Embodied Anatomy

Saturday, October 4, 2025

Breath and the Central Channel

Drawing from the Krishnamacharya/Desikachar tradition, Leslie will guide participants into the core principles of breath-centered yoga. Through experiential practice and anatomical insight, we will explore how coordinated breathing, spinal movement, and subtle awareness open the sushumna nadi—the body’s central channel. This session introduces “vertical axis integration,” combining asana, bandha, and pranayama to support an embodied experience of balance and flow along the central pillar of practice.

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Alignment, Proprioception, and Breath-Based Integration

What does it mean to “align” in yoga? Leslie reframes alignment not as imposing external ideals but as cultivating proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness—the inner intelligence that guides safe, effective movement. Through inquiry and practice, participants will explore functional principles of musculoskeletal support, the role of breath-centered cueing, and the importance of adapting alignment to individual structures.

This weekend of workshops is a portion of the Embodied Philosophy's Yoga Teacher Training that is available for one-off purchase.

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with thirty six years’ experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads anatomy and yoga methodology workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world. Leslie’s book Yoga Anatomy, (co-authored with Amy Matthews), sold out its first print run of 19,000 within one month of its June 2007 release, and has been a top-selling yoga book on Amazon ever since. The book went into 12 printings, with over 300,000 copies in print when the newly-revised second edition of Yoga Anatomy was released on October 31, 2011.Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to the teaching of individualized, breath-centered yoga practice and education. The Breathing Project currently teaches classes and advanced training programs out of its studio in New York City. From October to June, Leslie can be found teaching his highly respected year-long courses in Yoga Anatomy at The Breathing Project in NYC. His courses are also available online to a worldwide audience at yogaanatomy.net. Currently there are 200 students from 27 countries participating in this growing online community.