J. Brown

“

"Slower is stronger  Gentle is advanced" J Browns signature offerings are at once both a revolution and a return to the ancient roots of yoga  Js is a deeply breath-centered therapeutic yoga practice in the Desikachar tradition which is not a brand or style but simply yoga geared towards feeling well and lessening of pain  Whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced practitioner  you are in the right place Join thousands of students and teachers around the world and take a class  with J Brown and experience his singular yoga practice  jbrownyogavideocom For more than twenty-five years J Brown has been developing techniques to teach people how to practice yoga in a deeper and more fulfilling way  He is also a well known writer having been featured in the IAYTs peered reviewed International Journal and across the yoga blogosphere J Brown came to yoga by way of his mothers death see How I Came to Yoga below  Reconciling that loss and wanting to be free from the crippling grief and disillusionment that came with it fueled his passion for learning to make himself well First he gravitated towards an Ashtanga power vinyasa style The intensity suited his struggling temperament After sustaining several injuries he explored an Iyengar based approach to learn better alignment  But he soon discovered that better alignment alone was not the answer   Despite having achieved proficiency in both the Ashtanga and Iyengar styles  studying with renowned teachers such as Alison West and Richard Freeman J admits: I still had chronic pain and was horribly disillusioned and unhappy   The next phase of his search would be in India In Rishikesh J found a rare and special teacher in Swami P Saraswati  He taught J that yoga practice was not a linear progression towards some unknown thing but rather a process of learning how to take care of yourself  Back in NY J stopped going to regular group classes and devoted himself to a self-practice  ultimately meeting his most influential teacher Mark Whitwell and finding his way to the therapeutic benefits of yoga in the tradition of TKV Desikachar and T Krishnamacharya the "teacher of teachers" In After more than a decade as a popular teacher at various schools in Manhattan and Brooklyn  J founded Abhyasa Yoga Center in Brooklyn NY AYC was created to provide a home for yoga practice that adapts to individual needs  In J also released "J Browns Yoga Video" which is now in countries around the world  This was followed by the seminal Gentle Is The New Advanced" Online Workshop in   and the essential weekly J Brown Yoga Talks podcast which stands at + episodes of conversations with some of the greatest living yogis   J continues to teach around the world online and in-person.