Having practiced yoga for over 26years, John Heller graduated from the Samadhi Yoga Teacher Training in 2000 and subsequently studied with Ana Forrest in several Teacher Training intensive workshops. John has been inspired and influenced by the teachings of T.K.V. Desikachar, Swami Vishnudevananda, Swami Sivanda, B.K.S. Iyengar, Asokananda (Harold Brust) and Suzuki Roshi. He has studied and practiced Zen meditation for five months at Tassajara Zen Mountaian Center and shorter practice periods at Zen Center in San Fransisco. John has also practiced several martial arts which include Aikido, Tak Kwon Do and Kung Fu.
As a result, John's yoga practice is Zen in nature and true to the science of Yoga with a warriors heart.
Currently John is enrolled at The NW Academy of the Healing Arts studying massage therapy.
In alternate realities, John is an aspiring screen & stage play writer and an avid cyclist .
