Conversations Beyond Asanas with David Swenson

David Swenson is recognised as one of the world’s foremost practitioners and instructors of Ashtanga yoga. He began practicing hatha yoga at the age of 13 in 1969, with his older brother Doug in Houston Texas, and was introduced to Ashtanga yoga when K. Pattabhi Jois made his first visit to the United States in 1975. David studied directly with Pattabhi Jois and made his first trip to Mysore in 1977 where he learned the Ashtanga system in its original form. David is one of only, a handful of Westerners, to have learned the full Ashtanga system including all of the asana sequences and pranayama, as originally taught by Pattabhi Jois. David is known for both the depth of his personal practice and his ability to transmit the knowledge of Ashtanga yoga in a down-to-earth manner filled with joy, humour and sincerity. David is married to Shelley Washington – an Ashtanga yoga teacher and together and they live in Austin, Texas with their cat, “Yogi” and 16 Koi fish. David Swenson is a living legend of Ashtanga yoga, and it was an absolute honour and privilege to have him as a guest on "Conversations Beyond Asanas"