Tim

Tim is an avid gardener, history nerd, Bonsai enthusiast, writer, translator, and French speaker who drank more pots of tea than can be easily understood on his way to Austin from Chicago by way of New York and Paris. As a lover of tea, he thinks that the perfect cup of yogi tea will open many doors and earnestly believes that one can change the world with a yoga practice. As Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world."

Always a very physical person who liked activity and played almost all sports he could get near, jumping from rock to rock over waterfalls and plunging to the bottom of lakes and rivers were always more Tim's style. Yoga gave him a taste of that vigorous, yet gentle beauty without having to leave his room. Tim enjoys the juxtaposition of yoga's simplicity and complexity, and the simple fact that you can have a practice that is
invigorating and relaxing for the body, mind, and spirit on a little person-sized mat.

Tim completed his 200-hour RYT training at the Yandara Yoga Institute in Mexico, and he has taught private and group classes in Chicago, New York, and Paris. His classes usually open with a strong Vinyasa sequence uniting movement and breath, giving students an hour of drippy, sweaty yoga and then topping it off with 30 minutes of yin practice-deep, delicious, restorative asana. Tim believes that yoga goes beyond a simple movement practice,and through linking the body and mind he hopes to help students release not only physical tension, but mental stresses as well. "Each practice can be such a complex adventure, sending you through memory and loss, love and triumph."

Inspired by meditative spaces and gardens, as well as by anyone who has seen loss and experienced self-neglect who has pulled themselves back into health, Tim feels that he is cultivating something with yoga, and not only strength and flexibility. When practicing piano, the monotony of going over and again the same sonata can seem daunting and, at times, impossible. But you never know when you might find the right listener at the right time,and through your playing, the spirit soars. Yoga is the same way. The practice cultivates an awareness off the mat, and that awareness might just be there to affect change in the right person, or even the right people, at the right time. It all starts right here, developing that patience, drive, and the ability to breathe in the face of resistance and tension.

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Tim recommends:
Light on Yoga and Light on Life by BKS Iyengar
The Lost Teachings of Yoga by Georg Feuerstein
The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo