Anusara Yoga® is a life affirming system of Yoga rooted in the philosophy that intrinsic goodness is the essence of everyone and everything. Oriented around the heart and precise bio-mechanical Universal Principles of Alignment™, Anusara empowers you to skillfully align your inner and outer body and fully awaken your highest potential.
An artistic expression from the inside out, Anusara invites you to experience deep connection and transformation on all levels – body, mind and soul.
Founded by master yoga teacher John Friend, Anusara is inspired by the vision of innate goodness and a progressive bio-mechanical system of aligning to Grace. Anusara yoga is loved by hundreds of thousands like hearted students, a world-wide kula (or community) that shares this vision. A welcoming environment of extraordinary teachers and open hearted students embraces anyone wishing to explore the full spectrum of life through Yoga.
The Sanskrit word “Anusara” is derived from a verse in the epic text the Kularnava Tantra. The ‘anu’ can mean with the small point, minute, the subtle one, the individual, the soul. ‘Sara’ can mean essence, flow, fluid, current, moving in the wake of. Anusara encourages us to ‘Flow with Grace,’ ‘Follow your Heart.’ It is the ‘Soul moving in the wake of Spirit.’
Anusara Yoga is an invitation for you to fully Step into the Flow and experience all of the richness and highest possibility of your own life.
Shakti’pata-anusarena shishyo’nugraham arhati – Kularnava Tantra 14.38
“By falling into the current of Grace the seeker becomes capable of holding the constancy of the Heart…. By stepping into the current, by falling into the energies of Grace, the seeker becomes capable of becoming weighty, of becoming the Guru.” – Dr. Douglas Brooks
