DC Yoga Podcast- Sun and Moon Yoga owners Annie And Amir

DC Yoga Podcast Episode 34- Annie and Amir "Paying fierce attention to whatever arises in the moment." - Yoga Studios as community centers - Asana to help alleviate back pain and correct body imbalances - Alignment based yoga classes - Economics of Yoga Studios - Psychoemotional benefits of yoga - Learning to weave philosophy into asana practice - Yoga in the DMV in the mid to late 1990s (the outfits definitely were not as nice) - Offering a real life alternative to instagram - Specificity when cuing poses - The value in naming or not naming poses - The Heart of the Bhagavad Gita - Dharma talks - Teaching with authenticity - Creating the schedule for a yoga studio - How being a yoga studio owner has changed over the years - Competition with small box gyms Bios: Amir stands at the helm as the most senior and followed teacher at, as well as the owner of, the nationally renowned Sun & Moon Yoga Studios in Northern Virginia. In his packed weekly public classes and private one-on-one yoga therapy sessions, he works attentively with students who want an enhanced quality of life through a plainspoken and sensible approach to health and well-being. His innovative techniques blending traditional Indian and Thai yoga influences with restorative postures, therapeutic applications, and somatic movement help students move gently forward on a path of healing, and encourages taking the mindfulness of yoga practice into everyday life. He holds Yoga Alliance’s highest certification level and is also a practitioner of Thai Yoga Therapy. During her former career as a high school English teacher, Annie began practicing yoga in the 1990s in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in a casual apartment setting with a small group of neighbors and one devoted teacher. After her twin daughters were born in 1999, Annie moved to Arlington, VA, and completed teacher training in 2002 at Sun & Moon Yoga, with the intention of bringing yoga philosophy back into the high school classroom. Along the way, Annie has taught yoga, meditation, and yoga philosophy to thousands of yoga students in public classes at Sun & Moon, in corporate settings, in private one-on-one sessions, as part of basic and advanced teacher trainings, and on retreats. Annie’s regular weekly classes at Sun & Moon are organized by a quarterly theme, and each week presents a short philosophical talk on the theme, followed by a well-rounded physical practice of postures and breathing tied to the theme. Relaxations are long and luxurious. Discussion and questions are welcome. Laughter happens. Web: www.sunandmoonstudio.com