Part I The ancient foundation: the multidimensional self; Kriya yoga - transformation through practice; the Viniyoga of yoga - the art of appropriate application models and related approaches to practice. Part II The art of personal practice: nourishing the physical (the Annamaya level); energizing the vital (the Pranamaya level); educating the intellect - the Manomaya level; refining the personality - the Vijnanamaya level; fulfilling the heart - the Anadamaya level.
Gary Kraftsow , Founder and Director of the American Viniyoga
Institute (AVI ),has been an innovator in the transmission of yoga
for health, healing, and personal transformation for over 40 years.
He began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikacar in 1974
and received a Viniyoga Special Diploma from Viniyoga International
in Paris, France in 1988.
Gary graduated from Colgate University in 1976 and received his
Masters Degree in Psychology and Religion from the University of
California at Santa Barbara. Around that time, heopened Maui School
of Yoga Therapy. In 1999, he founded the American Viniyoga
Institute, LLC. Since then, he has become a renowned speaker and
teacher of the Viniyoga methodology at many conferences and schools
nationally and internationally.
Gary has successfully developed protocol for two National
Institutes of Health studies- "Evaluating Yoga for Chronic Low Back
Pain" and "Yoga Therapy for Generalized Anxiety", as well for the
"Mind-Body Stress Reduction in the Workplace" clinical trial for
Aetna Insurance Company.
He is the author of two books published by Penguin- Yoga for
Wellness and Yoga for Transformation, and author of four
educational DVD's- Viniyoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum and Hips
and Viniyoga Therapy for Upper Back, Neck and Shoulders, Viniyoga
Therapy for Depression, and Viniyoga Therapy for Anxiety. He has
also produced multiple online workshops- Āsana Unlocked, Pranayama
Unlocked, Meditation Unlocked, Yoga Therapy for Depression, Yoga
Therapy for Better Sleep, and Yoga Therapy for Anxiety.
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