Yoga for Awareness About Jo Brill

About yoga for awareness with Jo Brill

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Yoga for Awareness offers instruction in Sanskrit, the timeless language of yoga, and yoga in the tradition of Krishnamacharya. Jo Brill founded Yoga for Awareness in 2007.

Jo studies with Vyaas Houston of the American Sanskrit Institute. She teaches through ASI, having received her teacher training there.

Jo has taught three- and six-day immersions on the Sanskrit alphabet, grammar and texts throughout the country. She has also taught many shorter workshops and courses in the New York City area on topics ranging from sound and chant in yoga to the yoga sutras.

In addition to ongoing study with Vyaas, Jo is studying Sanskrit at Columbia University. She attends courses taught by Dr. Ram Karan Sharma whenever she can. She also benefits from classes offered by Bharati Balmes.

Why Sanskrit? Like many others, Jo first read the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita in translation while studying to teach yoga. Fascinated by the beauty of the words and concepts, she sought a direct connection to meaning, and now finds expanded delight in familiar chants and texts. Jo especially loves helping others discover their own ability to resonate with timeless sounds and to understand classic texts with precision. One of the many tools that yoga offers to guide us on the path to pure awareness, Sanskrit is as powerful as it is lovely.

What's it like to study with Jo?

People who have taken Jo's workshops and courses have said some very nice things, collected here.

For a description of the weekend immersion with Jo, check out Sanskrit 101 by Melissa Gutierrez, a yogi, vegan cook and blogger from New York.

Erica Heinz, the creative force behind Yogoer, caught Jo talking a little about ASI's philosophy of learning in Here for the Experience.

Mentions of Jo in the press include:

Secrets of Sanskrit: By learning the ins and outs of the Sanskrit language, you can transmit the teachings of yoga on a deeper level, from one of Yoga Journal's email newsletters.

A fun article in the Brooklyn Rail, Big Hopes for a Slow Opera: Restoring Virtue to Its Feet with the Met’s Satyagraha, by religion writer Nathan Schneider.

Jo was one of five teachers mentioned in New York magazine's light-hearted guide to chanting in January 2008 - along with esteemed colleagues Leslie Dillingham Freyberg, a fellow ASI teacher, and Guta Hedewig.

Jo has practiced yoga for nearly 20 years under the guidance of Mia Azcue, with whom she continues her yoga studies. She is a certified yoga teacher affiliated with the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation (having trained at Yoga for Well-Being in Goshen, New York) and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level. Jo continues to benefit from the teachings of Mia Azcue, Fran Ubertini, Sonia Nelson and members of the Desikachar family.

Jo is a supporting member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and has a particular interest in yoga for recovery. She is a proud founding member of Yoga for New York, and a member of the New York Yoga Teachers Association and the Yoga Teachers Association in Westchester.

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Looking for background information on licensing of yoga teacher training programs in New York State? Here's the link.

		Yoga for Awareness offers instruction in Sanskrit, the timeless language of yoga, and yoga in the tradition of Krishnamacharya. Jo Brill founded Yoga for Awareness in 2007. Jo studies with Vyaas Houston of the American Sanskrit Institute. She teaches through ASI, having received her teacher training there. Jo has taught three- and six-day immersions on the Sanskrit alphabet, grammar and texts throughout the country. She has also taught many shorter workshops and courses in the New York City area on topics ranging from sound and chant in yoga to the yoga sutras.
In addition to ongoing study with Vyaas, Jo is studying Sanskrit at Columbia University. She attends courses taught by Dr. Ram Karan Sharma whenever she can. She also benefits from classes offered by Bharati Balmes. Why Sanskrit? Like many others, Jo first read the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita in translation while studying to teach yoga. Fascinated by the beauty of the words and concepts, she sought a direct connection to meaning, and now finds expanded delight in familiar chants and texts. Jo especially loves helping others discover their own ability to resonate with timeless sounds and to understand classic texts with precision. One of the many tools that yoga offers to guide us on the path to pure awareness, Sanskrit is as powerful as it is lovely. What's it like to study with Jo? People who have taken Jo's workshops and courses have said some very nice things, collected here. For a description of the weekend immersion with Jo, check out Sanskrit 101 by Melissa Gutierrez, a yogi, vegan cook and blogger from New York. Erica Heinz, the creative force behind Yogoer, caught Jo talking a little about ASI's philosophy of learning in Here for the Experience. Mentions of Jo in the press include: Secrets of Sanskrit: By learning the ins and outs of the Sanskrit language, you can transmit the teachings of yoga on a deeper level, from one of Yoga Journal's email newsletters. A fun article in the Brooklyn Rail, Big Hopes for a Slow Opera: Restoring Virtue to Its Feet with the Met’s Satyagraha, by religion writer Nathan Schneider. Jo was one of five teachers mentioned in New York magazine's light-hearted guide to chanting in January 2008 - along with esteemed colleagues Leslie Dillingham Freyberg, a fellow ASI teacher, and Guta Hedewig. Jo has practiced yoga for nearly 20 years under the guidance of Mia Azcue, with whom she continues her yoga studies. She is a certified yoga teacher affiliated with the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation (having trained at Yoga for Well-Being in Goshen, New York) and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level. Jo continues to benefit from the teachings of Mia Azcue, Fran Ubertini, Sonia Nelson and members of the Desikachar family. Jo is a supporting member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and has a particular interest in yoga for recovery. She is a proud founding member of Yoga for New York, and a member of the New York Yoga Teachers Association and the Yoga Teachers Association in Westchester.