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www.vinyasakrama.org
www.prajnayoga.net |
"Breath is the Pulse of the
Universe"
Pam Johnson is owner and a
500hr ERYT Yoga Alliance teacher
at the Heights School of
Yoga.
She began teaching yoga in
1998 and is a certified Senior teacher of
the Vinyasakrama method of Hatha Yoga by her
teacher of 13 years, Srivatsa Ramaswami.
Ramaswami, is an
extraordinary classical yoga and chant
master from Chennai India, he studied one on
one with the legendary Sri T.
Krishnamacharya for 33 years.
Ramaswami has dedicated
himself to imparting the direct teaching of
his guru. He has instructed Pam in asana
sequencing, pranayama, chanting, meditation,
Sanskrit, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Sankhya
Karika philosophy, the Chandogya Upanishads,
Yoga Makaranda, the Yoga Taravali, Yoga
Rahasya and many other ancient Vedic texts.
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Pam has demonstrated
Vinyasakrama yoga asana for Ramaswami at the
Southwest Yoga Conference, Austin, TX. The
Vinyasa Yoga Conference, Miami Fla., Yoga
Yoga, Austin, TX., Chicago Yoga Center,
Chicago Ill. Loyola Marymount Univ. LA,
Calif. and numerous trainings in Houston.
Pam has hosted Ramaswami’s extensive
teachings in Houston yearly since 2006.
www.vinyasakrama.org
Pam has also spent 6 years
learning the refinement of body alignment
and anatomy for yoga asana with Tias Little.
She has completed all 3 levels of Tias’
Advanced Teachers Training, and also joined
Tias in Costa Rica for his 10 day teachers
retreat.
Tias is an internationally
recognized yoga teacher, teaching
contemplative and subtle body yoga. As a
certified Rolfer and crainoalsacral
therapist Tias blends his keen knowledge of
anatomy and eastern massage therapy with his
background in the Inyengar/Astanga yoga
systems. Currently Tias’ Prajnayoga
trainings instruct teachers in hands on
adjustments through therapeutic massage
techniques. www.prajnayoga.net
Pam has
taught Vinyasa Krama yoga workshops for
Swami Vidyadhishananda’s SamkhyaTriveni 6
day silent retreat at the New Vrindavan
Golden Temple in Moundsville, West Virginia
and The Conscious Living Workshop at the
American Bodhi Center, Waller TX. These
retreats have also been great opportunities
for
Pam to drink
up Swami V’s teaching of Vedanta and Samkhya
philosophy, rare Pranayama techniques and
deeper understandings of Purusha and
Prakruti to name a few of the teachings.
Swami
Vidyadhishananda is a Kryia yogi, mystic and
extrodinary scholar of Sanskrit and the
ancient Vedic scripts. He is frequently
hailed as an emissary of peace and for
lucidly disseminating Sanskritic
wisdom-teaching for the benefit of modern
society.
www.swamahiman.org
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quest@swamahiman.org
Other Vinyasa
Krama yoga workshops include, Yoga Yoga in
Austin, TX, The Yoga Studio of the
Woodlands, Woodlands, TX, Yoga West,
Houston, TX and annual weeklong yoga
retreats to Maya Tulum, Tulum, Mexico.
A list of
teachers who have impacted Pam’s teaching
through certifications and practical study
include 5 years with John Coon of the Yoga
Center of Houston, Lex Gillan’s teachers
certification in 2001. Ragi Ram, Doug
Keller, Robert Svobota, Judith Lasater,
Shiva Ray, Scott Blossom, Mark Whitwell,
Dean Lerner, Carl Straub and Sean Tebor.
Yoga Spirit teleconference extended
courses include study with Richard Freeman,
Donna Farhi, Judith Lasater and Roger Cole.
In 2001,
continuing her investigation of the
empirical aspects of yoga, Pam sought out
Rice University professor of Sanskrit and
Religious studies, Dr David Gray. Dr Gray
led Sanskrit classes in phonics, reading and
writing of the Nagari script and sentence
analysis. This study also included reading
and discussions of the Upanishads and the
Yogavasita.
Pam has dedicated her energy
and devotion to learning the broad teachings
of Yoga and to the propagation of
Krishnamacharya’s Vinyasakrama Yoga. Her
teaching taps into a multitude of these
perspectives, they are grounded in classical
structure and form while weaving the threads
of classical eastern and modern western
teaching.
The teaching is focused on
tapping into subtle body energy through
synchronizing movement to the breath,
pranayama and meditation techniques. The
work is challenging, bone building,
rejuvenating and deeply contemplative.
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Beginning Yoga
For those new to yoga or yogi's
reviewing basics. Emphasis is on
creating a strong yoga foundation
through personal instruction.
Fundamental alignment in beginning
postures, with focus on the breath and
quieting the mind. |
