Anusara is a Sanskrit word that means to be in the flow with Grace.
Anusara is a modern school of hatha yoga founded by American-born yoga teacher John Friend in 1997. He was a senior Iyengar yoga teacher wishing to augment its alignment principles with a connection to the heart throughout the practice.
No. All rights to teach Anusara yoga were transferred over to the Anusara School of Hatha yoga in 2012. The School is now lead by its global community of dedicated teachers and a governing board of directors.
Anusara is structured around 5 guiding Universal Principles of Alignment that address attitude, alignment with the Divine and the physical body and the action that makes the practice a spiritual as well as body-oriented practice. Anusara is also about community, or the kula, or spiritual family. As such, it fosters a deep relationship within the community of teachers and students.
Open to Grace, Muscle Energy, Inner Spiral, Outer Spiral and Organic Expansion.
Anusara teachers are trained and licensed through the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga. More information and a teacher directory can be found on Anusara yoga’s website.
Anusara is a non-dualistic tantric teaching influenced by the classical teachings of Indian yoga. Renowned scholars inform and advance understanding of Anusara’s refined philosophy.