#70 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Russell Case

Russell is one of the most interesting characters I’ve
interviewed. Sometimes painfully self-aware, the discussion gives
you a good idea of the nuanced world of yoga in utter
technicolour honesty as Russell is well known for now as co-host
of the Finding Harmony Podcast with his wife Harmony Slater.


Russell was one of the fairly old batch of student who studied
directly with Pattabhi Jois. We chat about the yoga scene back
then, amongst other things as well as his own evolution as a
student and a man. We discuss his practice now as he deals with
the results of pushing his body too hard over the years.


Russell has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga for more
than 25 years. He is a humble and refined teacher, he was given
Authorization by Sri K Pattabhi Jois in 2005. Case is known for
his joking spirit, and his perpetual eye toward social justice
work. When Pattabhi Jois invited him to his pranayama class in
2007, he considered this distinction to be the highest
grade. 


Russell has been teaching Ashtanga Yoga in the Mysore Method
since 2001. He has taught programs in NYC, Brighton - England,
Taipei - Taiwan, San Francisco, and was Director of the Ashtanga
Yoga Mysore program at Stanford University for nine years.


He worked as the Director of Partnerships for the Pure Edge
Foundation, a non-profit company that brings yoga-based exercises
and mindfulness programs into schools throughout the USA. Russell
is known for his creative delivery of
experiential presentations on neuroscience for social and
emotional learning.


Russell Case brings to life the teachings of yoga and mindfulness
in a very colorful and scientific way that makes it easy for
students to understand the deeper dimensions of why yoga works
and how.


Follow Russell on Instagram @russell_altice_case