#139 Clayton Horton - Living The Yamas and Niyamas

Clayton Horton – Living the Yamas & Niyamas 
(www.greenpathyoga.org |  @shivaburns)

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and niyamas | Changes in teaching | Meditation | Diet | Pattabhi
Jois | Current practices


Clayton Horton is the Director of Greenpath Yoga. He has been a
student of yoga for over 30 years and began teaching in 1996.


Clayton is an experienced and internationally known KPJAYI
Certified Ashtanga yoga teacher born in Oklahoma, USA. He
discovered yoga at age 21 whilst living in San Francisco,
California, when his mother took him to a pranayama class. After
several years of practice and a long trip to India, he began
teaching in 1996. To Clayton, yoga is a healing path back to the
Self, allowing us to experience true peace and happiness. Being
kind and living in balance with nature continue to guide his
life.


Clayton studied with masters Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the
Greensufi for 14 years, both of whom gave him great
inspiration to practise daily and develop a yogic lifestyle.
Clayton received formal authorisation to teach Ashtanga Yoga from
the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute of Mysore, South India in
2003 and he received Level Two Authorisation in 2010. While
attending a course for teachers in Mysore during the summer of
2016, Sharath Jois awarded Clayton with the blessing of
‘Certification’ – the highest level of accreditation for teachers
at the institute.


Clayton’s teaching style is traditional, yet light-hearted and
relaxed. He believes that by practising and living yoga, we can
transform ourselves and the world around us.


According to Clayton, Ashtanga Yoga is a complete and
well-balanced system in which an experienced and skilled teacher
can help any student ‘find their place’ within its structure
regardless of individual challenges, aptitude, and constitution.


From 2001-2006, Clayton operated Greenpath Yoga Studio in San
Francisco, California, USA. The studio was one of America’s first
Green and Environmental–Friendly yoga studios. It was an
inspiration with its progressive yoga programs, philosophies,
events, and authenticity. The studio helped to inspire awareness
of Earth Friendly yoga practices, philosophies, and products.


Currently, Clayton teaches Daily Ashtanga classes at Pure Yoga in
Hong Kong. He teaches workshops, retreats, and courses and
presents at yoga conferences internationally. His favourite
hobbies are surfing, swimming, singing, and playing guitar. He is
committed to making the world a better place by living with
eco-awareness, teaching yoga and meditation, serving others with
charity work (karma yoga), and offering music & Kirtan
chanting (bhakti yoga).