Meet Ari Hunter: DIRECTOR OF YOGA at This Is Yoga
What was your inspiration for becoming a yoga teacher?
It's in retrospect that I realise that I have always been a teacher. I would teach my neighbourhood friends how to do gymnastics, handstands, and martial arts while I was learning them. Somehow I must have known that to really understand something it’s great to teach it to someone else!
I have always been a mover, from early childhood gymnastics and martial arts to a circus acrobatic career that took me all over the world. Yoga is something that has continually developed in me from the age of almost 17 and is still ever evolving. The fact that I am still learning over 30 years later is a testament to its depth.
Your favourite yoga pose if you have one?
The postures all bring a type of attitude with them, so it depends on what feeling or lesson I need in the moment.
What do you enjoy most about teaching?
The connection with students from all over the world. All different backgrounds, careers, ages, shapes, sizes, colours and everything. The diversity that students bring but also the equality that we share in the room. We are all evolving together as a community.
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About Ari:
As teacher, performer and adventurer, Ari focuses on the uniqueness of each person; the demands of both body and individuality. With a long history of yoga practice spanning over 30 years, Ari is a passionate and dedicated student of the yoga tradition. Having studied and practiced with many respected teachers worldwide.
Ari is particularly adept at modifying and adapting the yoga practice for any level and is known for creative sequencing that takes students safely to new levels of exploration. With an approach to yoga that fuses breath in relationship to body movements, Ari interweaves elements of creative sequencing in a style that moves between traditional and explorative, in balanced harmony with alignment principles that create a unique and fulfilling yoga experience.
Currently, Ari holds over 1,700 hours of accredited Yoga teacher-training in various styles, merging the traditional with a knowledge of gymnastics, martial arts and aerial acrobatics. Uniting yoga with these great variety of disciplines and embodying it in personal practice.
He now holds teacher trainings, retreats and workshops worldwide while mentoring the next generation of teachers.
Want to know more?
Head over to our blog to read our latest interview with Ari and his journey to becoming a Yoga Teacher.