Aligning with Your True Self: A Restful Retreat on Mexico's Coast with John

John is the owner and founder of E8 Yoga. He started early exploring the inner boundaries of his being. He has always been curious about practical applications to meditation and creative self-exploration. He studied and practiced full contact martial arts and zen meditation. Tai Chi, Chi Gong and Taoist energy activation. He has been spending long periods of time in the wild on land and in the water. He has been practicing Yoga in different traditions. Meeting and learning from other gurus, teachers, healers, mentors, peers, but mostly from his own mistakes. Often more humbled than elevated.

He slowly found his way to a deeply rooted daily yoga practice: Power Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Restorative, Nidra and Tantra. Diversity and Adaptability in his learning approach helped him find a synergy, a universality in all inner practices. Profoundly influenced by Ramana Maharshi, he sees that there is a direct path and a progressive path. When we are identified through the mind we practice with direction and progression. When we are abiding as the self, the idea of a goal falls away and we use our cultivated strength to remain effortlessly as we are. He teaches from his own unique view with the intention to meet the student where they are.

His other passion is Tai Chi. He loves to deconstruct belief systems and body mind systems to find the deepest connection within them. He uses Dreamwork and Yoga Nidra as a tool to mine the Psyche for hidden beliefs, emotions, convictions and unconscious parts of the personality. He sees the Yoga practice as a way to unfold into a more complete human being and when we bring what makes us human to our inner work we can transform through acceptance and surrender. He is constantly exploring the core of movement and stillness. He sees Tai Chi as a system that moves the body prior to being identified with it. He is grateful to share and work with others. Although he prefers to be a student he feels a calling to teach. And as he teaches he looks for opportunities to learn. You can connect with John either on the E8 Yoga website or the E8 Yoga Youtube channel.