Martin Kirk is a Certified Anusara® yoga Instructor who has gained a reputation for excellent and inspiring workshops and teacher trainings. He discovered his love for yoga in 1993 while earning a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering. He met John Friend the next year and became a devoted student of Anusara yoga. Martin’s understanding of the body is extensive and he has a special gift of taking complex subject matter and making it accessible, clear and applicable for the modern day yogi. His anatomy and therapy trainings are now legendary and in great demand worldwide. Martin further studies closely with his philosophy mentor, Professor Douglas Brooks, one of the world’s foremost scholars of Hindu Tantrism and the esoteric traditions of the Goddess. He has transitioned from a successful 20-year career as an engineer in the space industry to teaching and sharing his passion for yoga full-time. He is the author of the successful book, Hatha Yoga Illustrated and is co-writing (along with Ellen Saltonstall and Jordan Kirk) Yoga Anatomy: The Biomechanics of Anusara Yoga. Inspired by John Friend, Martin instills excellence in all of his practice and teaching of yoga. Martin lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and son.

 

Jordan Kirk a Certified Anusara® yoga Instructor, is recognized as a leader in the Anusara yoga community. She is co-writing (along with Martin and Ellen Saltonstall) Yoga Anatomy: The Biomechanics of Anusara Yoga. Jordan has been a practitioner of yoga since 1984 and spent 6 years studying yoga, meditation and philosophy while living as a monastic (Sannyasin) in the ashrams of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta organization. In 1991, Jordan had the great blessing of meeting her teacher, John Friend and she has been dedicated to the masterful teachings of Anusara Yoga since its inception in 1997. Having previously practiced Vedantic and Classical yoga while now fully embracing the Tantric path has allowed her the unique ability of communicating the distinctions between these contrasting yogic world views. The auspicious meeting with her philosophy mentor, Dr. Douglas Brooks, further enriched and deeply colored her understanding of this awesome life affirming yoga. Jordan's greatest teacher is her beautiful son Jonathan, who brings all this heady philosophy right down to earth by having her see that the Sacred is always present in the everyday experiences of life. Jordan lives in Scottsdale, AZ with her husband, Martin and her son.