YOGA bio

1. BIO:
Dr. William Alejandro Martin moved
to Windsor in 2005 to teach at the
University of Windsor, subsequent to
completing his PhD the previous year
from McMaster University. Attempting
to stay active while juggling an
overwhelming research schedule, with
an even more stressful academic
teaching workload, he began his yoga
practise @ Downtown Yoga studio in
2006.
William began his Certified Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher Training in
2009 at The Walkerville Yoga Loft (Windsor), and graduated (after
numerous "feedbacks") in 2010, with the desire to honour his teaching
lineage through practise.
William's Yogic Philosophy: Moving meditation (adjustments, music, community)
Adjustments - For me, the teacher-student yogic relationship reaches its most profound aspect through
adjustments; where the teacher holds, straightens, aids, a student breathe deeper into a pose. When
done optimally, I believe, adjustments generate empathogenic or inter-relational sensitivity in both
parties, making it as wonderful for the teacher as for the student.
Music - My own spiritual universe is eternally immersed in music, not least because of its incredible
capacity to transform our (often, confused, depressed) minds back into their more cheerful, optimistic,
selves. Music is the dream from which we pray never to awaken! Ohm!
Community - Whereas, the practise of yoga is simply a series of stretches and poses, held for different
amounts of time, one's yoga practise is an intimately moving, spiritual meditation; a stunning,
collective affectivity, revived on a daily basis, through their ritualized sharing of intensive breath,
therapeutic stretching, profundity of community.
See all of you on your mats; metta, William