Update – Letter from Interim Committee to Anusara Teachers on Mediating Process

This is a follow up letter posted by the Interim Committee via a closed group on facebook for Certified and Inspired Anusara Yoga teachers offering an update on their mediating process. Read their first address to Anusara teachers, along with John Friend’s second letter here. The committee’s members have since shifted with Noah Maze’s resignation. This letter [...]

Second John Friend Letter to Anusara Teachers: Assume Forgiveness, Resume Business As Usual

Yet another letter has been emailed to the Anusara community of teachers from their leader John Friend, late Friday afternoon. It has already been posted several places online and is confirmed to be authentic. This time, with apologies out of the way, there is barely a recognition of wrong doings or accountability, but rather a shift [...]

Letter From John Friend to Anusara Yoga Teachers

This letter from John Friend to Anusara Yoga teachers has been confirmed by a current employee, and we believe it to be authentic. We first found it posted at thebabarazzi.com who received it via email from an anonymous source. Here it is in its entirety: Dear Teachers of Anusara Yoga, With anguish, I write to [...]

Making Hard Choices Part 2: Hiring Teachers

Making Hard Choices Part 2- Hiring Teachers

The other day I had the unpleasant task of filling out a wage garnishment form for one of my former teachers. Two years ago, my business partner and I finally had the courage to part ways with this person. Yet here we were, in 2011, still bogged down by the endless repercussions of not being [...]