Lars Neises

In 2002 Lars was encouraged to take yoga to enhance his recovery after a shoulder injury. A year later Karen Vielle filled-in for his Iyengar-style teacher with an introduction to vinyasa-style yoga. He began taking class with her and has never looked back. Two months later he took an evening workshop with Doug Swenson and two weeks after that he met his teacher Katie Gehn when he took Dave Oliver's Primary Series workshop. June 2003 marks the beginning of what would become a daily Ashtanga yoga practice. Since then he has taken class and/or workshops with Guruji (Sri K. Pattabhi Jois), Saraswati Jois , Sharath Rangaswamy, David Garrigues, Timo Jimenez, Kino McGregor, Lino Miele, Tim Miller, Peter Sterios and M. S. Viswanatha. In 2007 he completed his first trip for extended study at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore , India .

Having begun his yogic adventure at age 59, he understands tight muscles and stiff joints. He has learned that with patience and regular daily practice seemingly inflexible bodies will loosen-up. Lars has completed his 200 RYT certification. In his free-time, he enjoys hand-lettering, gardening, beekeeping and Sanskrit chanting.