This class series explores asana, breathing techniques, and classical pranayama in a sequential and cumulative journey* that begins with the  musculoskeletal system and then leads us to experience the asanas through the organs and breath. From here a framework is created so that we can perceive the asanas from the chakras  (energy centers) and nadis (lines of energy).

Kim Schwartz was introduced to eastern philosophy as a child and began studying yoga in 1971 at age 18. In 1981 he met his Guru and began more formal studies in the yoga sutras and other aspects of yoga philosophy. Around that time he was also introduced to the Iyengar system of asana practice. In 1985 he was certified to teach yoga through the Temple of Kriya yoga. He was ordained a Swami in the Kriya lineage in 1986. He has taught ongoing yoga classes, teachers training programs and workshops here and abroad since…