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 attends courses taught by Dr. Ram Karam Sharma whenever she can. Currently she is also studying Sanskrit at Columbia University with Dr. Somadeva Vasudeva.

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.

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 founding member of the Yoga Association of New York and currently serves as liaison to other states. She is also a member of the Yoga Teachers Association in Westchester, currently serving as board secretary, and the New York Yoga Teachers Association.
Mentions of Jo in the press:

Full-Volume Meditation: One woman’s search for peace, equanimity, and a perfectly pronounced om. By Arianne Cohen, New York magazine, January 13, 2008.

Big Hopes for a Slow Opera: Restoring Virtue to Its Feet with the Met’s Satyagraha. By Nathan Schneider, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2008.

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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 attends courses taught by Dr. Ram Karam Sharma whenever she can. Currently she is also studying Sanskrit at Columbia University with Dr. Somadeva Vasudeva. 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. 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 founding member of the Yoga Association of New York and currently serves as liaison to other states. She is also a member of the Yoga Teachers Association in Westchester, currently serving as board secretary, and the New York Yoga Teachers Association. Mentions of Jo in the press: Full-Volume Meditation: One woman’s search for peace, equanimity, and a perfectly pronounced om. By Arianne Cohen, New York magazine, January 13, 2008. Big Hopes for a Slow Opera: Restoring Virtue to Its Feet with the Met’s Satyagraha. By Nathan Schneider, The Brooklyn Rail, May 2008.