#45 ADAM KEEN - ADAM KEEN, ASHTANGA TEACHER SINCE 2004 AND PODCAST HOST
Adam Keen (@adam_keen_ashtanga) has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2004. He is one of few practitioners to have completed the Advanced A (third) series in Mysore, India, under the guidance of Sharathji Jois.
He has taught and lived primarily in London, with stints in Istanbul, Vancouver, Spain, Crete and India, as well as teaching workshops internationally.
Adam’s teaching is committed to the facilitating the individuals experience of yoga. Teaching is approached with a lightness of touch and an open mind.
Outside the sphere of yoga, Adam is a continuous student of philosophy as well as having worked previously to teach as vegetarian chef. He now runs (and teaches on) Keen on Yoga (@keen_on_yoga) an online workshop and classes platform he started with his wife Theresa.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT
-Finding meaning through practicing yoga
-Suffering anxiety through university on a diet of cigarettes and Guinness
-Taking time to practice, assist and observe before becoming a teacher
-The life of an Ashtanga yogi
-The dangers of over-pushing the body
-Looking beyond the pose and yoga as a spectators sport
-Ego, insecurity and competition on the mat
-The importance and beauty of feeling your emotions deeply
QUOTES
‘Whatever inspires you to practice… Keep doing that.’
‘Make some mistakes that will teach you a lesson. We have to go through this journey.’
‘You have to have a stable ego before you start breaking it down!’
‘I think life is a process of trying to find balance.’
‘You ought to feel, and you ought to feel strongly.’
-‘Suffering can be beautiful as well.’
REFERENCES
-Purple Valley Yoga (yoga centre, Goa)
-Socratic and Stoic philosophy
-Bhagavad Gita, Stanley Lombardo translation (book)
-Albert Camus
-Mysore (yoga style)
-Pattabhi Jois (yoga teacher who established Ashtanga yoga)
-David Goggins
-Patanjali (author of the Yoga Sutras)
-Heidegger (philosopher)
-Nietzsche (philosopher)
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THE HOSTS
@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’.
Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.
For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here.
@iamhollyhusler - From belting out original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to 20,000 people, whilst supporting Westlife, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments, to seas of sleeping yogis, at events and studios across the globe; Holly’s journey has led to a deep desire to help people find conscious connection and their own inner peace.
For workshops, music, events and retreats, find out more here.
