I stumbled across the Ashtanga practice in late 1999 at Barbican Gym in London and was hooked.
A few months later I discovered
Kristina Karitinou
taught much closer to home in Brighton.
In 2004
Russell Case
assumed stewardship
bringing in daily morning Mysore classes. My "day job" led to occassional long stints in London
where I was able to have steady periods of practice
at
Astanga Yoga London
under the guidance of
Hamish Hendry.
Following conversations with long term Mysore resident
Nick Evans,
I made my first trip to the
AYRI - Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute
in
Mysore
in May 2006 and in January 2014
Shri R. Sharath Jois
entrusted me with
Level 2 Authorisation
to share the
Primary
and
Intermediate Series
of the Ashtanga Yoga practice.
I continue to practice daily and (like many others who have tasted the sweet nectar of practice in Mysore)
if I'm not currently in Mysore, then I'm busy planning my next trip there!