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As a Boulder native, Matt took his first yoga class with Richard Freeman at 14 and took up the practice in earnest at 17 with Wendy Bramlett. While enrolled in the University of Colorado at Boulder, he studied regularly at the Yoga Workshop and completed Freeman's month-long immersion in 2005 after which he began to teach. In 2009, he completed the advanced immersion. Matt is a longtime student of Environmental Science, Ornithology, South Asian Religion, Anthropology, and Tibetan Buddhism, and he earned a master's degree in Environmental Anthropology from Stanford University. Matt returned to Boulder in the spring of 2011 following a stint in the San Francisco Bay Area teaching yoga and working in support of sustainable forestry.
While nature yields abundant wisdom and enjoyment for Matt, he continues to study Tibetan Buddhism and Hindu philosophy (samkhya and tantra). His classes are known for synthesizing these teachings in combination with metaphor and precise alignment instruction to create an enlightening, fun, and challenging experience. He encourages his students to explore their edges and guides them through the internal sensation cues that enable this vibrant work to be done safely and therapeutically. In addition being inspired by Richard, Matt has been deeply influenced by his studies with Francisco Kaiut and Luciana Ross, Wendy Bramlett, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Ramanand Patel, Gabriella Giubilaro, Rodney Yee, and Matthew Sanford.
Outside the United States, Matt has taught classes at Tushita Meditation Center in India, to a women's group from the Guyami Tribe and biologists at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, and to the buzzing symphony of aliveness in the Peruvian Amazon. He continues to travel and teach whenever the opportunity arrises. Off the mat, Matt likes to rock climb, hike, camp, eat ethnic food, and birdwatch. He is also the owner of Human-Nature Photography, a company devoted to high quality portraiture, nature photography, and documenting the vital connections between humans and the environment.
http://matthewchampoux.photoshelter.com/
As a Boulder native, Matt took his first yoga class with Richard Freeman at 14 and took up the practice in earnest at 17 with Wendy Bramlett. While enrolled in the University of Colorado at Boulder, he studied regularly at the Yoga Workshop and completed Freeman's month-long immersion in 2005 after which he began to teach. In 2009, he completed the advanced immersion. Matt is a longtime student of Environmental Science, Ornithology, South Asian Religion, Anthropology, and Tibetan Buddhism, and he earned a master's degree in Environmental Anthropology from Stanford University. Matt returned to Boulder in the spring of 2011 following a stint in the San Francisco Bay Area teaching yoga and working in support of sustainable forestry.
While nature yields abundant wisdom and enjoyment for Matt, he continues to study Tibetan Buddhism and Hindu philosophy (samkhya and tantra). His classes are known for synthesizing these teachings in combination with metaphor and precise alignment instruction to create an enlightening, fun, and challenging experience. He encourages his students to explore their edges and guides them through the internal sensation cues that enable this vibrant work to be done safely and therapeutically. In addition being inspired by Richard, Matt has been deeply influenced by his studies with Francisco Kaiut and Luciana Ross, Wendy Bramlett, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Ramanand Patel, Gabriella Giubilaro, Rodney Yee, and Matthew Sanford.
Outside the United States, Matt has taught classes at Tushita Meditation Center in India, to a women's group from the Guyami Tribe and biologists at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, and to the buzzing symphony of aliveness in the Peruvian Amazon. He continues to travel and teach whenever the opportunity arrises. Off the mat, Matt likes to rock climb, hike, camp, eat ethnic food, and birdwatch. He is also the owner of Human-Nature Photography, a company devoted to high quality portraiture, nature photography, and documenting the vital connections between humans and the environment.
http://matthewchampoux.photoshelter.com/
Photo credits: Padmasana courtesy Marisol Delmotte
