David’s first yoga teacher was his grandmother, Augusta (“Grandma Gus”), who—never one to
take no for an answer—taught him, his brother and sister, as small children in her living
room. Her own teacher was the Yogi Hari Rama, one of the early mystics who helped bring
yoga to America in the early twentieth century. Grandma Gus always said, “Yogi Hari
Rama—he saved my life.”

After team sports in high school and college David returned to yoga as an adult. From Sivananda
to Bikram to Ashtanga Mysore, he has spent decades exploring a wide range of yoga lineages
and styles, rooting his own practice and his teaching in the ancient wisdom and
philosophies of the sages and masters.

David’s classes offer physically challenging sequences that build strength and focus yet
remain accessible to students of all levels—from beginners to experienced practitioners.
Through clear, intentional instruction, students are able to quiet the mind, flow with the
practice and move with greater awareness.

For David, yoga is a practice—both physical and emotional—of settling into the awareness
that lives between doing and being; In that space the body and mind become strong.

Take 5:

1. Favorite place to meditate?
   At home.

2. How did you discover yoga?
   My Grandmother.

3. What have you given up that is still tempting?
   Cakes and cookies.

4. Favorite Food?
   My wife Bethany’s vegan cooking.

5. Who or what inspires you?Atticus Finch and Perry Mason(2 fictional lawyers), Chiefs Red Cloud and Sitting Bull(2 Lakota Sioux from real life). John Steinbeck and Harper Lee(2 authors who wrote from a profound belief in the Good in all), and Rumi and Mary Oliver(2 poest who wrote with a profound belief in God’s grace toward all)