John Friend - Anusara Founder

I am so thrilled to be studying Anusara Yoga. Anusara focuses on the "Universal Principles of Alignment," celebrates life and recognizes each individual for their intrinsic goodness.

I am bringing the styles and principles of Anusara yoga to our yoga studio in Windsor Ontario. You can visit the website at www.eastside-yoga.com

This is right from the Anusara website....

Anusara (a-nu-sar-a), means “flowing with Grace,” “flowing with Nature,” “following your heart.”

"Founded by John Friend in 1997, Anusara yoga is a school of hatha yoga which unifies a life-affirming Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment.


Anusara yoga is growing quickly all over the world with over 250 certified teachers, 750 licensed Anusara-Inspired yoga teachers, thousands of teachers in training, and hundreds of thousands of students world-wide.

Anusara yoga now has a presence on every continent throughout the world, excluding Antarctica. Anusara yoga's remarkable growth 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 celebratory vision sets the basis for a yoga school in which the harmony and joy of a tightly knit community of highly trained teachers and fun-loving students is exalted. This community feels like it has the tightness of a family, yet the looseness of a merry band of bohemian artists."