“Over 10 years ago I encountered this incredible being, with his humor and gentle ways, scholarly and direct expertise and love of humanity, appreciation for the natural way of embodiment and breath. His wisdom changed my Asana and overall approach to life. Read his work if you can and if you are at all interested in Yoga, sit with him. It’s my joy to call Mark Whitwell a friend.” — Christine Marie Mason
There was something so powerful about meeting on your land as a community.
THERE IS A RIGHT YOGA
FOR EVERY PERSON
-MARK WHITWELL
ABOUT MARK WHITWELL
Mark Whitwell is interested in developing an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son T.K.V. Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed a relationship for more than twenty years. Mark’s teachings clarify the profound passion and relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life. Mark has taught yoga for over three decades throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, Fiji and Aotearoa-New Zealand, and is the editor and contributor to T.K.V. Desikachar’s book, The Heart of Yoga.
First ‘dropping out’ of New Zealand society and travelling to India in his teens, this was the beginning of a lifelong love affair that took him into the orbits of many of the great masters of our time, known and unknown, culminating in discovering the Yoga of Krishnamacharya and the wisdom of him and his son, along with their two good friends, J. And UG Krishnamurti. Mark Whitwell has dedicated his life to sharing the useful insights of these extraordinary, ordinary people.
BOOKS & ESSAYS
"I was so excited after reading "The Promise" that there is hope for me to exist in the world as I am, a nurturing, loving person, that has no desire to be aggressive, manipulative, and capitalistic to survive. I wish to thrive, in my own form and in my own being and hopefully help others learn to do the same."
-KARYN STENZ