John Friend

Interview with John Friend: Igniting the Center, 2012 World Tour (video)

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For 3 years, since the beginning of this blog, I’ve interviewed John Friend, Founder of Anusara Yoga, at the launch of his world tour. The last 2 years, the tour began in San Francisco. This year, the tour, named Igniting the Center, began in Encinitas, CA with a 3 day workshop from January 18-20th. Encinitas [...]

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Interview with John Friend: Wanderlust 2011

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This year’s Wanderlust Festival was preceded by the Anusara-Inspired Teacher’s Gathering, which took place for 3 days before the 4-day, 3rd annual Wanderlust Festival at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, CA. Even though the Teacher’s Gathering was originally designed as a gathering for Anusara-Inspired teachers to take classes from a faculty of Certified teachers, it [...]

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John Friend: Finding Grace in times of Disaster (video)

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In this interview with John Friend, the Founder of Anusara Yoga, I ask him how the philosophy of Anusara Yoga can help us understand why disastrous events occur, such as the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan a few days ago, March 11, 2011. This is my favorite interview with John yet, because to [...]

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Interview with John Friend-Dancing with the Divine, 2011 World Tour

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John Friend, Founder of Anusara Yoga, launched his World Tour in San Francisco again this year, and we are feeling super blessed in the Bay Area. When I asked John why that is, that year after year San Francisco is the launch pad for the tour, he answered that it is because he loves the [...]

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Interview with John Friend at Wanderlust

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This year’s 2nd Annual Wanderlust Festival in Squaw Valley, CA, was a remarkable event. A noteworthy feature of Wanderlust was Village Anusara, which was a large area of the festival grounds celebrating Anusara and the Arts. Village Anusara was a stunning array of delights, including slackliners, hula hoopers, and AcroYogis. There were light boxes of [...]

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Interview with John Friend, Founder of Anusara Yoga, Part 4

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This is the fourth video in a four part Interview I did with the Founder of Anusara Yoga, John Friend. If you’ve missed part one, you can find it by clicking here. In Part 4, John shares his intention for Anusara in 2010 and beyond. John’s vision for Anusara includes an increase in performance art [...]

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Interview with John Friend, Founder of Anusara Yoga, Part 3

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This is the third video in a four part Interview I did with the Founder of Anusara Yoga, John Friend. If you’ve missed part one, you can find it by clicking here. In Part 3, I ask John, first, about yoga skeptics and secondly, about new students.  In his answers, John considers different types of [...]

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