Urban yogis - picking up mats, putting down guns: Eddie Stern at TEDxLowerEastSide

Eddie Stern is practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga Yoga. He studied for 19 years under Sri K Pattabhi Jois, learning yoga, Sanskrit, Vedic chanting, ritual and philosophy. His school in Soho, Ashtanga Yoga New York, was established in 1995, which Jois later consecrated as a Hindu temple by installing the deity Ganesha. The temple functions as one of the only two operating Hindu temples in Manhattan. His publications include a translation of Jois's book Yoga Mala; Surya Namaskar; Guruji: Portrait of Ashtanga Yoga Master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Through the Eyes of His Students; Sri K. Pattabhi Jois: A Tribute; and the monthly philosophical magazine Namarupa, Categories of Indian Thought. Eddie's articles for newspapers and magazines include the New York Times T Magazine, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, many health and yoga publications, the Huffington Post, and the Journal of Vaishnava Studies.