Arm Balancing and Sage Wisdom

This workshop is a tour of strength through a multitude of arm balances weaved with historical stories and philosophy of the sages of yoga.

About the Instructor:

Ken “Anand” von Roenn III (E-RYT 500) is the creator of Skanda Yoga (RYS), and is the director of the Skanda Yoga Teacher Training program. A practitioner for 20 years, Ken founded Skanda Yoga in 2009 after studying many hatha yoga traditions. Ken holds a B.A. In Philosophy, is a Level III Reiki Master, certified in Iridology and Kundalini Yoga. He was an Honors graduate in 2000 from the Yoga East Teacher Training program and since then led 26 teacher trainings in Miami. Anand has published two books: “The Practice of Skanda Yoga,” and “Classes of Enchantment.”

Ken began his path in yoga at the University of Arizona in 1995. He took a course on Iyengar yoga to improve his flexibility for rock climbing. After climbing for several years he sustained two rotator cuff injuries, torn hand tendons, and a neuroma. Reconstructive surgeries were needed to repair the shoulders and yoga was his primary method for recovery. He enlisted in the Yoga East Teacher Training program and studied Ashtanga vinyasa intensely for a year under the guidance of Laura Spaulding. Ken began to work on the 3rd and 4th series of the Ashtanga vinyasa system and realized that if he was going to continue to progress then he would need more technique. He then began to study the system of Anusara Yoga and taught that method for 7 years. During this time he did several other teacher trainings with John Friend, Richard Freeman, Sianna Sherman, and Mitchel Bleir.

Skanda Yoga began to develop from the input of the local teachers in Miami. Ken began to include some of the scientific stretching techniques that he learned while practicing martial arts, and adopted the Maya calendar system to set daily class intentions. After a few years Skanda Yoga emerged as a unique practice and was later recognized as an independent style by the Yoga Alliance in 2011.

Anand is passionate about teaching yoga in all its aspects because it increases the experience of happiness and freedom, which has a direct impact on our life and our relationships with others.