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Yoga teacher Viniyoga in association with Auma yoga academy
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Gregory grew up as a child in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He studied at U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He started surfing seriously and this sport continues to be his favorite one.
He studied in India moghol art at Banaras Hindu University and practied yoga during 8 consecutive years with different spiritual teachers. His background includes the hindu tradition of Varanasi (Banaras), Chennai (Madras) in the Shri Krishnamacharya Mandiram (Viniyoga) and Pondicherry in the Ashram of Shri Aurobindo (Purna yoga or Integral yoga).
Since 1980 he has been teaching yoga in France with care to adapt the practice to each person. He teaches to wide public : sportsmen, disabled people, prisoners, people with psychological problems.
He has been « yoga acharya », traditional indian yoga guide, since 1990, in the « Dharma Sangh Institute of Yoga », Varanasi, India. He continues studying classical scriptures and regularly trains in hatha yoga practice.
Always in contact with the spirit of yoga, Gregory is today a student of the buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh who lives in south western France in « Plum village ». He insists particularly as the classical yoga of Patanjali on the fact that, to reap the fruit, the yoga must be alive and adapted to each individual.
His teaching supports clarity and understanding of the spiritual dimensions of life in the minds and hearts of his friends and students.
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