the spirituality of yoga just because I don't buy into this fuzzy-wuzzy language. Why the over-the-top terms of endearment? I don't find the video 'spectacular.'

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