About Anusara
(a-nu-sar-a), means “flowing with Grace, going with the flow, following your heart”.
Founded by John Friend in 1997, Anusara Yoga® is a powerful hatha yoga system that unifies a Tantric philosophy of intrinsic Goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment™. Currently, Anusara Yoga is one of the most popular and fastest growing yoga styles in the world with over 1200 affiliated teachers and 100,000 students world-wide. Anusara classes are now found throughout the world.
Anusara's remarkable popularity is due in large part to its uplifting philosophy, epitomized by a "celebration of the heart," that looks for the good in all people and all things. Consequently, students of all levels of ability and yoga experience are honored for their unique differences, limitations, and talents. This life-affirming vision sets the basis for a yoga system in which the harmony and joy of a tightly knit community is exulted. Not only is Anusara an elegant system of alignment principles and non-dual philosophy, but it is also a wonderful community of highly trained teachers and fun-loving students.
As a nationally Registered Yoga School, Anusara Yoga offers a teaching certification program that meets the national standards for yoga teachers as set by the Yoga Alliance. With over 600 teachers and tens of thousands of students worldwide, Anusara Yoga is one of the fastest growing schools of hatha yoga in the world.
As a community, Anusara is well networked and organized, yet there is a strong emphasis on creative freedom and individuality. Anusara is held together by everyone's implicit alliance to the spiritual principles of Anusara philosophy, such as celebrating beauty in all its diversity, truthfulness, and honoring the creative freedom of the Divine in all beings. Everyone is aligned with the truth that Grace plays the key role in the successful flow of their practice, classes, and the community itself. Without a rigid dogma, the system is open to continual change and restructuring. Self-examination, discovery, and receptivity to new ideas are foundational to this dynamic system. Individual creativity and investigation are always encouraged within the bounds of basic alignment principles and philosophic precepts of Anusara Yoga. Anusara grows with harmony and integrity through the combined vision of our Anusara Yoga teachers to unveil the innate goodness, worthiness, and supreme nature of each student and every being.
Anusara in the Community/Articles and Interviews
Bouncing into Graceland
Yoga Journal , Volume August, 2004
By Laura Fraser
Classic Anusara
LA Yoga , Volume June, 2006
By Felicia M. Tomasko
Yoga Break: Friendly Anusara
Yoga Journal , Volume May 26, 2006
By Todd Jones
Former Financial Analyst Flexes Yoga Business Muscle
Houston Business Journal , Volume Vol. 37, No. 1 May 12-18, 2006
By Mary Ann Azevedo
Open To Grace
Fit Yoga , Volume March, 2006
By Lorraine Shea
Unlock Your Heart with Anusara Yoga®
Healing Lifestyles & Spas , Volume May/June 2006
By Felicia Tomasko
The World's Greatest Yoga Masters
Vanity Fair , Volume June, 2007
By
Anusara Hits The Road
Yogi Times , Volume March, 2006
By Carolyn Brown
Open Your Heart
Yoga Magazine , Volume 17, 2004
By Laura McCreddie
Getting More Men on the Mat
Yoga 4 Every Body , Volume July, 2004
By Lyn Mettler
Bouncing Into Graceland
Yoga Journal , Volume August, 2004
By Laura Fraser
Honoring the Mother
Volume May, 2003
By Tim Noworyta
Everyday is a Holiday
Yoga Journal , Volume April, 2003
By John Friend
Yoga: A Path to the Heart
Scripsit, Journal of the Washington Calligraphers Guild , Volume 23:01
By Hermineh Miller
Home Practice
Volume Nov., 2001
By Kathy Carroll
Concealment and Revelation
Yoga Journal Conference '99 Estes Park, CO , Volume Oct. 4, 1999
By John Friend
What is a Week in the Life of John Friend Like?
Volume Oct. 27, 1999
By Larry Payne
Anusara Yoga -- Flowing with Grace
Volume February, 1998
By Desiree Rumbaugh
An Interview with John Friend
By Philip Self
Anusara Yoga -- Flowing with the Grace of Divine Love
By Tim Noworyta
Lord of the Cosmic Dance Pose
By John Friend
Make Every Pose an Offering
Southwest Yoga Conference
By John Friend