WHAT’S IT LIKE AT A STEWART GILCHRIST YOGA CLASS?
Yogi Agnes Kru on being taught by Stewart Gilchrist:
Images: Karen Yeomans (karenyeomans.com)
Back in the punk days that changed yogi Stewart Gilchrist’s life (and mine), songs started with someone shouting “1 2 3 4” and off the band would hurtle.
“Stewart is intense and authentic. His asana classes are physically challenging, his yoga philosophy knowledge is vast, and he appears to know all the scriptures by heart. In his classes, you work your body intensely, but you also absorb a lot of philosophy.
After a couple of conversations with Gilchrist — so far — I feel like one of us should shout “1 2 3 4” before we launch into another joyous, rampaging exchange about life, yoga, politics and music rooted in warmth, kindness and respect.
After Stewart’s classes I feel as connected to the heart of yoga as I do to my body.
Gilchrist was born in 1961 in Scotland. After school, he went to work for IBM, the computer giant. But, in 1976, the musical, stylistic and social explosion led by The Sex Pistols that became punk changed his attitude to life for good.
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