10. Carrie Owerko - To Play is To Be Human

In this conversation, we go with Carrie in a journey through her
cultivation of resiliency and synthesis, how she became
fascinated with experimental movement, movement analisis and
Iyengar Yoga, and the way her work evolved from there. We
discussed her relationship with the Iyengar Yoga system, the
assessment process in Iyengar Yoga, the vast complexities of the
guru-based lineage, the intense, abusive and traumatic
experiences that people went through studying in Pune with the
Iyengar family, and how they were handled and digested by her and
other people in the Iyengar community.


We talked about the importance of giving people permission to
explore movement to gain autonomy in their body, instead of
following an external authority, and how her Yoga teaching style
has evolved primarily in this direction. She also reflects on how
much change she has noticed in her students across the world, and
how social media and information have increased and intensify
this change.


Carrie Owerko has been teaching yoga and exploring the
relationship between body, breath, and mind for several years.
She holds a Senior Intermediate Iyengar teaching credential, is a
certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and Functional Range
Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms).


Before studying yoga, Carrie earned a BFA in Dance and Theater,
and graduated from the renowned Neighborhood Playhouse Theater
School in NYC. Carrie then spent several years working for a
Movement/Educational/Experimental Theater Company called The
Irondale Ensemble Project. In addition to performing with
Irondale she taught in the Alternative High Schools in NYC and at
Rikers Island Correctional Facility. After Irondale, Carrie
continued her inquiry and became a Movement Analyst (CMA) having
completed her studies at The Laban Institute in NYC. She has
spent years enthusiastically exploring human movement with the
intention of helping people develop clearer, more fully embodied
communication and expression.


You can find more info about Carrie and her full traveling
schedule at: carrieowerko.com


Here is a link to her last blogpost Risking Connection


She is in Instagram @carrieowerko