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Chakra Balancing Yoga
Calm your mind, energize your body, and bring balance into your life. Renowned yogini Sharon Gannon guides you through poses, affirmations, and mantras (simple chants) that open and balance the body’s energy centers (chakras). Much more than just exercise, it’s a mind-body-spirit practice that leads to a sense of peace and wholeness. Approx. 60 min. on 1 DVD.
An Acacia production.
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Yoga Center in New York City. Time magazine recognized the Jivamukti Yoga method as one of the nine methods of Hatha Yoga taught in the world today, and it is featured in the acclaimed video What Is Yoga?
YOGA MASTER—Sharon has studied yoga since 1976 with many teachers around the globe, most notably her gurus Shri Brahmananda Saraswati, Swami Nirmalanada, and Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, as well as Swami Shankarananda and Shyam Das.
Sharon brings a rare blend of scholarly study, artistic pursuit, and highly disciplined asana and meditation practice to her offerings as a teacher. A teacher renowned around the globe, she has taught yoga students throughout the United States and as far afield as Canada, the Caribbean, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Since 1993 she has presented annually at various national conferences hosted by the Omega Institute, Yoga Journal, Southwest Yoga, Arizona Yoga Conference, and others. Along with David Life, she teaches a one-month intensive Jivamukti Yoga teacher training course offered at the Omega Institute. Her high-profile students include Sting, Russell Simmons, and Geshe Michael Roach.
She is a featured yogini in various books: Yoga by Linda Sparrowe, American Yoga by Carrie Schneider, and Women to Women by Christina Lessa.
ARTIST—as a musician, dancer, and producer, Sharon views art as a means of uplifting the soul, and her artistic pursuits seek to enrich the community by being both inspirational and educational. During the 1970s and 1980s, first in Seattle and then in New York City, she was the vocalist and violinist for the jazz/rock band Audio Letter, and she directed and choreographed for the dance company Moon-Food. The video: Asana: Sacred Dance of the Yogi features her choreography.
In 2003 she produced the album Neti-Neti, a remix of the 1987 Audio Letter album of the same name, receiving critical acclaim from Billboard, Rolling Stone, Rockrgrl, Yoga Journal, and others. In 2004 she co-produced with White Swan Music the CD Jai MA, A Collection of Divine Women Singers. Sharon often performs as a guest vocalist, appearing on albums with innovative world beat musicians including Bill Laswell, Mike D. Sean Dinsmore, David Newman, Shyam Das, and DJ Cheb i Sabbah.
ANIMAL ADVOCATE—An animal rights activist and outspoken advocate of ethical veganism, Sharon was nominated for the "Gutsiest Woman of the Year 1999" by Jane magazine. She wrote Cats and Dogs Are People Too!, an investigation of the insensitive, corporate-profit-driven attitudes that result in commercial "pet food" and the health risks to companion animals who eat it.
Together with David Life and Janet Rienstra, she established the Animal Mukti Free Spay and Neuter Clinic at the Humane Society of New York City in 1999. In 2004, the Humane Society of New York and Neighborhood Cats recognized Sharon as "Friend of Ferals." She is a longtime vanguard member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), working together on various projects and campaigns to help make this world a kinder place.
In 2003 she appeared on a billboard in Times Square behind the New Year's ball, advocating yoga and vegetarianism as a step toward world peace. Along with David, she has established a 76-acre wildlife forest sanctuary in upstate New York.
AUTHOR—Sharon co-authored two books on yoga with David Life, Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul (2002, Ballantine) and The Art of Yoga (2002, Stewart, Tabori & Chang). She wrote Cats and Dogs Are People Too! (1999, Jivamukti Press). She writes a monthly essay on yogic topics called "Focus of the Month," for jivamuktiyoga.com. She compiled and translated the Jivamukti Chant Book (2003, Jivamukti Press) and is a former editor of Patio Table Magazine (1981, Patio Table Press). Her poems, stories, and essays have appeared in Semiotexte, Sci Fi, and Semiotexte USA (1986, Autonomedia Press) and in the book Freedom Is a Pycho-Kinetic Skill (1979, Patio Table Press).
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